The only complaint I have about Mando is how many hang ups you get where the ball is in a spot the machine cannot clear or even decide to clear. Especially on the left ramp, lots up level sections that the ball stops on on the Pre/LE. Some of this might be due to ball magnetization. For this reason, any Mando setup with tight tilt is unfair. Mando, IMO, is a fantastic pin. My 7 year old son plays it constantly and he did not show much interest in pinball before that. I had been wating for an Eddy designed pin to compliment our MMR but for me, STh was not it theme-wise.

To answer the OP's question. Yes. Brian Eddy I am told will be at Pintastic this year. Cool. My 7 year would enjoy meeting the Mando pin designer as my son plays that game a lot, even in a Mando Halloween costume.

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Brian Eddy designed pins with an LCD?

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At a podcast for STh when it released, Brian Eddy was there with his girlfriend. I asked in the message post, "What's it like dating a legend?" His girlfriend said, something like, which one of us are you asking? Brian Eddy is a good ambassador for pinball as well, seems like a good natured guy.

Brian Eddy stated that there were originally 2 separate "up the middle" shots that became just the one Razor Crest shot with the up target because of tight spacing there. It's why it's more like a boulevard now. There is a post sleeved post behind the Ambush scoop that is unreachable by the ball so something definitely changed with the design there.

Coded/programmed in assembler I think he said. No higher level language was used at that time, early '90s.