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Is The Wizard of Oz really a Top 10 game?

By AFM95

5 years ago


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“What would you rank Wizard of Oz today?”

  • Top 10 158 votes
    50%
  • Top 20 61 votes
    19%
  • Top 50 98 votes
    31%

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#25 5 years ago

I think it's under rated at 20. I've owned a lot of the pins in the top 20 and really think it's better than quite a few. I just sold LotR ranked higher and believe that Woz is better. (but that's just IMO).

I like the rules, lighting, sound that seem to make a lot of the older pins look old.

#34 5 years ago

Luckily bought one last year after the code was polished.

I’ve owned 12 of the top 20 and put Woz in top 3 maybe number one if I’m being honest.

#50 5 years ago

I think the theme is great, build quality any features and rules great. The game play is different than my other games but so is TZ, I mean don’t want to have too many games that play like that but for one it’s a great change.

Anyway, the movie is easily one of the greatest of all time. While the movie was a musical that makes some people tune out. The story is comparable to Star Wars or LotR (seriously).

I’d argue that story of Wizard of oz could be remade as an adventure blockbuster movie (without the musical and dancing) and be great.

It’s not a stretch to compare SW to Woz. It’s just the musical and dancing some people don’t care for and the pinball machine doesn’t have any of the songs from the movie it was redone with an instrument music score.

https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-the-wizard-of-oz

“When George made A New Hope, he was influenced very much by Kurosawa and by Flash Gordon and by the Wizard of Oz...

http://www.theonering.com/reading-room/critical-viewpoints/are-hobbits-munchkins-similarities-between-baum-apos-s-oz-tale-and-the-hobbit

#60 5 years ago
Quoted from vicjw66:

You have a few odd choices in your top 13 there.

LoL

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