Its "Lion Saw" not "Tiger Saw". You don't want people to think John is so lame that his vision of the future of pinball is just a rehash of his 20 year old ideas, do you? I understand, it is Magic and Theatrics, again so there is only so before it overlaps, but come on.
I know the moderators don't want a bunch of threads started, but I'd like to see a comparison of what is reused from game to game. Everyone has been saying Magic Girl for so long they are hypnotized into thinking even if John had made this game is it really that dazzling?
Lion Saw not Tiger Saw
Big Rabbits on the slingshots not little rabbits on the sling shots
a picture of a magic cube on a table on the playfield not an actual functioning magic cube
Magic Spot not Spirit Ring
An Up Post between the flippers labeled Theater Of Magic Post not a Theater of Magic without an up post (huh whaa)
Hocus Pokus on the topper not as a Hokus Pokus target bank
Even the Drama Masks made a reappearance
Any ideas he needed from CV? Let see -
Looks like CV color scheme
Bagattel on the back box not just a bell
Display mounted in back of playfield not on backbox
Also paying tribute to TOTAN a picture of a Genie Lamp I'm sure there is more but I did not look at the game too close.
And I guess Capcom had some magic he wanted since Pinball Magic has a levitating ball and MG "tried" to have one.
Anything else I'm missing? Is that a 3 slot skill shot he already used a couple of times?
Jpop is an Illusionist alright. But the tricks are stale. He is spending his life with the same picture stuck in his head and trying over and over to make it work. Sorry, I have a ToM and TOTAN and they are similar enough so it looks like I bought his ideas years ago and for a lot less than $16K. Who does this guy think he is.
I'm sure its not as simple as this. Flame me if you want. Back to the usual 14K+ posts.