Kingpin, opinions?
I got to play and actually beat the final boss on the game while it
was as the National Pinball Museum (1st location) r.i.p...
It's a fun game and quite a looker,
reviews of this game?
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Kingpin would be a fine game in the normal price range of games. It would have people that love it, and people that were left cold by it. In. Other words, it would be average and normal. But the game comes with an eye popping price tag. And it's hard for any game to live up to that. If you can toss 40k into a game and not notice or care, go for it. But that's a pretty big line of better games.
Quoted from DaveH:Kingpin would be a fine game in the normal price range of games. It would have people that love it, and people that were left cold by it. In. Other words, it would be average and normal. But the game comes with an eye popping price tag. And it's hard for any game to live up to that. If you can toss 40k into a game and not notice or care, go for it. But that's a pretty big line of better games.
Agreed.
I've yet to play, but I've heard from too many reliable sources regarding how good Kingpin is.
But when you could have: LOTR, TRON LE. Kiss Premium, Metallica PRO, A clearcoated or CPR Fathom, and still have around $10,000 to spend...how do you justify it?
Awesome pin! I found it next to a BBB at CAX a couple of years ago and I really enjoyed both pins.
Quoted from PACMAN:Try $65k, $40k was the price 5 yeas ago. Just keep your fingers crossed that Planetary Pinball remakes it.
That's insane. But not surprised. Old rare Ferraris sell for $7 million. A remake would devestste that price but ruin the fun at the same time. I really hope some games like King Kong and Kingpin stay rare and coveted. Makes this hobby much more fun to have grails and "someday" pins for collectors.
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I played kingpin and Big Bang bar at a buddies house a few years back. I didn't care for kingpin... Big Bang bar though, man I want one!
I like Kingpin, but it's hard to tell how much of that is from it being "new" and rare. I suspect that if I actually owned it, instead of getting to play it at a friend's house that it might not hold up quite as well.
But if given a choice between that and BBB I'd rather see Kingpin. If nothing else it was never done, at least there are a couple hundred BBB out there.
BBB is pretty to look at but its not very fun IMO. I have probably only put 50 or so games on one and its a solid 6 on the 10 scale.
Kingpin however is awesome! The end feature where your flippers get weaker and weaker until you "die" is awesome. I think the code could use a little work but I would definitely buy one if give the chance (for a reasonable sum not more than a used Ferrari...)
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