Pretty cool layout, looks fun to shoot. I'm sure the rules are shallow by design, but I'd take it in a heartbeat over most games from every other manufacturer.

Star Wars "the pin" was already $4,600, so your outrage is two years too late.

Uhh... yes.

edit: dammit, TheLaw beat me to it

I feel like the biggest hurdle with this model is rock-solid tech support. What happens when a flipper rubber breaks? Can they just box it up and return it to Costco? Because that's what killed Transformers home model. Or is this sold through the normal distributor network? If so, it better be a distro who can send a guy out for stuck balls and dead switches.

I've had a friend's SW pro in my basement for about two years and I agree that the home pin is more fun. YMMV

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I for one am happy to play a game in the Crichton dinoverse, with original animated assets instead of cut & paste movie clips. Makes for a more immersive experience. To me, movie clips & callouts are on the same spectrum as the photo-based art we all rightfully disdain. Feels cheap. It's like if the Sopranos translite was a mode.

Yeah, it can be done well. Helps when the source material is 90% CGI, basically a cartoon.

We all know Spring Break is the pinnacle of late '80s graphic design. Fake tans, fake beer cans, fake Spuds MacKenzie, wouldn't change a thing.

If they don't run more toppers, the aftermarket price might be more than the game.

Please god let them do it just for the pinside carnage.

Yeah, I played a couple games. Shoots like movie theater butter (that's a good thing). Small screen didn't bother me at all. Game does a good job of telling you what to do via inserts & callouts. Only time I made a point to look up was checking my raptor percentage, and it was easily readable. I'm not a "screen guy," much prefer games to show my status on the playfield if at all possible, and dislike JJP's overly busy slot machine display (nice analogy @nashtyfunk).

Few things I wasn't a fan of, but are really no big deal.
- Both slings fire simultaneously, necessity of saving a transistor when using a single node board. Seems "cheap" since I'm a grizzled old pinball guy, but novice buyers will not notice or care. Pops, same thing.
- Rules are obviously a bit shallow/straightforward, by design I'm sure. Again, this wouldn't be a downside for many buyers, could actually be a plus.
- Both ramps feed their respective flipper, makes them endlessly loopable (which is kinda cool at first), but I prefer a criss-cross, everything feeds something else style layout. Not really a knock, just personal taste. Casual players probably can't loop a ton of ramps anyway.
- T-Rex takes a while to kick out after you hit the saucer. I guess it's delayed to show the count remaining? First couple times I thought it didn't land on the switch. Might need more audio feedback to show you hit it (unless I just couldn't hear it in there).

I only mention the small negatives to be fully honest/unbiased, not at all to slam Jack or the Stern team who knocked it out of the park at this price point.

It's a Spike game, shouldn't be hard to include the standard audits. Minus all the money stuff of course.