(Topic ID: 98417)
New Lenox, IL
Quoted from gatordad:I looked at every pinball retailer.....
Now look here - http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl
LTG : )™
bottom one is maybe Hollywood Heat.
...Just checked and that's a negative. Neither of them are system 80 b games
Quoted from gatordad:Top looks like Iron Man or Austin Powers but it lacks the 2 flasher moldings?
What other game used that same ramp.... minus the flasher moldings.
I believe Iron Man Classic. Didn't they strip the flashers from that game?
For the second one, I don't have the game here to look at, but it sure looks like the ramp that goes around Homer's head on TSPP. Although it's the wrong color, and also missing a flasher mounting spot, I believe.
Quoted from goatdan:I believe Iron Man Classic. Didn't they strip the flashers from that game?
For the second one, I don't have the game here to look at, but it sure looks like the ramp that goes around Homer's head on TSPP. Although it's the wrong color, and also missing a flasher mounting spot, I believe.
Totally think you're correct on the second ramp. The "missing" flasher mounting spot is actually a separate clear plastic that's screwed into the ramp itself. Nice call!
Quoted from gatordad:Stern has a history of recycling previous developed ramps into new games...
Not really. You have Austin Powers and Iron Man, which was an admitted cost cutting measure at the time, Borg has talked about it in places. Beyond that, unless you think of like Space Jam / NBA or Family Guy / Shrek, which I would argue really don't count, I can't think of any others where they reused the same ramps. Can you? I could be totally wrong here.
Quoted from gatordad:Could these be prototype ramps?
That is my thought. The ? ramp reminds me of TSPP because the cut out section seems to be about where Homer's head fits in that game, and I believe that ramp had the same sort of cut out. I can't find a decent pic online, and I don't own a TSPP to look at.
Nifty, no matter what.
Quoted from goatdan:Not really. You have Austin Powers and Iron Man, which was an admitted cost cutting measure at the time, Borg has talked about it in places. Beyond that, unless you think of like Space Jam / NBA or Family Guy / Shrek, which I would argue really don't count, I can't think of any others where they reused the same ramps. Can you? I could be totally wrong here..
Monday Night Football and Hook supposedly use the same upper right ramp.
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