Exactly. Well put. I could not care less about RBION's *value* as mine is not for sale. I have owned this game longer than any other pin I have ever owned and I still play it all the time. Haters are gonna hate, but I don't invite them over very often so its OK.
Terry.

There are 4 different ways to earn an extra ball on RBION so any *good* game is going to be a 5-ball game. This makes the skill shot very important. A total of 15 million points can come from skill shots alone in a 5-ball game.

I always try to stack the single ball modes with a second mode (right ramp to vari-target will accomplish that).

Road trip is something you want to do early as this increases your bonuses for each ball thereafter.

Learning how to control the tic-tac-toe grid is probably the most important strategy of the game. Having 2x lit when you get your continent bonus, unlimited millions, or super jackpot can dramatically increase your scores.

I've owned my RBION for 10 years and have yet to see Atlantis; I've been damn close many times though.

My best score is 149 million. My next best score is under 100 million though! I consider any game over 25 million to be a *good* game and any game over 40 million to be a great game.

I used to have my outlanes wide open but that proved to be too big of a kick in the balls so a couple of years ago I moved them to half open. I think it increased the average ball time 50%!

I truly love to play this game and it would be the last game to leave the barn.
Terry.

Yeah, I've said it many times for many years and have taken my share of crap for it; to each his own.
I've put a fair amount of time on all Lawler games (I've owned all of them at one point or another except for Bonzai Run and Whirlwind). RBION is the only one I still own; 10 years and running. I'm not saying all other Lawlor games suck, because they don't. All I'm saying is RBION is the keeper, for me anyway.
Terry.