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Recommend a widebody for my collection

By RellikJM

2 years ago

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#1 2 years ago

YAJ

I’d like to add a widebody machine to replace my Star Trip cocktail. My current collection is Dragon by Interflip, Star Trip, Safe Cracker, Monopoly, The Simpsons Pinball Party and Willy Wonka LE. I’m partial to games with shooter rods for some reason as I don’t care for a trigger launch. I’m okay with ST:TNG as theme overrides my dislike of a trigger ball launch. Ruleset depth-wise I’m not sure if it should be deep or more of a quick machine based on having TSPP and WW:LE that are considered deep ruleset games.

So, what’s your recommendation for a widebody to replace the Star Trip cocktail?

#2 2 years ago

CRD

chad

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11y 140K 15,156 9 5

Twilight Zone

#3 2 years ago

BTF

PinballManiac40

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Ultra-wide Embryon

-2

#4 2 years ago

DAD

Yelobird

The Mod Couple

Wheaton, IL

20y 160K 10,056 44 37

TZ is the only one worthy in my book.

#5 2 years ago

ACE

pinzrfun

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Belleville, MI

11y 90,300 4,305 20

Another vote for TZ. Especially since you have a fetish for shooter rods, it has a great skill shot.....

I also have an IJ but to be honest it doesnt do much for me and won't be here forever.

Kinda wanted a ST:TNG because I sold most of my sci-fi/space themed games, but kinda leaning towards a Star Trek Stern now.

#6 2 years ago

MSL

SantaEatsCheese

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Crofton, MD

5y 209K 9,626 6 85 1

Out of left field, but look into Baywatch.

Also, ST:TNG is my all time favorite machine and never gets old. The fact the trigger launcher is also used to launch the torpedoes makes up for the lack of a physical plunger.

#7 2 years ago

ERW

chuckwurt

Pincinnati

10y 193K 31,342 16 13

BIG GAME

#8 2 years ago

ECB

erak

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Grimsby, ON

15y 122K 3,749 5 86

TZ, sttng, Batman forever, Baywatch.

#9 2 years ago

???

Yoko2una

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9y 125K 4,328

TZ, Baywatch, WWFRR, Paragon

#10 2 years ago

TAB

DanMarino

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Clarksville, MD

3y 97,300 4,291 6 15

How about Flight 2000 or Paragon for some early solid state goodness?

#11 2 years ago

???

Cheberha

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4y 39,050 144 16

In terms of value, Roadshow.

Great game for the price point. I play it more than my TZ.

Plus, it has a shooter rod!

#12 2 years ago

GMK

grantopia

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Fairview Park, OH

8y 99,600 3,561 8

Baywatch, while a great game, is not a wide body .

TZ is obviously great, but obviously expensive. If you like shooter rods, Road Show has you covered with two!

#13 2 years ago

DLD

Dent00

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Ridgeland, MS

5y 55,550 929 1 5

Alien by Pinball Brothers is a widebody machine.

#14 2 years ago

APB

nogoodnames222

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Portland, OR

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Quoted from chuckwurt:
BIG GAME

Another vote for Big Game. Phenomenal solid state, would fill a hole in your lineup and she's fast for an old widebody.

#15 2 years ago

???

Yoko2una

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Quoted from grantopia:
Baywatch, while a great game, is not a wide body .

Good call. Standard cabinet width, but advertised to be wider playable area.

#16 2 years ago

ZZZ

CaptainNavidad

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Philadelphia, PA

10y 64,050 626 7

Indiana Jones....I always knew someday you'd come walkin' through my door.

#17 2 years ago

TBM

Zablon

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Kellogg, IA

9y 103K 10,573 11

TZ or Alien.

#18 2 years ago

SMB

Concretehardt

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Eugene, OR

11y 145K 10,075 2 27

TZ or IJ

#19 2 years ago

???

romulusx

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Evansvile, IN

12y 110K 7,530 11

I've owned almost all of the B/W's wide body/superpin games.The one I still own is Indiana Jones,and I didn't expect this when I first got it years ago.Its just so deep and fun that doesn't feel like a wide body.

#20 2 years ago

???

CodHollandaise

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Oakland, CA

7y 46,050 81 119

You have three Pat Lawlor-designed games in your collection. He has a particular style, and if you like it, his two wide-body games are Twilight Zone and Road Show. Both are great games, but Road Show is probably cheaper and has the bonus of an extra plunger.

#21 2 years ago

SFV

Hammerhead

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Melbourne, ON

12y 109K 2,774 15 18 1

STTNG, Road Show

#22 2 years ago

ROB

transprtr4u

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Edmonton, AB

10y 130K 8,398 3 1

my wife.... oh Pinball widebody .. nevermind!

#23 2 years ago

???

FlippyD

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7y 68,300 1,568

Paragon, WOZ, Demolition Man

#24 2 years ago

DNH

Knxwledge

Pinside member

Ramona, CA

5y 81,300 1,875 11 8

Sounds like you need some early SS to spice things up. Big Game, Space Invaders, Future Spa, Scorpion, Mars God of War would be my suggestions

#25 2 years ago

CMS

Xenon75

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11y 86,800 1,969

Volcano, Mars God of War, Future Spa, Devil's Dare are all great!

#26 2 years ago

DAR

Pauz21

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Swift Current, SK

11y 59,050 1,430 4 13

Roadshow.

#27 2 years ago

ROB

rcbrown316

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Webster, NY

9y 81,300 3,688 22 10

cheetah, big game, flight 2000 embryon. in that order.

not space invaders lol

#28 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,843 6 98

Big Game

#29 2 years ago

S L

Staffan

Pinside member

5y 116K 1,529

Seems like a no-brainer ROAD SHOW!! two shooter rods!
If you like the games you have, you should like it.
My first pin, can't see it leaving my collection.

#30 2 years ago

JMP

Jrotten

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Highland Lakes, NJ

4y 52,800 777 5 1

D/E GNR

#31 2 years ago

EJS

Pinball Outpost

11y 223K 14,851 1

IJ, Big Game, Stellar Wars, TZ. All of these keepers in my lineup. Oh and STTNG

#32 2 years ago

DUG

dug

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12y 91,050 2,238

TZ, IJ or Hobbit

#33 2 years ago

AOT

Hench4Life

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Royal Oak, MI

4y 49,300 343 7

I had this same thought last fall... thought about Popeye and Roadshow... Ended up with a Roadshow that was a lot of work to refurb, but is pretty fun. Still have never played a popeye though...

#34 2 years ago

DUG

dug

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Forgot about JD... Great bang for the buck (or used to be)

#35 2 years ago

MJG

Mikala

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9y 78,800 1,390

Mars God of War - Great competition game

#36 2 years ago

TOM

PBFan

Pinside member

10y 60,300 673

Any of the Bally super pins except Popeye!

#37 2 years ago

ROB

RCA1

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St Joseph, MI

11y 128K 8,679 28 11

Play it first to make sure you like it, but Roadshow.

#38 2 years ago

DHF

fosaisu

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10y 142K 10,341

Not much love for Judge Dredd so far -- it's objectively not as good as Twilight Zone or Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure, but it should still be available for less than half the price of either of those games. And there's at least the possibility of a code update in the future (as discussed more generally in this thread): https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/official-williams-and-bally-software-upgrades

#39 2 years ago

TBM

Zablon

Pinside member

Kellogg, IA

9y 103K 10,573 11

Space Invaders, Haunted House, Black Hole..but probably too old for what you are looking for.

Honestly, this thread is great. I didn't realize half the games mentioned were widebody.
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Personally, I wouldn't choose based on this alone...just get a game you like...

#40 2 years ago

GIR

girloveswaffles

Pinside member

Norwalk, CA

11y 116K 8,133

Quoted from Mikala:
Mars God of War - Great competition game

Also Black Hole, Genie, Devil's Dare or Haunted House.

#41 2 years ago

JIM

Captive_Ball

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Cypress, TX

11y 128K 7,186 17 86

Paragon or Hotdoggin'

#42 2 years ago

???

Cheberha

Pinside member

4y 39,050 144 16

There is one final possibility not mentioned: The forbidden "Popeye Saves the Earth".

#43 2 years ago

???

calprog

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Anaheim, CA

11y 86,550 1,475 44 36

TZ for sure!!!!

3 months later

#44 2 years ago

NIC

Mr_Outlane

Pinside member

5y 87,800 2,818

Hobbit and P.B. Alien hands down! But for classics, TZ, Paragon, Embryon.

#45 2 years ago

GTX

gdonovan

Pinside member

7y 185K 13,208 70

Black Hole

#46 2 years ago

SEB

Paseb

Pinside member

Boisbriand, QC

3y 55,050 813 3

Love my roadshow, but never tried tz

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#47 2 years ago

PRH

rockrand

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Bloomfield, MI

11y 84,800 3,524 1 1

You want a fast widebody?

Full throttle.

#48 2 years ago

IAN

HEAD_boss_HOG

Pinside member

Murrieta, CA

6y 67,150 580 7 37

roadshow or Judge Dredd!

#49 2 years ago

SEE

FLASHBALL

Pinside member

Mulvane, KS

10y 73,300 1,154 12 6

Stellar wars and Paragon

#50 2 years ago

CHK

thechakapakuni

Inactive member

4y 61,300 2,093 30

Indiana Jones Williams or Data East GNR. Also ultra wide Genie & Paragon are great

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