I dont' think you fully understand this game. If you think there isn't skill to it. Why do the A players still win the tournaments involving this game. By a lot? I own this game, and they still constantly kick my ass at it. And for the skill shot. Do you even know what it is? If you think it's locking the ball. It's not.

This is ground breaking at it's finest. 1980, and it's the most unique pinball ever made. People that play mine, never forget it. Talk about it. Tell their friends about it (non pinheads) and then they are over to play it. So it must have some impact on non pinpeople. I love it because I love my games to have uniqueness to them.

in a small collection, I agree it doesn't have long term staying power. But larger collection, it's unique value it's worth having.

For the true skill shot. You want the ball to go up and around and hit that yellow target that increases your spinner value. It's the only way to truly hit it with skill. The rest of the time it's random dumb luck. But it's also the game changer. That spinner value is key element in good scoring on that game.

What he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

now that's a false statement right there. Nobody likes Battlefield earth. not even the actors that were in it.

As for the spinners being tricky. I've never had one person guess how they work correctly that didn't know the mechanical makeup of the game. Everyone always says. IS there magnets or something in there? The Spinners are also advanced way ahead of their time, because of the hit sensor system they have. With the U optos that we are used to from TZ. They have clear discs with printed slashes in them spinning through the opto. So when the ball grazes the spinner, it slows down a fraction, and acknowledges the hit, hence giving you points. Amazing stuff for 1980.

Dude, you've played mine and know you can play it anytime you want. It's not like you don't get to see it.

I was toying with the idea of doing the color LED strip rolls under the playfield and use the techno strobe effect on it to totally screw with people when they play. That would be chaos. Put that along with the banana flippers on, but upside down. Would be the game from hell to control.