Not to mention the potentially horrendous glare from it on the PF glass. Strange choice indeed.

I like where the reasoning is going with this one. "Since there are zero toys on a bare PF ...MAYBE they are allocating all these savings towards code development!"

Even with Stern's history... hope springs eternal

Yeah its the same stuff we've seen since the late 70's on kids lunchboxes so it's hard to get excited about.

Not being a big SW buff I just always assumed the art HAD to be kinda campy and family friendly but then I see some of the "attitude" that can be applied to it on comic books, etc..

Would have been cool if Stern had used some art with *attitude* on this machine but I guess playing it safe is the name of the game. Trying to appeal to the largest possible audience and using nostalgia is to be expected I suppose. Still...

Over 70% of their current sales goes to "civilians"... according to Gary Stern. Go figure.

I'd say for a little over 5k it's not a bad deal. You get the No Fear flow layout reversed (minus the jump ramp but with some pops) AND with more code to extend the gameplay. Not a bad concept as No Fear is a fast, fun game but the simple rules can get old somewhat quickly.

Sure the art is my 1979 lunchbox blown up and revisited *yet again* but the pretty decent light show makes up for it.

I find it hard to excited about seeing ancient video clips we're all bored with trotted out as if it's something fresh but I rarely look at displays anyways except for score info. I'm actually glad there is so much scoring info and mode decisions being done onscreen... I was afraid it would just be a load of nostalgia clips like BM66 currently is.

So if you want that one layout that really epitomizes the SR "king of flow" but also has enough code options to give it some legs this might not be a bad choice... in fact I think I'll go fire up my NF as I haven't played it in ages

Not much as you're combining the weakest part of both titles.... a semi-confusing original theme with a nearly blank PF

Don't forget the Deadflip drinking game: take a shot everytime our host oozes "I love you" into the camera.

Here's a hint... you'll be shitfaced in the first half hour

I kid - I kid... I think (other than hearing that quote every few minutes) he does a fine job.

"Don't worry dude... it's normal. It'll all even out!" lol

I've been buying machines ("collecting" I suppose) for over 20 years and have never seen these DEEP dimples like we're seeing on *some* of these newer PF's.

I think it does deserve a new term... not dimpling. "Cratering".

They all deliver to your house. Either it is drop shipped directly from Stern or it comes from the distro's stock.

Not as fun or as rewarding as "the hunt" but you do get the cold sweats as you pop open the box