I don't know about "hype" now but T2 was VERY popular in the early 90's. It was everywhere, maybe only eclipsed by TAF. I remember playing it by the pool (that makes me cringe now) at the local Holiday Inn. The game was pretty unique at the time and the movie was huge, which helped. I am into two types of pins: pins I consider the best games of all time AND cheap games with themes I really like. I bet you can figure out which one T2 is in (hint: not the same as TZ) but it is probably the best game I own in this category (not hard when compared to SF2, and TMNT).