kinda

Its very telling...

I guess he shouldn't of put Mick on stick

that's a weird game to play. not a lot of fun for me. maybe i didn't give it enough time.
totally doesn't make any sense why i'm chasing mick around and banging him with a ball.
very weird.

The game isn't bad. Would never be in my collection, but isn't terrible.

I think the game is great. The shots are wide and the flow is fantastic. It feels a lot like a Steve Ritchie game. The problem is the theme is absolutely terrible and the art package is equally bad.

I think we have all have had games that we fell out of love with.

At one time we played them till the sun came up, but after so many years they just never get turned on unless guests come over.

Does anyone know if SR still has StellarWars or 24 in his collection?

The theme is great. Just misused horribly. Same with avengers.

Regarding Ritchie, I remember from a seminar he doesn't keep all his games he made. I think only Gomez has said he's kept all his games he designed.

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I like stones. It's a game that could benefit from a code update

The game wouldn't be half bad with a different song set.

Flow is awesome and it is one of the top 5 fastest games-imo, especially with powerball. I did not like minimal song selections at first but as I progressed further into the game, more songs came along. TRS LE has really grown on me and now I love it. It is my wife's favorite game along with Transformers LE. The double flipper throws you off and adds another unique element that requires skill and timing-sweet game.

relax... it's only pinball.

Yea I did not like the song selection for main game play and then I had several people offer full asking price and my wife shut me down and said no go? It is the only game she said she would like to see stay around. I guess it is like the saying goes " Happy wife-Happy life" She puts up with all my obsessive pinball behavior-lol. It would appear at first it was a sleeper and now it is a keeper.

GLWTS

Hope the buyer gets it signed (pf, Apron, plastics)

We play TRS pro in league all the time. I got a chance to play maybe 5-10 games on the LE once and I prefer the pro. Too much going on with all the button controllable posts for me, plus the powerball just shows up whenever it wants to and doubles the playfield. Really nice looking clear coat, though. Where we play league there are about 30 pins, and TRS gets picked by multiple groups almost every week.

It would be weird if it was his first game he made.

Maybe a big profit is more important than being proud of his creation?

You have to pretend to love all your children equally, but you know who your favorites are.

I am considering selling my TRS LE(need $ to pay debt for another game) PM me if any local folks are interested . Game is in my basement in Colorado. Asking $5200

Perhaps he needs to make room for the next Stern music pin. Andrews Sisters LE.

What you have to understand is that, to these guys, most of the time they're sick of the game by the time they've spent 6 months to a year working on it. So they don't hold it in the same regard that a non-designer would.

So he probably doesn't have the attachment you think he might have.

What is the value on the LE of this game. Don't see them very often. I can't imagine it is more than TFLE. 4k? Maybe less?

If you make a deal on it I will pick it up and bring it to you. Let me know right now I have no pins coming home Expo weekend.

Are you going to make him an offer?

Hopefully he at least autographed it for him.

A true politician

There was an article in Pingame Journal about TRS, and it showed some radically different playfield designs sketches. I think we need to take the process into account every time we look at a game and say "They blew it...why'd they do THAT and not something cooler!?". I think they often TRY to do the coolest game they can but often the license holder is difficult and keeps saying "no" ...and eventually you have a deadline and just have to get a game done. At the end of the day, this may not be the game Tom really wanted to make, but the one that was finally approved. Perhaps they wanted Mick to be a molded toy like most games, but the licensor would only sign off on an exact likeness based on the marketing style guide. In early code, there were more cartoony versions of the band members on the DMD (like AC/DC & Metallica) - and the licensor said "NO" - hence the "real" photo versions of the band members now on the DMD.

So - it is what it is...I wouldn't "blame" Tom for the game if you don't like it. All things considered, it's a really fun game to shoot & I love the music. I'd still get one at the "right" price.

God why, they're all the same.

Shoot the same shot four times, start the mode.

I honestly like the game. I would never pay that for a LE but I don't necessarily think it is a bad game. If Zi could find a pro for about $3k I would buy it. In saying that, it's not high on my want list.

I'm in the same boat, if one fell out of the sky for the right price at the right time (space-wise in terms of my collection) I would bite. I would rather jam on one locally at an arcade, but since pins on location don't exist near me... what 'cha gonna do?

The LE looks nice and is a mellow layout. Great pin in the lobby of my office. The mirrored backlass, the controlled posts and lollipop armor make a nice LE package. All this crap about mick baffles me, it is a moving target, I like that. People dig the crane in batman. The plastic could be better but it is fun. Music good, I like mine and think it fun pin.

If you offer him $5200 I'll bet You'll be an owner!...And maybe a permanent one at that.

Only MB and TAV...what else? Corvette, no. JM, no. LOTR, no. Etc...

No one ever made a mod for the Mic on the Stick toy?

TF is in that mold as well. TF is awesome though, that game has grown on me; I need to change my ranking for it.

I suppose you could somehow rig a Mick action figure there....but I bet most people who have the game don't care, because that moving target makes the game really fun. Lots of fast random ball movement. It might be less fun with a bulky figure....BBH has a toy deer...but the physics off of Mick are more fun.