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I’ll let you guys give nominations and then I’ll post a poll.
I don’t want to get into the JJP v Stern debate so I’m saying anything except those 2 manufacturers as well as CGC pins. (I consider these the big 3 and they’ve all sold 5000+ pins in the last 5 years I’d guess).
Some ground rules can’t include any prototype or one-off pins, must have been officially for sale. This will exclude Predator but should include Alien and TBL pins.
Quoted from delt31:I really like this thread - good idea.
Clear winner. In fact, it's better than any stern, JJP or CGC as well.
Well you know what it is.
I know what you think, but I don’t think that pin is better than JJP or CGC pins that feature aliens.
Quoted from Jackontherocks:I played TBL but really want to try Nemo.
I wanted to buy (pre-order) Nemo but was hesitant thinking that it could run into production troubles. This was before TBL and Alien (Predator, MG etc..) but I was still thinking it was a 50:50 chance it didn’t get made.
Turns out Nemo was the safe bet, or the few that got TBL etc.
My scoop on TNA is a charm don’t know why some people have issues it’s just like any other scoop to me. Sometimes might reject but more often than not it’s a normal shot. I never tweeted it just works.
I agree that Houdini is a special pin great theme and art and fun rules etc..
I think the point of this poll for me was to exclude games like AFM, MM, MB, Metallica, Woz and the like that are more established pins and just look at the fringe pins that are good may have some flaws here and there but the Designers were working with less resources than Stern or JJP or CGC(B/W) so they have to be creative while still being feasible to be made. For example TNA Scott did all the music and code and design of the pin himself and while the code isn’t deep he takes a lot of care and updated anything that was able to. Often a big player like Stern will leave bugs in won’t care about them so long as the pin is not crashing all the time. I believe we see with TNA how a small change in one area can lead to a bug somewhere else and it’s not always easy to see everything until it’s out in the wild which is why maybe Stern let’s good enough code stand.
Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:The beauty of having active boutique manufacturers is the value of their offerings which fill a market void by making pins which would otherwise not be made by Big3. Boutiques are innovating and breaking rules. To build on what rotordave said about AMH, it shifted my paradigm. For decades people fantasized about designing and building a pinball machine. There was always careful planning and plenty of hot air. Everybody knew building pins was hard and they kept dreaming.
Good point. I bought TNA because I like it but also because it's something a bit different. Scott probably built on the success of Ben and at least the idea (with Spooky in the mix) to make a pin that didn't exist. Proves that a pin doesn't need ramps to sell (Beatles confirmed this), and that it didn't need to be a movie or band license to sell and didn't need to cost a million dollars to design. Just a different game, different slant than what the big three are producing.
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