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Batman 66 (LE)
Stern, 2016
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Stern, 2016
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Quoted from mrbillishere:I vote for Stern STLE. Unmodded, it just has a ton of bling. From the stainless steel speaker panel with starfleet insignia, to the side armor with enterprise cutouts and two-tone animated led backlighting, how can you beat it?
Most are focusing just on the playfield art which star trek is pretty weak. As an overall package star trek LE is by far the best, nothing even close.
Quoted from Taxman:Pretty weak? It just plain sucks.The playfield is the main piece of the look of the game. It is based on a bad movie about a bad reboot of the Star Trek universe so there isn't much to work with, but throwing a couple of baked potatoes on the ramps makes it comical.
Back to the serious discussion. I'll also give props to Pharaoh and POTO. Something about those games catches your eye.
All 3 movies were great. The playfield artwork was weak, but it doesn't look terrible. The light show more than makes up for it, at least for me it does. The LE is a beautiful pin in so many ways.
Quoted from Taxman:I don't know. I'm starting to rethink my choice. NOT!
Haha, playfield lights aren't even on. Try again.
Added over 6 years ago: I've already admitted that the playfield art is pretty weak on Star Trek. I think most would agree with this. In order to really appreciate this pin, you need to see it with the lights on, staring at this pin with the machine turned off doesn't do much for me either. With the lights turned on it really comes to life with the color changing inserts and the warp ramp LED chase lights. The laser starfield projector is beautiful and my favorite feature is the LED side armor. That led illuminated emblem on the backbox looks great also. I think this is a great overall package and one of Stern's best LEs. Also forgot about the stainless steel speaker panel with the emblems and mirrored backglass. Put on a bunch of Zitt's awesome mods and it looks even better!
My only point is that most are focused "only" on the playfield artwork. I was just looking at the overall package. Star Trek is beautiful when turned on and playing it, I do agree the playfield artwork does nothing, it doesn't look bad though, just kinda plain.
Quoted from Pimp77:I think the point opposing you is stating that the pf art on ST is God-awful and for that fact alone cannot be in the running for best looking pinball machine. The pf should be a pretty big part of the overall score...I mean, that’s what you look at while actually playing the game. I agree with them.
I don't think it's "god awful", just kinda plain. Everything else they did more than makes up for it in my opinion.
Maybe you just have to be a Star Trek fan, but I love looking at this machine...
Quoted from Taxman:I love Paragon. I love to play the game first and I love 99% of how it looks. But something always bugged me about the way his head looks wrong on his shoulders.
What's wrong is that it looks like he has no neck at all. His arms look too short. His head looks too big for his body. The proportions are all wrong. Still think this is one of the best art packages on a machine, except the cabinet.
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