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Why did stern make austin powers so cheaply

By Dawson

10 years ago


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#2 10 years ago

A lot of people dislike this game, I however, am not one of them.

As far as being ''cheaply made'' I don't think it really was...You have to remember that this game was being made when pinball was left for dead. Just two years prior to this, Pinball 2000 launched and then went out. Either one of those games in both quality and build, pretty much blew everything away before it and pretty much anything made current day imho. But in doing so, it proved to williams and the pin community that it wasn't enough, and that pinball was done, why bother making tanks when you can make bicycles.

I mean, quality control might be in question, but you have to remember that this is still an early Stern effort, so it's not to be confused with a Spiderman or LOTR Le,

Spinning mini me, raising dr evil, spinning Austin, Cannon shot, spinning magnet, fat bastard toilet..plenty of toys. It's actually a fairly difficult pin... if it was really cheaply made, half of those above features wouldn't even be included.

#11 10 years ago

The fit and finish to a Williams/Bally from the 90's is almost something that can't be explained. You just know it when you see and play it. I think that RFM/SWE1 are just about the two most impressive pins ever made from a build stand point. Can you think of a game that is more smooth to play? They're like ice and tight like a battleship.

I think Sterns best effort and best pin is SM overall, I think that is the closest thing they have done to a Williams/Bally. SM is a very smooth game and plenty of features (and depending on the run, built with metal apron and slide rails lol)

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