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Why Toy Story is a bad license

By Dkjimbo

5 years ago


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    #125 5 years ago

    Wonka has nostalgia for older pinheads that have the cash to pay for an expensive jjp machine. Who doesn't love Gene Wilder???

    Toy story is meh, and will draw a few kids and younger adults on location. Less sales to the pin market in my opinion. I would never buy it, and I don't consider myself too picky about theme. Adult themes or at least age-neutral themes are a must though. Agree with Ben about licensing limitations and hassles.

    At least it's not a "previously Stern" theme like Pirates, and I'm happy that jjp continues to make machines. Hell of a company.

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    #181 5 years ago
    Quoted from Hazoff:

    I've played DI alot and enjoy the game but the theme sucks zero interest in owning any of the others I was an early buyer of TH but once I played it i backed out. WOZ is for me the worst theme in pinball and I don't care for the gameplay personally. I just had some good time on POTC and found it boring, no desire to play it again. Anything else? If someone is going to claim that JJP is the best in the biz with zero faults besides cost then I will respond in kind.

    They are not flawless, but they are a hell of a lot better than any other company in the business. Leagues ahead of Stern. Oh, and dialed in's theme has improved with code. My big complaint is the shit choices in licenses.

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    #220 5 years ago
    Quoted from konghusker:

    there is NO reason it won't let us down.

    #223 5 years ago

    Wouldn't hold your breath. My guess is hardly any assets except clips and rights to reproduce art. Maybe Hanks' brother callouts. I have no idea why they don't find licences where they can attain better integration. For example, Gene did most of the callouts on Kiss, and Paul did some too. Whether you like the pin/band or not, it's super cool to hear their custom call-outs on the machine. I just don't get it. They could send out hundreds of inquiries and pick the ones that would A) sell and B) have active involvement from the licence owners. *sigh*

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