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Transformers Pinball: More than Meets the Eye Reaction
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Transformers Pinball: More than Meets the Eye Reaction
Highlights
- The Transformers game covers the first two seasons of the G1 cartoon and received permission to include the Transformers movie halfway through development
- Frank Welker (original voice of Starscream, Soundwave, Megatron) and Peter Cullen (original voice of Optimus Prime) provided voice work for the game
- The game features 14 unique shots on a three-flipper layout with a VUK, ramps, and complex ball paths
- Optimus Prime was originally designed to transform mechanically but this feature was removed due to reliability concerns
- The LE includes sculpted Dinobot, cassette ball lock with Soundwave that shoots balls, and moving Megatron that shoots from cannon; Pro/Premium have flat plastic versions
- Elizabeth is serving as lead code designer on Transformers: her first lead role after supporting on Jaws and Dungeons & Dragons
- Stern plans to produce location Pros in June, then Premiums, then LEs in subsequent production runs
- Hasbro was 'really good to work with' and provided extensive assets; contrast with Pokémon Company restricting Stern's ability to update Pokémon code
- The original Transformers pinball by Stern (circa 2011, Michael Bay theme) 'did not do well' and most people don't like it
- LE units will likely sell out within the week of announcement
Notable quotes
“I was not initially intrigued by the theme, okay, but I think it sounds really fun. I think it looks really cool. I am very excited.”
“Hasbro, who owns the Transformers license, was really good to work with. They were like giving them everything. Unlike, you know, the Pokémon Company who has not given anything new for Stern to do.”
“This is his second. Dom is very hard. The ramps and the shots are very tight. Just struggle... this is like I don't know what you would call it. The redemption tour. This game by Ellie Elliot Eismin looks amazing.”
“She talked about in one of the interviews that she had to go watch it... they had to watch like the whole cuz I think the game covers the first two seasons of the show.”
“Do you think that they would only put that in an LE? Maybe if they were going to do it. Of course. I think they would still do the premium. That would push people to get those LE.”
“I do not blame them for not having that. That's got to be so hard to have it like transform and just like not break.”
“If people have games that are breaking all the time, people are going to be mad. But if you just have a regular one standing in the back there and people don't know the difference clams, that's what I think very it's okay.”
“I think they're going to make Transformers all of June. The production schedule apparently is location pros, which is smart.”
“I think the Ellies are going to sell out this week... I would not be surprised. People are hyped on this game.”
“So kudos to you guys, Elliot and Elizabeth. E squared. Equ what looks like a banger. So excited.”
Entities
- Hasbro· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- The Pokémon Company· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Dungeons & Dragons· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Rush· game
- Transformers· game
- Beast Wars· media
- Transformers: The Movie (1986)· media
- Pinball Pursuit· organization
- Project Pinball· organization
- Dr. Seek· person
- Elizabeth· person
- Elliott Eisman· person
- Frank Welker· person
- Jay· person
- Orson Welles· person
- Peter Cullen· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Megatron· product
- Optimus Prime· product
- Soundwave· product
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