{"id":16513,"date":"2019-07-19T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=16513"},"modified":"2019-08-18T13:07:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T12:07:12","slug":"star-wars-pin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2019\/07\/19\/star-wars-pin\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS PIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stern Pinball have been pretty successful selling to the home collector market, but despite several attempts they haven\u2019t matched that success selling games through regular retail channels to non-collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous titles such as Transformers, Batman and Spider-Man\nwere pitched at family buyers with no experience of purchasing through\ndistributors who wanted a simple and easy process to get a full-size authentic\npinball in their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Stern are having another attempt to crack the home market with a Star Wars game which was unveiled on the Star Wars stand at the San Diego Comic-Con exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stern Pinball’s new Star Wars Pin home game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Called the Star Wars Pin<\/em>, the game uses a modified playfield layout from Stern\u2019s earlier Spider-Man Pin title, with a new playfield art package and some Star Wars toys added in the form of a Death Star and an animated TIE-Fighter.\u00a0 The cabinet art package and backbox art uses elements from the Pro and the Premium arcade models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The right side cabinet artwork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To reduce cost and make the game more accessible, there have been several changes compared to the arcade versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cabinet is a lighter build, held together with bolts which are visible on the exterior. There is also no coin slot, although there is still a coin door for accessing the game’s interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cabinet is bolted together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The lock bar is now a plastic affair, with the game’s start button moved up to make it more obvious how to start a game and add players. There is still a shooter rod, but the metal housing has been down-sized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The game’s lock bar and start button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The backbox display has also been significantly reduced in size, although it is now an LCD which is the first time this type of display has been used in a Stern home game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although there are two speaker grilles on the display panel, it looks as though there is only a single speaker fitted which looks a little odd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Star Wars Pin display panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to the playfield, the game features two all-metal ramps, three drop targets, three pop bumpers, and a spinner along with the Death Star and TIE Fighter toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The playfield from Stern’s Star Wars Pin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shots to the Death Star are initially blocked by the three-bank of drop targets, but once those are down the left ramp can be made to shoot past the one-way gate to the standup target inside the Death Star and a then back to the flippers on the left wireform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Playfield<\/a>
Playfield detail from Star Wars Pin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Star Wars Pin<\/em> utilises the same two-post lock mechanism used in the Spider-Man Home game, allowing multiball to be started at any point in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a>
The central playfield area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The game features at least four multiball modes \u2013 Death Star, Tie-Fighter and R2-D2 being regular modes, with Jedi Multiball being the wizard mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n