New pins and real faces?

Mike S8filmaker

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:08:01 PM12/21/09

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Just checking out the newest pins at Sears dot com and was struck that
for a pin like CSI, you are stuck looking at the mugs of those guys
for as long you own the pin...At least with the older pins, it was
fantasy or comic or anything but a real person...and even then it was
artistic like 6 Million Dollar Man. Even Indiana Jones is OK...And
don't even try to sell me on a Terminator after living under his rule
here in California. Total Recall please.

Any thoughts? Even the ring of faces around Dark Knight on the
playfield will be very problematic should anyone of turn out to have a
problematic future.

Just curious.

Hugh

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:11:12 PM12/21/09

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To me reality/fiction comes into play. Yeah you might not like Arnold
but he fit the bill perfectly for a Terminator IMHO.

Hugh

seymour-shabow

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:16:46 PM12/21/09

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Don't care as long as the play of the pin is good. I wouldn't worry
about it.

-scott CARGPB#29

Captain Neo

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:18:36 PM12/21/09

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it's not really an issue. It's been done before. GI, SW, GNR, T2,
DM and the list goes on and on. LOTR is the same way. I don't really
have an issue with it either way, as long as the game is good, who
cares. I turn the bulb out on my BG's anyway so I don't get glare
anyway.

homebrood

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:19:44 PM12/21/09

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Yeah, I was worried about my Spirit of 76, but so far Davey Crockett,
and John Glen's rep is holding up pretty well...
I'll keep an eye on the tabloids though...

:)

Tom

Mike S8filmaker

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:22:36 PM12/21/09

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Good points...since I am sort of an oldschool guy, I just have a
general preference...which leads to another thought...since the
backpicture is no longer tied to the scoring, are people with newer
pins changing the pictures to something they prefer? I have access to
a pro film lab so maybe in my future I can acquire one of these newer
games and then add my own picture of something in the general theme -
heck, a translight of a scan from a Batman comic comes to mind...

Cheers
Mike

ldnayman

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:24:14 PM12/21/09

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Sure, my thoughts are it is lame. It's a combination of laziness,
cheapness, and the the off base notion that somehow its a selling
point.

vivacarlos

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Dec 21, 2009, 2:50:17 PM12/21/09

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I agree, for the money you spend they could have
spent some effort on the those blaring/staring backglasses

Mike MN

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Dec 21, 2009, 5:32:27 PM12/21/09

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Come on, I love the shadow backglass!! That's exactly what your
talking about. It really is horrible on that game. But as long as its
a blockbuster movie or TV show , thats ok.

How about a pin with the Duke boys? Yeeee haaawww

Mike S8filmaker

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Dec 21, 2009, 8:03:54 PM12/21/09

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Well, admittedly, that HORRID Charile's Angels backglass is enough to
make me not like those angels. They could have done SO much more...and
those are attractive ladies!! Why oh whey they look so horrid on that
backglass I'll never know...someone should have said "try again"