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<blockquote data-quote="Crawley" data-source="post: 258240" data-attributes="member: 2300"><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1381.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1381.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>A nice turnout for recent Stern games. Can see 3 Aerosmith's here along with two Batman 66's - one being a Limited LE. They also had one or two Ghostbusters, a Game of Thrones, and two Star Trek's on hand.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1382.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1382.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This was the first time I got to try out Aerosmith and Batman 66. I'm not much of a fan of Aerosmith but I have to say this table is a lot of fun. Very fast, really fun shots, and that toy box is great. Hope this one makes it to Stern Pinball arcade. </p><p>Batman 66' they debut at the Chicago Pinball Expo last year but they didn't let anyone play them. You just could look at them from a far. I played both the Pro and Limited LE and to my surprise wasn't blown away. They were just ok to me. It also didn't seem like the build quality on either of those machines was that great. Where Aerosmith felt solid Batman felt flimsy to me. Very strange.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1383.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1383.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Also on hand were two Dialed In's, a Hobbit, and a Woz. Didn't play any of these as lines were long and I'm lucky enough to have each of these at an arcade near by. Dialed In gets a big thumbs up though.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1388.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1388.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This is kinda neat. There were two new Pitch and Hit machines on hand. Essentially both were identical but this one was a zombie theme where the other was normal baseball. If you haven't played a Pitch and Hit machine you play both the pitcher and the batter. You choose what type of pitch to throw (curve, changeup, fast ball) and the ball is shot from under the table down the center of it. You then hit the swing button to swing your "bat". The ball is then batted somewhere on the playfield. Either in a hole in the back of the table which is either marked "single", "double", "triple", or "out" or somewhere on the table there are holes the ball can fall in for the same. If you're lucky you can bat the ball up a ramp and over the wall to get a home run.</p><p></p><p>As you make bases a player will pop up on the backbox and run to their base. </p><p></p><p>Simple but these can be a lot of fun to play. </p><p></p><p>The zombie theme looked great and it had a spooky announcer to call all the plays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crawley, post: 258240, member: 2300"] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1381.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1381.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A nice turnout for recent Stern games. Can see 3 Aerosmith's here along with two Batman 66's - one being a Limited LE. They also had one or two Ghostbusters, a Game of Thrones, and two Star Trek's on hand. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1382.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1382.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This was the first time I got to try out Aerosmith and Batman 66. I'm not much of a fan of Aerosmith but I have to say this table is a lot of fun. Very fast, really fun shots, and that toy box is great. Hope this one makes it to Stern Pinball arcade. Batman 66' they debut at the Chicago Pinball Expo last year but they didn't let anyone play them. You just could look at them from a far. I played both the Pro and Limited LE and to my surprise wasn't blown away. They were just ok to me. It also didn't seem like the build quality on either of those machines was that great. Where Aerosmith felt solid Batman felt flimsy to me. Very strange. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1383.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1383.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Also on hand were two Dialed In's, a Hobbit, and a Woz. Didn't play any of these as lines were long and I'm lucky enough to have each of these at an arcade near by. Dialed In gets a big thumbs up though. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1388.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Midwest%20Gaming%20Classic%202017/IMG_1388.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is kinda neat. There were two new Pitch and Hit machines on hand. Essentially both were identical but this one was a zombie theme where the other was normal baseball. If you haven't played a Pitch and Hit machine you play both the pitcher and the batter. You choose what type of pitch to throw (curve, changeup, fast ball) and the ball is shot from under the table down the center of it. You then hit the swing button to swing your "bat". The ball is then batted somewhere on the playfield. Either in a hole in the back of the table which is either marked "single", "double", "triple", or "out" or somewhere on the table there are holes the ball can fall in for the same. If you're lucky you can bat the ball up a ramp and over the wall to get a home run. As you make bases a player will pop up on the backbox and run to their base. Simple but these can be a lot of fun to play. The zombie theme looked great and it had a spooky announcer to call all the plays. [/QUOTE]
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