Stern Pinball, purveyor of the ancient art of creating physical pinball machines for arcades, game rooms, and other such places in which one indulges in coin-op merriment, recently announced that they are going to be releasing a new series of units based on The Transformers. Specifically, the incarnation of Transformers which seems like it would have been right at home during the heyday of the pinball table and arcades as a whole, good ol' Generation 1.
What's more is that it's coming soon. Real soon. Like, five days from now soon.
The first reveal came by way of a teaser trailer on -- where else? -- YouTube:
That was soon followed by a story trailer. (Yeah, some pinball machines have stories.)
Despite the release date being less than a week away, the Stern Pinball website for the game is, suffice to say, lacking in any sort of details on what to expect from this thing:
Riveting.
Fortunately, "Sammys collectible toys hall" on YouTube is here to provide us with a short but informative look at what one version of this table looks like:
Got some decent stock art, as well as some 3D physical elements, though no G1 toys, which is something I can imagine them incorporating back in the day.
As seen above, this table has three editions (Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition), but we don't know yet what sets any of them apart from one-another. What we do know is that getting your hands on one of these things ain't cheap: the manufacturer's suggested retain price is $12,999 USD (RRP – €11,999.00; £10,499.00), and that's presumably just for the basic Pro model.
But if you're interested in getting one when they go on sale in a few days, then click here and enter your information, and one assumes they'll get back to you.
So, what did you think? How many references did you spot? Feel free to talk about this here, or over in the "GameSpark News: For the TF VG Stuff That Maybe Doesn't Need Its Own Thread" thread in our forums!
