Lord Of The Rings Pinball Machine (LOTR) | Press Release
STERN PINBALL, INC. PRESS RELEASE
LORD OF THE RINGS PINBALL MACHINE
(edited, with pictures)
October 20, 2003
The greatest adventure ever told is now
Stern Pinball's epic new pinball machine
for the ages! Families and
Players of all levels will love
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™. For those
truly
familiar with the
movies and books, the pinball machine follows the story perfectly.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™
Pinball Machine features exciting elements from
New Line
Cinema's box office hits, The Fellowship Of The Ring™ and The Two
Towers, as well
as the most anticipated installment yet, The Return of The King™, opening
on
December 17th, 2003.
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ is the perfect title and theme for a
pinball," Gary Stern said. "It lends itself to lots of Mechanical Action Pinball shots and toys
for
casual players, yet the
story cries for deep rules to challenge
the best players."
The goal of
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™
pinball machine is to collect the Elf Rings, the
Dwarf Rings,
and the mortal men rings, thereby forming The One Ring™. Then
destroy
The One Ring™ through
collecting all three movies.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™
pinball machine offers non-stop action at its best in the form
of the following mechanisms:
A Balrog toy that pivots when
hit by the ball, revealing the jump ramp that leads to The One Ring™;A magnet in the center of
The One Ring™ which pulls the
ball in and then feeds another ramp shaped in the form of Aragorn's legendary Narsil sword; Many multi-ball modes, including one for each movie, as
well
as for Gollum; The Orthanc and Barad-dur Towers. Players
can knock
down Barad-dur, which features the eye of Sauron;
A small playfield in the upper left hand
corner
represents that
of
The Paths of the Dead; plus 12 LOTR action figures are interspersed
throughout the playfield.
"All those involved in the design of the pinball machine are true fans of
THE LORD OF
THE RINGS™, with intimate knowledge of it," Stern said. "That
is why this game is
so great - the designers were into this title."
The pinball features original speech from Elijah Wood (Frodo), as well as
John Rhys-Davies
(Gimli the Dwarf). Backglass and cabinet artwork for THE LORD OF THE
RINGS™ was
created by artist Jerry Vanderstelt, while playfield art was designed by
Kevin O'Connor.
Sounds
and special effects were produced by Chris Granner. Pinball machine
rules were developed by
Keith Johnson (the rules
designer of very famous "The Simpsons / Pinball
Party" machine).
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ movie trilogy is produced and directed by Peter
Jackson.
Mr.
Gary Stern concluded, "This pinball machine will
have a great response from the
public worldwide.
With its great playfield, art package and theme, I expect THE LORD OF
THE RINGS™
will
have the greatest resale value for both the operator and home user
THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ pinball machine began shipping on
November, 2003.
To buy a
THE LORD OF THE RINGS
™ or for more information about Stern
Pinball
Machines, please
contact BMI Gaming at 1-800-PINBALL /
561.391.7269
The Lord
Of The Rings Pinball Machine Sales Flyer
Taken 11/21/03 by BMI Gaming at the Stern Pinball Booth @ IAAPA 2003 Orlando
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about Lord Of The Rings Pinball please contact
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