Its here! The Wizard of Oz Emerald City Edition pinball machine fromJersey Jack Pinball !!
I finally rolled Wizard of Oz out of the box over the weekend and it played perfectly. Had a few friends and family over - some pinheads, some not. We all had a really good time. Lots of oohs and ahhs. Lots of laughs. It played great right out of the box. However, given all the coil adjustment options, I won't be able to resist tinkering with the settings to see if my setup benefits from boosting or cutting power to various coils. Amazing to have this level of control.
The lighting is stellar. I especially love the color sweeps when hitting various switches. It's a brilliant effect that wasn't really coming across in some of the videos I saw. Great sound system. The LCD is an absolute game-changer. People had nearly as much fun watching the cool stuff on the display as they did playing the game. Best score put up tonight was just under 170K with Lights Out, Welcome to Munchkinland, Rescue, and Emerald City MB all played.
Its an absolutely gorgeous game seemingly built to the highest quality standards. I'm so thrilled to have it!
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