![]() The flippers have their own dedicated buttons on the cabinet sides, allowing the upper and lower playfields to be flipper independently. The lower playfield in the LE modelThis Grandpa’s Laboratory mini-playfield uses a smaller diameter ball and smaller flippers to match, much like the Stewie Pinball playfield on Family Guy. The signed apronSo, let’s look at that lower playfield. The Limited Edition’s numbered plaque The LE features an uprated sound system with Kenwood speakers The Limited Edition playfieldThe game designer’s signature is on the bottom apron these days, rather than under the playfield’s clearcoat. Let’s look at the LE version first of the game before turning to the Premium. This looks like game designer John Borg And this has more than a passing resemblance to be lead programmer Dwight Sullivan The centre of the playfieldThe Pro’s playfield has a rather sparse central area, and that’s because the Premium and Limited Edition models add a lower playfield below a Persepx window which occupies this section. The left ramp has a trap door at the entrance Here’s Spot The top rollover lanes and pop bumpers Grandpa’s Laboratory scoop and the Kitty standup target lane to the left The right Marilyn ramp with standup targets either side of the entrance The right Eddie orbit lane The right Lily target The right inlane and outlaneThere are a couple of not-so-hidden characters in Christopher Franchi’s artwork. The pro model’s two flippers, feature grid and central playfield area The two inlanes and one outlane on the left The Dragula target and dragway lane behind The left Eddie orbit lane The left Eddie orbit lane The left ramp and Herman bash toyThe left ramp hides Spot, who pops up to block shots. The model plaque for the Pro The Pro playfieldSo this is a two-flipper, two-ramp game, with a central Herman Munster bash toy featuring a magnet in front, all-metal ramps, Grandpa’s Laboratory scoop, two Eddie orbit lanes, a side Dragway kicker lane, two long standup targets on the left and right, two inlanes on the left side, and an illuminated ‘Zap’ button on the lock bar. Let’s start our look at the playfield with the Pro model before seeing what the upper models add to the mix. The Premium modelIt was thought for a while that the Limited Edition model would get the monochrome treatment, but it’s back to full colour for the LE, albeit with a rather more classy art package along with gold backbox trim and legs. ![]() ![]() The Pro modelThat black-and-white nature of the original TV series is mirrored in the Premium model which is largely monochromatic both on the exterior and interior. Starting with the Pro, the cabinet, backbox and translite all feature very colourful depictions of the Munster family, even though the TV series on which this is based was shot in black-and-white. The Munsters is being debuted at the CES 2019 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas where Stern Pinball have a large presence and are presenting this latest release alongside their other recent title The Beatles on their stand.Īs usual, the game arrives in three variants – Pro, Premium and a 500-machine Limited Edition. However, unlike the last few Stern releases, there are significant playfield differences between the Pro and the upper two models. The Munsters, from Stern PinballBased on the mid-’60s TV series of the same name, The Munsters has been known about for many months, with the only doubt being about the timing of the release – whether it would debut in 2018 before The Beatles: Beatlemania Pinball, or after it. As it transpired, The Beatles was seen as the best prospect for holiday sales and took precedence. Stern Pinball today revealed their latest title and their first of 2019, the much-anticipated John Borg design, The Munsters.
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