AEROBATICS
RETRO
Don’t expect much from the “Retro” tables, which are all based on vintage pre-70s tables that we’d call “boardwalk type” pins. The designs are typically not original and are usually reworked layouts from the era before the modern Italian Bottom was invented. Twenty-seven of these were bundled for Zaccaria Pinball with the low price tag of $1.99 – $2.99. That sounds like an unbelievable value, and in a way, it is. At the Pinball Chick, we place a $15 value on a Certificate of Excellence, and one of the 27 tables (Mystic Star) won it, making the set worth it just for that pin. Good thing too, because a record setting thirteen others in the Retro Pack were declared 💩Certified Turds💩, and even the ones that weren’t had scoring averages well under GOOD. Only three had scoring averages over 2.5. So, they’re pretty bad. Aerobatics makes you appreciate what an incredible “invention” the Italian Bottom was. The flippers are guarded by slingshots that spoon-feed the outlanes (the left one is especially deadly), and the saucers that score 500 points when lit are capable of kicking the ball between the flippers. I’ve never seen us eat as many TILTs as we did competing at Aerobatics Retro, but unlike the stellar authentic version of Aerobatic that’s part of the same AtGames Legends Pinball set, the TILTs are for the wrong reasons. Oscar thinks there’s some morbid value in competitive play, but otherwise, this is pretty awful.
Set: Zaccaria Pinball Pack 1
Type: Electro-Mechanical – Rebuild
Design DNA: Unidentified
Part of Zaccaria Pinball (Console/PC)
Vice Family High: Cathy “IGC” 4,930 (Top 20)
Cathy: THE PITS (1 out of 5)
Angela: THE PITS
Oscar: BAD (2 out of 5)
Sasha: THE PITS
Jordi: BAD*
Dave: THE PITS*
Scoring Average: 1.4 – 💩CERTIFIED TURD💩
*Played on Zaccaria Pinball for Consoles/PC
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