Most pointless mech in a game

[cmrl9]

@Gonzo thread got me thinking about pointless and an absolute waste of time mechs in games.

For me the magnet grogo ball lock on Mando, an absolute utter waste of time, does basically nothing and there so you can go ooooooh at the baby Yoda video playing.

Now if they had put it on the outline and had a magnetic grab like swords of fury that would have been really cool.

 

[Paul R Owen]

Batman TDK biscuit tin. Still a decent game though.

 

[Asiapinball]

Hurricane Ferris Wheel.

 

[cmrl9]

Batman TDK biscuit tin. Still a decent game though.

Had to think about that, the car that goes down the plastic? Yep totally and utterly pointless

 

[strobey]

I500 that bloody car

 

[Fantazia2]

A pop up shark that neither fires balls out of its mouth for multiball, or allows you to lock balls in its mouth.

 

[Gonzo]

@Gonzo thread got me thinking about pointless and an absolute waste of time mechs in games.

For me the magnet grogo ball lock on Mando, an absolute utter waste of time, does basically nothing and there so you can go ooooooh at the baby Yoda video playing.

Now if they had put it on the outline and had a magnetic grab like swords of fury that would have been really cool.

Great topic.

 

[kev a]

For me the magnet grogo ball lock on Mando, an absolute utter waste of time, does basically nothing and there so you can go ooooooh at the baby Yoda video playing.

Was thinking the other day, kinda wishing my pro had the magnet, without it the H-I-L lanes seem to rarely get hit.

 

[Kel86]

The trough the balls go in under the playfield on Avengers infinity quest

 

[johnwhitfield]

The “poof” target on TOM that then triggers the skill post. Except that the post mechanism is then missing…..

The irritating turning flipper in Monopoly also doesn’t enhance it much.

 

[Sven Normansson]

The sniper on 24. Pops out, doesn't aim anywhere near you. Plastic gun barrel is usually bent anyway.

 

[crsedgar]

Had to think about that, the car that goes down the plastic? Yep totally and utterly pointless

The batmobile shot in TDK is a huge waste of real estate and slows the game down hugely get it in the sea

 

[ianw]

Transformers wobble board

 

[Tucks]

Godzilla collapsing building

 

[MajesticPinball]

Bouncing troll doll on RCT

 

[cmrl9]

Bouncing troll doll on RCT

God I totally forgot that game, did the troll actually move, the little I played it in the trocadero the troll was black with dirt and covered in gooo

 

[Sako-TRG]

Bond on a wand

 

[Will2.0]

Reconiser on the Tron LE

Pointless side to side moving thing of nothingness on a game that angers me so much because it should be great and it's so annoyingly not

 

[MarkS]

The Start button on TZ.

 

[Tucks]

The fireies coming out of the apron in labyrinth

 

[SteadyP]

The super slow rotating Mustang model on Mustang Premium

 

[ronsplooter]

Snagger on JP Lost World

 

[cmrl9]

Was thinking the other day, kinda wishing my pro had the magnet, without it the H-I-L lanes seem to rarely get hit.

Don't worry your not missing anything with the magnet they also don't get hit (the magnet nearly always throws the ball to the right, down the middle lane with the ship, missing the lanes altogether)

 

[cmrl9]

The ac-dc plastic band at the top right, moves side to side, like there demented with the floating drumsticks

 

[Sam C]

The green goblin figure on the original Spider Mans that wobbled with a solenoid (so pointless Stern took it out on the comic book reruns to save costs).

 

[kev a]

Don't worry your not missing anything with the magnet they also don't get hit (the magnet nearly always throws the ball to the right, down the middle lane with the ship, missing the lanes altogether)

Ha that's good, well for me anyway, I nudge away thinking I have it, bounces along and still goes down to the right

Oh btw Amazon have the moving Grogu for £30 at the mo if you have ever thought about doing the animated mod.

 

[HomerRamone]

Just waiting for the "Ball shooter in Vector" comment

 

[Pick Holder]

DR WHO - The launch mech
Takes about half an hour to launch a ball, get it to pop up into the tardis and onto the right flipper.