 The Family Guy™
PRESS RELEASE - January 8, 2007
Stern Pinball, Inc. Introduces
World’s First Family Guy Pinball Machine !
  Meet
the Griffins…America’s new first family of comedy! The
Griffin family stars in the FOX Television show FAMILY
GUY, an animated sitcom that is making adults of all
ages laugh till they cry. FAMILY GUY is also Stern
Pinball’s newest pinball machine, designed by Pat Lawlor
and his team at Pat Lawlor Design, and the pinball
imagineers at Stern Pinball!
 The
FAMILY GUY pinball machine features exclusive never
before heard phrases by FAMILY GUY show creator, Seth
MacFarlane. Seth offers up plenty of hysterical lines as
Peter Griffin (the father), Brian Griffin (the family
dog), Stewie Griffin (the baby who wants to take over
the world), and other characters from the show. The
FAMILY GUY pinball offers three different adjustable
levels of speech (Adult, Moderate and Family), and also
features original artwork from the artists who create
the FAMILY GUY television show, as well as famed pinball
artists John Youssi and Margaret Hudson.
 The FAMILY GUY pinball machine introduces a new and
unique element to the pinball world - Stewie’s
mini-playfield (see both playfield pictures below).
Stewie’s mini-playfield is a small pinball playfield
that sits in the upper right hand corner of the main
playfield. It has its own "mini-flippers" that the
player controls with the regular flipper buttons when
the game is in ‘Stewie mini-playfield’ mode. The
mini-playfield even has its own ramps and targets to
shoot at, while a toy of Stewie turns on its axis in
front of the mini-playfield and taunts the player into
believing they have no chance of beating Stewie !
Additional features on the game include: character
figures of each of the six Griffin family members by
Mezco Toys; a Patriot Ale can with a Brian Griffin toy
standing on top that can be struck by the ball (the game
owner will be provided with an extra set of decals if
they want to change Patriot Ale to Patriot Root Beer);
plenty of multi-ball features, and two captive pinballs,
which spell out P-I-N-B-A-L-L when struck - The FAMILY
GUY pinball machine has great depth to keep pinball
wizards happy, but is
also very fun and very easy to understand for the casual
pinball player.
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| Actual picture of Game
Playfield |
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| Actual picture of Upper (Stewie)
Game Playfield |
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