Press Release -
January 8, 2007
The Family Guy™
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.
