Williams

The Machine: Bride of Pinbot

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This game received 467 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.802 _/10

7.802

Top 100 ranking

This game ranks #125 in the Pinside Pinball Top 100.

Score breakdown

Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:

Game Design: 7.602

Artwork: 8.218

Sounds/Music: 7.357

Other Aspects: 7.81

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8.723/10

10 years ago

RIK

Omniscience3

Inactive member

Martinsburg, WV

10y 15,900 26 1 9

Got the 'Billion Point Shot" the first time I played this pin. I love the gameplay, music and artwork, but she's a bit too easy for a log-term relationship. ;P

Omniscience3 has this game on the wishlist.

7.692/10

10 years ago

LEJ

PinballRulez

Pinside member

13y 88,800 1,350 18

My god, she's alive! Very nice pin with a lot of flow and nice combo shot. A bit linear rules but even now still fun to play.

8.502/10

10 years ago

QAT

davidtheakiva

Pinside member

Raleigh, NC

11y 29,650 4 1 8

A great original theme, beautifully realized. Scoring is unbalanced, but you must work HARD to get the Billion Point Shot!

davidtheakiva has this game on the wishlist.

8.101/10

10 years ago

JDN

Say what you will about the game having uneven scoring, but it still looks and plays great. Who doesn't like hitting the shuttle ramp to rotate the head? The best part of the game is the lighting effect for bringing her to life.

GarlandJenkins edited previous rating on November 01, 2017.

8.004/10

10 years ago

JW

jwinn1812

Inactive member

Paducah, KY

10y 36,150 129 10 7

just a great classic

jwinn1812 has this game on the wishlist.

9.056/10

10 years ago

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Cspringer

Inactive member

Unknown

10y 6,000 26

This is one of my All Time Favorites. The play is challenging and watching the bride go through all the stages of transformation is fun. The out lanes can really tick me off but overall I find myself coming back to this machine time and time again. Love it.

Cspringer edited previous rating on March 26, 2014.

9.148/10

10 years ago

DMF

dtown

Pinside member

11y 76,900 1,293 2 20

Though BOP is viewed as a "one shot game" everything else about the table elevates well above that moniker. The light show and sound are top notch. Playing BOP in the dark is a sight to behold. Superb artwork all around and Python's suggesive tidbits are fun to look for. I don't know if the last-ability is there in a small collection and I'd sooner get a Pinbot, but there is no denying the audio/visual appeal of this pin.

8.005/10

10 years ago

TOM

DocRotCod

Pinside member

Edmond, OK

11y 60,150 1,551 2 6 1

The turning head on this pin is a great feature and a great goal to work towards. This pin has some brutal STDM shots. The goals are pretty simple and can at times be repetitive. i still love this pin and don't see it going away anytime soon.

DocRotCod has owned this game in the past.

7.684/10

10 years ago

GKJ

Jeekayjay

Inactive member

11y 53,150 750 11

I really enjoyed it. Some of the most funny call outs I have heard in my short pinball career. I loved the sound and they way Pinbot and Bride spoke to eachother. Really great backglass art depicting the construction of Bride.

8.520/10

10 years ago

DAN

pindan3

Inactive member

Sarasota, FL

10y 49,900 272 19 106

Got this one in my collection! its a keeper and looks like some interesting mods are coming soon for this one!

pindan3 currently owns this game.

6.747/10

10 years ago

MOF

mof

Mof Pinball

San Francisco, CA

11y 149K 13,307 25 94

Another follow up to an original pin that doesn't do justice to the original pin.

Originality: yes

Art/Lights/Theme: It's ok to me. I am not a fan of the masculine looking faces.

Sound/Callouts: Can't hear them, I'm playing in an arcade.

Flow: none. Shots die out or get their velocity altered somehow. Zero flow, with the exception of the horseshoe shot.

Toys: Big space-waster. Very cool the first time you play it. Not so cool the 10th time.

Ball Control/Hazards: Barry Orsler is notorious for evil outlanes. They are here as well. Other than that, it's an easy game to play. Easy to milk ramps over and over.

Balanced Scoring: The fact that you can milk ramps means you can soak up big scores with little effort.

Fun/Lastability:
I see little reason to play it again.

Symmetry: Too symmetrical. Ball flow is too predictable over all.

7.324/10

10 years ago

CBZ

Kineticross

Inactive member

Needham, MA

11y 69,150 1,103 1 62

The same year that BBBB was produced as a "cost-saver game", Machine was released. And trust me when I say it's quite a bit better. The goal of The Machine machine is to turn the at first Pin*Bot type robot into a real woman. This is accomplished by shooting a ramp and allowing the Machine to turn heads. This climaxes into a two-ball multiball where you have to shoot the robot again and again for huge rewards, including an awesome billion-point shot - unbalanced, but risky! Combine this great ruleset with brilliant light shows, inventive play field art, and some awesome flow, and you have a great game. Thanks to FarSight for this gem of a game!

9.840/10

10 years ago

BEN

benbethel

Pinside member

Flagstaff, AZ

10y 33,400 40 1 8

This is a classic game that has great playability. It's almost as if they took the magic of the disco era of the 1970s with the early gadget era of the 1980s and mixed it in with a futuristic theme that reminds me of the movie "The 5th Element" when the robot sings. I have always wanted this pin and now that I have it, it's a keeper that will be played again, and again, and again. It's a true piece of art...

benbethel has owned this game in the past.

8.307/10

10 years ago

ALP

JamesMxP

Pinside+ Frequent

Belington, WV

10y 41,150 89 2 10 1

Great lightshow considering the machine's age. Really enjoying playing despite the scoring imbalance created by the billion point shot. Mainly need to focus on left ramp shots, but fun and flows great despite that. Biggest complaint is that a plunge feeds the pop bumpers and always seems to want to drain straight down the middle for me.

8.768/10

10 years ago

JJ

Hoopjohn

Pinside member

Eagle River, WI

12y 52,400 495 4 32

In my house for about 2 years.

The good. The fabulous light show. Transformation is very intense. The face. The music. The callouts. The sounds. Its a theme I'm comfortable with. The billion point payoff. And I happen to think it all comes together quite well.

The not so good. Its obvious that the left ramp is the main (only) shot of this game....and may get old after a person dials in on the left ramp shot. Uneven scoring with basically nothing to shoot for with the left flipper.

Still pondering the possibility of the BOP 2.0 upgrade but with a cost of approx. $1950 would like to see and definitely play it. Personally, I wasn't all that impressed with videos I saw of BOP 2.0.

Highly recommend. This is indeed lots of pin for the money. I still enjoy as much as the first game I played. No, it isn't complicated like the modern games, but clearly, a classic. Sort of like a 66 Mustang Convertible.

I've owned it long enough to master the game. Billion point games are common. Uneven scoring or not, its a fun game.

Hoopjohn edited previous rating on February 28, 2015.
Hoopjohn currently owns this game.

7.893/10

10 years ago

ARS

thedefog

Pinside member

10y 93,350 5,673 72

Love this game. And although I still prefer the original to the Bride, I have to give her credit for changing things up.

Pros: Great Speech on the Bride (except the stupid singing), Cool ramps and shots, cool idea with the rotating visor, awesome artwork and theme (Python), fun and funky layout with decent flow.

Cons: The male sound effect "My God, She's Alive!" is stupid. The music is not so good, and the original had some of the best, so this is a major letdown. Game play becomes a bit monotonous after a few games with the left ramp shots. I wouldn't want this one to be the only game I owned. Lacks lastability.

thedefog edited previous rating on August 11, 2016.

7.430/10

10 years ago

DAN

BeaverBrewing

Pinside member

Beaver Falls, PA

11y 80,150 289 7 282

Too much left ramp shooting for me, with a better rule set I think this would be much higher. Gets a bit old after awhile. Music is perfect for the theme, sound is quality as well.

6.909/10

10 years ago

DGG

Ontdrew

Inactive member

Mississauga, ON

10y 8,500 7

Artwork and theme is cool. The twirling head is clever and unique. The game strategy is straight forward. Although it is a lot of left ramp shooting (monotonous) the game still plays well, is addicting, and a lot of fun. This one is on my A list.

7.648/10

10 years ago

MAS

mstanhope

Inactive member

Dillsburg, PA

11y 11,500 11 8

Definately a one shot wonder, but a great playing machine. One of Williams last alpha-numeric displayed games, the turning head and billion point shot make you come back for more!

mstanhope currently owns this game.

7.661/10

10 years ago

AJ

BoP

Pinside member

Albury

10y 70,050 460 20 30

Great art and sound package on this game. "My god, she's alive!" I love it and its always a favourite of visitors to. The game also has some really nice flow with the ramps and loops but if your a bit off your game if will punish you very quickly.

BoP edited previous rating on January 03, 2019.
BoP has owned this game in the past.

8.281/10

10 years ago

BTC

BadBrad97

Pinside member

Simpsonville, SC

12y 61,650 842 6 13

This game is in a class by itself as far as I am concerned. It does get a little tiring at times but if you are not concentrating on the left ramp shot and play the whole field it is a blast.

BadBrad97 has owned this game in the past.

6.858/10

10 years ago

KEN

pinballrebel

Pinside member

11y 78,900 408 37 60

Neat game put a little too far removed from the Pinot magic that made pinbot so successful. The main toy takes up too much of the game.

pinballrebel has owned this game in the past.

9.074/10

10 years ago

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Heretic_9

Pinside+ Frequent

10y 47,550 832 9

I really don't understand where some reviewers have described TAF or TZ as "difficult" and "discouraging or frustrating to novice players." TZ is the more challenging of those two, but tables like these clearly fall into the 'Moderate" or "Average' range for difficulty. If you're looking for an accurate choice for 'difficult', go with games like Bram Stoker's Dracula or **this** one. Machine Bride has NO Ball Save (unless there are some settings only available to Owner / Operators that I'm unaware of, which I suppose is possible), and is absolutely MERCILESS when it comes to drains. Unless you are a table-nudging wizard, I guarantee you will lose MANY MANY balls down the middle and around both sides ! There are obvious "Sucker" shots to tempt you. As "Mr. T" of the A-Team might have put it, 'I pity the fool who tries to nail that Center Ramp shot from the Left flipper !' The Small Wheel shot is quite tough too, and can be a killer.

All that said, I can't think of anything else in pinball like those revolving faces -- one of the all- time brilliant design features. The Metamorphosis is always a thrill to achieve, and may not even garner you a replay, depending ! The backglass artwork is as stunningly iconic as any to be found in the history of pinball. Stephanie's voice work is spot on. (O.K., that Billion points shot is just a gimmick . . . but I've only hit it once.) Is this a long term keeper ? In a larger collection, I'd say definitely YES !

8.013/10

10 years ago

EHL

lyonsden

Professor Pinball

11y 126K 3,128 156

Beautiful machine -- hard pressed to find a better looking backglass, cabinet or playfield. Yes, the rules are shallow, but it is hard to beat the satisfaction of metamorphosis, spin big wheel, and nailing the billion shot followed by "welcome to the billionaires club". Beginners and casual players love this machine.

lyonsden edited previous rating on June 04, 2014.

8.080/10

10 years ago

MVJ

shimoda

Pinside member

11y 75,150 3,651 8 24

I really learned about this machine from the iOS virtual pinball software - The Pinball Arcade. I loved the artwork, theme and sounds so much it quickly became one of the top machines I wanted once I decided to really get into pinball and bring home a game or two. I got to play one while looking at a project game at someone's house. His was diamond-plated and in great condition. I didn't really play more than a game to be polite but decided it was still a machine I wanted. Literally the next day an ad showed up here for one that was not fully working.

When I arrived to look at the Machine it was working even less than the description, some inserts lifting and heavy wear to a few areas of the playfield. Even cleaned up and fixed it would be a player's game. However, owing to the problems it had the price came down to where I was glad to pack it up and bring her home to work out the kinks. Besides all of this I am strongly considering the dutch pinball 2.0 project when it becomes available, hopefully later this year.

On to the game.

Artwork: I love the artwork on Pin*Bot and this is even better. Every aspect suits the theme and the everything from the playfield to the cabinet and backglass are excellently conceived and executed. Additionally, the light show is great. I've put some colored LEDs in on the skill shot 'egg crate' and think it adds wonderfully. I plan to do some more LED customization over time but even stock the light show is great with wonderfully colored inserts throughout the playfield.

Theme: Excellent, I love space themes and this one carries it off wonderfully.

Gameplay: The most common complaint people make about BOP is that it is a one-shot game. If/when I get that one shot, perhaps I'll agree, for a minute. Yes, the Billion Point shot makes the rest of the game 'pointless' if that is the only aim. However, it is trickier to get to that ramp than it seems and to do it 9 times (with the right Big Wheel spin) on one ball is even trickier (I suppose it can be done in 8 shots really). There are no drop targets and the playfield really does feel short owing to the head unit and pachinko style upper playfield but I don't feel that it detracts from the game. You have two ramps, two loops, and a side wall shot plus three standing targets to aim for including the jet bumper lane. I have fun trying to get multiple heartbeat ramp shots or multiple loop shots on either/both sides. All in all, even while I have to get this thing cleaned up and some PF repair done, I cannot stop playing!

I would say that if this were my only pin it might be harder to hold onto given the shorter feeling playfield and lack of drop targets. However, it would still be hard to get rid of, it is truly a sexy, challenging machine.

shimoda edited previous rating on November 23, 2013.
shimoda has owned this game in the past.

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