There’s been playfield magnets all the way back to the early 80s, with one of the most notable early examples being MagnaSave on the original Black Knight. There’s been a few other ‘vertical’ magnet tricks like this before, but from the clips I’ve seen, this seems to be a ‘persistent’ magnet hold for the lock, whereas…

Practical effects > CGI.

The hidden magnet is an old trick that was around int he 90's. I believe it was the Twilight Zone machine that had one special ceramic ball that would be immune to the magnetic tricks and traps. 

Yes indeed.

Jersey Jack pinball machines are light years more advanced than Stern. See Willy Wonka pinball.

“It is literally drinking a cup of spiced crème anglaise.”

That part only sounded annoying in theory, but in effect was an interesting story bit, and went by really fast.

I heard so many complaints about it, I actually had put down the game for years when I got to that part. When I finally picked it back up? Yeah, people were whining over literally nothing. Makes me wish I had finished it when it originally launched and replayed it over and over.

Incidentally, my son played through it…

I truly can’t believe how blown out of proportion that was. It changes each time around too (In intriguing and sometime comical ways) so it’s never literally the exact same

Couldn’t agree more.  Furthermore, each iteration changed up the guardian battles and had unique character interactions so you weren’t really replaying anything exactly.  It was honestly one of my favorite parts of the game, seeing the “what if” scenarios.

said it before, will say it again. the repeating worlds thing took less than an hour a piece, you had the ship, you were leveled up so the guardians were a cakewalk after one or 2 go rounds., there was no reason to “play through 90% of the game” yes it was awkward, but its overblown.

how dare you besmirch my writing by implying that this take is good

Tops are overrated.

Amen.

Its packing arguably the worst motor Toyota ever made.  The boat anchor 3.slow. If you live in a state where you can do the 3.4 swap, go for it. As much as I love the first gens I'm sticking to those with the 22RE

no he’s a wanker

Thank you sir. I lucked out big time, 1 owner, 120k, has been serviced at Lexus it’s entire life. It’s a keeper.

I love my 200.

The ES and Camry from this era are the automotive equivalent to a cockroach, in a good way of course. They cannot be killed and live forever.