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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature), Flipcommons Catalog.
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- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)Bash toys are [[gameplay-feature:interactive-toys]] built to be shot: a sculpted figure planted in the line of fire that registers the hits, doing the work of a bank of [[gameplay-feature:standup-targets]] in the shape of the game's villain, monster or mascot. This was a late-1990s [[manufacturer:williams]] and [[manufacturer:bally]] staple — the genie of *[[title:tales-of-the-arabian-nights]]* (1996, Williams),[1] the pair of gophers on *[[title:no-good-gofers]]* (1997), whose ramp entrances lift to expose the bash targets behind them,[2] the flying saucer of *[[title:attack-from-mars]]* (1995, Bally) that shakes and flashes above its targets as the player batters the Martian fleet[3] — and it never went away: Optimus Prime serves as the bash toy on both of [[manufacturer:stern-pinball]]'s Transformers games, *[[title:transformers]]* (2011) and *[[title:transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye]]* (2026),[4][5] and an interactive Leatherface bash toy hangs on the kill door of [[manufacturer:spooky]]'s *[[title:the-texas-chainsaw-massacre]]*.[6]
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- Robot Bash ToyFlipcommons Catalog
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- Interactive ToysFlipcommons Catalog
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- Bash ToysFlipcommons Catalog
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- bash-toysFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #3824
Genie bash toy
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #4338
Entrances to ramps elevate to allow access to bash toy targets
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_from_Mars
placed above a set of targets at the top center of the playfield, can shake and flash in time with the player's success
- Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/stern-transformers-reveal
The first shipped in 2011
- Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/stern-transformers-reveal
Optimus serving as a bash toy on each
- Spooky Pinball — https://www.spookypinball.com/product/texas-chainsaw-massacre-collectors-edition-initial-payment-2000
an interactive Leatherface Kill Door Bash Toy