Silverball guide · The Mandalorian
Three lists and a finish
The Mandalorian is unusually honest about what it wants from you. Five missions, three multiballs, three encounters — and knowing that changes what you shoot on ball one.
UK Machine Record
The Mandalorian
Stern · 2021 · at 19 UK venues.
19
UK venues
19
machines mapped
#6
most-located of 246
2021
released
LCD4 playersSolid state
DesignBrian Eddy
ArtRandy Martinez
Editions in the UKLEPremiumPro
About
The Mandalorian has become a familiar sight at UK pinball clubs and larger collections, and it is one of Stern's more ambitious attempts to turn a television series into a proper pinball adventure. The game follows the Mandalorian and Grogu through the first two seasons, with video and audio from the show, Carl Weathers' Greef Karga and Randy Martinez's hand-drawn artwork.
The big attraction is the rotating Encounter upper playfield, where the game suddenly changes direction and gives you a completely different little pinball table to work. Grogu is the other obvious centrepiece, while the Razor Crest target feeds into the game's multiball progression.
It is a machine that rewards knowing what you are trying to achieve rather than simply hammering the biggest-looking shots. Grogu is cute; the upper playfield is where things get serious.
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The playfield
What you’re looking at · 3
- The Child
The Grogu figure standing over the top left, and the biggest thing on the playfield. You cannot miss it, and it is the landmark everything else on this half gets described against.
- The Razor Crest
The ship model lying across the middle of the playfield, nose down and to the left.
- This is the Way
The circle at the bottom centre, with two ladders printed either side of it: Razor Crest in green on the left, Encounters in red on the right.
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The playfield
Strategy tips · 12
Strategy tips written by players on PinTips , not by Silverball. Best-voted first.
Top tipMultiball 18 votes
Hit 3 “up the middle” Razor Crest shots before starting mission at scoop. Then hit final middle shot to stack Razor Crest MB on mission.
Skill shot1 tip
- Skill shot
Pro only: Try a softer plunge just up, over & in upper playfield where hitting a couple of targets will net you a 750,000 “sneaky skill-shot.”
General9 tips
- General
Hit both ramps & the scoop to start a mode/mission. This also lights an extra ball at the scoop which is a great backhand from left paddle.
- General
Hit two scoops in a row to start mission and light extra ball, super easy, collect extra ball, then hit 3 shots up the middle for multi.
- General
Light +1x Playfield via Scope, Hunter, and the Boba Fett target pair. All 3 at once activates 6x Playfield! Fett targets can extend timer.
- General
You can get extra balls from starting a certain number of modes, buying them from the Foundry or occasionally from the CHILD mystery award.
- General
To use the Flamethrower, HOLD DOWN the Action Button to sweep all shots from right to left. Shots "on fire" award 2x score for next shot.
- General
You can accumulate Beskar in several ways: completing Hunter modes, from the Scope and from the CHILD mystery.
- General
When you collect enough Beskar, the Foundry at the left scoop lets you buy Equipment. For example, lighting Extra Ball costs 600.
- General
Whistling birds can be used to collect all awards from child mystery The armor from the foundry can really extend your multiball play.
- General
Light Scope on L Inlane via R U-turn, left-side 2x target, and R Ramp. Once active, hit 1 of those 3 shots again for awards & +1x Playfield.
Multiball1 tip
- Multiball
RELIGHT MULTIBALL by completing a Hunter Mode. Complete left target bank to qualify Hunter. Start Hunter by inlane rollover Switch.
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A closer look
Close-ups of the The Mandalorian playfield, with our note on what each one is showing you.
The Razor Crest sculpture, engines lit, over the playfield.
The Grogu sculpture, beside the clear ramp.
A row of lamps set into the steel arc.
The target bank under TARGETS LIGHT HUNT.
Photographs via the Internet Pinball Database. The captions are ours.
The original flyer
How The Mandalorian was sold to operators — Stern, 2021. The back is the feature list the manufacturer led with, which is a fair record of what the machine was meant to be famous for.
Front
BackManufacturer’s sales flyer — Stern’s own artwork. We haven’t been able to confirm the source of this scan.
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