Halloween in July. Don calls the Pinball Helpline! BonusX!!
Don can’t decide if he should buy a used Spooky Halloween, so he calls the Pinball Helpline! Matt also weighs in for some reason. Then baby tech Donnie fixes a game! Along the way, they explore some...
Highlights
- Halloween has reliability issues, particularly with faulty boards
- The guest finds Halloween's layout clunky with awkward upper-upper playfield design that causes ball stalling
- Pirates of the Caribbean (Jersey Jack) machines command $30,000-$34,000 on the secondary market
- Halloween is not held in particularly high esteem by the broader community despite having dedicated fans
- Accessing and servicing Halloween's upper flipper requires removing multiple playfield layers due to triple-playfield design complexity
Notable quotes
“I think it's kind of clunky. I don't really enjoy the layout, and I think it's weird to have an upper-upper play field.”
“I'm more of a flow guy in general. I don't really like playing premiums too much. I like playing pros because I feel like, right, the flow.”
“Eliminate the fear, open up the gear.”
“Pirates of the Caribbean, the Jersey Jack game being worth like $30,000. I saw one for $34,000 the other day.”
“I don't know if that applies to games that aren't held in super high esteem. I mean, Halloween, it has its fans, but I would say generally it's not like a super loved game.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Halloween· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Diane· person
- Don· person
- Dutch· person
- Jamie Burchill· person
- Matt· person
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