
Episode 109 - UV Coronas
Pinball: The pinball segment focuses on Stern Pinball's UV kit for Stranger Things and the announced Heavy Metal pin. Video Games: In video games the discussions are more coronavirus fallout, an...
Highlights
- Stranger Things UV kit was always meant to be sold as an aftermarket addon, not a delayed production feature.
- Heavy Metal pinball layout is based on the Star Wars Home Edition layout, with Passive 2 Ball Lock and OptoSpinner as giveaways.
- Scott at Penn Stadium has created a UV-only solution for pinball that integrates into gameplay and costs $100 less than Stern's UV kit.
- Heavy Metal pinball is a side deal licensing arrangement similar to Primus, Pabst, and Supreme, not a core Stern product line.
- Stranger Things licensing cost more than Jurassic Park licensing, which may explain reduced bill of materials in the Pro model.
- The Primus/Pabst layout (Continental Cafe EM design) is disliked by most players, including designer Wayne Nyans who says 'it's terrible.'
- Heavy Metal pinball will be released end of March, week before Texas Pinball Festival.
- Heavy Metal pinball features hand-drawn artwork based on Heavy Metal magazine, includes chameleon paint armor kit, original soundtrack with Sebastian Bach and Brendan Small.
Notable quotes
“I think this was always meant to be sold as an extra. Yeah. So if you're thinking that some sort of manufacturing delay is why you're being asked to pay $280, I believe you're mistaken.”
“You don't have to like it and show them that you don't if you don't. That would be my position. And that'd be one thing. I mean, they don't sell a whole lot. It's something that they won't do this way again, you would assume. But I have a feeling they're going to sell a bunch of them.”
“It feels like Elwin is exploiting the bill of – I think they're getting the same bill of materials, but it feels like he's got a way that – it feels like he's putting more in his games. Like he's making his dollars go further in ways that the players notice.”
“This is in my mind, it's just it's a side deal. It's just like the Pabst Can Crusher and Primus.”
“The two passive ball lock thing, that's fun for a two-ball multi-ball. And the shots feel good, and it's a good layout. And I've heard that about Spiderman Home Edition layout. I have not heard that about Primus' layout.”
“I don't think we're going to see this one locally. I don't think so. We haven't seen any of the other ones like this locally.”
“And they can't all be winners. I don't know why they picked such a loser layout, but they keep using it, I guess because it's in the can and you can contract on it.”
“I think you can. And so now maybe that's in the catalog. They're definitely related. Now maybe that's in the catalog as well, because that was a pretty well-received layout from people I've heard who played Star Wars Home Edition.”
“I think this and Primus and Pabst and Supreme, they're not made for pinball players. They're made for pans. They're made for pans.”
“So the flyer needed to be ready. So anyway, but it's pinball, so it's sort of interesting. So I thought we should mention it.”
Entities
- Elwin Pinball· company
- Marco Specialties· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Heavy Metal Pinball· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Pabst Blue Ribbon Pinball· game
- Primus Pinball· game
- Star Wars Home Edition· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Supreme Pinball· game
- Woe Nelly Big Juicy Melons· game
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- Brendan Small· person
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dennis· person
- Ryan Claytor· person
- Scott· person
- Sebastian Bach· person
- Tony· person
- Wayne Nyans· person
- Brigitte· product
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