Episode 121 - Dots in the Popcorn
Pinball: The guys do a re-cap on the last Build a Bank game. From there they discuss the survival of location pinball in the protracted fallout from COVID-19. Finally, in a not-really-pinball but...
Highlights
- Silver Ball Saloon in East Rochester, NY, is closing this weekend due to pandemic impacts and restrictions
- Location pinball recovery won't meaningfully begin until 2022 at earliest
- Bar-based location pinball will take the largest losses among all location types
- Mr. Jones Watches Step Right Up collaboration sold out in approximately 2 hours, limited to 100 units at $245
- Neither Dennis nor Tony have visited location pinball since early March 2020
Notable quotes
“I think at this point what we are seeing is the most likely death of location pinball for the next several years before we might start seeing a resurgence.”
“I think there's going to be a fair number of people who just, once it's been gone for so long, they're going to be so slow to come back that it's not going to be able to handle the large number of locations that some places had started to build up.”
“Why would I do that to play a game of pinball? That's to me it's silly.”
“Artistically, it's in a good place, but the watch needs to be mechanical. It needs to have complications. I think at least a minute repeater.”
“You won't sell out in two hours. You might sell out. But you won't sell out in two hours if we get this into a five figure range.”
Entities
- Mr. Jones Watches· company
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- Nub's Pub· organization
- Pizza West· organization
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- Silver Ball Saloon· organization
- Slam Tilt· organization
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Dennis· person
- Nick Baldridge· person
- Ryan Claytor· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Coin Op Carnival· product
- Step Right Up· product
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