Episode 123 - Knapp Assemble!
Tony and Dennis are joined by Jason Knapp of the famous Knapp Arcade Facebook page to talk games! Pinball: The guys discuss Avengers: Infinity Quest from Stern Pinball, the reported price and limits...
Highlights
- Avengers Infinity Quest pricing has increased $100 across all models: Pro $61.99, Premium $77.99, LE $91.99
- The main gameplay difference between Pro and Premium/LE is the Dr. Strange ball lock mechanism; Premium/LE has a lifting spinning disc feeding into a subway with clear window, Pro has static version
- Keith Elwin stated publicly that 'there will always be a spinner on the pro' models
- Of Stern's last five released games, only Stranger Things and the new Avengers are new licenses; others (Jurassic Park, Elvira, Star Wars, TMNT) were previously done by Data East or early Stern
- Stern previously released an Avengers pinball game in 2012 that was unsuccessful
- The Infinity Gauntlet sculpt on Premium/LE looks like a cheap hazmat suit glove with washed-out lights
Notable quotes
“I was the last person on earth to share the pictures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and I got a poorly worded misspelled legal threat from Stern to take it down”
“It's the Walmart of themes right now”
“I think this was a low effort license choice. It's and I like the Avengers as well.”
“It looks like it's a cheap adult novelty toy”
“The good news is we can figure out what the next current theme will be by looking at the rest of the Data East titles. It's probably going to be either Phantom of the Opera, Last Action Hero, or Lethal Weapon 3.”
“No glove, no love? Exactly. Yeah, no. Just the entire sculpt for it is terrible.”
“I watched the trailer 10 times so I'm very well very well versed in the uh the nuances of the two”
“I'd rather have the flat plastic than this”
Entities
- Data East· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Deadpool· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Star Wars· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- The Queen· game
- This Week in Pinball· media
- Roanoke Pinball Museum· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jason Knapp· person
- Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti)· person
- Jerry Thompson· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Hale· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
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