Episode 135 - Hires and Cons
Pinball: Discussion covers a bit more about Jersey Jack Pinball's GnR price increase followed by American Pinball's hiring of Jack Haeger as Art Director. Video Games: Discussion focuses on some...
Highlights
- Jersey Jersey Jack Pinball increased Guns Guns N' Roses price by $1,000 across all models
- Bill of material costs have increased, particularly for wood, due to post-COVID supply chain issues and increased home projects demand
- Deep Deep Root Pinball Pinball experienced supply chain struggles obtaining parts for Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland Adventureland
- American Pinball three previous titles (Houdini, Oktoberfest, Hot Wheels) did not perform well in sales
- American Pinball is planning to release two to three games per year under David Fix' leadership
- Jack Hager previously worked on Sinistar arcade game and Ultimate Spider-Man video game artwork
- American Pinball is on life support but attempting necessary changes to survive
Notable quotes
“Jersey Jersey Jack Pinball is about flexing. Rich people only... You want to show people how much better you are than them? You prove that with your bank account... Ferrari doesn't make a cheap model. Why should we? We're the Ferrari of pinball.”
“Some of you in pinball are not that smart... you can trick some people by just pointing at a thing and saying, look at this thing. And if the thing looks fancy enough, people will accept the price increase, even though whatever you added was super cheap.”
“The problem is that Hot Wheels is a C-tier license... if you're going for a license, why would you go for Hot Wheels?”
“Hot Wheels doesn't have personality... G.I. Joe had personality. They were fighting Cobra. There was a story to it... A Mustang doesn't have personality.”
“I think their problem is more of a theme problem than anything else... ultimately I think if they get an actual good license... they're setting themselves to be in a really good position.”
“I think that the decision to basically replace Joe Balser with Dennis Nordman should, in theory, even if they change nothing else, I think his designs will be better received.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Houdini· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland· game
- Sinistar· game
- Toy Story· game
- Ultimate Spider-Man· game
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Andrew· person
- David Fixes· person
- Dennis· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Jack Hager· person
- Joe Balser· person
- Tony· person
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