Episode 84 - Double Vision/Collateral Damage
This show is all about the 2019 Texas Pinball Festival! Note: The show title is a reference to a Star Wars audio book we listened to during the trip (some of the cover art references this as well)....
Highlights
- Steve Ritchie is not retiring immediately after his next game and still likes what he does
- Wizard of Oz Yellow Brick Road LE will have up to 200 units in 2019, with up to 500 total possible
- Wizard of Oz Yellow Brick Road LE priced at $12,500
- Pirates of the Caribbean has not been a strong seller for Jersey Jack
- Jersey Jack renewed both Wizard of Oz and Pirates of the Caribbean licenses
- Drury Hotel room was twice the size of comparable Hilton rooms
- Steve Ritchie's upcoming game will have at least two flippers, six balls, and significantly higher percentage of plastics than normal
Notable quotes
“We didn't notice that we weren't going the normal I-35 route for like 100 miles. We'd been driving for like an hour.”
“He's just there. I mean, it's just like all of a sudden it's not a slow road and it's just like... I almost hit him and it really bothered me because it was so dark at this point.”
“Steve is not retiring immediately after this next game. He's not currently planning to retire. He still likes what he does, and he feels good.”
“It's not something that's the kind of game most people are going to want to play on location, and there's still a lot of location play.”
“I don't know that there are going to be a lot of people that are going to want to pay over $2,000 more for basically the same game.”
“He's always got to be, you know, messing everything up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, hey, let's do something on Friday night. I have to work the booth till 1.”
“And he wasn't just on the line. He was in my lane. I had to swerve to avoid hitting him. I probably would have killed him.”
“Jack has repeatedly stated, and he keeps renewing the license, so he must be building and selling more and more Wizard of Oz games.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippy Awards· event
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- For Amusement Only Podcast· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Straight Down the Middle· organization
- Dennis· person
- Eric (Designer)· person
- Eric (Trip Companion)· person
- Jack (Jack Danger)· person
- John Borg· person
- Martin Reinhart· person
- Nick Baldridge· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Coin-Op Carnival· product
- Drury Hotel· product
- Highway 69· product
- Hilton Hotel· product
- Hyatt House· product
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