Episode 86 - Wonka Reality
Pinball: This guys discuss Jersey Jack Pinball's reveal of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, followed by their hands-on experience with the Pro model of Stern Pinball's Black Knight: Sword of...
Highlights
- Willy Wonka Standard edition price dropped $1,000 versus Pirates to incentivize operator adoption
- Jersey Jack deliberately made Standard edition art packages inferior to force home collectors toward LE
- Dialed In is no longer Pat Lawlor's worst-selling JJP game (due to Wonka release)
- Wonka Standard edition completely lacks Wonkavator Super Ball Lock mechanism (replaced with virtual lock)
- Gene Wilder artwork uses identical head/expression across all poses in Wonka art package
- Wonka playfield art feels disconnected and vanilla compared to theme potential
- Jersey Jack LE is limited to 5,000 units; CE limited to 500 units
- Wonka is four-flipper layout with seven magnets
Notable quotes
“I can only think of this as solely designed explicitly to try and force home collectors to feel obligated to upgrade to the more expensive unit because there's no other excuse to do it this way.”
“The standard edition is a travesty.”
“It looks nice. It's clean. It's not overly busy like my problem with Oktoberfest.”
“It had that feel to me. I agree. In fact, I think when I look at the play field specifically for Willy Wonka, that's exactly the comparison I would make is it looks like Star Wars.”
“It's just a logo on the standard edition. Ridiculous.”
“We're in a world with Dirty Donnie and Christopher Franchi and Jeremy Packer art packages, and this is not that.”
“That smirk, to me, it says, I hate candy. I just want a steak.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Dialed In· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Star Wars· game
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory· game
- Straight Down the Middle· media
- This Week in Pinball· media
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis· person
- Dirty Donnie· person
- Jean-Paul DeWin· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Joe Katz· person
- John Yossi· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Tony· person
- Vikas Dio· person
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