Episode 88 - Year of the Franchi?
Pinball: In pinball news coverage focuses on Christopher Franchi's Superman 78 art package, gameplay on Suncoast Pinball's Cosmic Carnival, and the purported Catman edition of Stern Pinball's Batman...
Highlights
- Superman 78 concept art was presented to Stern but rejected, suggesting no Superman pinball machine is in development
- Cosmic Carnival is a symmetrical game with changed ramp visuals but identical mirror-image shot geometry
- Suncoast switched from custom board to P-Rock/P3 board (Multimorphic) to meet release deadlines
- The Munsters (Premium) may be underperforming sales targets, prompting Stern to release a colorized version
- Batman 66 Catwoman edition is primarily a back glass and cabinet side art reskin with unchanged playfield
- Christopher Franchi designed art packages for Superman 78, Beetlejuice, and both new Batman 66 and Munsters reskins
Notable quotes
“I think Superman would have been a better seller. Let's just put it at that. It would have been a better seller than Beetlejuice.”
“I just don't. Well, they haven't proven themselves. Right. I'll be really happy if it happens, and it's good.”
“At the price point, which is almost $6,000 on this game... When you can learn the entire game in half the time, and that's what you can do on a symmetrical game.”
“I actually think that Stern is not pleased with the sales counts on the premiums. I think they came in under their projections.”
“They pop. They pop. They pop. Everyone always says pop.”
“I think seeing as how rarely it has been done anymore, it'll be a neat little one-off. But if all they do is kick out symmetrical games, it could turn into an issue.”
Entities
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Suncoast Pinball· company
- Batman (66 Limited Edition)· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Cosmic Carnival· game
- Superman 78· game
- The Munsters (Premium)· game
- Pinball Paparazzi· organization
- Slap Save Pinball· organization
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Dennis· person
- Gene Hackman· person
- George Gomez· person
- Scott Danesi· person
- Tommy· person
- Zach Minney· person
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