Episode 95 - No
Pinball: In pinball news, the guys focus on a small Skit-B update, a discussion of the latest information from Dutch Pinball, a discussion of Jersey Jack Pinball's clearcoat issues, and a brief...
Highlights
- Dutch Pinball received settlement from ARA manufacturer; all games and parts are now fully paid for and owned by Dutch Pinball
- Sale of 40 Big Lebowski machines at $12,500 each ($500k) did not fully cover the ARRA settlement amount
- Nathanson's appeal of sanctions in Fife/Predator case was denied; sanctions stood
- Dutch Pinball has parts inventory for 200+ games but lacks complete sets for all pre-orders; some components must be ordered
- Dutch Pinball license with Universal Pictures extended through December 31, 2025 (not 2020 as stated in broadcast)
- Spooky Pinball operates at approximately 10-12 machines per week output capacity (~500 units/year)
- Dennis's grant reports were praised as better than his predecessor's
Notable quotes
“It's like, we're going to have to sell X and then we can ship one out to an early achiever. That's the model. That's a crap model.”
“It is literally, the Titanic is sinking, and they're running around with a coffee cup trying to bail the water out of it.”
“You're not investors, you're customers. You're mistreated customers. You're terribly mistreated customers.”
“My read on this is to get the rest of the money, to get all of the inventory, he's been given loans or gifts. That would be my guess.”
“Why does he not know the location to do his little home build yet? This has been going on for months. Why are these things not planned already?”
“He was never going to get Ara to build more. Right. He had to have a plan.”
“Nathanson never would produce said evidence. He just kept saying Kevin said that he loaned them to you. Just trusting.”
“I poured that passion. That passion we showed when we talked about how much we liked Wonka. It's like that, but in writing. You just got to pour it.”
Entities
- ARA· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Skip B· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Universal Pictures· company
- Big Lebowski· game
- Predator· game
- CoinTaker· organization
- Barry· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Kerry Wing· person
- Kevin Kulik· person
- Nathanson· person
- Steve Bowden· person
- Tim Fife· person
- Tony· person
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