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Ep 38: Fantastic Mr. Fox

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 16 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
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Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 38: Fantastic Mr. Fox Hosts: Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins Special Guest: Joe Fox – What Matters In A Pinball Machine For Enjoyment – Value In Different Models –...

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Highlights

  • The pandemic has brought nearly double the amount of new people into the pinball hobby compared to 1.5 years prior
  • PinFest has evolved from primarily a flea market/swap meet into more of a collector social event with machines displayed for play rather than sale
  • The Mandalorian LE upper playfield (rotating Mando helmet) becomes a significant difficulty spike after bonus level one
  • Joe Fox initially bought Mandalorian LE with intent to sell, but kept it after failing to move it quickly
  • The Doctor Strange lift in The Avengers (LE)/Premium was disabled for tournaments due to unfair multi-ball advantage for subsequent players
  • Electric Magic feature on Led Zeppelin LE can be disabled without significantly impacting gameplay experience
  • Delaware will host its first IFPA-sanctioned tournament on August 7th featuring both a flip frenzy and match play tournament
  • The Delaware Pinball Collective location fell through when landlord rented to another tenant after verbal acceptance
  • Ian reports Melbourne is in its fifth lockdown with Sydney/NSW experiencing Delta variant outbreak
  • Brisbane Masters will have reduced attendance due to NSW lockdown preventing interstate travel

Notable quotes

“I'm more impatient as I've gotten older. I want the game to move and let's go and let's go and let's go instead of watching a show.”
Joe Fox
“What you like, Jeff, is going to be different than what Marty likes. It's going to be different than what I like. And the best part of it is that we can all coexist.”
Joe Fox
“I bought it with honestly the sole intention of selling it... Come Sunday morning I looked in the garage. It was still there... I opened it up. Yeah, you'll still be able to sell it.”
Joe Fox
“The problem with LEs isn't the game. It's the people buying them sight unseen and maybe flipping them.”
Martin Robbins
“I think the thing that we're not going to mention by its name over the last year and a half has actually brought probably almost double the amount of people into this hobby.”
Joe Fox
“Do I want to put all the effort into something that two days before we may go into lockdown again? It's tough.”
Ian
“I will always open my home to this community as long as I need to and as many times as I need to.”
Joe Fox

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Brisbane Masters· event
  • PinFest· event
  • Avengers· game
  • Guardians· game
  • Iron Maiden· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Led Zeppelin· game
  • Mandalorian· game
  • Metallica· game
  • Stranger Things· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
  • Delaware Pinball Collective· organization
  • Final Round Pinball Podcast· organization
  • IFPA· organization
  • Corey Holson· person
  • Ian· person
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Joe Fox· person
  • Martin Robbins· person
  • Rodney· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

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