Ep 42: Locked Up

Final Round Pinball
1 hr 25 min
Summary
Pandemic lockdowns impact tournament travel; pricing out collectors from new machines.
Jeff Teolis and Martin Robbins of Final Round Pinball Podcast host David Peck (Rotor Dave) from New Zealand to discuss pandemic-related lockdown impacts on international pinball travel and tournament attendance. The episode covers COVID-19 restrictions across ANZ, the challenges and costs of cross-border tournament travel, best practices for running efficient tournaments (focusing on Brisbane Masters and Jimmy Nails), Pinside forum culture and drama, machine restoration work, and market pricing trends that have priced out collectors from new Stern releases.
David Peck (rotodave) joins us as we discuss: – worst lockdown ever – Pinside – Stern Connected – System 11’s – Data East– Spinal Tap Plus: – sponsor of the week – betting – feedback – Ryan C’s Haggis update – who does Martin save?

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