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The Super Sized Dave Sousa Episode
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 29 min listen
Join us as we take a deep pinball dive into the Buffalo, NY pinball scene with Dave Sousa. Dave talks his pinball journey as well as upcoming events!
Highlights
- Fresh Pinball Podcast is in early stages of locking down a Friday panel at the 40th Anniversary Chicago Pinball Expo
- Dave Buscea operates approximately 6 locations with up to 10 games at one location in Northwest Ohio
- Dave Sousa's pinball journey began around 2019 with virtual pinball via Arcade 1-Up/Toy Shock mini cabs
- Dave's first modern game was a Gottlieb Rescue 9-1-1 purchased for approximately $1,500 in 2020
- White Water topper production involved micro-embossing process with hand-etched copper plate dies, original dies no longer in existence
- Dirty Harry pinball was traded in and sold to Greg Kennedy (2023 Ohio State Pinball Champ) at Sweeper City Championships
- Jeff purchased a Data East Guns N' Roses pinball machine unsupervised at Pins Mechanical Warehouse
- Past Times Arcade currently has a Break Shot Capcom game on location
- Gottlieb's Operation Thunder produced 2,500 units but only 8 are currently on location according to Pinside
- Fresh Pinball Podcast has 12 listeners in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, possibly Stern Pinball employees
Notable quotes
“Every time I talk to Corbin in the morning, he's still out of breath because he's been running the steps over at the McKinley Monument. Gotta get ready.”
“Foo Fighters Pro out. Boom Fighters Pro in... I think I'm going to hate it on for it, actually.”
“The only problem with music pins is I heard Monkey Wrench, $8,000. I'm an elder millennial, so Foo Fighters, I grew up with 90s Grunge, so it's up my alley, but after a while you're like, I want to mix it up.”
“If you want to own Aliens, be a tinkerer. Yes. Don't be afraid to get your hands dirty.”
“probably like, I don't know, maybe around 2019, you know, is kind of when my pinball journey started... I made my own V-Pin because those were kind of trash.”
“There are eight on location right now. And as it turns out, One of them is in the Pinball Museum of Corbin, Kentucky.”
“The original die was basically hand etched slash carved into a copper plate die... The cost was like almost 10 grand.”
“Literally every game that's laying around, he's trying to sell to a guy. He's like, what about Jeff's Rick and Morty?”
“We just have to have the original one casted and waxed. We lost your time.”
Entities
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Pinball Olympics· event
- Sweeper City Pinball Championships· event
- Aliens· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Buffalo Pinball· organization
- Fresh Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pastimes Arcade· organization
- Pinball Museum of Corbin, Kentucky· organization
- Pins Mechanical Warehouse· organization
- Ben· person
- Corbin· person
- Dave Sousa· person
- Garrett Fuller· person
- Greg Kennedy· person
- Jeff· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kyle· person
- Mike Hale· person
- Nick and Kevin· person
- Patrick· person
- Paul· person
- Rob Burke· person
- Scott McCabe· person
- Zach· person
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