$15,000 Pinball Showdown! Toy Story 4 vs Elton John | Jersey Jack Battle | Top 50 Pinball Machines
$15,000 Pinball Showdown! Toy Story 4 vs Elton John | Jersey Jack Battle | Top 50 Pinball Machines
In this episode of Gonzo’s Pinball Flipperama, Gonzo continues counting down his Top 50 favourite pinball machines of all time. This week the spotlight is on two modern machines from Jersey Jack...
Highlights
- Jersey Jack machines had flipper quality issues until relatively recently, improving notably by the time of Elton John
- Steve Richie was involved with Elton John specifically to help solve Jersey Jack's flipper issues
- Toy Story 4 was designed by Pat Lawlor
- Toy Story 4 had four pop bumpers at the top of the playfield that kept the ball for excessive time
- Elton John faced significant community backlash and skepticism before release, with people expressing hostility toward the theme announcement
- Jersey Jack consulted with Gonzo about Toy Story 4 licensing challenges
- Tim Allen provided voice work for Buzz Lightyear on Toy Story 4, with Jim Hanks (Tom Hanks' brother) doing voice work for Woody
- Elton John game features ball locks inside a grand piano mechanism
Notable quotes
“Jersey Jacks are well under represented on this board...they're almost like the Rolls-Royce of pinball machines...but until relatively recently, I just don't think they've shot as well as other games.”
“I do not feel that Toy Story 4 captures the essence of Toy Story...it could have just been a fairground carnival game. That's what it seemed to be centered around.”
“There was outright internet abuse. I did a video saying this looks amazing...I got nastiness, a lot of abuse from how can you say this looks good?”
“I don't know how true this is, but the word is that Steve Richie went in there and helped them sort their flipper issues out.”
“It shoots absolutely brilliantly...The playfield is stunning. Absolutely incredible. It's an absolute feast.”
“I understand as much as I should do about it...massive FOMO over Buzz Lightyear, everybody wanted a Buzz Lightyear...I was working in a toy store at the time.”
“The best pinball machine is the one you're playing...because of that, your favorite one will be favorite at different times.”
“Once people had started playing Elton John, you realized people really enjoying it saying 'This is better than I thought this was.'”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Heaven· company
- Attack from Mars· game
- Elton John· game
- Godzilla· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Star Wars· game
- The Addams Family· game
- Toy Story 4· game
- Twilight Zone· game
- Venom· game
- Alan Adair· person
- Chris Friebus· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Gonzo· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Slash· person
- Steve Richie· person
- The Who· person
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