Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular May 30

“Every single pinball company that has failed is because of mistakes that they made. All right, no one sabotaged the company...There's nothing that will be innovated that will put pinball manufacturers out of business.”

“I think the biggest mistake almost every company is making is growth, growth, growth, growth, growth, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, more, more, more.”

“Why would you ever require people to make pre-orders on a topper eight months in advance...it reeks of needing cash flow.”

“Pokemon's going to continue to sink in price, sink in hype. It's never fully going to come back.”

“They should have struck a little bit harder with all the Optimus BS happening. They didn't even make a joke about it...They had a golden opportunity.”

“This is the stupidest thing ever, man...You will never get anywhere near $50,000 in enjoyment with that game.”

“The market got extremely hyped for Pokemon...About 100 people out of the 750 LEs...didn't even like the theme. They just had the opportunity to get an LE and they grabbed it with the intent of selling it.”

“I'm worried about barrels. I'm very worried about barrels...I think that when you look at the moves that they've made, I think people are being a little bit delusional and overly optimistic.”

“Do you know why people who work at Stern reach out to me at times and are just like not the happiest? It's because...they feel powerless...working there is very stressful and it's not this dream job everybody thinks.”

“You are not going to be able to get a single back to the future from any other dealer that you usually work with...Get in good [with Cointaker]. Maybe order a few games from them this year.”