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Ep 150: Pinball Expo 2024 Day 1
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 7 min listen
Scott and Josh are recapping the first full day of Expo and how Metallica, Alice in Wonderland, Uncanny Xmen and more play.
Highlights
- Metallica Vault Edition has only 500 units produced, making it truly limited
- Metallica is Borg's best game and likely Stern's biggest seller
- Ray Day (Raymond Davidson) is handling finishing code and additional modes for Metallica
- New Metallica includes eight new songs including 'Blackened' mode where Sparky flips you off
- X-Men has consistent setup issues across multiple units including ball hop on left flipper and wire form inconsistencies
- Premium X-Men includes a breaking wire form hand feature that can punish good shots by sending ball down the middle
- Metallica LE in person looks more impressive than in photos; Premium lighting significantly enhances the game
- Stern's new giant silver ball sculpture is 8+ feet tall and inspired by Chicago's 'The Bean' in Millennium Park
Notable quotes
“It's Borg's best game, right? I would argue yes...This is Stern doesn't release their numbers, but I would bet that it's got to be their biggest seller.”
“The lighting. It is RGBL. But the thing is, they've color-coded it so it fits the theme...they've threaded that needle. So they have used the lighting to enhance the environment of the game without making it feel Vegas-y.”
“I didn't think that you could get a better immersion experience than Guns N' Roses. I agree. Okay, this absolutely rivals Guns N' Roses. And I, me personally, I like Metallica more than I like Guns N' Roses.”
“I'm telling them these are the aces in the pocket. You let your designers still innovate and design and do risks like Danger did with X-Men. Yeah. Because you don't know how it's going to be received. And then Metallica makes up the difference, right?”
“Each one had ball hop. That drives me absolutely nuts...And then I don't want to take shots from that flipper because: depending on how the ball hop is, you know?”
“I made the shot and you reward me by making me punish you.”
“If you can get the LE and you want the LE, get it. Good luck...There's only 500 of them. Yep. And so it's truly limited.”
“I would lean toward on this one: I would lean toward a Pro because it keeps the ball paths in check.”
“They have the LCD screen, which the animations: the animations are awesome...the new mode with new animations, new call-outs, the band playing, it looks fantastic.”
“If you can find a Metallica LE, get it because it's totally worth it...If you can't get the LE, get the Premium. Get the lights, the speaker lights.”
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- New Wave Toys· company
- Planetary Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo 2024· event
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Metallica (Vault Edition)· game
- X-Men· game
- Colin· person
- Derek K· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Borg· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Ray Day· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Zach Sharp· person
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