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Ep 24: Happy Holidays!
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Episode 24 is loaded with our thoughts on: Rick and Morty, Stranger Things, and Hot Wheels. Also we share an awesome story from listener of the show Michael Peterson and we announce our winner for...
Highlights
- Rick and Morty sold out in less than 4 hours with a 750-unit cap
- Spooky produces approximately 10 games per week, making 750 units roughly 75 weeks of production (1.5 years)
- Stern released Munsters in the second or third week of January last year
- A reasonable depreciation for pinball machines within the first year should be around 10%
- TNA machines held value at roughly 90% of retail price in the secondary market
- Jurassic Park has been selling extremely well ('red hot demand') during the six-month gap before Stranger Things announcement
- There's been a six-month gap between Jurassic Park (July) and Stranger Things announcement (December), which is atypical for Stern
- Cassandra Peterson hasn't been making public appearances for 15-20 years
Notable quotes
“it sold out in less than four hours i mean this is a record for spooky definitely”
“if they're producing about 10 games a week, 750 is probably their max because that's 75 weeks of production and you have to freshen up the lineup”
“we are a small town business and we are trying to make sure that we don't have these crazy swings in production and we have steady lines of production”
“The theme surprised me a little bit because it is outside of the wheelhouse of the 45-year-old guy with a game room, which is exactly my demographic”
“the only group that she still resonates strongly with is the pinball crowd... pop culture has really moved past Elvira”
“unless you personally own it or you know someone who owns it, you are going to forget about anything that doesn't have a pro game”
“there's this fine line between being too easy and too difficult. Having the game that has that nice mix of satisfying shots that are difficult but findable”
“this is a home run no matter what. I mean, obviously it's a home run. They sold out in four hours”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Alice Cooper Nightmare Castle· game
- Attack from Mars· game
- Beatles· game
- Black Knight· game
- Elvira· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- Rob Zombie· game
- Shrek· game
- Simpsons Pinball Party· game
- Stranger Things· game
- TNA (Total Nuclear Annihilation)· game
- Charlie (Spooky Pinball)· person
- Joe Lemire· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Keith Johnson· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Kerry Hardy· person
- Scott Larson· person
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