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Pinball Industry News: July 2019 Re-cap
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago2 hr 3 min listenBy Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
The pinball industry news of July 2019: Two new Stern Pinball titles, Dutch Pinball news, American Pinball, JJP and more.
Highlights
- Star Wars Home Edition price of $4,499 is approximately 75% the cost of a Pro model game
- The Star Wars Home Edition playfield is based on/similar to the Spider-Man Home Edition design from two years prior
- Jurassic Park game contains no footage from original movies due to licensing cost savings
- Stern's animation team for Jurassic Park consists of 6-7 video designers and animators
- Jurassic Park was designed by Keith Elwin as a three-flipper layout with innovation
- Jurassic Park images leaked from a distributor webinar presentation before official announcement
- Black Knight Sword of Rage soundtrack limited edition vinyl (baby blue, 100 units) sold out at Comic-Con
- Stern maintained game pricing without inflation from previous titles (Munsters, Black Knight)
Notable quotes
“If you're going to spend $4,500 on a toy, then you might as well buy the real deal for $5,500 or $6,000.”
“This game is slightly different from other games. Okay, it's a home game. It doesn't have a coin door. It doesn't have any coin slots on it.”
“I think this is probably their best video production they've done on any game so far as a team at Stern.”
“It seems like something that's more designed for the home buyer, shall we say, who's going to have the time and the energy to get into understanding the rules.”
“A rising tide raises all boats...the level at which they have to reach to produce what is acceptable in the market now is higher.”
“If you weren't enthused by our Star Wars announcement, don't worry, we've got another game coming out to be announced very, very shortly.”
“The Premium seemed to be the sweet spot in the range. If I was buying a game, that's what I would be going for.”
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- San Diego Comic-Con· event
- Coin-Taker Booth· organization
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jerry Thompson· person
- Jonathan Bergeron (Johnny Crab)· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Martin Eyre· person
- Wayne Knight· person
- Black Knight Sword of Rage· product
- Game of Thrones· product
- Jurassic Park· product
- Spider-Man Home Edition· product
- Star Wars Home Edition· product
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