55: 10th Day of Balls: Jason Knapp
The 12 Days of Balls is upon us! Each episode features a different pinball guest and we get to know their balls. Do they believe in aliens? What was their favorite pinball thing this year? What...
Highlights
- Knapp Arcade Facebook page was started in 2015 with the founding date embedded as an Easter egg in the logo
- The website originated from sharing Craigslist arcade deals on a New Jersey Arcade Collectors Facebook page, which prompted jealous collectors to tell Knapp to stop
- There were six major pinball machine launches within a month in March 2023
- Another spike in new machine launches occurred in fall 2023
- Stern's Jaws pinball machine was expected to be revealed at CES (Consumer Electronics Expo) in January 2024
- Jason Knapp does not currently own any pinball machines and took a monetary break from the hobby
- Jason Knapp has had three heart bypass surgeries
- Knapp Arcade does not generate any monetary revenue for Jason Knapp
Notable quotes
“I started Knapp Arcade as a Facebook page when people got mad at me for sharing good Craigslist deals on a New Jersey arcade collectors page. So I was like, well, screw you, I'll just go post it on my own page.”
“When there's six launches within a month, like happened in March, and then also happened again in the fall, there's so much that we can talk about. That makes me happy.”
“I want to see Jaws, man. It's such an interesting theme. It's so different than what a lot of the themes that Stern has done really lately.”
“The scuttlebutt I've heard is that Jaws is legit awesome.”
“Knapp Arcade doesn't derive anything monetarily, but anyone who's somewhat competitive in life wants to succeed at what they're doing. I'm pretty proud that it's taken off like it has.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Jaws· game
- Knapp Arcade· organization
- New Jersey Arcade Collectors· organization
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Jason Knapp· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Atari 2600 Plus· product
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