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70: Jaws stuff and Deep Dive: Foo Fighters!
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 27 min listen
Tacking onto it is my experience with owning Jaws Premium for 24 hours and some random...
Highlights
- Every problem reported on Pinside for Jaws has occurred on the speaker's machine within 24 hours of delivery
- The chum plastic airball issue on Jaws is widespread enough that the community has produced multiple fix solutions (community rubber mod, 3D-printed part available free on Thingiverse, commercial mod available)
- Stern's customer support response to the Jaws airball issue was inadequate, first claiming it would 'get better over time' then dismissing it as a skill shot
- The Foo Fighters Premium Edition was the originally intended design, with the Pro version stripped down to meet bill of materials cost targets
- Foo Fighters' layout and aesthetics generate immediate buyer interest and enthusiasm
- The Stern Pro version of Foo Fighters lacks expression lighting compatibility and the dead post feature that are present in Premium/LE versions
- Jurassic Park previously had quality issues that were resolved by the distributor (Flip N Out Pinball) rather than by Stern directly
- After fixes, the speaker prefers Jaws to Godzilla due to better mechanical integration with gameplay and less intrusive toy mechanics
Notable quotes
“Every problem that you read on Pinside from Jaws. I have had past tense. Every single one.”
“For almost 10 grand, we expect it not to work and that hopefully over time it will maybe work itself out. That's your solution?”
“Fix your fucking customer support. What's the last Arcade game that launched that didn't have a major issue?”
“When I'm playing a game like Jaws, the mechanism doesn't interfere with me playing the game. It's part of my gameplay.”
“Gun to my head, I would take Godzilla over Jaws”
“This game was designed how the Premium Edition is designed. And then they stripped away to meet the bill of materials cost for the Stern Pro.”
“I wish Stern Pinball made more differentiating Limited Editions like this.”
“Get yourself fucked, right? Yes, that's terrible.”
Entities
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Midwest Gaming Classic (MGC)· event
- Deadpool· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Game of Thrones· game
- Godzilla· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jaws· game
- John Wick· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Gary Stern· person
- Greg Bone· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Oscar H. Ray· person
- Tanyo Klyce· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
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