Episode 370: Andrew MacBain of Pinball Adventures
At Yegpin, I had my first look at Punny Factory from Pinball Adventures. Andrew was kind enough to share his stories of this machine, how they approach pinball manufacturing & design, plus some info...
Highlights
- Punny Factory engraved edition sold out within first or second day of Northwest The Pinball Show release
- Pinball Adventures took three years to develop and release Punny Factory after meeting Team Pinball at 2019 Pinball Expo
- Elements will be released at Pinball Expo 2023 with deposits taken at the show
- Pinball Adventures uses Russian Baltic birch with maple coating and clear-coat finish standard on all machines without extra charge
- The parent company that funds Pinball Adventures manufactures other products, allowing independent operation not reliant on pinball sales
Notable quotes
“three years later, Honeypacker is born”
“We decided that if we were going to do this, we were going to do it right. And we decided to use the best materials we could possible.”
“The hard part is finding companies that will do small runs of wood or metal for us. Most of these companies are larger corporations that are doing large runs of 2,000, 3,000 pieces.”
“Whether we sell one game or whether we sell 200 games, it doesn't make a difference to us. If a person is enjoying our game, that just puts a glow in my heart.”
“I have a parent company that makes totally different products that fund the pinball company that we have. And I think that's the difference between us and the other startup companies”
Entities
- Pinball Adventures· company
- Team Pinball· company
- Northwest Pinball Show· event
- Pinball News (Pinball Expo 2019)· event
- Pinball News (Pinball Expo 2023)· event
- Vancouver Island Pinball Expo· event
- YagPin· event
- Break Shot· game
- Elements· game
- Flipper Football· game
- Gilligan's Island· game
- High Roller Casino· game
- Punny Factory· game
- Cosmic Carnival· game/company
- Andrew MacBain· person
- Brian Arnold· person
- Jackson G· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Rob Burke· person
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