Pinball Regrets & Dollar Bets
Summary
Punk Rock Pinball hosts discuss collecting regrets, upcoming tournaments, and Fallout/Transformers rumors.
Hosts Stephanie and Mike discuss pinball regrets and dollar bets on an episode focused on community tournaments and personal collecting experiences. Key topics include their missed opportunity to buy a pinball machine earlier, Mike's regret trading away an excellent James Bond Pro for a defective Premium that led to a chain of poor trades, upcoming Punk Rock Pinball tournaments across multiple US locations, and speculation about Stern's rumored Fallout pinball machine. They also address common misconceptions about play counts on used machines.
Highlights
- Stern is rumored to be making a Fallout pinball machine
- A Fallout pinball based on video games would have simpler licensing than one based on the Amazon show
- Transformers will be Stern's next major game release after Pokémon
- Play counts on used pinball machines are largely irrelevant to machine condition and longevity
- Punk Rock Pinball tournaments are expanding to multiple US cities and regions
- Tivoli Bowl in Downers Grove, Illinois is hosting a Punk Rock Pinball tournament on June 8th, 2026
- A major bank/server outage (Cloudflare incident) occurred in July when Mike and Stephanie were purchasing machines in Columbus, Ohio
- Mike traded a working James Bond Pro plus cash for a James Bond Premium that never worked properly
PRP Website - What are our biggest pinball regrets, and how much money would Mike bet on a rumored Fallout pinball machine? Apparently, exactly one dollar. Why we think a rumored Stern Fallout pinball machine would probably be based on the games instead of the TV show The James Bond Pro trade that turned into a long, painful pinball regret Why play counts on modern used pinball machines probably matter less than people think In this episode of the Punk Rock Pinball Podcast, we talk about pinball regrets, questionable trades, used pinball machine play counts, Fallout pinball rumors, and a very serious one-dollar bet. We also recap a Smoking Popes show at the Tivoli, new Punk Rock Pinball tournament locations, a ladies Bells and Chimes event in Champaign, and why getting rid of a great James Bond Pro still hurts a little.
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