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#101 Pinball and Beer - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago3 hr 5 min listenBy George
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We tried it once, here’s #2: Long form podcast. The show goes from Pinball in Virginia to an upcoming show in Ohio. Dave starts with his travels and travails in What’s up doc? Centaur finally!...

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Highlights

  • Popeye (WPC-era game) had a VUK switch problem and disconnected opto wiring caused by vibration over time
  • The Popeye game's playfield pitch needed to be reduced from 7 degrees to approximately 5.5-5.8 degrees to resolve multiball lock-up issues
  • Escape from Lost World was purchased on Craigslist and required significant work including a new LED display
  • Laser War (Data East 1987) at a Boston Airbnb had two fried coils and multiple exploded transistors on the main board
  • A replacement board for Data East Laser War was ordered and expected to arrive on the day of the recording
  • Dave has invested over 100 hours of work on the Centaur restoration for a Maryland customer
  • Dave replaced the power supply in Centaur with a Weebly Andrew power supply and is installing custom-soldered LED displays instead of keeping original plasma displays
  • The podcast is criticized by some listeners for including non-pinball tangents (vacations, restaurants, cultural discussions)
  • George has a 19-20 year old nephew in college who listens to the podcast regularly
  • The audience skews older; George estimates his nephew may be 'that one person under the age of 25' who listens

Notable quotes

“I'm pretty good at drinking beer.”
George (opening song/intro)
“If you don't like it, like I always say, change the channel... There's like about a million other fill-in-the-podcasts.”
George
“This is why I want to spend more time on it. I know I want to stay within your budget, but this is why I kind of allocated this amount of money to it, because I knew I needed to spend more time with a game like this.”
George (service call explanation)
“Time is money... If I had more, if I had carte blanche... But if it was your home game and you wanted pitch and you wanted to play with it, but you have a newbie, he doesn't know anything.”
George
“It's like seasoning in a sauce. A little bit of pepper, a little bit of salt, and a little bit of oregano.”
George (defending tangential content)
“I think I'm easily over 100 hours worth of work on this thing.”
Dave (Centaur restoration)
“You should buy, like, a wolf pack... I don't like them as much. I like this better. These look better.”
Dave (LED display soldering)
“If I can easily pull that connector off without much effort, I'm going to do it. If it's on there tight, I'm not going to do it.”
Dave (IDC connector strategy)

Entities

  • CPR (Classics Pinball Restoration)· company
  • Data East· company
  • Weebly· company
  • Williams/Bally· company
  • TPF (Texas Pinball Festival)· event
  • Centaur· game
  • Escape from Lost World· game
  • Laser War· game
  • Popeye· game
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Bill Davis· person
  • Dr. Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Maureen· person
  • Apple Podcasts· platform

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