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#111 December - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 18 min listenBy George
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Mirco. R U A Performer? Looney Tunes. The Crusher. Animation Cells. What’s up Doc? Nick Dangerous. Crickets. Bill Burr. Happy New Year. A December to remember.

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Highlights

  • A listener named Kaneda published a 20-minute critical post attacking Jersey Jack Pinball over Mirco playfield quality issues in Elton John
  • There is an active Pinside thread titled 'Mirco Playfields warning for potential buyers' with extensive negative user feedback
  • Mirco changed their clear coat formula to a ceramic-based coating for environmental compliance, which has caused durability problems compared to older automotive clear coats
  • Professional playfield refinisher Ron Kruseman has built his business primarily on refinishing defective Mirco playfields
  • The upcoming Spooky Looney Tunes game does not feature original Mel Blanc voice acting, but instead uses new voice actors (similar to their Scooby-Doo game)
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast top episode in 2023-2024 was about the game Allentown, followed by El Toro as the show that attracts most new listeners
  • The podcast streams in 18 different countries, with Canada #1, Germany #2, and Netherlands #3 outside the US
  • PayRange is a cashless payment system that works on any pinball machine via Bluetooth key fob, costs $70, charges 3% transaction fee, and requires no permanent modifications

Notable quotes

“He was, it was like 20 minutes of vitriol. It was crazy.”
George
“So what the green police did is make things crappy.”
Dave
“Ron Kruseman is one of the kings of this. He actually, all he does lately is just redo these Merkle playfields for everybody. He says they're keeping me wealthy and in business.”
Dave
“The only thing is, though, it doesn't have, you know, Mel Blanc. It's missing that.”
George
“It has no soul. I saw part of that because I wanted to see who is this guy that's doing the voice for the new Looney Tunes.”
George
“PayRange will work on any game, even an EM. And what it does is you hook this little key fob inside the coin door and attach it to the credit switch.”
Dave
“I'm not going to make money on this piece of it so you go buy it and you know what it is so you know what you're getting into because you know i'm not the salesman for the place.”
Dave

Entities

  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Mirco· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball· game
  • Elton John· game
  • Looney Tunes· game
  • Scooby-Doo· game
  • Pinside· organization
  • Spotify· organization
  • The Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Dave· person
  • Gary· person
  • George· person
  • Jack Danger· person
  • Kaneda· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Mel Blanc· person
  • Ron Kruseman· person
  • Tim at Pin and Pixels· person
  • PayRange· product

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