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#131 Time Tunnel

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago2 hr 9 min listenBy George
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In this episode Dave and George talk about a wide variety of games and topics. Dave holds out “the basket” and gets some bargains. There is a discussion about Bally Time Tunnel and the associated...

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Highlights

  • Dave sold restored Bobby Orr Power Play machines to Recreation World in Framingham for approximately $2,500 each, which retailed for around $5,000, about 25 years ago.
  • A customer found Dave's business card in the coin box of a Bobby Orr Power Play machine and called him to pick it up after 25 years.
  • Flash sold 19,500 units and was the first game with background increasing sound.
  • Tim Sexton recently left Stern to join Tilt Amusements.
  • Pinball Brothers manufactured Predator as a recent title, along with ABBA and Queen games.
  • A Queen pinball machine by Pinball Brothers had rust issues underneath the playfield after only two years in a house not exposed to elements.

Notable quotes

“I looked in the coin box and I found one of your cards. So I called you. It's like, oh, thank God I put a card in there.”
Customer (name not provided)
“I know what it is. It's mine, you know.”
Dave
“No, no, no, don't throw it in the dump. No, no, I'll come get it. I want to rescue this thing.”
Dave
“If you bow down to the king of flow, you have to listen to episode number 127.”
Email from Stefan G.
“Y'all need to stick to the name of the podcast. Classic Pinball. Completely off on the manufacturer of Predator.”
CW-W-1 (email)

Entities

  • Hasbro· company
  • Pinball Brothers· company
  • Recreation World· company
  • Roth Rills· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Tilt Amusements· company
  • Bobby Orr Power Play· game
  • Dracula· game
  • F-14 Tomcat· game
  • Flash· game
  • Future Spa· game
  • Meteor· game
  • Monopoly· game
  • Paragon· game
  • Playboy· game
  • Spider-Man· game
  • Classic Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Pinside· organization
  • Alvin K.· person
  • Daniel Bergquist· person
  • Dave· person
  • George· person
  • Grant· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Tim Sexton· person

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