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#93 Long Time - The Classic Pinball Podcast

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 28 min listenBy George
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George and Dave share a cornucopia of stories and game fixes accumulated over the last month. They talk about the Bond girls instead of the game. ( sort of). A pinball from a famous band is picked up...

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Highlights

  • Harry Williams founded his first company Automatic Amusements in 1933, then Williams Manufacturing in 1944. Sam Stern bought 49% of Williams in 1946 and worked there until 1959 when he arranged a buyout and sold the company to Consolidated Sunray. Williams later became independent in 1961 and was acquired by Seaburg in 1964.
  • Sam Stern later recruited Harry Williams out of retirement in the mid-to-late 1970s to design games for Stern Electronics, which Sam founded after leaving Williams Manufacturing in 1959.
  • The James Bond Limited Edition will cost $14,000 to consumers at list price.
  • Only 500 James Bond Collector's Edition machines are being made.
  • The new Fathom remanufactured game has drop target design issues; at Rochester Pinball Collective, the machine sat in the back room for seven weeks after being on display for two weeks due to malfunction.
  • The new Fathom's drop targets are wearing out after only two weeks of play, with paint coming off.
  • The new Fathom has a reset arm (hook mechanism) on inline targets that was getting caught and required rework to function properly.
  • Dave is considering replacing his Rush game with a new El Toro machine.
  • The Maine Silver Ball Tavern in southern Maine has machines ranging from EMs to Rush and allows customers to bring their own food.
  • Hot Nudge pinball players came up with the term 'truck nuts' to describe the hanging ball device on Mandalorian's playfield.

Notable quotes

“Harry Williams founded his first company in 1933... Two years later [1946], Sam Stern buys 49% of Williams Manufacturing... Sam sells it to a company called Consolidated Sunray.”
George
“How sick are you hearing about James Bond? Very. Very, very sick. You have not heard, I think, every single podcaster other than us.”
George and Dave
“I'm going to say the first ad that comes out, first person who gets one, he's going to flip it. He's going to pay $30,000.”
George
“The reason I'm mad is we had it set up at the collective for two weeks it's been in the back room for seven weeks not working.”
Bruce Nightingale (quoted by George)
“The drop targets themselves were wearing out only after two weeks... the paintworks coming off.”
George (reporting Bruce Nightingale)
“I think he's got a valid argument... Marty Robbins I don't want to crap on anybody if anybody it's Bruce.”
George
“I think it's going to be 18 to 20 grand [distributor cost for James Bond Collector's Edition]. Because do the numbers. You're making 500 of these things, right? So, at $20,000... that's $10 million, is it not?”
Dave
“The game's actually going to work out of the box. No way. No, that's, I don't think so.”
George and Dave
“Long time listener. Really enjoy the show. I like that it is very different from most pinball podcasts. You betcha. In that you don't focus on all the news.”
Bo Jimmy (Norway listener, quoted by George)
“Why is it that people in Australia have their pinball machines in sheds?”
George

Entities

  • Consolidated Sunray· company
  • Seaburg· company
  • Stern Electronics· company
  • Williams Manufacturing· company
  • Slam Tilt Podcast· content
  • El Toro· game
  • Fathom· game
  • James Bond· game
  • James Bond Collector's Edition· game
  • Mandalorian· game
  • Rush· game
  • Hot Nudge· organization
  • Bo Jimmy· person
  • Bruce Nightingale· person
  • Dave· person
  • David Golden· person
  • George· person
  • Grant· person
  • Haggis· person
  • Harry Williams· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Sam Stern· person
  • Maine Silver Ball Tavern· venue
  • Rochester Pinball Collective· venue

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