Episode 27: Barrels of Speculation - So Many New Pinball Machines in 2025!
In this episode, we dive deep into the latest pinball rumors, industry news, and some wild speculation—because why not? We kick things off by discussing what Barrels of Fun might have in store for...
Highlights
- Wonderland Amusements' Kickstarter had only 549 backers despite claims of being 'wildly successful'
- Barrels of Fun's next game is most likely Goonies (with Dune and G.I. Joe as alternates)
- Multimorphic's Portal is 'basically all but confirmed' and will be shown at Texas Pinball Festival
- A Venom topper accessory announcement/teaser is expected the week of January 17th
- There are approximately 7-8 US-based pinball manufacturers
- Pawlowski Pinball offered to help Wonderland Amusements but was declined
- Arcade1UP sold up to 4 million units total (to retail, not necessarily through to consumer)
- Godzilla's multiball drop lock moment is a memorable, repeatable feature that 'never gets old'
Notable quotes
“There are certain things that don't downsize well, right? And there's been other companies that have tried to downsize pinball, and I'd say they become come-and-go products.”
“549 is a really really low number to me for a product... I just don't see how they would do this with 549 backers.”
“I think that modern pinball manufacturers have done a really good job incorporating the LCD, the digital piece of the pinball machine, into the physical part.”
“If it's Goonies, I would love that because that movie for me... I watched the crap out of that movie.”
“I'm Papa Duke confident about that”
“Do I appreciate it from an engineering standpoint? Absolutely... I just think the pinball community has an... I think that pinball community hasn't really fully accepted [it].”
Entities
- Arcade1UP· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- HomePin· company
- Multimorphic· company
- VP Cabs· company
- Wonderland Amusements· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippies· event
- Dungeons and Dragons· game
- Godzilla· game
- Labyrinth· game
- Portal· game
- Rocketman· game
- Jerry· person
- Kim· person
- Pawlowski Pinball· person
- Retro Ralph· person
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