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Great British Pinball Podcast Episode 8
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 54 min listen
Send us Fan Mail Neil and Scott talk about Cactus Canyon, pin reliability, Jaws and things that swallow balls!
Highlights
- Stranger Things Premium uses new glass-filled polymer flipper bushings with less than 6mm end play vs. old nylon bushings with ~50mm, significantly improving flipper power
- The TK lock mechanism on Stranger Things Premium hasn't been meaningfully fixed; Stern shortened the ramp but the underlying mechanism remains problematic
- Indus tournament featured 18 games in main bank, 8 in high stakes, ~20 in classics banks, 20 in match play, and 20 B-play games from Captain's Auction House
- New Stern flipper bushings reduce end play to <6mm vs Precision Flippers which achieve <1mm, making Stern's solution cheaper and accessible without separate kit
- Stranger Things Premium uses a different projector manufacturer, slightly brighter with better lumens but still has alignment issues
- Precision Flippers' metal construction can cause alignment issues over time because clasps don't grip metal as well as original components
- Turkey Fry Up tournament at Pinball Republic had 60 registered players with significant no-shows and late arrivals, won by Andy Foster
- Stern Stranger Things Premium's Demodog mouth was elongated, making it harder to hit accurately than earlier versions
- Gottlieb classic games like Arena, Rock, and Hoops feature complex modes, multiball, and interactive toppers, contrary to common perception of being basic
- Flipper fade on long-playing games like Stranger Things, Godzilla, Lord of the Rings, and Turtles would benefit from new Stern bushings
Notable quotes
“The flippers on this game were the most powerful flippers I have ever used. Ever.”
“I was dancing, I was like, 'Yes, I've won this.' And he was player four and the man's on the scene.”
“If they need you to improve it, they better be sending me a new mech. Do you know what I mean? Because that's kind of an admission that the one that's in there is a load of old rubbish.”
“If you just simply just say, right, put some new bushings in and get the same kind of result, at least 90%, I wouldn't even think about it.”
“It's like tires on cars... the bushing is the thing that controls the whole flipper. So in my mind, you know, this is great news that's going on.”
“You buy a new game and then in 200 plays the coil stops because I mean, that's just bullshit, right?”
“I got my target. My target was a set number of World Championship points. I beat it, I was very happy with that.”
Entities
- Gottlieb· company
- Indus· event
- Turkey Fry Up· event
- Cactus Canyon· game
- Elton John· game
- Godzilla· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Star Trek Premium/LE· game
- Stern Stranger Things LE· game
- Stern Stranger Things Premium· game
- Stranger Things Pro· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- Captain's Auction House· organization
- Andy Foster· person
- Diablo Rush· person
- Eden Stan· person
- James Reid· person
- Jim Belcinto· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Paul M. Fresh· person
- Scott Rundell· person
- Precision Flippers· product
- Pinball Republic· venue
- Riverside Game Lab· venue
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