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The Great British Pinball Podcast - Episode 20
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 35 min listen
Send us Fan Mail Why did the wizard bring a ladder to the dungeon? Because they heard the campaign had a lot of high-level encounters! Its new pinball week - its D&D! Summary In this episode of the...
Highlights
- American Pinball has made significantly more Barrios games than the 37 units sold: possibly around 137 machines
- Pulp Fiction production has hit 300 LE units in two months (December to February) with 700 total to manufacture
- Pinball Life manufactures most of the parts they sell on-site, not sourced from China as commonly believed
- David Fix left American Pinball; Scott Rundell attributes departure to Fix being 'too candid' about business operations
- Metallica Remastered is a top-tier game; Neil gave it perfect or near-perfect marks 'on every aspect'
- Tournament pinball in the UK feels fragmented and is facing challenges
- Raw Thrills is frustrated with CGC production timelines (Pulp Fiction took two years) and may seek alternative manufacturers
- Neil owns 21 pinball machines and recently brought Jurassic Park back from storage
Notable quotes
“If you're going to pinball someone like play mechanics raw thrills don't start in pinball unless they're going to be serious about it right, they're a proper well-oiled company.”
“I've kicked it out of the park on every aspect of it [Metallica Remastered], I got the topper as well which looks great but it actually feels too small for me.”
“Tournament pinball I believe is in trouble right now. We've kind of, it feels very fragmented and that's going to be a challenge.”
“Pinball Life is as big as Stern's old factory... Most of the stuff that's metal or electronic is made in their location.”
“What American pinball seem to be doing is position themselves as a contract manufacturer for other pinball companies. Which is not a bad idea, if they can get volume.”
“I think they've now got it nailed [Pulp Fiction production]. Genuinely believe that.”
“The struggle they've had is keeping the parts flowing in. That's why I thought maybe they had a backlog of games that were just sat there waiting because they were missing the toppers.”
“Having a storage unit like that where you put a few games away where you don't sell them, but they're not there and you kind of do I miss this? Yeah. Missed Jurassic Park, so I brought it back.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- CGC· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Pinball Life· company
- Raw Thrills· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Barrios· game
- Elvira· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Stern Dungeon Dragons· game
- David Fix· person
- Josh Sharp· person
- Neil McRae· person
- Scott Denisey· person
- Scott Rundell· person
- Terry and Margaret· person
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