
The Pinball Show Ep 115: For Just The Cost Of 400 Cups Of Coffee + Tax, Shipping, & Electricity
The Pinball Show Episode 115: For Just The Cost Of 400 Cups Of Coffee + Tax, Shipping, & Electricity Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - The Most Anticipated Pinball Accessory Of 2022 - The 2022...
Highlights
- Mandalorian topper announcement came with zero advance notice to dealers; Stern released promotional video before contacting distributors
- Initial allotment for Mandalorian toppers is approximately one-third of typical dealer order volume
- Mandalorian topper includes holographic/3D display effect, multiple game modes, and integration with Insider Connected for stat tracking
- Chicago Expo charged vendors $300+ for electricity, with no advance notification; vendors were told internet would cost $1,500/day for 5 Mbps
- 2022 Chicago Expo was reformatted similar to Texas Pinball Festival model, improving vendor and attendee experience compared to 2021
- Mandalorian topper pre-sales have exceeded other manufacturer toppers sold by dealer; sales volume higher than Black Knight topper historical sales
- Mandalorian topper is designed as an unlimited run (not limited edition), contrasting with R2-D2 Star Wars topper which was limited
- Mandalorian topper requires approximately 200-300 games to unlock Beskar Bonanza progressive reward that grants all Foundry items
Notable quotes
“I'm the topper king. I got 100 people. You can't give me an allotment. I am the allotment. Yeah. I'm driving this damn market.”
“This topper is $1,999 plus shipping... Shut your fucking mind. I'm going to spend $2,000 on a topper. They're crazy. They've lost it.”
“If I owned a Mandalorian, I would not be in the market for it, this topper, even though I think it's extremely cool... $2,000 for an add-on. I mean, I've never even considered $1,000 for an add-on.”
“It has more RGB lighting than the actual game itself, which was pretty cool... it's a fucking beauty it really is a gorgeous beautiful beautiful topper”
“I'm not surprised they went $2,000 here because if they are struggling to get parts for accessories such as this, it makes sense that they're going this high up because they see secondary prices on like Beatles toppers or things that are substantially less complex as this product.”
“The holographic effect in person they had four to six of these at expo it works superbly it is a beautiful beautiful topper and it's a functional what i'd call an interactive functional topper”
“I'm beyond... I'm happy, of course, but I am very shocked [at topper sales volume]. I'm not too surprised. It is very – I mean, to a lot of people looking at it... it does seem to be the most advanced of any manufacturer-related topper that I'm aware of.”
“Expo is notoriously known as like the worst of the big shows... I went last year and I hated it... There's nothing to do.”
“I honestly thought that Mandalorian was going to be Game of the Year until Godzilla came out. Yeah. And then it was like, oh, okay, well, that's not going to happen.”
“If I had to guess, the second run production of these toppers for Mandalorian will probably fall into 2023, Q1 of 2023... I'm going to guess Q2... April 2023.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Chicago Pinball Expo 2022· event
- Flippin' Out Expo tailgate party· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Pinball Junk Drawer· media
- Bill Webb, Steve Beattie, Courtney Bowman· person
- Brian Eddy· person
- Chuck Ernst· person
- Craig Ball· person
- Dennis Kriesel· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Nicole· person
- Zach· person
- Black Knight topper· product
- Godzilla Rush (pinball)· product
- Insider Connected· product
- James Bond pinball· product
- Mandalorian topper· product
- R2-D2 Star Wars topper· product
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