The Pinball Show Ep 135: Where Is Pinball Heading?
The Pinball Show Episode 135: Where Is Pinball Heading? Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Perms N Pearls - Dennis Gets Blue Nugs - Stern Pinball Production Updates & A Sneak Peek Into 2024
Highlights
- Stern Pinball is officially hiring Zombie Yeti (Jeremy Packer) as a full-time employee.
- James Bond 007 Pro/Premium could be bumped from December 2023 to Q3 2024 (9+ month delay).
- Stern's facility move is now scheduled for end of August 2023.
- Keith Elwin may have more than two games coming out in the next 12 months (2024).
- Spooky employee Bug wore a Princess Bride t-shirt during Scooby-Doo livestream, possibly hinting at future Spooky title.
- Dutch Pinball has partnered with Art of Pinball (Lior Rajwan) for sculpts, toys, and mods for Big Lebowski and future projects.
- Production delays erode FOMO (fear of missing out) that drives pinball purchasing decisions.
- Godzilla Premium backordered status indicates strong demand; Q3 2024 Godzilla Pro run planned.
Notable quotes
“It's a time of going from looking good on paper and pulling in all those orders to actually building units and getting them to eager customers in a reasonable amount of time.”
“Zombie Yeti becoming a full-time employee with Stern is like hearing about your good friends finally getting married after dating for 8 years. What the heck took you so long?”
“The move has moved. The inception of move. The move is the end of August now.”
“James Bond, either they're going to run it in December or they're going to bump it until Q3 of 2024, which further reinforces my fantasy that something else is coming November or December.”
“My magic rush ball is telling me as I shake it that 2024 might be the end of James Bond then.”
“Even the most popular titles that sell really well, we're going to see them as probably a bulk run once a year. It's what we've seen for Deadpool.”
“The whole James Bond Pro and Premium could be bumped entirely until not only 2024, but Q3 of 2024. Oh. Nearly a year.”
Entities
- Art of Pinball (Lior Rajwan)· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Nap Arcade· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Bug· person
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Zombie Yeti (Jeremy Packer)· person
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