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The Pinball Show Ep 138: The Flipper Finger Analysis
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 31 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 138: The Flipper Finger Analysis Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - First Impressions: Venom Pinball - NEW Guardians Of The Galaxy...
Highlights
- Venom LEs will ship domestically by midweek to late in the current week, with Venom Premium coming in October
- Guardians of the Galaxy Pro is receiving one final commemorative run in December with special backbox badging
- Foo Fighters Premium has been pushed to Q4 2024, over a year away, surprising given strong initial sales
- American Pinball allowed the GTF trademark to lapse/expire, though they retain original user status
- Pokemon Pinball is in active IP negotiation with multiple pinball manufacturers, not rejected
- Venom Pinball layout is 'the easiest Stern layout that Stern has ever done' per Tom's commentary on Triple Drain
- James Bond 0.96 code now features a deeper rule set than any other Stern game currently in production
- Chicago Gaming has suspended Cactus Canyon LE/SE Plus production until Q4 per dealer report to Naps Arcade
Notable quotes
“FedEx is tearing up games, Dennis. They need to go through forklift operator training... the problem is they're dropping them. And you don't see damage on the outside of the box when games get dropped.”
“So I got kind of a double batch initially. So I guess that Q2 makes sense... maybe they've just built so many pros in this first run where we're used to just operators only.”
“This game is what I would call a true gunslinger. This is the Brett Farve of pinball machines like it is fast and whippy... as soon as you make a shot those fast speed locks are boom back boom shot boom back.”
“I think the pinball community is going to have to get used to the landscape in which Dwight and his team are laying out here because I think we're going to see this kind of stuff in future games.”
“Q4, Foo Fighters Premium, not for another year. Dealers do have them in stock. But I can confidently say I will run out of Foo Fighters Premium before Q2 of 2024.”
“This style of approach seems much more suited for the home environment. So I'm skeptical I'm going to get a really good vibe off of it in the location play approach.”
“So it looks like James Bond, they're prepping to do a once a year kind of run thing... you're going to get more larger runs in quantity of units, but fewer frequency of those runs.”
“Pokemon, as a pinball theme, as an IP, is a strong possibility for pinball. Companies are speaking. It is a speaking point, and details are being ironed out.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Naps Arcade· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Cactus Canyon Pinball· game
- Deadpool Pinball· game
- Foo Fighters Pinball· game
- Godzilla Pinball· game
- GTF (Gettin' Busy)· game
- Guardians of the Galaxy Pro· game
- James Bond Pinball· game
- Pokemon Pinball· game
- Venom Pinball· game
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Dennis· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Joel· person
- Tom Graff· person
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