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The Pinball Show Ep 158: Liquid Deception

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 22 min listen
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The Pinball Show Episode 158: Liquid Deception Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - When Will Stern Pinball Release Their 3rd Cornerstone For 2024? - EXCLUSIVE...

Highlights

  • Jurassic Park Premiums have been made at Stern Factory in Elk Grove over the last couple weeks
  • Godzilla 70th anniversary edition and original color premiums are selling very well
  • James Bond 007 (Pro), John Wick (Pro), The Mandalorian (Pro) and Premium are the last planned runs of 2024 for these titles
  • There are rumors of an August Cornerstone game designed by Jack Danger
  • Stern expression speaker lighting system costs $199 and is compatible with Spike 2 games
  • Keanu Reeves was photographed playing John Wick pinball at Comic-Con
  • Flip N Out Pinball lost $61,000 from a business deal with Haggis Pinball
  • Haggis Pinball is in liquidation with equipment being removed from the factory before creditor payouts
  • Haggis Pinball customers were promised games that would be made but did not receive products after full payment
  • The pinball market currently shows 'general malaise and lack of excitement' despite Jaws being a significant release six to seven months prior

Notable quotes

Dennis, I need you to slow walk this into the very first day of September. You gave me a win six months ago and I feel like I'm asking for a lot but I'm not because it means Zach would be wrong.
Dennis Creasel
So there you go, Jaws. So we got six months of just more. Yeah. I know, but it's just different now that all these collectors are going in going, okay, well, how many thousand am I going to lose on the next game?
Zach Minney
People aren't finishing the games anymore because the code is so deep. So it's like – And it takes them forever to finish these codes. Well, yeah, if you even can.
Dennis Creasel
It's not like they start at 1.0 and then keep enhancing it. No, no, it's not finished whenever they give it to you, but they know we're going to buy it because that's what we do because it's new and shiny.
Zach Minney
I think intentions are one thing, but so much has occurred that no one would be able to convince me that Damien and or others, they knew that they were not going to be able to fulfill what they were selling as they were still accepting money.
Zach Minney
I don't think you can argue that it's not effective. I've heard it both ways. Some people do actually really appreciate the revamping, watching a game evolve in particular. And others are like this is just a symptom from the video game side of you're releasing product before it's ready.
Zach Minney
they can be more relevant and timely with Insider Connected like never before and more relevant and timely than anybody else can compete with in the entire industry. Is anybody ever going to catch up?
Zach Minney
I would call this liquidation without any liquid.
Dennis Creasel

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Haggis Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Deadpool Pinball· game
  • Godzilla (Pro)· game
  • James Bond 007· game
  • Jaws Pinball· game
  • John Wick (Pro)· game
  • Jurassic Park Pinball· game
  • Rush Pinball· game
  • The Mandalorian (Pro)· game
  • Damien· person
  • Dennis Creasel· person
  • Doug (Speaker Light Kits)· person
  • Gary Stern· person
  • Jack Danger· person
  • Keanu Reeves· person
  • Zach Minney· person

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