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The Pinball Show Ep 163: Metallica Remastered, Alice In Wonderland, Space Hunt, Harry Potter, Tony Hawk, Saw, Ninja Eclipse, & More!

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The Pinball Show Episode 163: Metallica Remastered, Alice In Wonderland, Space Hunt, Harry Potter, Tony Hawk, Saw, Ninja Eclipse, & More! Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball...

Highlights

  • Uncanny X-Men LE sold out with 811 units sold
  • Metallica Remastered LE (500 units) sold out almost instantaneously, with dealer waitlist 4x longer than allocation
  • Stern promised no more Godzilla Premium color runs until 2025, but announced November 2024 runs: breaking that promise
  • Star Wars Comic Pro and Premium editions returning in December after extended absence due to licensing issues
  • Metallica Remastered is a Spike 2 system game, not Spike 3
  • Seth Davis (Stern CEO) stated Q4 2023 was weaker than desired, driving focus on packed Q4 2024
  • Metallica Remastered has no Pro model; only Premium and LE versions
  • Metallica Remastered is an 11-12 year old game being remastered with new art by Reese Cooper instead of Dirty Donnie
  • Stern Alley Arcade sign now $3,500 (down from $10,000 historical price) but mostly plastic instead of metal
  • Metallica Remastered features 20+ songs at start, 8+ additional unlockable songs, including 72 Seasons, Hardwired, and others

Notable quotes

Where in the hell is the code to John Wick? Like, this is me being, I'm supposed to be selling these things, but. Where's the code?
Zach Minney
Dennis Creasel, he's kind of S-level when it comes to pinball media and popularity and influencer base. He's diva-esque now. He's a divo.
Zach Minney
This is a jam-packed Q4... More so than probably the catalog of most manufacturers in total. Just that little bundle.
Zach Minney
The problem, again, from their perspective, is the pro basically gave you everything that you would want with Metallica. So if your plan is I want to force more profitable sales, which, of course, are premium and LE models, then let's just not make a pro at all.
Dennis Creasel
It's a superior version to the original in basically every way. Visually... they took everything that they learned from the last one. They've added more features. They've improved the build quality.
Dennis Creasel
This is a skull, blood, crossbones, and werewolves, and spiders, snakes. This is gnarly. This is so much more what Metallica is.
Zach Minney
Seth Davis said, yeah... I think this would have sold 1,000 easy. He's like, but we're really trying to take feedback from our consumer base as well as you dealers.
Zach Minney
I think 500 was perfect. It helps retain the value of a product, especially a limited edition product, and it being a studio title, I would have been okay seeing $500, but bumped the price.
Zach Minney
They don't have any pros... which Dennis feels Compelled about when it comes to not having a pro model of Metallica Remastered, don't you?
Zach Minney
Because of the success of ACDC and Metallica, that is exactly, in my opinion, and why we have seen nothing but similar themed music from Stern Pinball thereafter.
Dennis Creasel

Entities

  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Chicago Pinball Expo· event
  • Godzilla Premium· game
  • John Wick· game
  • Jurassic Park Pro· game
  • Metallica Remastered· game
  • Star Wars Comic· game
  • Uncanny X-Men· game
  • Chuck Ernst· person
  • Dennis Creasel· person
  • Dirty Donnie· person
  • Dwight Sullivan· person
  • John Borg· person
  • John Rothenoff· person
  • Lyman Sheets· person
  • Raymond Davidson· person
  • Reese Cooper· person
  • Ron Hallett· person
  • Seth Davis· person
  • Zach Minney· person

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