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The Pinball Show Ep 168: Dungeons & Dragons & What's Coming To Pinball In 2025
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 58 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 168: Dungeons & Dragons & What's Coming To Pinball In 2025 Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Releases Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye - D&D Launch...
Highlights
- D&D franchise generates $1 billion+ per year in revenue
- D&D: Tyrant's Eye features the most advanced mech Stern Pinball has ever created, with multiple patents filed for the dragon toy
- Limited Edition units reduced from 811 (Uncanny X-Men) to 740 (D&D)
- Stern Pinball producing Godzilla Premiums this week, D&D LE in late January, D&D Pro early-to-mid February, D&D Premium mid-to-late February
- Metallica Remastered Premiums are currently out of stock at most dealers and scarce in the market
- Brian Eddy designed first three-flipper Stern machine since The Shadow
- D&D game features player-controlled shield with shot-prepping capability
- Stern Pinball has transitioned from being known as a 'baron' company (minimal features) four years ago to being 'the toy mech company'
- The D&D product launch video was prerecorded, structured, only 16 minutes long, featuring one full game and partial second game
- Voice cast includes Michael Dord (Worf), Kevin Smith, Gerard Way, Matthew Mercer, and Luke Gygax (son of D&D creator Gary Gygax)
Notable quotes
“You're like Baby Duck trying to imprint or something... the psychoanalyst trick is always look between the eyes at about the brim of the nose, so it looks like you're paying attention.”
“This is exactly what I've been preaching, I think, both of us, for the last couple of years. One prerecorded video, maybe one game, just satiate the individual, make them want more, and make them go out and play this thing. It was perfect.”
“The dragon stood out, right? Oh, yes. This thing is nuts. And they said, a lot of media people have said, that it looks even bigger in person.”
“This thing seems loaded to me with toys and mechs, which, again, Dennis and listener, Stern Pinball has become the toy mech company.”
“The term baron was associated with this company. Now, it is a 180, I think.”
“This looks like a flowy game to me, Dennis.”
“A big old central toy that interacts with you, sells games... this is what we say.”
“I was usually a cleric. Of course you were. You were the fucking accountant. I'm not the accountant. I was a help-be-heal person.”
“Stern was talking about this to us. They were like, here's why we chose this particular IP, because some people are questioning it.”
“I love when a magnet holds a ball and you have to hit it out. That's a pinball, like that's perfect pinball stuff right there.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Can't Con· event
- Black Knight· game
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- The Shadow· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- The Pinball Show· media
- Brian Eddy· person
- Chris Velasco· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Gary Gygax· person
- Gerard Way· person
- Kevin Smith· person
- Luke Gygax· person
- Matthew Mercer· person
- Michael Dorn· person
- Vincent Prost· person
- Zach Minney· person
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