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The Pinball Show Ep 169: Down The Rabbit Hole On A Sub-$1000 Pinball Machine
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 17 min listen
The Pinball Show Episode 169: Down The Rabbit Hole On A Sub-$1000 Pinball Machine Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - Dungeons & Dragons & Evil Deads Are...
Highlights
- Stern is shipping thousands of D&D units within one month (LEs starting week of episode, Pros early February, Premiums mid-late February)
- D&D LE production about one week behind schedule due to parts issues
- Dutch Pinball Alice delays into second half of February for production start; still targeting end-of-2025 delivery guarantee
- Wonderland Amusements' sub-$1,000 Alice-themed pinball is 80% scale, further along than typical Kickstarter prototypes, launching March
- Stern uses confusing internal codenames on shipping boxes (e.g., Jurassic Park labeled as 'Jaws', D&D coded as 'Ropes')
- Metallica Remastered Premium production moved to March after February D&D focus
- Uncanny X-Men shooter lane fix kits shipped to dealers; easy install and working perfectly
- Wonderland Amusements team comes from Arcade 1-Up background; potentially unaware of pinball manufacturing complexities
Notable quotes
“Thousands. That's just one title. Why do you struggle? That's what I want to ask them. I'm asking them now. Hey, other manufacturers, Dennis here. Why do you struggle?”
“Stern, you know what? I was just praising your longevity, your long-time manufacturing, your modern technique. Nice job on the modern there. I'm working on it. And here you are turning out code name stuff. Like, that's internal.”
“at the moment it's expected that the swapping over from the Big Lebowski to Alice setting up production, receiving all parts, like the play fields, will take us into February...This represents a slight delay compared to our initial schedule, but we feel it remains within a manageable time frame.”
“Founded by the creative team behind the Arcade 1-Up line, we're reimagining pinball for the home with high-quality affordable machines...sized at 80% of a full machine with a target price under $1,000.”
“This is a big, big, big, huge red flag risk. New company doesn't know anything about pinball manufacturing. I think they're doing most of it in Hong Kong. And this has red flags all over it.”
“I like the idea. I think this is a good space...I used to really feel there is – and I still do believe there is a market for affordable pinball. And what we have now is not affordable pinball.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Arcade 1-Up· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Wonderland Amusements· company
- Alice Adventures in Wonderland· game
- Alice Goes to Wonderland· game
- Big Lebowski· game
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Pinside· organization
- Straight Down The Middle· organization
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Zach Finney· person
- Kickstarter· platform
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