The Pinball Show Ep 170: Poof
The Pinball Show Episode 170: Poof Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - Dragongate - A Remastered Rumor - EXCLUSIVE MEMBERSHIP CONTENT: What The People Want: The...
Highlights
- Stern's D&D LE Dragon mechanism had wire harness slack issues causing Node 10 chip overheat/poof events in a minority of units
- Metallica remaster premium shipping in March; Godzilla Pro/Premium in early 2025; Jaws in April; Uncanny X-Men before that
- Rumor: Stern planning remaster of The Walking Dead later this year (via Nap Arcade sourcing)
- American Pinball shifting away from R&D to contract manufacturing only, laying off staff including Dave Fitts
- American Pinball executives Mukesh and Nirmal wanted to sell company after 2023; company was in red in 2024 but less than before Fitts arrived
- Dave Fitts claims Barbecue Challenge sold more units than Hot Wheels in first year (disputed by hosts due to COVID production delays on Hot Wheels)
- Stern D&D code 0.84 added Tiny's Dice mini wizard mode lit by three modes or Fismo purchase
- Walking Dead held poor secondary market value; LE/Premium/Pro models available at reasonable prices vs Ghostbusters scarcity
Notable quotes
“They're not like us, is all I know.”
“It poofs. It sets dragons on fire.”
“The problem with something like this...it's communication and perception. That's the biggest issue because there's nothing that hurts a product like stories of something setting on fire.”
“Walking Dead came out with code that people didn't like...It sunk its rating on Pinside.”
“The absentee landlord analogy.”
“They're a contract manufacturer now. I haven't figured it out.”
“I'm going to say that he may be accurate with this...They had unveiled Hot Wheels at a show and then COVID hit right away. They couldn't even build them for months and months.”
“This is one of the greatest games ever in Pinside Top 100. It's the biggest travesty. Every time I look at the Pinside Top 100, I almost negate the whole damn thing because I see how low Walking Dead is on that.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball at the Beach· event
- Dragon Gate· game
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye· game
- Metallica· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Rush· game
- Stranger Things· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- The Pinball Show Club· organization
- Casey Butler· person
- Dave Fitts· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- John Borg· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Mukesh· person
- Nap Arcade· person
- Nirmal· person
- Zach Minney· person
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