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The Pinball Show Ep 47: Is There Pinball In Heaven?
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago1 hr 34 min listen
The Pinball Show Ep 47: Is There Pinball In Heaven? Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Picasso Did Have A Beard - Stern Increases Pricing Of Elvira & Batman - JJP Guns N Roses CE Ship With A...
Highlights
- Stern increased prices $500 on Batman 66 Premium and Elvira House of Horrors Premium without advance notice to customers with existing pre-orders
- Batman 66 has not seen a price increase since release (~3-4 years ago); Elvira has not seen a price increase since its release
- Jersey Jack Pinball shipped Guns N' Roses Collector's Editions with missing speaker topper cables, then shipped wrong replacement cables
- Jersey Jack prioritized direct customers for early CE shipments before dealer allocations
- Stern's backorder log extends to June/July 2021, creating long wait times for new game orders
- Jack Danger showcased Led Zeppelin at CES 2021 virtually for Stern Pinball
- PinSwap rental program launched by Poor Man's Pinball Podcast crew with $10,000 insurance and localized mapping
- Typical monthly pinball rental pricing is $250-500 depending on game age/tier
- Guns N' Roses Collector's Edition includes JJP Sparkle playfield enhancement not available on Limited Edition
- CNET published 9-minute video on GNR titled 'Guns N' Roses Pinball is a Technical Marvel'
Notable quotes
“So much for an agreed upon price or a handshake agreement. Whatever happened to companies doing the right thing by their loyal and hardworking customers?”
“If I'm comparing it to Led Zeppelin, okay, I see that. I really don't know the truth here. I think it's easy just to say, no, it's the same price. It costs them the same materials.”
“They claim that it looks to me like Elvira is so hot right now that Stern is deciding to bump up the price because of the popularity. Of course, they did it with toppers. Toppers were popular, and they started bumping up the price.”
“The tricky part, and I think the one that I don't necessarily agree with... of the ones that we had ordered as dealers, right let's say i have 15 20 of them pre-ordered l virus those were canceled immediately during that message hey we're canceling all orders of l vira and batman premium we are increasing the price 500 you may reorder”
“They sent these CEs out, but they were missing a crucial part to enable that speaker topper to even function. Ouch. The whole topper? The speaker was there, but the cable that hooks it to the board was not there.”
“Well, it's... Well, what do you mean, well? They didn't ship the wrong cable, did they? ... They rushed out the cable, and it was the wrong cable. Oh, no.”
“I value gameplay at $1 a play. So if I was confident I could get 500 games in in a month, I wouldn't feel bad about $500.”
“Not everyone does [have location play in their area]. I didn't for a long, long time. And even so, I'm not looking to go to a bar or anything.”
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- CES 2021· event
- Batman 66· game
- Elvira House of Horrors· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Led Zeppelin· game
- Super Orbit· game
- Poor Man's Pinball Podcast· organization
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Joel Ingliss· person
- Ken Rudberg· person
- Zach Minney· person
- PinSwap· platform/service
- Pinball Hall of Fame· venue
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