
The Pinball Show Ep 63: The Game Has Changed, For The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee
The Pinball Show Episode 63: The Game Has Changed, For The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Zach Gets Slam Tilted & Dennis Chooses His Adventure - Stern Pinball...
Highlights
- The Mandalorian (Pro) first units came off production line and appeared on Deadflip stream; Pro deliveries estimated for "any time now" but homeowners looking at August at earliest
- American Pinball plans two games per year going forward (spring and fall), with classic and deluxe model tiers, and capacity for contract manufacturing for other companies
- American Pinball spring game is unlicensed with supply chain delays affecting reveal timing; fall game also unlicensed; 2022 plans shift to licensed themes
- Spooky's next title expected in 2-3 weeks; build quality improvements made (Molex connectors only, no IDC) to reduce transport disconnections
- The Wizard of Oz of Oz receiving internet connectivity and Code Update 7.03 for Scorebit integration
- Stern is planning to rerun Deadpool toppers soon based on Zach Menny's appearance on Slam Tilt podcast
- Mandalorian production running Pros in April, Premiums late June/early July, then skipping July entirely, with next runs in August and October
- Mandalorian is expected to outsell any other game released in 2021 and surpass 2020 releases based on demand signals
- Stern is 5,000 games behind on backlog (per Gary Stern statement from late 2020), yet continues announcing new games like Led Zeppelin
- Dennis Creasel published a choose-your-own-adventure book (Take a Shot Stories #1: Beach Chip Beware) with 40+ authors and a vampire story anthology; both available for $0.99 pre-order on Kindle
Notable quotes
“For the price of a cup of coffee, you can have three of these books.”
“They haven't acknowledged that this is different but we're actually listener going to see a run of premiums in June as well...premiums may hit the majority of homeowners before the pros.”
“Mandalorian, I think, is going to outsell anything else this year, and I think it outsells anything that was released last year. So it seems weird to go a whole month without running it.”
“I think the best time to move to the next game is when the line slows. That's the manufacturing way. And their line definitely ain't slow right now.”
“I think it's time for Stern Pinball to maybe think about increasing their size yet again.”
“I still think that the bottlenecks, the parts is why I don't agree...if they're running into parts issues then it's just...I mean it is what it is.”
“Some of the pros, the pro had, in my opinion, had some really big positives, maybe even over the premium LE.”
“The armor used on the visuals of the LCD screen of Mandalorian was the armor in Season 1...He said he wished that you would see at some point being able to upgrade to that Season 2, very sleek, uniform, consistent Beskar outfit.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers: Infinity Quest· game
- Deadpool· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Mandalorian· game
- The Wizard of Oz· game
- Deadflip· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Brian Cosner· person
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Dr. John· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Josh Sharpe· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Rudberg· person
- Lucas Pepke· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Take a Shot Stories #1: Beach Chip Beware· product
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