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The Pinball Show Ep 66: Death By Sausage Fingers
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The Pinball Show Episode 66: Death By Sausage Fingers Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Dennis & Zach Have A Run-In With The Police - Halloween In July - 2 Titles, 1 Layout - Sausage Fingers
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball's Halloween game comes in three editions: Standard ($6,995), Bloodsuckers ($7,995), and Collectors Edition ($8,995), with optional Buttercab for additional $1,000
- Spooky is planning to release a second game using the same Halloween playfield layout, reportedly more niche and aligned with Charlie's taste, possibly Killer Clowns from Outer Space
- Halloween playfield design includes psychiatric facility fence gates on upper playfield, a butcher/carving knife along shooter lane, Judith Myers tombstone, and multiple orbits/scoops
- Collector's Edition topper is described by Spooky as their best topper to date, featuring custom sculpted shooter rod and additional licensed decorative playfield toy
- Horror-themed pinball games historically do not sell as well as other game types
- Production strategy includes first 50 units to special people for location placement, then 50 to Spooky Direct, alternating 50 to distributors
- Spooky's pricing structure for Halloween is more aggressive than Stern Premium tier equivalents
- Halloween playfield art by Jason Edmiston has quality concerns, particularly plastic art elements appearing less fine-lined and 'more Crayola crayon' compared to recent standards
- Zach has concerns about playfield flow due to multiple upper playfield features mentioned in announcements, describing potential design as 'clunk'
Notable quotes
“I just got profiled. They saw the out-of-state plates and the cooler and the hatchback and thought I was running pot.”
“He just looks like he has these big sausage fingers. It scared the hell out of me.”
“Wait until you check out the art here by Jason Edmiston... but Dennis, the plastics under this tombstone frankly look like shit.”
“I don't buy off of theme. Alien is one of my most favorite films but that's not a good game.”
“Their best topper to date is the fucking TNA beacon. True story.”
“It sounds like it's going to be a clunk design to me because i just don't see how you can have flow with all of what they're talking about”
“Horror is niche. It just is. There's often been – again, this is anecdotal. I haven't seen data on it, but horror games historically have not sold as well.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Halloween (1978 film)· game
- TNA (Impact Wrestling)· game
- Pinside· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Bug· person
- Charlie· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Jason Edmiston· person
- John Carpenter· person
- Ken Rodberg· person
- Michael Myers· person
- Zach Minney· person
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