The Pinball Show Ep 67: Zach Interviews The Spooky Pinball Team + GIVEAWAY!
The Pinball Show Episode 67: Zach Interviews The Spooky Pinball Team + GIVEAWAY! Host: Zach Meny Special Guests: Charlie Emery, Corwin "Bug" Emery, & Spooky Luke aka Mr. Squirrel or Softy - I...
Highlights
- Halloween sold 1,250 units and Ultraman sold 500 units in hours
- Spooky Luke was hired straight out of high school and has been at Spooky for approximately 8 years
- Luke runs production and has been managing the production line for approximately 5-6 years
- Spooky Luke bought a laser cutter to address metal parts supply chain issues
- Spooky Luke is in a relationship with Charlie Emery's daughter
- The 1,250 unit production limit for Halloween was decided based on what Spooky could build in 18 months
- Spooky used Rick and Morty capital to purchase components in bulk (e.g., 1,000 computers at once) to avoid parts shortages
- Spooky's web store encountered traffic overload issues during the Halloween/Ultraman launch requiring multiple upgrades
Notable quotes
“I was one of the first people Chuck hired straight out of high school. So I've been around for like eight years now.”
“His grandmother walked into my office because she runs the village desk, and she's like, you should hire my grandson. And I was like, okay.”
“1,250 Halloween and 500 Ultraman pinball machines sell out in hours.”
“There was definitely a switch online that we noticed that it was going to go a different way than we thought.”
“It shoots really well. It plays totally differently than what you'd expect just looking at it.”
“We want the absolute best code in front of you. We want the game just doing everything it's capable of. And there's still a little bit of polish that needs to be done.”
“I spent a lot of time planting food for the deer and improving their habitat on my land than anything else.”
“My number one priority going into the office this week is fixing the bugs that I'm aware are there so that we can hopefully get a video put together for everybody very soon.”
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Pinball Life· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Halloween (Spooky Pinball)· game
- Rick and Morty (Spooky Pinball)· game
- Ultraman (Spooky Pinball)· game
- Benton, Wisconsin· location
- The Pinball Show· media
- AJ· person
- Bowen Kerins· person
- Bug (Corwin L. Emery)· person
- Charlie Emery· person
- Fosman· person
- Spooky Luke (Luke Peters)· person
- Zach· person
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