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The Pinball Show Ep 80: WIN A GODZILLA+ BANNER & Your #1 Source For Pinball News
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The Pinball Show Episode 80: WIN A GODZILLA+ BANNER & Your #1 Source For Pinball News Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Chicago Gaming Reveals Cactus Canyon Remake - A Hot Mess In Chicago - Fat...
Highlights
- Chicago Gaming Company's Cactus Canyon Remake LE priced at $9,250 sold out immediately; secondary market sales reached ~$15,000+
- Stern's 40th Anniversary Elvira limited to 199 units with distributor-set MSRP ranging $28,000-$35,000
- CGC announced SE Plus model adding topper option to SE base model after LE exclusivity complaints
- Stern's Insider Connected system on display at multiple venues with positive reception, though retrofit kits remain backordered
- American Pinball increased Legends of Valhalla LE production from 300 to 500 units
- Cactus Canyon Remake presentation suffered technical difficulties; video cut off at 43 seconds during live sizzle trailer
- Stern rumored to announce Rush-themed pinball game at very end of 2024 (originally 2021 in episode context)
- Stern uses fat/wide spinners on Pro models of Godzilla and appears to favor narrower spinners on newer games generally
- CGC dealers were not informed of Cactus Canyon pricing prior to Expo announcement
- Cactus Canyon Remake 3D printed components (Bart's arms) shown at Expo are not final production version
Notable quotes
“This is an exclusive to the Pinball Show on the Pinball Network...There is a new RPG game with integrated and interactive Bluetooth-controlled sex toys.”
“It may be the most well-built new in-box game. This definitely is the most Valley Williams-feeling game to date they've made.”
“I think they could have priced this LE more reasonably at $12,000 and sold every one of them day one.”
“This game is a hit. This game is classic. It is beautiful. It is revisited in a way that I think still shocked people, even if they know what Cactus Canyon was.”
“Two days, this is what you're going to get. And I was damn proud of it. But the world at the expo didn't see it.”
“The LE has a lot of different features that are great...the only thing you cannot really reproduce on the LE is the topper.”
“And my take is after people saw how much better the dot displays were and color was, that everyone just goes that route.”
“these naming conventions are driving me mad. I can't even strike. We've got CE, SE, LE, PRO, PREMIUM, SE Plus.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company (CGC)· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Chicago Pinball Expo· event
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- 40th Anniversary Elvira· game
- Cactus Canyon Remake· game
- Godzilla· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Brian Kossner (Kaz)· person
- Butch Peel· person
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Ken Rudberg· person
- Matt Morrison· person
- Planetary Pinball (Rick)· person
- Ryan White· person
- Steve Bowden· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Insider Connected· product
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