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Episode - 25 - elvira,dinosaurs, clearcoat oh my!

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday2 hr 17 min listen
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the gang talks about the new Elvira game, the new Jurassic park game. clear coat issues and other weird and fun pinball stuff.

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Highlights

  • Elvira's House of Horrors features a three-dimensional haunted mansion with dual ramps, a coffin lock mechanism, a spinning turret, a backdoor skill shot, drop targets, a crypt, and a subway shooter with approximately 20–30 classic B-horror film clips.
  • Elvira's House of Horrors pricing: Premium $7,899, LE $9,995, Super LE $15,000; Signature LE units are sold out; Premium editions available unlimited.
  • Jurassic Park (Stern Pinball) is $5,999 base, designed by Keith Elwin, and features excellent shot design including an inverted helix/sugar shot not seen since System 11, upper flipper ramp shots, and direct right-flipper ball feed at launch.
  • Clear-coat defects are affecting Jersey Jack (Pirates of the Caribbean, Willy Wonka) and Stern (Iron Maiden, Deadpool, Jurassic Park) games: chipping, cracking within weeks, and pooling around posts/slingshots: and both manufacturers have added washers under posts as a mitigation.
  • Jersey Jack Pinball sources playfields from Mirko (a European, Germany-based company); Stern Pinball is moving playfield production in-house.
  • Golden State Pinball Festival donated $26,840 to the WOW (World of Wonders) Science and Technology Museum in Lodi, California.
  • Pinagogo 2025 is October 11–13 at Mayfair; no tournament; Friday dinner at Bud's for $35 with commemorative challenge coin; Chris Coons and Don Hiley offering vendor ordering services.
  • Elvira's House of Horrors is designed by Dennis Nordman (lead), Greg Freres (art), and Lyman F. Sheats Jr. (code), same team as previous Elvira games.
  • Chris Hutchins appeared on a Loser Kid podcast discussing industrial vs. automotive clear-coat formulas, cure time vs. hardening time, and manufacturing-at-scale challenges affecting playfield quality.
  • Panel speculation: clear-coat defects may be caused by formula changes to reduce manufacturing costs or environmental restrictions in the production region, with recommendation to revert to proven formulas or develop new solution.

Notable quotes

“It's basically a Batman 66 boutique game. The boutique version of Bat 66.”
Panel member (unidentified)
“I think Jurassic Park could be a two-for-two game that Keith Elwin did, just like Iron Maiden. I think he's hit another home run for sure.”
Alex
“Fix the fucking playfields. You know? There's no reason they shouldn't be working. They've been working fine for a long time. Why can't you do it now?”
Panel member (Dan, expressing frustration)
“I'm not toying with it. Right. So whenever I shop it out, then I'll worry about it. Right now, I'm just going to play it.”
Panel member
“It is really, really good. Solid everything. You know, check it out as fast as you can. Put a few bucks into one, and if you got the coin, man, you could do a lot worse. I would definitely say that's one to have at home.”
Spencer Klingin
“The guy at Miracle has just been kind of, from what I understand, just kind of trying to run from that issue as fast as he can.”
Spencer Klingin
“You know, I think you look at it like this. You know, Brian is the only person who I know... But do I have, like, the first hand, under-the-glass experience with this game to sort of say, hey, this problem will affect me because I own more older games.”
Spencer Klingin
“There's a gentleman who got a vinyl repair tool and is using it to warm it up and flatten it out... It's working.”
Panel member
“Why are we in a situation now? You've been doing playfields right for a long time.”
Panel member
“Pinagogo is back more so to its roots. There's no tournament now, and that's okay. It's back to one building, but it's got that small atmosphere of its humble beginnings.”
Spencer Klingin

Entities

  • CPR· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Mirko· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Golden State Pinball Festival· event
  • Pinagogo· event
  • Elvira's House of Horrors· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Pinside· organization
  • Cassandra Peterson· person
  • Chris Coons· person
  • Chris Hutchins· person
  • Dan· person
  • Dennis Nordman· person
  • Don Hiley· person
  • Greg Freres· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Kendra· person
  • Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
  • Marianne Rusty· person
  • Spencer Klingin· person
  • Blind Pig· venue
  • Uncle Vito's Pizza Barler· venue

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