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Episode - 28 , 2019 whats new, lets review

PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago2 hr 43 min listen
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WE REVIEW 2019, THE GAMES, THE FUN. WE COVER THE BIGGEST GAMES OF THE LAST DECADE AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2020. THE ROUND TABLE GANG WITH SOME NEW FRIENDS AND OLD.

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Highlights

  • George Gonzalez charges approximately $700 for cabinet restoration work, despite it being worth $2,000-$3,000 given the labor involved
  • The Sacramento Pinball Group (SPG) was started in 2002 or 2003 as a news group
  • Jeff at Pinball Pin supplies the best stencils available, with Nicholas The Hunter helping scan cabinets for stencil creation
  • Brian acquired three complete working pinball games for free via email from a former SPG member who wanted them gone
  • The three free games acquired were in various working conditions: Heavy Metal Meltdown (wettest, coils non-functional), Riverboat Gambler (right flipper issue, drop target reset bar broken), and one unnamed game requiring most work

Notable quotes

“I couldn't charge enough to do these cabinets, really. I would literally have to charge somebody $2,000 or $3,000 to do something like that. I usually charge about $700 dollars but I don't have a full-time pinball job.”
George Gonzalez
“It's easier for the scotch. I got a whole bunch of scotch. Some I already had. Some I got for my birthday. Some I got for Christmas.”
Spencer (host)
“How often do you get free pinball games? Never. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Especially for the condition that these were in, right?”
Hosts/Brian
“I couldn't sleep. I got out of work on the road at like 7 o'clock, man. Like I couldn't sleep at all. It was visions of free games dancing in my head.”
Dan
“SPG became too big for a social group. A lot of the guys I met, initially, I met through SPG. Sparky and Steve. Maverick. Yeah, you know, I met all those guys.”
Hosts
“The Sparky Barbecue sort of replaced that. And, of course, it completely: I think that it was kind of responsible for the explosion of the group. Once everybody caught on to what we were doing, they wanted to be involved.”
Hosts
“I took it so no one else can get it, so if we want to use it, we can. It's there.”
Brian

Entities

  • Barnyard Dad's Kitchen· organization
  • Capital Corridor Pinball League (CCPL)· organization
  • Chico's Bail Bonds· organization
  • Pinball Pin· organization
  • Sacramento Pinball Group (SPG)· organization
  • The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast· organization
  • Adam Presler· person
  • Alex· person
  • Brian· person
  • Chris Bannister· person
  • Dan· person
  • Eric Selford· person
  • George Gonzalez· person
  • Jeff· person
  • Jon Hey· person
  • Lauren Drain· person
  • Marianne· person
  • Nicholas The Hunter· person
  • Nick· person
  • Spencer Clingen· person
  • Todd· person

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