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Episode24 - Summertime - 2019its - Flippin - Hot
PodcastAnalysis updated 2d ago2 hr 1 min listen
we talk about up coming games, shows, and other summer fun.
Highlights
- Star Wars home edition has two ramps, optical spinner, switchless double lock with one-sided optos, three pop bumpers, three lock targets, three drop targets, TIE fighter jump target, metal ramp with chase lights, color display, and full-size playfield
- Star Wars home edition MSRP is $4,500, with distributors typically offering $300-500 discount from MSRP
- Stern has released six home edition games (Batman, Iron Man, Transformers, Avengers, Spider-Man, Star Wars)
- Jersey Jack Wonka Standards shipped by end of June meeting the July 4th deadline, with LEs shipping next
- Game of Thrones received a recent code update after being considered 'dead' with secondary market depreciation of ~$1,000 below original purchase price
- Jersey Jack is currently only manufacturing Wonka across both production lines after finishing Pirates of the Caribbean run
- Spider-Man home edition was the first home game the panelists had personal experience playing
- Star Wars Pro/Premium/LE models expected to launch in two to three weeks from July 2019
- Zizzle home editions from the 1970s were a widespread success and appear frequently on the used market
- Pirates of the Caribbean players are achieving ~$1,000 profit flipping machines to secondary market after 6 months of play
Notable quotes
“You gotta watch the stream because that game actually looks like it plays pretty good. It's got two ramps, several lanes...I mean, it's got a pretty full-featured unit.”
“These guys know what they're doing. This is their sixth [home edition]. They have to be successful, right?”
“If the choice is some pinball or no pinball at home, doesn't one of these seem like a great thing? If we're looking at essentially half price.”
“It's like, do you remember when the Medieval Madness remake was first coming out and they weren't putting coin mechs in the coin door and everybody lost their minds? It's like, okay, who here, raise your hand, are putting it in an arcade or on location? Like two out of 400 people.”
“I got a hot take. Okay. All the people talking shit about Dwight Sullivan can shut the fuck up. Dwight the man. Dwight is the man.”
“You know, this is for like a new customer who has the game room who wants something... They're walking into Game Exchange's warehouse in Colorado...they're thinking get a six to one or a multi-K, and we'll get a pinball machine.”
“I think $4,500 worth of pinball machine, easy. Full-size playfield, you got a coin door, slightly smaller cabinet, slightly lower at the back box.”
“The only one that I've ever seen be a widespread, quote unquote success, is the Zizzle. And while I have to agree, the Zizzle is pinball, it's not pinball.”
“All the boutique and the smaller, newer companies, each release, they're getting a little better. They're doing it a little better.”
“Game of Thrones...was in the can and people were selling them and picking them up on the secondary market for a thousand less than what people paid for their games.”
Entities
- Disney· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Zizzle· company
- Comic-Con· event
- Game of Thrones· game
- Medieval Madness (remake)· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Spider-Man (home edition)· game
- Star Wars (game)· game
- Wonka· game
- The Spinner Is Lit Pinball Podcast· organization
- Alex· person
- Brian Cass· person
- Courtney Claybaugh· person
- Dan· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Jeff Claybaugh· person
- Kendra· person
- Marianne Rusty· person
- Mike· person
- Spencer Clingan· person
- Game Exchange· venue
- Pinball Hall of Fame· venue
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