Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 24: We Are ALL IN On Galatic Tank Force
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 24: We Are ALL IN On Galatic Tank Force Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie In this episode we discuss how ClePin ended and where we all finished. Then...
Highlights
- Travis finished second at Cleapin, with Carlos winning the tournament, playing outstanding on Attack from Mars
- Random draw tiebreakers at Cleapin disadvantaged high seeds who earned bus driver position; Neil lost a tiebreaker on Kiss against Shannon Stafford after being picked by random number generator
- Free Play Florida tournament format uses reverse order finish (last place pick next game), which incentivizes intentionally losing
- James Bond 007 60th Anniversary game reveal was chaotic with initial release delayed, multiple leaks, and no official announcement cadence
- Keith Elwin confirmed in chat that leaked mockup image of James Bond game is not 100% accurate, particularly blank start/coin buttons suggesting it's a mockup
- James Bond 60th will have mechanical score reels in the backbox, different from standard LCD screen format
- Elvira 40th Edition secondary market pricing is $20,000-$21,000 new and used, suggesting James Bond 60th could reach $25,000+
- Stern Insider podcast confirmed George Gomez mentioned potential Goldfinger LE variant similar to Elvira 40th year-later release model
Notable quotes
“I hate taking second place, though. That's I think the second time this year in the Stern Pro Circuit event. I took second. So I've never won one.”
“if you're picking against another, you know, particular opponent, you're probably going to, do you want to pick the game you want or do you want to pick a game? You know, they don't want, and there's way more strategy there than I, than I think I'd ever given you guys credit for.”
“I would sell the game for $100,000 if I could. Yeah. I like money, Joel.”
“the score reels are mechanical. Like there are going to be score mechanical. So I don't know if that means the entire back box is going to look different or if they're going to stick to the standard form factor”
“this is a mock-up... the one photo that's out there that is going around, I know for a fact it's not 100% accurate. And that's straight from Keith Elwin”
“it's been weird. It's been like from, you know, for Tom and I, it's been one thing. Like, how interested in this game? Is this a game that I'd potentially buy? Travis, it's been a whole nother experience now that you work for a distributor.”
Entities
- Cleapin· event
- Free Play Florida· event
- UK Pinball Open· event
- Attack from Mars· game
- Elvira 40th Edition· game
- James Bond 007 60th Anniversary· game
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Carlos· person
- George Gomez· person
- Joel· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Neil McCrae· person
- Shannon Stafford· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zach (Flipping Out)· person
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