Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 29: Elwin's Bond 60th Anniversary Is FINALLY Here!
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 29: Elwin's Bond 60th Anniversary Is FINALLY Here! Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie In this episode we discuss our thoughts on everything involved in...
Highlights
- George Gomez revealed the two 2023 Stern cornerstone design teams ahead of time: Dwight Sullivan + Brian Eddy, and Jack Danger + Tanya Kleiss, with Zombie Yeti handling art for both
- Bond 60th Anniversary features a single-level playfield, not street-level design
- The Bond license holder is extremely picky and restrictive with visual assets and artistic direction
- Spooky's Scooby-Doo announcement generated immediate pre-order demand despite minimal reveal information
- Triple Drain was nominated for Twippy awards and is currently ranked #1 on the nominees list
- Bond 60th Anniversary playfield includes all James Bond actors but no Bond girls, with one possible female scuba diver at bottom
- Brian Eddy has history of unique mechanical designs (Mando moving playfield, Stranger Things, Shadow)
- Zombie Yeti is doing art for both 2023 Stern cornerstone games
Notable quotes
“It is very clear this licensor is extremely picky and hard to work with. So I don't want to blame anybody at Stern for some of these artistic directions because we've seen it in the other three models of the Bonds machines.”
“We know everything about the game except for the theme, everything. And yet I'm not seeing that. Like I'm not... What does that tell you? Power of fame.”
“Every Elwynn game has been him and Rick Nagel. How could you not be Team Elwynn? I think that's a valid statement.”
“Brian Eddy, he's made some amazing games. I think he takes some chances with his designs and kind of some of the uniqueness of his mechs and whatnot.”
“It looks sleek. I'll give them that. I really don't care for the movie posters all over the place.”
“When she saw it, like, I had to tell her, I'm like, because she was like, why the hell did you buy me a sex toy?”
“I don't think Bond 60th Edition falls into this category [of games people buy purely for aesthetics].”
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fox City Winter Bash· event
- Twippy Awards· event
- Bond 60th Anniversary· game
- Mandalorian (Mando)· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Shadow· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Flippin' Out Pinball· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Elwin· person
- Emoto· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Joel· person
- Rick Nagel· person
- Tanya Kleiss· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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