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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 38: Entering The Bone Zone
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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 38: Entering the Bone Zone Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Greg Bone, & Travis Murie Tom is still in Europe, so we try our best to record without him. Luckily we got...
Highlights
- Hexa Pinball Space Hunt is a French-based company with limited North American distribution plans; Flipping Out may not carry it
- James Bond is not selling as well as anticipated; Stern is pulling older games (Godzilla, Iron Maiden, Jurassic Park) back into production
- Bond's poor initial reception was driven by theme (older IP), artwork criticism, and weak early code; code updates are helping it gain traction as a sleeper
- Godzilla machine dramatically exceeded Stern's manufacturing capacity expectations; multiple production runs still cannot meet backlog demand
- Godzilla succeeded despite weak initial theme interest; the game's excellent code and layout converted skeptics into fans
- Manufacturing is harder than design for established manufacturers at scale; new small producers may find manufacturing easier with low volumes
- Stern's Godzilla topper marketing was poorly presented: heavily underexposed in official video with more footage of hands than the actual topper
- CGC's Cactus Canyon reissue announced October 2022; as of podcast date, nearly two years later, day-one customers still awaiting delivery
Notable quotes
“Well, believe it or not, manufacturing the games is the easiest part.”
“I would assume that James Bond is not as selling as well as they assumed.”
“Theme sells like it is the big thing because you can have a game that's good. Just good. Doesn't have to be extraordinary, but it's got a theme that resonates with people and it elevates that game.”
“If they did the current Godzilla. It's serious. Yeah. Yeah. It wouldn't be near as well received as it is now.”
“I audibly said, oh, no.”
“There was nearly double the footage of hands on the topper.”
“It's not a turnoff but like I can't I can't justify like that's a theme I can't have in my house.”
“My son, a three-year-old, requests it. He thinks it's a funny song.”
“It's hilarious that a thousand dollars is something to be excited about, right?”
Entities
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Flipping Out Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pinball Adventures· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Dialed In (Stern)· game
- Foo Fighters (Stern)· game
- Godzilla (Stern)· game
- Hexa Pinball Space Hunt· game
- Iron Maiden (Stern)· game
- James Bond (Stern)· game
- Jurassic Park (Stern)· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation· game
- Don's Pinball Podcast· media
- Straight Down the Middle podcast· media
- Greg Bone· person
- Joel· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Godzilla topper· product
- Mandalorian topper· product
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