
Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 8: The Three Stooges Meet The Wizard
Episode 8 with Joel, Travis, Tom and Extra Ball Karl DeAngelo! * Legends of Valhalla release * More Halloween thoughts * Surviving Super Series * Expo Expectations * TOM TALKS
Highlights
- District 82 Super Series was six tournaments over four days with the four-strike tournament ending at 2:30 AM
- Carl D'Angelo won the four-strike tournament (Event 5) with one strike remaining
- The Super Series became primarily classics-focused after 10 PM due to time constraints and modern games taking 45 minutes to 1 hour per round vs. 30 minutes for classics
- American Pinball increased Legends of Valhalla LE production from 300 to 500 units following strong initial sales
- Legends of Valhalla MSRP is approximately $8,400-$8,600
- Carl D'Angelo is pursuing wizard mode challenges on difficult legacy games including World Poker Tour and Indiana Jones
- Raymond Davidson won the overall Super Series competition
- Hot Wheels is currently the cheapest commercial pinball game available, cheaper than Godzilla
Notable quotes
“It was six tournaments over four days. Carl actually won one of the tournaments. That was the four strike, right, Carl? That's right. But the four strike ended at 2:30 in the morning, which was very, very tiring for everybody who was there.”
“I was too busy struggle busing for the first five events. I don't think I'd even played Carl one time. I don't think I played Tom one time.”
“Overall, it's funny. When I look at this whole package, for me personally, it almost feels like the theme is the weakest part of the whole pen, which I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing or a bad thing.”
“If they announce 300, they should stick to 300. So we'll see if it's official or not. I just don't like the practice of upping a limited edition just because you sold them all. Stern did it, right, with Munsters? Yeah, I didn't like it then either.”
“You're just taking the screws to your initial adopters and saying, you know what, this isn't as limited as you thought it was. And if I'm a supporter and wanting to pay out eighty four, eighty five hundred dollars, however much it is, then I find out, well, wait a second. There's going to be more than that just because there's great reaction to it.”
“I think I would have been a little upset. I mean, you know, you're thinking a certain number is going to be made. And if they increase the number by X, you know, it's, yeah, kind of sucks.”
“I mean, I think we can all agree that they're built well. Like, American Pinball builds a tank of a game. And so that's the only thing I can kind of say with certainty or confidence that I bet Legends of Valhalla will be built well.”
“They centered it offset. Oh, that drove me crazy. They kept saying that you wouldn't notice that you wouldn't notice it. Every time I looked up lies.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Kingpin Games· company
- District 82 Super Series· event
- Godzilla (Stern)· game
- Hot Wheels (American Pinball)· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Police Force· game
- Buffalo Pinball· organization
- IE Pinball· organization
- Riot Pinball· organization
- Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- Chuck Wirt· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jim Belsito· person
- Kaylee George· person
- Levy Naiman· person
- Neil Graff· person
- Rachel· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Tom Graff· person
- Travis· person
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