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We Are Pinball #10!!! "X-men, Avatar...and Enzo?"
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 29 min listenBy WAP
Hey WAPinos! Cengiz and Don are back and they're not alone! In this packed episode we discuss way too much about Stern Pinball's X-men release with friend of the show Enzo La Pagna from Gonzo's...
Highlights
- X-Men LE pricing in Australia is approximately $20,000-$21,000 AUD, which converts to approximately $15,000 USD after taxes
- Stern is now offering one-year warranty (backdated) instead of traditional 30-60 day warranty
- X-Men LE production is 20% lower than previous LE runs
- Indiana Jones pinball game was rumored but appears to have been canceled
- George Gomez disclosed that Hunger Games pinball was 80% complete in R&D before being canceled due to studio concerns
- John Borg's most recent design was Rush (2022), with subsequent games being Turtles (2020), Monsters (2019), and Guardians (2017)
- X-Men includes three multiball modes according to apron card
- The X-Men Pro version includes Danger Room and all wire forms but lacks Sentinel head movement and hand interactions
Notable quotes
“I just woke up at 6 o'clock this morning to jump on the webinar. And, yeah, as soon as it started panning across, I was going, what the hell is going on here? I was like, this is not... I was like, this doesn't look like a stern. Am I watching the right video?”
“I think Jack Danger is going I'm sick of people ranting and you know going off on Stern. Let's give them something to not rant about because even the most negative people that are normally negative are not negative today, right?”
“There hasn't been a machine since I've been doing this as a deep that has created such a buzz. I don't even think like, you know, I remember watching the Godzilla one and I was like, yeah, this is impressive, but it still didn't leave me the same awe.”
“I love that this game has none of those big rubber posts. Everything has got a stand-up target, stand-up target, or ram shots. No post that will shoot the ball straight down the middle. You can just feel this game is designed by a guy that has played a lot of pinball.”
“When Jack Danger was ripping off punny factory because that also has a very [elevated captive ball]”
“I've got like customers now. What the heck? What happened? It's a great idea because someone like me who... I buy mods, but I've got to wait for a friend of mine to come over to put them on for me.”
“Before the crash, we always bought the LE on locations because LE held the prices. We could buy an LE... and you could let it make money for two years and get $12,000 when it sold it. But those days are gone.”
“I think it's a big F you to the people that have been giving a lot of negativity to them... I went fishing for the negative people... and I think they've gone all in.”
“As I said, they're really trying. I mean, before the crash, let's just go two years back... but those days are gone.”
“The pro doesn't have the beast captive ball and doesn't have the other bit. So for me, it's like if you're really invested in the director's intent or the designer's intent, it's a no-brainer.”
Entities
- AMD Distributors· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godzilla· game
- Goldeneye· game
- Guardians of the Galaxy· game
- Hunger Games· game
- Indiana Jones· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Metallica Spike 3· game
- Paragon· game
- Ripley's Believe It or Not· game
- Venom· game
- X-Men (Uncanny X-Men)· game
- Don· person
- Enzo· person
- Genghis (Cengiz)· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Borg· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
- Gonzo/Gonzo's Flipperama· person/channel
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