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We Are Pinball #26 "New game explosion!!"

PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago1 hr 17 min listenBy WAP

Highlights

  • Portal's premium module version costs $5,500, with topper additional $750, totaling ~$12,500 for complete setup
  • Multimorphic has only one official U.S. distributor
  • Approximately 10 Weird Al Multimorphic machines exist on location in entire U.S.
  • Portal's enhanced version adds plastic ramps and diverter but no new art or layout changes
  • Multimorphic flippers have noticeable lag compared to Stern/Spooky due to remote coil linkage design
  • Merlin's Arcade is a Deep Root design being released by Turner Pinball as his sophomore release
  • Turner Pinball previously released Ninja Eclipse with 100 units sold out, currently halfway through production of second game
  • Portal's topper not included in $5,500 price due to MSRP psychology competitive with Stern at $6,000+

Notable quotes

If I was Jerry and I had this kind of technology and I had this assembly line and everything, I would directly copy Stern Pro and just make this game as a Stern Pro. That's it?
Don
you could have what i'm talking about listen i don't care if it's ferraris or blondes you know if they cost too much i don't care how attractive it is i just I'm not interested at that point
Genghis
I have not seen one person. They may be out there. but one person that has space for one machine and this is the one that they have.
Don
I don't see thousands of these games being sold I don't see that so like listen all the guys that got really nice collections and fancy homes and have one of these
Genghis
if it's true with one distro in the U.S. and nothing over here, maybe aiming on stealing some hundreds of this game. I don't know.
Genghis
You've got the screen. You have all of these servos running the plastic shields that come up, the plastic scoops that come up. There's a ball trough all the way in the back of the cabinet with, like, 16 balls in it
Don
And he works with a lot of caravan parks, a lot of RV parks, you know, campgrounds. And he sells some of these to campgrounds and they're like, look, you can have one machine but then every couple days you can switch out the game
Don
It's frustrating for me because I really like a lot of what they're doing. A lot of really cool people are doing a lot of good work here, and there's just not a way for me to enjoy it.
Genghis

Entities

  • Ace Goge· company
  • Deep Root· company
  • Flippin' Out Pinball· company
  • Multimorphic· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern· company
  • Turner Pinball· company
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Dungeon Door Defender· game
  • Final Resistance· game
  • Merlin's Arcade· game
  • Ninja Eclipse· game
  • Portal· game
  • Princess Bride· game
  • Weird Al (Multimorphic module)· game
  • We Are Pinball (WAP)· organization
  • Don· person
  • Genghis· person
  • Jerry· person
  • Mark Silk· person

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