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We Are Pinball #43 "WAP is back! Star Wars no hype?"

PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 33 min listenBy WAP
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Back for your FACE it's WAP time again!Don't even worry about preparing yourself because nothing you can do will be enough!EVERYTHING is in this episode! You thought WAP...

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Highlights

  • Star Wars will not be available in Europe due to licensing restrictions, with Disney potentially requiring regional approval and payment.
  • Star Wars is speculated to be a reskin of the Avatar design with similar John Borg layout (Bastoy, left/right ramps, orbit).
  • Stern pricing for Star Wars will remain at standard levels, with no price increase confirmed by multiple distributors.
  • European pinball sales have declined significantly, which may explain Stern's regional licensing strategy.
  • A Star Wars 50th Anniversary Edition will likely release in 2027 with premium treatment similar to recent Godzilla, Jaws anniversary editions.
  • Limited Edition market is declining in value, with recent LE models (Kong, D&D, projected Star Wars) receiving only minor upgrades over Pro/Premium versions.
  • Stern's recent Limited Editions are not including Expression Lights as standard, reducing perceived value.
  • Games by Design's Raza project is viewed negatively and represents wasted effort on a failed license with 'bad energy' and scam origins.
  • Big Bang Bar historical popularity was driven by scarcity (approximately 200 units made) rather than game quality, similar to Cactus Canyon.

Notable quotes

“This is the biggest pinball theme, not the biggest team in the world, but biggest pinball team. You cannot come and say another pinball team that's better than Star Wars. What? What's hand-pardner compared to Star Wars? Come on. It's nothing.”
“If they do Star Wars and it's just Munsters again and it's an AT-ST instead of Herman, I see why people are apprehensive, and I think that might be the reason.”
Don
“I'm not in panic because history told us when a stern game comes out like 12 to 18 months after the game will be complete. So no panic and what's gonna happen in 18 months we're gonna have 50th anniversary of star wars.”
Don
“If you view the game in the time era when it came out, it kind of makes sense. It seems impressive. Here are the 1996 pinball machines... Big Bang Bar, it's popular because there were so few of them.”
“When you start with spoiled ingredients, you're never going to make anything good to eat, man. You've got to start with good stuff, good intentions, good spices, fresh produce.”
“We got, like, new cornerstone. We got 150 predators left. Spooky's about to launch some madness on us. Expo's around the corner.”
“You can get an James Cameron's Avatar (LE) for $4,000 or something. They cost nothing. You know, I got to say, it's kind of a fun game.”
“Metallica (LE) that already came with them, I mean, that's at least some extra baked-in value. But we didn't see it with Kong. We didn't see it with D&D. We're probably not going to see it with Star Wars. So, ah, LE market dead.”
Don
“Zach Sharpe actually invited you and to the launch party. Let's go. 10th of this month. Thank you, Zach. Stern is listening to the WAP show.”

Entities

  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Alice in Junkie Land· game
  • Avatar· game
  • Big Bang Bar· game
  • Cactus Canyon· game
  • D&D (Dungeons & Dragons)· game
  • Godzilla 70th Anniversary· game
  • Guardians of the Galaxy· game
  • Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
  • Kong· game
  • Metallica· game
  • Munsters· game
  • Raza· game
  • Star Wars· game
  • We Are Pinball (WAP)· organization
  • Chris Koulouris· person
  • Dennis Nordman· person
  • Don Garrison· person
  • Enzo· person
  • John Borg· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person
  • Melvin Williams· person|company
  • Spike 3· product
  • Expression Lights· technology

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