BDYETP 71: The One Where We Talk About James Bond (and review Godzilla)
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Kineticist’s take
Bond 007 review: restrictive license, poor code, launch disaster, aggressive pricing model.
Synopsis
Nick and Kevin of Bro, Do You Even Talk Pinball review Stern's new James Bond 007 pinball machine announced in September 2022, covering the Pro (Dr. No), Premium (You Only Live Twice), LE (Thunderball), and 60th Anniversary editions. They discuss controversial design choices including the phallic rocket toy, restrictive licensing limitations, bare-bones code from programmer Lonnie Rapp, a problematic launch with leaked photos at IAPA, and aggressive pricing ($7k Pro, $9.7k Premium, $13k LE). Kevin shares his decision to swap Walking Dead for a Bond Premium despite violating his own rules about letting games mature before purchase.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- IAPA· event
- Avengers· game
- Batman 66· game
- Corvette· game
- Godzilla· game
- Indiana Jones· game
- James Bond 007· game
- Mando· game
- The Walking Dead· game
- Thunderbirds· game
- Transformers· game
- Buffalo Pinball· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- George Gomez· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Kevin Manning· person
- Lonnie Rapp· person
- Lyman· person
- Nick Lane· person
- Steve Ritchie· person