DPP #245 "Monday Fish Fry"

Pokemon topper leak, Tales of Arabian Nights pricing analysis, limited edition strategy debate.

Synopsis

Don discusses a leaked Pokemon accessory trailer featuring a Magikarp topper with progressive multiball mechanics, then pivots to analyzing Pedretti's new Tales of the Arabian Nights remake: examining pricing ($11-12k MSRP), European import logistics, and limited edition strategy. He reflects on production limits vs. time-based scarcity, Jersey Jack's Harry Potter model, and why Stern's launch-game positioning opens opportunities for competitors like Spooky and Barrels of Fun.

Entities

• Barrels of Fun· company
• Flip N Out Pinball· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Multimorphic· company
• Pedretti/Euro Pinball Corp· company
• Pinball Brothers· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Turner Pinball· company
• ABBA· game
• Fifth Element· game
• Funhouse· game
• Godzilla· game
• Harry Potter· game
• John Wick· game
• Sonic the Hedgehog· game
• Tales of the Arabian Nights· game
• Transformers· game
• Elizabeth Gieske· person
• K-Man· person
• Retro Ralph· person