Episode 162 - Apple Fritter Pinball
In pinball discussion we talk about the loss of Barry Oursler, an email about the prior episode's game, reports that JJP will not to reveal Toy Story at Texas Pinball Festival, Stern informing...
Highlights
- Barry Oursler passed away from bone cancer after fighting it for a long time
- Toy Story reveal will not happen at TPF, likely pushed to later date due to production readiness
- Stern dropped a cornerstone game (May release) to address manufacturing backlog on Godzilla, Rush, Mandalorian, Deadpool
- Dropping the cornerstone will only result in 10-15% more backlog orders being filled
- Godzilla (Premium/LE) is superior to Pro version due to toys and playfield variety from building mechanics
- Pat Lawlor may be his final game, with possible transition to oversight role like George Gomez
- Homepins' Spinal Tap game will have DMD display and 27-inch backglass LCD monitor
- Jersey Jack has been doing the best job with game reveals compared to other manufacturers
Notable quotes
“Godzilla, it's awesome. That's my Godzilla roar. It's an awesome game”
“Godzilla, I think, is the first Stern game I can think of or remember that I feel like the premium is, like, very important to have over a pro”
“They have more than one line at their facility, and they've been building Toy Story”
“I personally fully expect that they will have at least three games out this year. They just won't be three cornerstones”
“Their backlog is so big, should they really be doing a vault right now? I would say no, they shouldn't”
“This is a smart move. And I expressed that when I was on the pinball show last week when this was discussed”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Homepins· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Godzilla Pinball· game
- This Is Spinal Tap· game
- Toy Story· game
- Barry Oursler· person
- Brett· person
- Dennis· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- George Gomez· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lonnie Ropp· person
- Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
- Marco· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Rick Naegele· person
- Tony· person
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