Episode 175 - Welcome to Survivor
Pinball: We open with the game results from the last episode, and follow that with coverage of the re-release of TNA by Spooky Pinball. We follow that with an in-depth discussion of our rankings of...
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball's new TNA run crossed 100 sales on day one according to someone in the Pinside thread
- TNA original retail was $6,000 in 2019, new version is $9,000 (50% increase)
- 550 original TNA 1.0 units exist in the wild
- Used TNAs on secondary market recently selling for $6,500-$7,500
- Spooky Fang Club has auto-renewal feature that many members view negatively
- Spooky halted distributor sales channel for new TNA run; direct from Spooky only
- People have calculated it's cheaper to forfeit non-refundable Spooky deposits than take delivery on Halloween/Ultraman at current market losses
- Chicago Gaming Company has significant non-pinball business that insulates them from industry downturns
Notable quotes
“I took my pinball fund. Years in the making, I might remind people. And I went and purchased. Attack from Mars. A 1983 Honda Goldwing.”
“it's just this weird little sweet spot that lets it be extra weird”
“I would say so my number one survival company has to be Stern... they are the most professionally established manufacturer. They've run multiple lines for years. They've existed in one form or another since the 1980s.”
“If they don't sell them day one, they'll still sell them through... they're able to order the parts for 250 games. When they first did TNA, they ordered them in batches of 50. Right. So they have a bigger economy of scale now.”
“Pinball is this weird combination of expensive and niche, but it's not so niche that it can just live on its little laurels and being perfect.”
“they have this item that you basically have to buy if you want to get any of the new releases or you feel you have to. Otherwise, you could be shut out. And it's been very polarizing.”
“I'm buying this because it's going to be a good investment. They're only going to go up in value.”
“All this stuff feels like, you know, 50% price increase. Feels like, all right, they, do you think they're hurting? Is this just a line filler... or is it just we just need to fill the line for a few months and we think people will pay this amount”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Home Pin· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Godzilla Premium· game
- Total Nuclear Annihilation (TNA)· game
- Eclectic Gamers Podcast· organization
- Pinside Forum· organization
- Charlie (Spooky owner)· person
- Dennis· person
- Joel Engelberth· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Matt· person
- Scott Campbell· person
- Todd (Big Daddy Enterprises)· person
- Tony· person
- Spooky Fang Club· product
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