Episode 213 - Eat Ball Deluxe
Pinball: We cover listener emails, note JJP's production of Elton John CEs, talk about the Jaws LE delay, talk about a Jaws Pro mod that can actually eat the ball, note the upcoming Princess Bride...
Highlights
- American Pinball failed to immediately dispute rumors of being up for sale, damaging investor confidence
- American Pinball used Hot Wheels for streaming due to GTF reliability concerns from location operators
- Multimorphic is developing Princess Bride as a first-party P3 game, not third-party
- A $500 shark-eating-ball mod for Jaws Pro with vertical kick system and ramp feed is available with significant pre-orders
- Stern encountered LE supply chain delays on Jaws; building Premiums instead while LE component (possibly decals) is unavailable
- Haggis Pinball is further slowing production to pivot manufacturing methodology away from just-in-time supply chain dependency
- Pulp Fiction pinball is finally in limited production based on production line photos
Notable quotes
“There is no way this was an attempt to look for outside investors... Since the rumor that this company was up for sale and not immediately disputed by David and or anyone at AP, that, at least for me, has destroyed any confidence I had in this manufacturer going forward.”
“Why did they use Hot Wheels to stream when they could have used a game that they are currently selling? Great idea, but it's AP, so why do anything in a logical, rational way?”
“I felt like Tony missed a big opportunity by not naming his game Eat Ball with the potential to follow up of Eat Ball Deluxe.”
“The shark, it's a shark sculpt, no lower jaw. It's got some little rubber bumpers on the side of it. It does shake when it eats the ball. So think kind of left shark, little Katy Perry action going on.”
“I think it's mechanically very clever. I would never go for a mod like this because it just changes gameplay way too much.”
“Manufacturing pinball machines is hard. It is a multi-disciplined, multi-faceted endeavor incorporating a wide and varied number of components and skills.”
“Any interruptions to the supply chain, of which we have faced many, have a flow-on effect that decreases our throughput and introduces ongoing delays and backlogs.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Battletech· game
- Centaur Revisited· game
- Elton John· game
- Fathom Revisited· game
- Golem· game
- GTF· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- I Am Fish· game
- Jaws· game
- Princess Bride· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- David· person
- Dennis· person
- Doug· person
- Joe· person
- Joel· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Scott· person
- Tony· person
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