Episode 93 - T-Rex Ate a Deathstar
Pinball: In pinball news, the guys focus on the two big Stern Pinball announcements: Star Wars The Pin and Jurassic Park. Video Games: Video game coverage goes over the Overwatch 2-2-2 lock and new hero (Sigma), Bethesda re-releasing Doom (and the controversy around it), the newest MechWarrior delay, and Nintendo Joy-Con repairs. Mylstar Electronics: Gottlieb's Forgotten Year: Star Wars Pin announcement: IGN article on Stern's Jurassic Park pinball: Doom memes: Website: EGP T-shirts: iTunes: SoundCloud: Stitcher: Facebook: Twitter: Twitch: YouTube: Email: eclecticgamerspodcast@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Stern announces Star Wars home edition and Jurassic Park; hosts question market fit and pricing strategy.
Synopsis
Eclectic Gamers discusses two major Stern pinball announcements: Star Wars (a home edition revealed at Comic-Con with a $4,500 MSRP featuring a novel Newton ball lock mechanic) and Jurassic Park (a new Keith Elwin design based on the 1993 film with four ramps, a T-Rex ball-eating toy, and Wayne Knight providing character voice-overs). Hosts debate whether Stern's market positioning will succeed, particularly skepticism about the Star Wars home edition's price point and commercial viability.
Entities
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Gottlieb· company
- Milestar Electronics· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Carrie's Summer Pinball Tournament· event
- Comic-Con· event
- Data East Jurassic Park (1993)· game
- Jurassic Park (Stern Pinball Machine)· game
- Spider-Man (Stern Home Edition)· game
- Star Wars (Stern Pinball Machine)· game
- The Big Lebowski (Dutch Pinball Machine)· game
- Walking Dead (Stern Pinball)· game
- Pinside· organization
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Carrie Wing· person
- David Thiel· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Wayne Knight· person