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Ep 30: Seasoned Veterans
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday1 hr 59 min listenBy Jeff Teolis & Martin Robbins
Final Round Pinball Podcast Episode 30: Seasoned Veterans Hosts: Martin Robbins & Jeff Teolis Special Guest: Eric Meunier, Jersey Jack Pinball Designer (POTC, GNR) Martin & Jeff are joined by Eric...
Highlights
- Guns N' Roses was ready to launch at TPF in March 2020 with 12-14 fully-built prototypes before COVID-19 hit
- Jersey Jack Pinball moved its factory from Lakewood, New Jersey to Elk Grove Village, Illinois in February 2020
- The Wizard of Oz had a higher bill of material cost than Guns N' Roses
- Jersey Jack had to implement a price increase primarily due to bill of material cost increases from January 2020 to October 2020
- Guns N' Roses playfield map has 53 lights representing over 199 concert locations the band played through 2018
- Guns N' Roses is currently backordered by several thousand units
- Pirates of the Caribbean has sold at confirmed prices of $30,000+ for collector's editions on the secondary market
- Pirates of the Caribbean required more man-hours to build than any other JJP game
Notable quotes
“I never let go of any aspect of my game. Like, literally every single detail. I am just like, I have my claws in it, and I refuse to.”
“Keith's rules are the reason that I got into pinball. I mean, playing Lord of the Rings, it's the first game I played, and I understood that pinball could be more than just keep the ball alive.”
“I refuse to take the easy path. I refuse to just say that's good enough, much to the chagrin of the people who manage at Jersey Jack Pinball.”
“Like what? Well, like messing with the apron. You know, like I got pushed back internally on putting that ball lock under the apron, and I just asked why.”
“No, I don't know it's going to work. Well, that's what I'm trying to work out. Like, let's face it. New designer, right? You're now designing new machines. You're getting funky with aprons.”
“It's somewhere in between. I mean, there's no reason that we entered contract negotiations to do that, to see if it's possible.”
“When you look at the cost to build and the cost to buy for the build material, it's all significantly higher than something like Guns N' Roses, for example.”
“right now, the way our factory is designed and built, it's built around standard body games. So all of our rotisseries, all of our cabinet holders, all of our packing material, Everything's built around standard edition games.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Twippe Awards· event
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- The Hobbit· game
- Second City· organization
- Bill Grupp· person
- Dane· person
- Duff McKagan· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Jean-Paul DeWin· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Martin Robbins· person
- Melissa Etheridge· person
- Pat Lawlor· person
- Peter Dorn· person
- Slash· person
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