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Pinball Mod Talk: Episode 31 (Part 1, skip to part 2 for the MODS!)

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Pinball Mod Talk: Episode 31 (Part 1, skip to part 2 for the MODS!)

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Join Rob from The Electric Playground and Davey from Stumblor Pinball as they delve into the seedy underbelly of the pinball mod scene on their fortnightly (ish) live stream “In Before the Lock”....

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Highlights

  • The Mod Couple has approximately 7-8 people involved in production and is moving to a new facility due to space constraints
  • Dual Deck mod compatibility across nine Star Wars machines is challenging, with majority of orders covering 4-5 machines
  • DXP's split was due to competing business requirements and investor involvement under new management direction
  • Pokemon LE demand exceeded Harry Potter at some distributors according to distributor feedback at Pinball at the Beach
  • Spooky Pinball intentionally limited Beetlejuice production to 1,000 units due to facility scaling risks
  • Multiple vendors are developing competing Harry Potter CE topper enhancements
  • Melvin has future projects in development following DXP separation
  • Pokemon's design targets operators and younger audiences rather than hardcore pinball collectors

Notable quotes

“We're probably about two-thirds of the way through that list. Danny's still busy with theater. We've got a new guy, Simon, on assembly. He's been doing painted DMDs and Jurassic Park fences for us.”
Dave
“I would much prefer people to be bitching about not getting one than to have 500 in stock that you can't sell. That is way worse from a company PR point of view.”
Rob
“Everyone will get one eventually. You know what I mean? Like, you know, they're not just going to disappear into people's collections. And, you know, all games get sold eventually.”
Rob
“The hobby's going to die if all we do is cater for the boom generation with, you know, tired bands that nobody's heard of anymore.”
Rob
“We on the Pinside and the people that watch videos like this like don't realize how many new pinball people come in on products like Pokemon. At the end of the day, you know, you might actually see more sales to brand new people on a Pokemon theme than the internal community.”
Rob
“For me personally, the LE, like I'll never buy another LE again. I just don't think that they are a good value proposition at all.”
Dave
“I kind of stepped away from that thread because particularly the hype thread because it was just toxic as”
Rob

Entities

  • DXP· company
  • Mod Couple· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Pinball at the Beach· event
  • Beetlejuice· game
  • Dungeons and Dragons· game
  • Harry Potter· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • King Kong· game
  • Pokemon· game
  • In Before the Lock· organization
  • Pinside· organization
  • Barry· person
  • Danny· person
  • Dave· person
  • Jeff· person
  • Luke· person
  • Melvin· person
  • Michael· person
  • Mr. Tantrum· person
  • Rob· person
  • Simon· person

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