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Stefan Riedler of RS Pinball - Episode 36
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Send us Fan Mail Episode 36 – Stefan Riedler - RS Pinball. Stefan sits down virtually with Jamie all the way from Austria. They discuss his Clubhouse called Flipparena, the European Pinball...
Highlights
- Stefan started RS Pinball as a side business in 2015 and will celebrate 10 years in 2025
- EPC 2025 in Austria will feature approximately 140 pinball machines and target 320 participants (five slots of 64 persons or more)
- Stefan has never declined a manufacturer allotment in nine years as a distributor
- COVID created a huge demand boom for pinball, but current market conditions are normalizing back to pre-COVID levels
- James Bond Limited Edition prices in Europe dropped from over 17,000 euros to around 16,000 euros due to favorable exchange rate shifts
- Jersey Jack added value (red curls, topper, inside-out plates) to games from Godfather to Elton John without raising prices
- Pinball Brothers' Alien Ripley Edition was cheaper than the standard edition despite having more features, due to reduced manufacturing costs
- Over 10 major pinball manufacturers currently exist globally
Notable quotes
“And I hope that we bring here in our Flip Arena as well a nice feeling to the people and enjoy the hobby.”
“The only good thing what I could say about Andrew Highway. He brought me into this hobby, from the hobby to the business.”
“So which kinds of player are you? And when they are here and when they see all brands, what is existing, or nearly all brands, and then they can play and test it and see, do they like the flipper feel of the Stern, or do they like it different?”
“for me the good thing is that I am quite diverse with all the manufacturers. I'm still going to a lot of events... that helps me as well that you have always a sale here or there.”
“I cannot confirm, but I will not deny because that's the business.”
“Stern, they have good products, but as well, they increased overall their whole capacity because of the COVID demands. And now they have a huge capacity with the new factory, which is really awesome, and they do a great job. But as well, these amount of products need to be sold.”
“I pick up at the manufacturer and I do the transport organization, basically everything by myself with my partners.”
“So there's a lot of rumors going around. And then you hear always different people talking about different stuff and different rumors and some of it you know already it's true or not true.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Heighway Pinball· company
- JDL Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- KTM· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- RS Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- European Pinball Championships 2025· event
- Flip Arena· organization
- Flipnix· organization
- Wormhole Pinball· organization
- Abe Flips· person
- Arno Nöbel· person
- Jamie Burchill· person
- Stefan Riedler· person
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