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Highlights
- Barrels of Fun secured G.I. Joe license approximately one year ago but release delayed to 2027-2028 due to Hasbro division concerns about approval
- Spooky Pinball is developing Motörhead, Def Leppard, and Slipknot pinball games
- Jersey Jack Pinball paid approximately $4 million for Harry Potter license, inflating IP licensing expectations across the industry
- Multiple boutique manufacturers are unhappy about big-pocketed billionaires (JJP, American Pinball) driving up license costs
- Stern games cost approximately $5,000 to manufacture with labor; rest is profit split with distributors
- Spooky Pinball's Beetlejuice is #2 revenue generator at Eureka Heights; Evil Dead 'prints money'; Jetsons and Rick and Morty are underperforming and leaving location
- Jersey Jack designers work without BOM constraints; one designer completed an entire game design before accounting provided cost analysis
Notable quotes
“G.I. Joe is a real thing. Like, Barrels does have G.I. Joe. They secured it about like a year ago... apparently there's a rumor that Hasbro division in the States got wind of this and was like, wait a second, we didn't approve of this. What's going on here? And there's talks of pulling it and having Stern do it.”
“I had lunch with David, and he brought up a topic that multiple companies can have the same license. And I found that to be a very strange thing.”
“The Midnight Plunger... I don't know if this is true, but this person seems to know what they're talking about... G.I. Joe is a real thing. Like, Barrels does have G.I. Joe.”
“Sam Stern did it [packed with more mechanisms]... It's just mechanical engineers matter, big time. And the skill level varies widely... I've seen some mechs on other machines where I'm like, what in the hell are you guys thinking?”
“Jersey Jack... they just go to the owners and go, we think this would be really cool if we could put this in the game. And if they can make it work cost wise, more times than not, they go, hell yeah, let's do it. Where like Stern doesn't have that luxury.”
“Spooky is doing Motorhead... Def Leppard... Slipknot... I had the same look that Jamie has on his face right now. I was like, that doesn't make any sense.”
“I questioned the Midnight Plunger. I was like... he's like, well, I know they licensed the music for those two bands. So, you know, are they making the game or not? I don't know.”
“The only manufacturer that... Stern builds the most reliable machine there is. And they have a head start on everybody else.”
“I've heard from someone at a smaller company, at a boutique, that the boutiques are not so happy with JJP and now American Pinball that they have these big pockets... they're catching wind that they could get those kind of prices.”
“You know, why is Stern going for Dracula? Because they're not costing any fucking money.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Hasbro· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Beetlejuice· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Sonic· game
- Brian Savage· person
- Cale Hernandez· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Craig Hughes· person
- Don· person
- Jamie· person
- Joe Chervino· person
- Maynard James Keenan· person
- Midnight Plunger· person
- Ralph· person
- Electric Bat· venue
- Eureka Heights· venue
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