Episode 1189: "The Single Most Important Question in Pinball Right Now!"

Pokemon Pinball sparks historic demand surge; Kaneda dissects secondary market controls and predicts $25-30k valuations.

Synopsis

Kaneda celebrates Pokemon Pinball as a transformative moment for the hobby, delivering unprecedented demand and community solidarity. He critiques Pinside's Robin for restricting secondary market sales while praising Stern's successful restoration of FOMO around LE machines, predicts Pokemon LEs will appreciate significantly beyond $20k, and analyzes competitive landscape implications for upcoming titles like Transformers and Fallout. He also discusses Melvin Williams' hire at American Pinball as a quality/taste improvement.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Fallout Pinball· game
• Godzilla Pinball· game
• Harry Potter (Jersey Jack)· game
• Pokemon Pinball· game
• Sonic the Hedgehog Pinball· game
• Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
• Toy Story 4 LE· game
• Transformers (G1) Pinball· game
• Venom Pinball· game
• Walking Dead Remastered· game
• David Fix· person
• George Gomez· person
• Jack Danger· person
• Kaneda· person
• Melvin Williams· person
• Robin (Pinside)· person
• Tanya Kleiss· person