Episode 1198: "What Did I Miss?"
Kaneda is back from Ireland, talks about what happened in Pinball while he was gone.
Kineticist’s take
Kaneda discusses Pokemon manufacturing issues, market dynamics, and rumored Stern/JJP future releases.
Synopsis
Kaneda returns from a trip to Ireland and reflects on perspective in pinball, discussing the Pokemon pinball manufacturing issue with Stern (a playfield guide drilling error affecting early location units, now being fixed), market pricing volatility around Pokémon (Premium/LE), strong operator earnings reports, and speculation about potential Stern remakes (Godzilla, Goldfinger on Spike 3) and Jersey Ghostbusters (LE). He emphasizes community division over Pokemon's anime theme and argues for optimism, while noting the industry's shift toward major IP requirements for sales success.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Godzilla· game
- James Bond 007· game
- Pokemon· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Pinside· organization
- Bill Brandis· person
- Brenda· person
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Kaneda· person
- Killian· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Seth Richtman· person
- Steve Ritchie· person