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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular March 21
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Kaneda's Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular March 21
Best show according to me about pinball.
Highlights
- Beetlejuice show games are selling on secondary market at $18,000
- Pokemon LEs are selling at 8-9k over MSRP again after initial pullback
- Spooky sold 80 show games which Kaneda characterizes as a slimy, greedy move
- Sonic at JJP will have simpler code than typical JJP games because the theme doesn't support complexity
- Jean Paul the Win is still working on Sonic at JJP
- Yukon Yeti sold only 10 units in Australia on first day, which Kaneda disputes as successful
- Stern is charging $13,000+ for games without toppers and this is overpriced relative to value
- Robert Mueller (Raza/Dutch Pinball) sent threatening email to shut down Kaneda's podcast during Raza pre-order launch
- Yukon Yeti artwork is poor quality across three consecutive games and shows artist is not responsive to feedback
- Kaneda speculated on Pokemon by securing a second machine and subsequently sold it at profit
Notable quotes
“Spooky is laughing all the way to the bank. So is Christopher Franchie.”
“I think Sonic is gonna just be like killer because Jean Paul the Win is also still working on Sonic... the code isn't stupid. It's just not going to be stupid complex.”
“Three games in a row, everyone is telling you they don't like the art. Three games in a row. I don't understand it.”
“You cannot be successful in the world of pinball if you don't have somebody on your team that has good taste. You will absolutely keep making boneheaded move after boneheaded move.”
“Making those show games, 80 show games was a slimy move and was greedy.”
“The moment Stern Pinball and their marketing team decided to charge $20,000 for James Bond 60th was the moment they basically said, 'We think you're all a bunch of idiots.'”
“Robert Mueller outlined like all the presidents of my company... said that a file was going to arrive on their desk unless I shut my podcast down.”
“I had two Pokemons and I did end up selling one... I did well. I did well. I did very well.”
Entities
- Deep Root Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- TPF· event
- Beetlejuice· game
- Pokemon· game
- Sonic· game
- Yukon Yeti· game
- Brenda· person
- Chris Turner· person
- Christopher Franchie· person
- Damian· person
- David Fix· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jean Paul the Win· person
- Kaneda· person
- Luke· person
- Robert Mueller· person
- Zach· person
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