Ep 87: Escape from TS4

“Guys, girls, you gotta understand this is Disney and Pixar. They're a very hard licensor to appease...if someone from JJP said, 'Hey, the reason we did the code the way we did is because Disney specifically requested that it be more accessible to children, because it's a theme for children.'”

“I feel like there's no other in between...The high-level players will boss it around...you're not going to see as much buy-in from the tournament players”

“For what you get in the game, I feel like the only thing that passes on this is because it's Toy Story, because they got Tim Allen, because they got Annie Potts...I just don't think any other theme would have got a write-off.”

“JJP is looking for the big, the flashy, the higher-end product with the high-end price tag...Stern is Ford. That's what Stern is. Stern is volume...JJP is obviously not selling as many games as Stern...they're taking more profit per game sold than Stern is.”

“Someone needs to fess up and say, 'Hey, like, it looks – there a lot of egg on your face when the guy that makes the playfields cuts his seminar 40 minutes short because he's getting hammered with questions about his playfields.'”

“If you're going to be that company, the quality needs to match the product. I don't feel like you get a quality enough game...if you're going to have the high price tag, I want the highest quality that I can obtain.”

“My son Grayson, my three-year-old that has autism – he has a rough time falling asleep at night. We have been laying down watching the gameplay by Joe Katz, and it's what calms him down...There is some entrancement to this game.”

“It's a $2,500 increase from Guns N' Roses initial release...even with inflation, an increase of basically 25 percent or slightly more than 25 percent, that's a big jump.”

“I would love to have a Toy Story. I'm not paying for it realistically at this point. I'd have to get rid of one of my Stern Premiums and one of my old Williams Valleys. I'd have to sell one and a half games to do it.”

“If you want your kids to play more pinball, get them this game...I guarantee when people come over, that's one of the first games they'll play.”