Ep 99: Lease with Option to Buy
Let's talk about Elwin's new release with Bond 60th. Also, Josh and Scott talk about their favorite moments from the last 4 years.
Kineticist’s take
Loser Kid analyzes Stern's $20k Bond 60th Anniversary retro game: Keith Elwin design, licensing delays, pricing strategy questioned.
Synopsis
Josh Roop and Scott Larson discuss Stern's surprise announcement of Bond 60th Anniversary pinball: a limited retro-style variant designed by Keith Elwin, released at $20,000 with only 500 units globally. The hosts analyze the unusual one-off release strategy, licensing complexity, code progress on the main Bond game, feature design choices, and pricing concerns, while questioning whether Stern has buyer's remorse on the James Bond license given slower-than-expected sales compared to previous cornerstone releases.
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Supreme (fashion brand)· company
- Pinball Industry Awards· event
- Twippies (This Week in Pinball awards)· event
- Avengers (Stern pinball)· game
- Batman SLE (Super Limited Edition)· game
- Bond 60th Anniversary· game
- Deadpool (Stern pinball)· game
- Elvira 40th Anniversary· game
- Godzilla (Stern pinball)· game
- James Bond (main cornerstone version)· game
- Rush (Stern pinball)· game
- The Beatles (Stern pinball)· game
- James Bond IP / Licensor· organization
- Loser Kid Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinside· organization
- Silver Ball Chronicles· organization
- Stern Insider (podcast)· organization
- David Dennis· person
- George Gomez· person
- Josh Roop· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Mark Pacinto· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Zach Mandy· person