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Top 5 Pinball of 2025

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Not only are we talking Top 5 pinball of 2025, we're also covering Beetlejuice and Walking Dead Remasterd! Email us loserkidpinballpodcast@gmail.com to get $1000 off of a P3 Support Us Via...

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Highlights

  • Walking Dead Remastered's art package was approved/directed by the licensor (The Walking Dead IP holder), not Stern
  • Walking Dead Remastered only produced 500 LE units and hasn't sold out to distributors yet
  • Beetlejuice was limited to 999 units intentionally to protect secondary market value and manage production scalability
  • Spooky produces extra games for conventions (e.g., Texas Pinball Festival) beyond the 999 sold to public
  • Walking Dead is designed as a competitive/elite player game with a Lyman Sheets rule set (similar to Metallica approach)
  • Spooky's previous limited-run titles (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Looney Tunes, Scooby-Doo) did not sell out and remain available on their website
  • Evil Dead (Spooky) sold out three months after reveal at Texas Pinball Festival, not immediately
  • Manufacturing scalability and production line efficiency are harder with higher unit numbers and directly affect quality control

Notable quotes

“The licensor has the ultimate responsibility to approve the art package. Stern is playing in a world where they're working with a licensor. And this is the direction the licensor wanted to go.”
Scott Larson
“You have two distinctive types of pinball players: one that plays pinball for pinball (rules, technique, score) and the moments person (theme integration, immersion, aesthetic harmony). The Walking Dead isn't revered as a casual game, so everything has to be on point.”
Josh Roop
“If I have a thousand that I'm trying to sell, how many do I want demand for? You want a thousand and one. You want one person out there who cannot get the product.”
Scott Larson
“They didn't sell out on Texas Chainsaw Massacre, they didn't sell out on Looney Tunes, they didn't sell out on Scooby-Doo. You can still get all those games through Spooky on their website today.”
Josh Roop
“Spooky makes extra games for shows... if you really really want a Beetlejuice, go to Texas Pinball Festival. They usually have extra games there that are not sold to the general public.”
Josh Roop
“Walking Dead needs to be given a chance and Beetlejuice needs the heat taken off of it. No one's played it yet. Let's let the room breathe for a second.”
Josh Roop

Entities

  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Beetlejuice· game
  • Evil Dead· game
  • Halloween· game
  • Medieval Madness (2024)· game
  • Metallica (2024 Remaster)· game
  • Walking Dead Remastered· game
  • Bug· person
  • Carrie Hardy· person
  • Christopher Franchi· person
  • John Borg· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Lyman Sheets· person
  • Ryan White· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Zach Minney· person

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