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Yukon Yeti by Turner Pinball

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Owner and Founder Chris Turner joins us to talk about the spiritual successor to White Water, Yukon Yeti and how he started Turner Pinball.

Highlights

  • Ninja Eclipse sold out its 100-unit production run at Expo in October (three years after initial TPF showing).
  • Turner Pinball is planning a facility expansion that will substantially increase production capacity for Yukon Yeti fulfillment and future releases.
  • Yukon Yeti will be produced in a 500-unit run.
  • Chris Granner, the legendary audio designer for the original Whitewater and The Addams Family, has been hired to create the audio package for Yukon Yeti.
  • Almost all Yukon Yeti orders are for the all-in package, with only some arcade operators choosing the base package.
  • Turner Pinball's next major game after Yukon Yeti will be a licensed IP title (details confidential).
  • Chris Turner previously worked for Lockheed Martin for approximately 12 years before transitioning to entrepreneurship in San Antonio around 2013.
  • The original cabinet design for Ninja Eclipse was criticized for looking like a 'Zizzle' (non-commercial-grade appearance), prompting Turner Pinball to pivot to a full-size cabinet design.

Notable quotes

People want a game that looks good in their lineup. And, you know, if you've got this little cabinet, even if the play field and everything in the game is the same, it just doesn't look good in the lineup.
Chris Turner
It is a much harder path for a pinball company to make unlicensed themes... You will never have that with an unlicensed theme, right? Because there's nobody in line to get the theme that they've never heard of.
Scott Larson
I think Yukon Yeti is a great game because people were clamoring for a Whitewater 2.0 because they love this game.
Josh Roop
Oh, my goodness, like this is Dennis's game. And like he just said how much he loved working on Whitewater with Dennis and everything... I can't wait to talk to you.
Chris Granner (via Turner's account)
It's an engineer's dream. It's like, you know, you've got electrical and mechanical and software engineering and then you've got the art and you've got the audio... I don't know what other kind of field you could be in where you combine all those things, except maybe like Disney animatronics or something.
Chris Turner
We know that this wasn't originally a Turner game... Dennis originally started this game with Deep Root Pinball. And obviously, you know, most of you know that story. When that company shut down, I acquired the assets of that company.
Chris Turner
The all-in package, you're buying the common options plus the premium topper. And you're getting that as a package deal. And as a result of that, you're saving $250 off the cost.
Chris Turner
We have a dust cover that's a themed dust cover that will go with the game. And then obviously the the premium Yeti topper. We call it the Northern Lights topper because it's got this light show that it plays that casts like what looks like the northern lights on your ceiling.
Chris Turner

Entities

  • Deep Root Pinball· company
  • Flip N Out Pinball· company
  • Lockheed Martin· company
  • Stern· company
  • Turner Logic· company
  • Turner Pinball· company
  • Expo· event
  • LoserKid Pinball Podcast· event
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Merlin's Arcade· game
  • Ninja Eclipse· game
  • Whitewater· game
  • Yukon Yeti· game
  • Brad Duke· person
  • Chris Granner· person
  • Chris Turner· person
  • Dennis Nordman· person
  • Jason Knapp· person
  • Jon Norris· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Nicole Minnie· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Zach Sharpe· person

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