Bonus Podcast: Dutch Pinball - Past, Present and Future
Pinball Magazine editor, Jonathan Joosten, and Pinball News editor, Martin Ayub, discuss the past, present and future of Dutch Pinball in a 2-hour exclusive interview with Barry Driessen (Owner of Dutch Pinball and designer of The Big Lebowski pinball).
Kineticist’s take
Barry Dreesen discusses Dutch Pinball rise with Lebowski and collapse into ARA manufacturing crisis, lawsuit, and pivot attempts.
Synopsis
Barry Dreesen of Dutch Pinball recounts the company's history from The Big Lebowski anonymous 2013 Expo tease through the catastrophic 2016 manufacturing dispute with ARA. The interview covers early enthusiasm and pre-orders, the Phil refund incident, prototyping challenges, ARA's cost overruns (~€1,000 per unit), a false excuse about board problems, the failed pivot to Chinese manufacturer Zytec, ARA's lawsuit filing, and a December 2018 court hearing. Barry expresses regret about the deceptive board excuse but maintains Dutch Pinball contract position was sound.
Entities
- ARA· company
- Dutch Pinball· company
- Zytec· company
- December 5, 2018 court hearing· event
- Dutch Pinball Open· event
- Factory tours February & June 2016· event
- Penthouse parties· event
- Pinball Expo October 2013· event
- Pinball Expo October 2014· event
- TPO Expo (Eindhoven)· event
- Bride of Pinbot 2.0· game
- The Big Lebowski· game
- Lebowski's bar, Utrecht· location
- Barry Dreesen· person
- Jonathan Juson· person
- Martin O· person
- Phil· person
- Yap/Kun· person