Bonus Podcast: Flip Expo 2019 Willy Wonka Interview with Jack Guarnieri
Jack Guarnieri, the founder of Jersey Jack Pinball discusses the company's latest game, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, at its reveal at Flip Expo 2019 in France.
Kineticist’s take
Jack Guarnieri reveals Willy Wonka details: three-tier pricing, Pat Lawlor design, Warner Bros licensing, early summer 2019 production.
Synopsis
Jack Guarnieri of Jersey Jack Pinball discusses the reveal of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at Flip Expo 2019, covering licensing negotiations with Warner Brothers, game design philosophy with Pat Lawlor, innovative mechanical features (seven magnets, four flippers, rotating Wonka Vader mechanism), three-tier pricing strategy ($7,500 SE/$8,500 CE/$9,500+ LE), and production timeline targeting early summer 2019. The game features significant asset licensing (four songs, voice actors, movie clips) and represents JJP's effort to balance home collector appeal with location operator viability.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Warner Brothers· company
- Flip Expo· event
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Addams Family· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- The Hobbit· game
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory· game
- Wizard of Oz· game
- Christoph Lienar· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jean-Paul DeWin· person
- Joe Katz· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Martin Eyre· person
- Pat Lawlor· person