Pinball Industry News: June 2020 Re-cap
Martin Ayub (Pinball News) and Jonathan Joosten (Pinball Magazine discuss the pinball industry news of June 2020, including Gary Stern's 75th birthday, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Heavy Metal, Hot Wheels and more.
Kineticist’s take
June 2020 pinball recap: Stern ships Heavy Metal & TMNT, Gary Stern interviews, JJP opens new factory.
Synopsis
Jonathan Eustice (Pinball Magazine) and Martin Eyre (Pinball News) recap June 2020 pinball industry developments, highlighting Stern's exclusive Gary Stern 75th birthday interview, the launch of Heavy Metal pinball ($7,999 re-theme), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles production updates, and Jersey Jack Pinball move to a new Illinois factory with their first shipments. Multiple code updates rolled out for Stern games, and Stern introduced branded merchandise and social media engagement campaigns.
Entities
- Hemispheres Amusements· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Stern Showdown· event
- Elvira's House of Horrors Pinball· game
- Heavy Metal Pinball· game
- Spider-Man Home Edition Pinball· game
- Stranger Things Pinball· game
- Supreme Pinball· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) Pinball· game
- Heavy Metal Magazine· organization
- Brett Abbas· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Jonathan Eustice· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Leonard F.S. Abbas· person
- Martin Eyre· person
- Jurassic Park Topper· product