Pinball Magazine & Pinball News May 2021 recap PINcast
The start of the month means another PINcast looking at all the latest excitement from the pinball world. In their latest PINcast, Jonathan Joosten of Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub of Pinball News are joined by Mukesh Vasani, Nirmal Vasani and David Fix from American Pinball and their parent company Aimtron to discuss how both companies began, what the new ownership of AP means for their future, and talk about their upcoming fourth title which is due to be announced shortly. Jonathan and Martin also examine Stern Pinball's new Star Wars: The Mandalorian, how Haggis Pinball sold out all their Fathom Revisited Mermaid Editions, who will be announcing their next games in June and who won't, Jersey Jack Pinball's new code updates bringing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth not only to the latest titles but to older ones too, and all the latest news from every pinball manufacturer.
Kineticist’s take
American Pinball acquired by Ametron, plans two games/year expansion with operator focus and new product tiers.
Synopsis
Pinball News and Pinball Magazine recap May 2021 developments, featuring an extensive interview with American Pinball leadership (Mukesh Vasani, Nirmal Vasani, David Fix) discussing Ametron's complete acquisition of American Pinball, company history, funding security, manufacturing strategy, and aggressive expansion plans targeting 5,000-6,000 units annually and two games per year production. The conversation covers team building with industry veterans (Dennis Nordman, Jack Hager, Zofia Ryan), operator-focused distribution strategy via Betson, and upcoming product tiering (Deluxe/Classic models).
Entities
- American Pinball Inc.· company
- Ametron Corporation· company
- Betson· company
- ICE (Innovation Concepts Electronics)· company
- Flying Dutchman· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Houdini· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- David Fix· person
- Dennis Nordman· person
- Dhawal Vasani· person
- Ducky Vidya· person
- Jack Hager· person
- Joe· person
- Jonathan Yousson· person
- Josh Kugler· person
- Martin Leib· person
- Mukesh Vasani· person
- Nirmal Vasani· person
- Zofia Ryan· person