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49: 4th Day of Balls: Don’s Pinball Podcast
PodcastAnalysis updated 5d ago24 min listen
The 12 Days of Balls is upon us! Each episode features a different pinball guest and we get to know their balls. Do they believe in aliens? What was their favorite pinball thing this year? What...
Highlights
- Don's Pinball Podcast generates approximately $550-600/month via Patreon and produces 200+ episodes with 2-3 weekly releases
- Don paid $9,600 for Foo Fighters Premium and sold it for $8,000, losing ~$3,000 total including customization costs (shipped through Michigan Pinball Refinery for $500, Expression light kit $400, and other upgrades)
- Stern is rumored to be developing a new ground-up Metallica game based on the Black Album with Expression lighting
- Spooky's Looney Tunes layout is more solid in structure and engineering compared to Scooby-Doo, using more robust servos and eliminating problematic components from past designs
- GTF Signature Edition costs $16,000-$17,000 and includes a refillable pint glass as part of its premium package
- Black Knight toppers were initially selling for ~$3,000 on secondary market before Stern announced a $1,500 rerun
- Don sources local powder coating in Stevens Point, Wisconsin for under $200 (coin doors, shooter housing, speaker panel) versus $400-$500 that Pinside collectors typically pay
- Chicago Expo and Pinball Olympics were Don's favorite pinball moments of 2024
Notable quotes
“This doesn't feel like work for me. This is fun for me, so I'll keep going. I did a live stream last night. I just did one this morning.”
“I put as many games on venom premium in three months as i put on foo fighters all year”
“The flow is real with this game... The flippers are strong. The ramps are all reachable. Upper right flipper into the inner loop, into a subway that goes to a VUC to the outer loop orbit that goes right back to the same flipper, so it's repeatable. It's fun, man.”
“i'm hopping back and forth giggling to myself what we don't know is what's going to happen these games you know six months down the road of heavy play”
“they're spending money for good costumes, for good concepts. And then somewhere along the line, it's going sideways into here's a lunchbox and here's a refillable pint glass. That floored me when I heard that.”
“i'm liking this other rumor of them doing a new ground up metallica game with expression lines um black album uh i'm i'm looking forward to see if That rumor is true”
“I could have got another five 600 but i would have had to wait i just wanted it to go it sold to a local guy in town him and his kid are like overjoyed”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Mad Pinball· company
- Michigan Pinball Refinery· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Chicago Expo· event
- Expo (2024)· event
- Pinball Olympics· event
- TPF (Texas Pinball Festival)· event
- Black Knight· game
- Elvira 40th Anniversary Edition· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- GTF Signature Edition· game
- Jaws· game
- Jurassic Park (Super LE/Blood Red Edition)· game
- Looney Tunes· game
- Metallica (Black Album)· game
- Scooby-Doo· game
- Venom Premium· game
- Venom Pro· game
- Don's Pinball Podcast· organization
- Pinball Party Podcast· organization
- Don Garrison· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- IO Arcade Madison· venue
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