Pinball Down Under Part 3: Home Pin?!
Check out Flip N Out Pinball for all your pinball needs! Topic begins at 7:35 In the third part of our Pinball Downunder series, we look at Homepin. Homepin was established in 2013 and was born from the hobby business of Mike Kalinowski. It seems like a really smart idea to set up manufacturing in the world's largest manufacturing country, China, but it turns out to be a mixed bag. Ron and Dave play it as straight as the possibility can from a manufacturer who struggled out of the gate, overcame some very difficult situations, knows a theme is a must, understands costs are king, and whose owner went on a podcast charm offensive, which was more offensive than charming for the pinball community. Correction: In a previous version, Taiwan was mentioned as a semi-autonomous state in the same context as Hong Kong. The episode has been edited to have this reference removed to remain politically neutral. You can read more about Taiwan here: HomePin Games List. Here The Aussie Pinball Podcast, Ep 16 – Mike from Homepin YouTube. Mike Kalinowski. Here HomePin Facebook Page. Here
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Entities
- Cairns Electronics· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Haggis Pinball· company
- Hankin Pinball· company
- Home Pin· company
- ITV (London)· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Queensland Automatics· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fitzgerald Inquiry· event
- Guangzhou, China· location
- Hong Kong· location
- David Dennis· person
- Mike Kalianowski· person
- Ron Hallett· person
- Thunderbirds· product
