The Great British Pinball Podcast Ep 30 Part 1 - Scott is Back and Its an Expo Special!
Send us Fan Mail Two-part special - Regular episode and part 2 - Exclusive Special Guest Interview! Summary In this engaging conversation, Scott shares his challenging birth experience and the support he received from his community. The discussion transitions into the importance of paternity leave and how it can significantly impact work-life balance. They reflect on the recent Pinfest event, showcasing the evolution of pinball games and the importance of quality control in manufactur...
Kineticist’s take
Scott returns post-paternity; discusses Evil Dead value retention, Harry Potter weak code/theme integration, and manufacturing quality concerns.
Synopsis
Scott returns to the podcast after paternity leave following the birth of his son Max, discussing his hospital experience and reflections on life events. The conversation then pivots to pinball, with focus on recent expo experiences, particularly Evil Dead strong secondary market performance and durability issues, Spooky's quality improvements, comparisons between Harry Potter and Jaws, and manufacturing concerns around playfield protection and build quality across manufacturers.
Highlights
- Evil Dead is Spooky's best game by a million percent and the only game in their lineup that holds its value
- Evil Dead didn't sell out on day one despite being the best Spooky game, taking until end of March after November 22 launch due to previous reliability and build quality concerns
- Evil Dead shotgun shell casing cracked due to poor protection, discovered the week before UK Open
- Harry Potter code is awful and feels disconnected from the theme, playing like a whitewood with Harry Potter paint dumped on it
- Jaws feels like you're in the movie with design, rules, and play attached to theme better than probably any game ever
- D&D has two areas on the playfield that should have had cliffies but didn't, and one scoop was placed too low in build despite manual showing different placement
- Spooky sent Scott a replacement shotgun shell part within two days to the UK after Evil Dead damage discovered
- Playfield chips are more damaging to game value than almost anything else and will prevent purchase
- Harry Potter voice callouts read like PowerPoint slides with no energy despite Marc Silk being a nice guy
- Evil Dead secondary market prices are expected to jump 3-4 grand upward from launch price, already seeing offers
Entities
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Papa 22· event
- Pinball Expo· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- UK Open· event
- D&D· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Jaws· game
- Pulp Fiction· game
- Pinside· organization
- David· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Marc Silk· person
- Neil· person
- Scott· person
- Spooky Factory· venue