Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 101 - Pinball Guest Survey
In this episode Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally talk about visitors and the game choices they made. Also the team visited local Glow In The Park to check out the new second floor and for Foghorn to FINALLY play Winchester House. Craft Brew Sally talked about Amber Sunsets beer from Bridge Up Brewing. FINALLY launched our products on SilverBall Swag - check it out here! Hey, why not drop us a line! email directly to ---> PinballJD@gmail.com
Kineticist’s take
Pinball Junk Drawer 101: Sonic release excitement, location earnings data, and guest machine preferences.
Synopsis
Episode 101 of the Poor Man's A A Pinball Podcast features hosts Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally discussing visitor interactions with pinball machines, weekly location earnings reports showing Transformers and Harry Potter leading, and Sonic's recent release as the hot new title. The hosts cover venue visits, Insider Connect stats, and a beer review, with lighter commentary on game selection preferences and arcade bar culture.
Highlights
- Sonic pinball is described as a very fast, exciting game with an upper playfield and a unique topper
- Transformers is the #1 revenue earner at the Insider Connect tracking location for weeks ending 6/23 and 6/30
- Harry Potter has remained consistently in top 3 earnings despite no Insider Connect functionality, suggesting strong theme appeal
- Winchester House is a newly released game that came out of nowhere and surprised the host positively
- Glow in the Park recently expanded with a second floor and now carries Winchester House #2
- New visitor Chris (non-player) preferred Godzilla exclusively over multiple available machines including Elvira and Beatles
- Ultraman consistently ranks as the lowest-earning title at the tracked location across multiple weeks
- Aerosmith (Stern) is underperforming and has been played very rarely even by the host
- Pokemon Insider Connect feature integration is not yet functional, limiting competitive tracking and community engagement
- The host has reached 1,000 total days on Insider Connect with a play streak of 6.05 days
Notable quotes
“the first while I'll let a game just show me what you got. Play like hell and let the game slowly reveal itself to you.”
“Sonic is out. As soon as the game hits, it's the greatest thing that's ever been made and everything else, you just light it on fire with gasoline. But until next week when something, oh my God. The next new one comes out.”
“It came out of nowhere, and boy, is it neat.”
“If they would get that going. Pokemon companies. They're killing it. Because if that was going, that's when the fever would be trying to get them.”
“I hit a thousand games total. Not games. Days. A thousand days on my Insider Connect.”
“right now it's a pretty good time to buy. News market's pretty good. It's not crazy town like it was, well, not six years ago.”
“If I found one cheap I can say I can bring it home next to Godzilla and they could just sass at each other at night”
Entities
- Aerosmith· game
- Beatles· game
- Beetlejuice· game
- Elvira· game
- Godzilla· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Pokemon· game
- Sonic· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- Transformers· game
- Ultraman· game
- Winchester House· game
- Poor Man's Pinball Podcast· organization
- Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary· organization
- Astrid· person
- Chris· person
- Craft Brew Sally· person
- Foghorn Leghorn· person
- Josie Schultz· person
- Tao· person
- Insider Connect· product
- Glow in the Park· venue
- Lumberjack Johnny's· venue