The Pinball Show Ep 133: The Venom Episode
The Pinball Show Episode 133: The Venom Episode Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Released Venom - Venom Launch, Pricing, & Production - A New Grading System - Art: Ranking The Yeti Portfolio - Shots/Layout: A Southern Belle And Her Sunbrella - Toys/Mechs: Mechs Are The New Toys - Rules/Code: Pioneering A New Frontier In Pinball email: thepinballshow@gmail.com website: thepinball.network youtube:youtube.com/thepinballshow instagram:@thepinballshowpodcast tik tok: @thepinballshow review:thisweekinpinball.com/the-pinball-show store:flipnoutpinball.com
Kineticist’s take
Venom deep-dive: team, pricing, art tier rankings, fan layout analysis, mechanical features.
Synopsis
The The Pinball Show hosts conduct an in-depth analysis of Stern Pinball's Venom, covering pricing ($6,999 Pro / $9,699 Premium / $12,999 LE, 1,000 units), the design team (Brian Eddy lead designer, Dwight Sullivan and Raymond Davidson co-lead programmers, Zombie Yeti art), and a systematic evaluation of art, layout, mechanics, and features. The hosts debate art package quality relative to Yeti's previous work, characterize the layout as a quintessential but refined "fan layout," and discuss mechanical innovations including dual-stage ball locks and a four-stage rotating Carnage mechanism, while expressing concerns about over-reliance on 180-degree ramps.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Attack from Mars· game
- Carnage· game
- Deadpool· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Godzilla· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Medieval Madness· game
- Munsters· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- The Shadow· game
- Venom· game
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dennis Creasel· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- John Borg· person
- Raymond Davidson· person
- Zombie Yeti· person