The Pinball Show Ep 180: From Birth To Retirement

Production updates, Star Wars rumors, and Pinball Brothers pricing confusion clarified.

Synopsis

The The The Pinball Show hosts discuss Stern Pinball production updates including upcoming Jaws 50th Anniversary runs (sold out at Stern, last build in December), rumored Star Wars announcement for September, and new code updates for King Kong, Dungeons & Dragons, and John Wick. They cover Chicago Gaming Company (Remake Merlin Edition) shipping in early September and the Cactus Canyon (Remake) kit rollout. A significant portion focuses on Pinball Brothers' controversial direct-sales announcement for Predator/Alien machines with confusing pricing that media misinterpreted as undercutting dealers, which the hosts clarify actually matches dealer pricing when tariffs and freight are accounted for.

Entities

• Chicago Gaming Company· company
• Flip N Out Pinball· company
• Pinball Brothers· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Alien· game
• Dungeons & Dragons· game
• Jaws 50th Anniversary· game
• John Wick· game
• King Kong· game
• Medieval Madness (Remake Merlin Edition)· game
• Predator· game
• Star Wars· game
• Pinside· media
• The Pinball Show· media
• Dennis· person
• Jared· person
• Joel· person
• Lyman F. Sheats Jr.· person
• Mia· person
• Zach Sharpe· person
• Cactus Canyon (Remake)· product
• Raspberry Pi Compute Model 4· product
• Spike 3· product
• Costco· venue