Episode 236 – Media Day
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Kineticist’s take
Slam Tilt visits JJP Media Day, explores Avatar production, factory tour reveals manufacturing details.
Synopsis
Ron and Zach from Slam Tilt Podcast attended Jersey Jack Pinball's Media Day event in Chicago to see the Avatar pinball machine. They toured the factory, discussed production methods and design decisions, and played multiple Avatar machines. Key topics included pricing ($12k LE / $15k CE), playfield manufacturing (Merco vs. Bader), USB communications upgrades, wide body discontinuation, and Avatar's impressive screen quality and early code state.
Entities
- Bader· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Merco· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Media Day event· event
- Avatar· game
- Elton John· game
- Godfather· game
- Godzilla· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Woz· game
- Abbas family· organization
- Slam Tilt Podcast· organization
- Bill Grupp· person
- Brett Abbott· person
- Bruce Nightingale· person
- Crystal Gemnick· person
- Eric Minier· person
- Jack Guarneri· person
- Keith Johnson· person
- Ron Hallett· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Tom Capera· person
- Zach Sharp· person