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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 22: Travis Is Seeing Things He Shouldn't

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Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Episode 22: Travis Is Seeing Things He Shouldn't Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, & Travis Murie Here in Episode 22 we discuss TNA's 2nd release, our final thoughts on...

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Highlights

  • TNA 2.0 was announced with only 2-3 days notice via Facebook post before September 1st sale
  • TNA 2.0 sold over 100 units in the first 2-4 minutes of availability
  • Original used TNAs are currently selling for $8,500-$9,500 on the secondary market
  • TNA 2.0 price represents a ~$3,000 increase from the original 2019 launch price of ~$6,000
  • TNA 2.0 includes manufacturer upgrades (lit drop targets, shoot-again timer mods) previously available only as aftermarket modifications
  • Pinside estimates TNA value at $5,830-$6,770 based on historical sales data, significantly lower than current secondary market pricing
  • Spooky Luke stated they plan to manufacture up to 250 TNA 2.0 units within potentially six months
  • Community sentiment on Pinside showed significant pushback at $8,995 price point with many commenting 'I'm out'
  • Scott Denise (TNA designer) provides direct customer support via Pinside TNA forum for hardware and software issues
  • Used fully-modded TNA was listed for sale at $7,950-$8,000, just under $2,000 cheaper than new TNA 2.0

Notable quotes

“TNA is absolutely the best game I've ever had to play with people. It is so much fun to play between co-op mode. It's easy to explain. The music is easy for anybody to get into.”
Joel
“When value exceeds price, buyers will give you money. And that's the thing. Any of these companies that are running their business, it boils down to the utility of the end consumer.”
Travis
“We sold over 100 in the first two minutes. It was either two minutes or four minutes.”
Joel (reporting Spooky Luke's Pinside post)
“I mean, the pinball community, and I keep telling people this, it's a lot bigger than what people realize. It's so much bigger than just pin side or just content that people see.”
Travis
“Every game doesn't need to be a sellout for it to be a good thing for the company or a success for the company.”
Joel
“If it was 75, you know, I was in. If it was 8,000, I was probably in. But once I posted at 9,000, like, I can't. I'm out.”
Joel (paraphrasing Pinside thread comments)
“What's a new Godzilla premium? Is it $9,000, basically?... Everything is compared to that. So they're like, well, if you're going to spend $9,000, you could have a premium Godzilla.”
Joel
“All that matters is the person that does want to buy it. And there's 250 available at first, so of course there's going to be somebody out there that wants to buy it.”
Travis
“I made a mistake. And it's not that I didn't like Hobbit. I just, what I realized is my favorite way to play pinball is with people.”
Joel
“Scott will be there for you if you own a TNA. So I, I kind of talked to him about that.”
Joel

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Jersey Jack Pinball· company
  • Spooky Pinball· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Multimorphic/P3· company/product
  • Pinball Expo· event
  • Pinball Network· organization
  • Spooky fan club/membership· organization
  • Triple Drain Pinball Podcast· organization
  • WGN· organization
  • Dennis Creasel· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Joel· person
  • Keith Elwin· person
  • Scott Denise· person
  • Spooky Luke· person
  • Thomas/Tom· person
  • Travis· person
  • Pinside· platform
  • Deadpool· product
  • Godzilla Premium· product
  • Hobbit· product
  • Led Zeppelin Premium· product
  • TNA (Pinball machine)· product
  • Toy Story· product

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