# Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 39 - Odds, Ends, A Stupid Lunch Box Purchase and a GRAND EXPERIMENT!

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2024-01-31  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/pinball-junk-drawer-episode-39-odds-ends-a-stupid-lunch-box-purchase-and-a-grand-experiment

---

## Analysis

Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 39 is a casual, humor-focused podcast featuring hosts Foghorn Leghorn and Chris Craft discussing miscellaneous pinball and hobby topics. The episode covers listener feedback, game impressions (Jaws, Galactic Tank Force, Pulp Fiction), a Namco PacMan skeeball acquisition plan, and a live on-air 'Dr. Pepper beer challenge' experiment mixing Corona with Disarona. The show emphasizes community engagement and entertainment over structured news.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Super Awesome Pinball Show released a two-part year-end review podcast for 2023 featuring interviews with George Gomez from Stern and Bug from Spooky Pinball — _Foghorn Leghorn, praising the podcast quality and mentioning specific guests_
- [MEDIUM] Jaws pinball machine has started hitting the streets — _Hosts discussing Stern's Jaws release; Foghorn notes 'I don't think anyone's seen it' yet, suggesting early availability_
- [HIGH] Pulp Fiction pinball is shipping — _Hosts confirm shipping status; Chris Craft mentions playing it at Pinball Expo with positive impressions_
- [MEDIUM] Galactic Tank Force is still available for sale in the Appleton area — _Foghorn mentions location availability; Chris Craft notes negative gameplay experience but acknowledges wanting to try it more in free play_
- [HIGH] Chris Craft has a significant interest in skeeball beyond pinball — _Foghorn reveals this fact about Chris Craft; discussion of Namco PacMan skeeball machine purchase plans_
- [HIGH] Namco released a PacMan-themed skeeball machine priced at $7,400 — _Chris Craft details the machine and price after seeing it online; describes LEDs, Pac-Man theming, animated rails_
- [MEDIUM] A Corona and Disarona (Amaretto) mixture tastes similar to Dr. Pepper — _Live taste test experiment on air; hosts confirmed Corona worked better than Budweiser for the effect_
- [HIGH] Listener 'Matt' from Traverse City, Michigan provided feedback recommending more playtime for Labyrinth and Galactic Tank Force — _Email read on air; Matt emphasized skill and timing differences in Labyrinth compared to Stern machines_

### Notable Quotes

> "I say I say I said pay attention now boy this is of course Foghorn Leghorn presents the pinball junk drawer"
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, 0:00
> _Show intro establishing the Foghorn Leghorn character and podcast format_

> "Each one of them will be 30 seconds worth of content and will be done in about 5 minutes."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~0:30
> _Self-aware humor about the show's tangential, rambling format_

> "Why would they? They're only the people that make the game."
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, mid-episode
> _Sarcastic comment about game designers being ignored in theme selection decisions_

> "If you look up Namco PacMan skeeball, if you don't know what I'm talking about, It's like it's literally like someone took a skeeball machine to pimp my ride at MTV back in 1998"
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, mid-episode
> _Vivid description of the over-the-top Namco skeeball machine design_

> "I would say no to one but I'll see, you know."
> — **Chris Craft**, discussing Pulp Fiction
> _Lukewarm interest in Pulp Fiction pinball despite positive history with the machine_

> "Believe the hype if you want a dr. Pepper instead of a beer... drink Corona, and then drink or dump some of it out and then fill it up with disarona"
> — **Foghorn Leghorn**, end of beer experiment
> _Summary recommendation from the Dr. Pepper beer challenge results_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| George Gomez | person | Chief Creative Officer at Stern Pinball, interviewed as part of Super Awesome Pinball Show's 2023 year-end review |
| Bug | person | Representative from Spooky Pinball, interviewed in Super Awesome Pinball Show's 2023 year-end review podcast |
| Super Awesome Pinball Show | organization | Podcast series that released a two-part 2023 year-end review with industry interviews, praised by hosts for question quality |
| Foghorn Leghorn | person | Primary host of Pinball Junk Drawer, uses character persona for show, provides commentary on pinball and beer topics |
| Chris Craft | person | Co-host of Pinball Junk Drawer, enthusiast of skeeball and beer, participates in taste tests and game playtesting |
| Stern Pinball | company | Released Jaws pinball machine; subject of discussion regarding game theme selection decisions |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Manufacturer represented by Bug in Super Awesome Pinball Show interview |
| Jaws | game | Stern Pinball machine based on Jaws film; recently released, early availability phase, hosts express mixed feelings about older theme |
| Galactic Tank Force | game | American Pinball machine available in Appleton area; Chris Craft criticizes gameplay despite aesthetic appeal, expresses desire for more free play testing |
| Pulp Fiction | game | Pinball machine currently shipping; hosts have positive memories of playing at Pinball Expo, featuring dancer topper |
| Labyrinth | game | Pinball machine that listener Matt recommended giving more playtime to, noting different flipper mechanics than Stern machines |
| Namco | company | Manufacturer of PacMan-themed skeeball machine priced at $7,400 with animated LEDs and Pac-Man theming |
| Pinball Expo | event | Event where Chris Craft played Pulp Fiction pinball machine for the first time with positive experience |
| Poor Man's Pinball | organization | Community/tribe associated with the podcast; members share equipment and merchandise recommendations |
| American Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Galactic Tank Force; lunch box merchandise available through Poor Man's Pinball community |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Game theme selection and cultural relevance, Newly released and shipping pinball machines, Community engagement and listener feedback
- **Secondary:** Adjacent hobby acquisition (skeeball), Podcast quality and interview methodology, Live experiential entertainment (beer taste test)
- **Mentioned:** Pinball merchandise and collectibles

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Hosts maintain lighthearted, humorous tone throughout. Generally positive about new releases (Pulp Fiction), appreciative of community feedback, enthusiastic about hobby expansion (skeeball). Some skepticism about Jaws theme choice and criticism of Galactic Tank Force gameplay, but tempered with willingness to try again. Beer experiment and skeeball acquisition plans add upbeat energy.

### Signals

- **[product_launch]** Stern's Jaws pinball machine has begun retail distribution; hosts confirm early street availability but note they haven't played it yet (confidence: high) — Foghorn: 'Stern released Jaws and it was I don't think anyone's seen it... we're starting to get hit the streets'
- **[product_launch]** Pulp Fiction pinball machine confirmed shipping and reaching customers (confidence: high) — Foghorn and Chris Craft confirm 'pulp fictions are shipping' and discuss prior Pinball Expo experience
- **[product_concern]** Galactic Tank Force receives criticism for gameplay quality despite positive visual design; remains available in secondary locations (confidence: high) — Chris Craft: 'I like the way it looks. I don't like the way it plays' and 'Galactic Tank Force is still for sale in the area in Appleton'
- **[content_signal]** Hosts praise Super Awesome Pinball Show's interview methodology and structured question approach, influencing their own content strategy considerations (confidence: high) — Foghorn: 'they're very well thought out questions... I think I should put more like research into it' and discussion of standardizing interview questions
- **[collector_signal]** Galactic Tank Force lunch box and thermos merchandise acquired by hosts through Poor Man's Pinball community (confidence: high) — Chris Craft: 'we're part of the tribe the poor man's pinball tribe... we have the Snickerette Lunchbox and thermos'
- **[community_signal]** Listener 'Matt' from Traverse City provides detailed feedback recommending extended playtime for Labyrinth and Galactic Tank Force, citing skill and timing mechanics differences (confidence: high) — Email read on air with Matt's advice: 'takes time and some luck and skill with labyrinth the flippers are so different from Sterns'
- **[design_philosophy]** Hosts discuss tension between game designer input and theme selection decisions; note that Jaws is an older cultural property that may not resonate with current audiences (confidence: medium) — Discussion of Jaws theme being old demographic, with sarcastic comment 'Why would they? They're only the people that make the game'
- **[market_signal]** Namco PacMan skeeball machine priced at $7,400 represents premium positioning in alternative arcade game market; hosts seriously considering purchase despite high cost (confidence: high) — Chris Craft detailed discovery and purchase consideration; noted as $7,400 price point with detailed LED and theming features

---

## Transcript

 I say I say I said pay attention now boy this is of course foghorn leghorn presents the pinball junk drawer you all asked for it I say as you all asked for it now you're gonna get boy oh boy are you gonna get go I say go away boy you bother me and we are back this is of course the pinball junk drawer Big show 39. Wow. Stamp feeding headfirst into 40. Yes. My name is Foghorn Leghorn and with me as always, Craft Brew Sally. Boy do we have a show today. We do. We have a lot on the agenda. Wowzers. Each one of them will be 30 seconds worth of content and will be done in 5 minutes. Aww that's sad. Aww man. Although we were up at the guitar center and Crafter was perusing some new microphones. Yes. I'm so excited. I think I'm going to get one. I don't think you are. Principal So WPPR (- WPPRekkür WPPRprisingly WPPR 잠� I did want to say we had a I started listening I hadn't listened to them for a long time because they they just do like kind of a once a year thing but the the super awesome pinball show had a two-part podcast where they were like kind of the year in review for 2023 and they had a whole bunch of creators like you know Gomez from stern and bug from spooky and like a whole bunch of people just and they had some really good interview stuff and they were just kind of talking what were their successes what were some of their challenges how would they Playingbook,well how much are you going to pay for the billเสernt? I just take my And so you say, or me stumbling over my words or, okay, you know, pausing. I edit 1.59 or percent of the time is what I edited. Was there a niner in there? There was a niner in there. So it was great hearing them, you know, and I even, I even sent them an email. I don't know if they're going to write back or if they care, but that doesn't matter. You know, they're very well thought out questions. And that's something whenever I listen, like when I listen to their interviews and I listen to some of that stuff, I'm always like, I think I should put more like James Rees I try to do research but I should do like more like crafting of the questions I do but I kind of just maybe you should have a standard list of questions that you ask everybody and then I just talk right I literally just talk to people and that's I record it can I just say and sometimes that gets better yeah maybe yeah and then sometimes it's just the same old crap and right that's why I got away from interviews I was like I'm sure which we wouldn't be interviewed Billy Mitchell It was a good thought at the time yeah the donkey hit me with that barrel anyway so thanks for thanks for some more content super awesome and if you do listen to this thanks for listening and give us more man we dig it a French he did say he was gonna have some kind of a like dinner time with French II where they The Talk Me yeah, I would suggest he invites us, but I don't I don't think that's gonna happen Hey, but Franchi if you're here listening Listening or cares we'll be giving you an email address shortly. Oh wow, that's right, right Well now we will say we did get an email from I'm just gonna say mate la mate made Alma Made Alma's how it was the word I'm gonna say it's a name there, but I kind of like making the code words Middelma sent an email now we have gotten emails before and I know a Don from Don's podcast wrote us and of course skater Glenn Whatever numerous names Skater Glenn has it's like quadruple s the 7th power or so just say skater Glenn now cuz my brain Breaks when I try and say the words and I think he likes that and that's all good. So it's all part of the love Alright, so okay Madel wrote and said love your podcast and tandem action craft brew brings the wrecks and love beer to need to give some give lab and Tf TGF more time so because we read we had just talked about a Labyrinth and galactic tank force and I kind of like I don't know about those And he said takes time and some luck and skill with labyrinth the flippers are so different from Sterns. It's a risk and skill Form tied to be of the spoken language by Kaneda and Neu NZ Hajr Integr Water Timing just to mess with players a bit more That true Keep it up Pinball is a lot and amazing too If you come to Traverse City in Michigan hit me up Focus on the positive Pindorks have their own issues Thank you Matt Completely agree and very cool I definitely will I think we both give Labyrinth more time I was thinking about that We talked about this this afternoon even It tough when you like when you go to the Lumberjack So FtP Dankyamily Ab felt Elvin, Pinballinterest, Pinballjcd at gmail dot com. PINBALLJD at gmail dot com. I'll try and always remember to put a link in the show notes and make it easier for you if you would like to write us. Please do. Nothing to mean though okay? Please be nice. Yeah. What she said. We're sensitive. Crapman, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Terms==artwork panel in backbox that is backlit during playelectronic Game of Thrones unint This week in pinball, John Papadiuk, Black Water, Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, Twippies Awards, transliteregonate The Now you know stern released jaws and it was I don't think anyone's seen it Oh, no, I mean I haven't seen yet, but I think we're starting to get hit the streets pretty favorable No, what do you think about jaws? Do you I don't know how to feel about the pinball machine? Well, we haven't seen it. No, I know no But I mean like a lot of these are old that like a lot of these new themes are old things The Old demographic to say we know but right really though. I don't know. Um, I Hi, I I don't know. Yeah, I I think I have to hold judgment for when I play it. Yeah Yeah, I'm sure it will be but what I have picked jaws as the theme no Yeah, but Hogwarts so you mean I think you mean I meant like the school for the magically gifted yes winkety wink no I don't know so yeah I It's not a like I like jaws right. I'm not in like with jaws. It's no I'm not a jaws head And there's some you letters super in them of course every shark weekend every shark NATO But that's that's never I never want to see a shark Nate open machine. I know some people are like The And I'll be like well, I don't know but maybe in 30 years when it's a really old Sharknado they'll be like what is that thing now? It's a tornado made of sharks. That doesn't make any sense No, and it didn't then and it won't now We'll be like yeah, it was stupid back then too. But yeah, I don't know I can understand the cultural relevance of the man Yeah, but it is it is an older theme. It's kind of like okay. Does that even matter?ạo In spite ode TP kosten dxiousettingor🤥 Niagara xzN nicht진튋ر Foden Sievert constit mening aconteceu Thob e ligh competing cryptog Gone Dynamic and The game was stupid and clunky and terrible so we took it out to make a better game but no one listens to the designers Why would they? They're only the people that make the game. So I don't know. I guess it's like more of a it comes up and you hit the fin and you hit the bash toy which we'll see. I saw the pictures of it and I was like wow that's gorgeous. But then the other thing is I don't remember which picture, if I was looking at a collector's Wed microwaveруi anche firebjorn, NCMI meldpaintradernej scoreJI Boszcosti the irony WPPRindeer, Galactic TankForce, Ellen John, I think that GTF is still for sale in the area in Appleton. Yeah. I mean, I like the way it looks. I don't like the way it plays. I want to try it some more. When I get to it at a free play setting, I'll play it some more because I can't put more dollars in it. Dollar dollar bills, y'all. Dollar dollar no, y'all. Then the so and then finally pulp fictions are shipping. Yeah. Yeah now I remember that game fondly Because I also when we were standing in line on if you remember this we went first time we saw it It was at that Expo. Uh-huh and like like ball two I had one of those like five minute. Yeah, and there was a line behind like what is this guy doing? I just kept wrecking the machine I Did wreck that me and I'm looking around like I didn't even get to go yet. I It was just super good. It was just super cool. I mean I was in the movie and I had to do something different. I just had one of those monster balls and then the next two like drained or whatever. It was nothing but just like oh my god. I do remember it was cool. It had the dancers up on the the topper and everything like that Yeah, the topper. I wouldn't say no to one but I'll see, you know. Yeah, I mean we both liked that movie a lot. Oh my god. It was one of my favorite movies. Yeah. You know I love the movie. I love everything about it, it's cool. Yep. I don't know. The Secured the purchase of Godzilla hadn't paid for it yet, so we were in the throngs of that Yeah, you know and then I just found a nod the the listening audience does not know this about craft you Sally But she has another love besides pinball and beer. What what might that love be? What are you talking about? I'm talking about skeeball. Oh, I just oh my god. I just saw Namco made this like Pimp my skeeball PacMan version. Oh my God. I got, I'm at work and crap Bruce Sally doesn't really look at her phone that much while she's at work. And I think I went to lunch and I was like, oh my God. Oh my God, I need this. And I immediately wrote back. I was like, we're getting one of these, right? Yes, but it's $7,400. I'm like, nah. This thing is nuts. If you look up Namco PacMan skeeball, if you don't know what I'm talking about, It's like it's literally like someone took a skeeball machine to pimp my ride at MTV back in 1998 or whatever it was and it just it's LEDs and flashing and crazy and it's a skeeball and it has like Pac-man theme on the side on the theme and then like even like the rails have Like animated LEDs that are like show pac-man and a ghost and some of them was like oh my god. This is nuts I want one so bad. It does not play Namco Museum though We'll have it modified. Okay, we're okay. Don't worry about that. I'll take care of that. All right, if you sure so Yeah, I I do have quite the obsession with skeeball. Yeah, I know we're gonna get one I kind of keep wanting to hold off until we get the basement finish. Yeah, cuz that's something you move once And that's the end of it. Whoever buys the house after we're dead You got skeeball with this house unless you got some really strong friends. Yeah of course not. Altogether façonreibt Cara Ward Ez for pictures of gameuanic light bucks This week in the except for putting up and then I think I that pretty are quella be prettier an about All the other stuff we want because we already have the bowler and yeah, we got a lot of cool stuff. Yeah, so What else do we have? There's one mother cool thing that we procured for the base here. Yeah, just now. Yes, we Are gonna get a galactic tank force? Lunch box. Yeah, I was we're part of the the tribe the poor man's pinball tribe and they somebody had put up a post where they had the picture of it and They said oh they have mobile The Pinball Amelie went and bought the deluxe versions We have the deluxe Lunchbox and and thermos which is good so now I won't have to carry hot soup in my hands until lunch every day anymore With the procurement of a thermos nice Yeah I don have the game but I getting that lunchbox Yeah why not yeah yeah why not indeed now We gonna drop in Top in everyone favorite segment everyone favorite segment and then after that we going Fun and practical situations long and empty markets are great place to play once you Tourist Yes There it is That sergeant Map Time Facebook Status Wall Click it more Is a dinner free also MILLION Doom Say if I pass If I do I can do it right right Thinking so coming from mold up I I try to cancel I will fail to go right now city at expert stay The fans have spoken and we have listened. It's Beer Journal Review with me, CraftBruce Alley. The following is a video about beer tasting like Dr. Pepper. How is that even possible? So we decided we're gonna do the Dr. Pepper beer challenge live. Live on air. Why not? Right. What is the... I saw this video and I sent it to you and I was like, well, what the hell is this about? So you take a lager. Well, no. A Mexican lager. It says take a Mexican lager, Corona. The Most of the videos had corona extra in there and D Serona right so you're supposedly they all these guys they take a slug out of their corona Then they pour a shot of decent on it into it They kind of do a little bit of a mixture and then they drink it and I was like well, I don't I Don't believe it, but let's try it So we also upped the ante by doing a secondary just regular lager that I would drink. That's Budweiser. So American lager. So we're going to do live taste as now we did we put a shot of Disarona. We actually bought the actual Disarona. Fun fact, my parents used to drink Amaretto. So young teenage Foghorn Leghorn used to steal a lot of not Disarona Amaretto cheap shit in Code The Corona and D DeSarona And so here she goes does not smell like dr. Pepper. No tastes like dr.Pepper Really okay now. I'm gonna do the Budweiser and then we're gonna switch What do you think The Let's let's trade glasses okay now she has just the Budweiser Yeah, you do yours first and see what you think see hmm this one does yeah, Rona does the America Budweiser doesn't I know I mean it has that like sweet taste We think this one might have a little bit too much Amaretto to beer ratio yeah, but It still tastes like Dr.. Pepper now the American lager does not I mean it's not terrible though The I think that that has a little bit of that skunk to it. It does maybe that's what the difference is But Corona doesn't normally I Didn't think I guess I guess I don't know because it's not in my beer journal as I just found out. Yeah, right Well, it will be now. So now okay. So I guess what we're saying is Believe the hype if you want a dr. Pepper instead of a beer by a corona The game is a game of dice rona, drink or dump some of it out and then fill it up with some corona and then fill it up with disa rona and you will have yourself pretty darn close to an alcoholic Dr. Pepper or just buy a Dr. Pepper and dump a shot of rum into it or yeah and that's fine too or just drink rum and then when you wake up in the morning drink some Dr. Pepper but so wow yeah the experiment has yielded that the corona did make it make pretty The game was really darn close to a Dr. Pepper and the Budweiser was not quite there but sweet, sorda. But they taste different. Yeah. But the two beers are different. Way different. Yeah. I mean just by themselves they're different. Yeah. Well all the comments did say like oh yeah. Mexican. Yeah. I guess they mostly did say the Mexican so it must be a whatever. Alright. There you have it. Now we know. The pinball junk drawer, big show 39, seen a couple weeks for the big 4-0. Wow. You good? Yep. Alright. Play us out of here Pacman and Game Over Man. Game over man, game over!

_(Acquisition: groq_whisper, Enrichment: v3)_

---

*Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 37667032-7d84-4374-873c-b8d3e8af1c97*