# Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 93 - A Costly Weekend Indeed **Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast **Type:** podcast_episode **Published:** 2026-03-12 **Duration:** 34m 56s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/pinball-junk-drawer-episode-93-a-costly-weekend-indeed --- ## Analysis Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally discuss a costly weekend involving expensive framing artwork and furniture purchases, then pivot to a 'would you rather' game comparing material values (pinball machines, art, experiences). They visit Lumberjack Johnny's arcade in Wisconsin, report on machine popularity (Harry Potter, King Kong, Star Wars leading; P3 at bottom), preview upcoming Pokemon launch parties and mocktail offerings, and review Zool Beer Company's Mementart gluten-free dessert sour. The hosts reflect on game preferences and how modern pinball competition drives rapid evolution. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Lumberjack Johnny's in Appleton/Green Bay, Wisconsin now has two Pokemon machines in location — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue report_ - [HIGH] Harry Potter CE is the #1 most-played machine at Lumberjack Johnny's, followed by King Kong and Star Wars: Fall of the Empire — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue leaderboard data from Lumberjack Johnny's_ - [HIGH] P3 is currently at the bottom of the leaderboard at Lumberjack Johnny's — _Craft Brew Sally, venue leaderboard data_ - [MEDIUM] Jack Danger has a game called 'Oddly Addictive' featuring 11 spinners in a row — _Foghorn Leghorn, saw video of gameplay_ - [HIGH] Mementart by Zool Beer Company tastes like liquid apple pie with apples, lemon, cinnamon, and brown sugar — _Craft Brew Sally, beer review_ - [HIGH] Lumberjack Johnny's is planning mocktail offerings in the near future with multiple recipe options — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue announcement_ - [HIGH] Lumberjack Johnny's will host a Pokemon open launch party on March 29th — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue event announcement_ - [HIGH] Lumberjack Johnny's will host a women's Pokemon launch party on April 18th — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue event announcement_ - [HIGH] Punk Rock Pinball at Lumberjack Johnny's occurs on the second Friday of every month, next on Friday the 13th — _Foghorn Leghorn, venue event calendar_ - [HIGH] The framing cost for Foghorn Leghorn's artwork from Japan (Rock and Jelly Bean pieces) exceeded the original budget significantly, approaching the cost of a Pokemon Pro machine — _Foghorn Leghorn and Craft Brew Sally, personal anecdote_ ### Notable Quotes > "It was like almost, it was three quarters of a Pokemon machine. Not a collector. is just a pro." > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~21:00 > _Establishes pinball machine pricing as a cultural reference point for comparing everyday expenses; indicates Pokemon LE pricing around $10k+_ > "I literally left Cat Roussali and I went to one of those really expensive massage chairs and ran the demo. Because I was like, I need to be attended to by a chair." > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~27:30 > _Humorous illustration of retail therapy and value comparison; hints at $10k+ massage chair as comparable to pinball machine pricing_ > "I am very interested to see how many weeks the Pokemon is top three. 48 years." > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~49:00 > _Prediction about Pokemon machine's longevity on leaderboards; indicates strong initial adoption at venue_ > "This was insanity this one was spot on it was I kind of it was a liquid apple pie yeah with some cinnamon and I'm like what in the I couldn't believe it right I couldn't believe how much it tasted like that I was like blown away by it to be honest with you like completely 100 percent it was it was good" > — **Craft Brew Sally**, ~73:00 > _Enthusiastic product endorsement; indicates surprise at flavor accuracy of novelty beer product_ > "In the modern era of pinball, there is so many like incredible offerings. If I don't like love a machine, it's kind of like I just forget it." > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~82:00 > _Reflects competitive saturation in modern pinball market; casual players prioritizing fun over mastery_ > "Deadpool... it's just fun and silly and I really enjoy it... I love Godzilla and I love Elvira obviously we have those sometimes I'll still play those on location you know because it's just they're fun" > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~84:00 > _Identifies theme appeal and fun factor as key to recurring play; notes theme-based selection over skill-based competition_ > "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was never a game that I was like, like loved... I just can't seem to make it" > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~91:00 > _Negative gameplay experience on TMNT; indicates accessibility/learning curve issues for casual players_ > "If you ever shopping for furniture and you see like this like this robe like it looks like some kind of a capsule that might murder you get in it and hit demo because it doesn't murder you" > — **Foghorn Leghorn**, ~32:00 > _Humorous endorsement of high-end massage chair; indicates price-to-value consideration in luxury goods_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Foghorn Leghorn | person | Co-host of Pinball Junk Drawer podcast, pinball enthusiast and casual player, collector of screenprinted artwork and pinball machines | | Craft Brew Sally | person | Co-host of Pinball Junk Drawer podcast, beer enthusiast, attended venue visit, participates in 'would you rather' game | | Lumberjack Johnny's | venue | Arcade/bar venue in Appleton/Green Bay, Wisconsin area; hosts competitive pinball tournaments, monthly Punk Rock Pinball events, recently added Pokemon machines, planning mocktail offerings and Pokemon launch parties | | Jack Danger | person | Pinball designer known for creating 'Oddly Addictive' game featuring 11-spinner loop mechanic; content referenced in podcast | | Rock and Jelly Bean | person | Japanese lowbrow artist; created erotic concert posters and album covers that Foghorn Leghorn collected; artwork shipped from Japan and framed at significant cost | | Zool Beer Company | company | Brewery based in Knoxville, Tennessee; produces gluten-free dessert sours including Mementart and blueberry lemon varieties | | Mementart | product | Gluten-free dessert sour by Zool Beer Company; inspired by traditional Luxembourg dessert; made with apples, lemon, cinnamon, brown sugar; reviewed positively as tasting like apple pie | | Pokemon Pinball LE | game | Stern pinball machine; newly arrived at Lumberjack Johnny's; generating significant venue interest; launch parties scheduled for March 29 (open) and April 18 (women's) | | Harry Potter CE | game | Stern pinball machine; currently #1 most-played at Lumberjack Johnny's leaderboard | | King Kong | game | Stern pinball machine; #2 on Lumberjack Johnny's leaderboard; frequently played by Foghorn Leghorn | | Star Wars: Fall of the Empire | game | Stern pinball machine; #3 on Lumberjack Johnny's leaderboard; popular with hosts despite not being fashionable among competitive players | | P3 | game | Pinball machine; currently at bottom of Lumberjack Johnny's leaderboard; hosts express sadness about its low position | | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | game | Pinball machine at Lumberjack Johnny's; hosts found it challenging and difficult to engage with; not to their taste despite its popularity | | Deadpool | game | Stern pinball machine; hosts describe as fun and silly; theme-based appeal drives recurring play | | Godzilla | game | Pinball machine; mentioned as beloved by Foghorn Leghorn; generates recurring location play | | Elvira | game | Pinball machine; mentioned as beloved by Foghorn Leghorn; generates recurring location play | | Elton John | game | Pinball machine; described as fun and getting consistent play from Foghorn Leghorn due to enjoyable theme and mechanics | | Stranger Things | game | Pinball machine; beloved by many players but not by Foghorn Leghorn; hosts never finished first season of TV show | | Bond 60th | game | Limited/rare James Bond pinball machine at Lumberjack Johnny's; difficult game comparable to Wonka; hosts rarely see in wild | | Pulp Fiction | game | Pinball machine at Lumberjack Johnny's; favorite of Foghorn Leghorn but had poor performance on visit; inconsistent gameplay quality | ### Topics - **Primary:** Personal finance and spending priorities, Lumberjack Johnny's venue operations and leaderboards, Pokemon Pinball LE launch and hype, Casual player preferences vs. competitive design, Game theme appeal and accessibility - **Secondary:** Craft beer review and recommendations, Collector psychology and value comparison, Venue event planning and community engagement ### Sentiment **Neutral** (0) ### Signals - **[venue_signal]** Lumberjack Johnny's has deployed two Pokemon Pinball LE machines; expected to generate significant venue revenue over coming weeks (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn states 'they got Pokemon. I know, I know. Two of them are there' and 'they're going to be getting a lot of my money in the next couple of weeks' - **[collector_signal]** Strong FOMO-driven interest in Pokemon LE; hosts planning repeated plays and threatening impulse purchases; game expected to dominate venue leaderboards (confidence: high) — Discussion of wanting to 'collect them all', prediction of 48 years on top 3, and hesitation about falling too in love with the machine - **[gameplay_signal]** Casual players gravitating toward games with strong theme appeal (Deadpool, Godzilla, Elton John) over mechanically complex or punishing games (TMNT, Stranger Things) (confidence: high) — Hosts explicitly state preference for fun/theme over mastery; 'If I don't like love a machine, it's kind of like I just forget it' due to abundance of modern options - **[sentiment_shift]** Negative sentiment toward Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles accessibility; despite being seen frequently and beloved by some, it remains inaccessible to casual players (confidence: medium) — Hosts describe multiple plays resulting in poor performance; 'I just can't seem to get into it' despite it being 'beloved' by others - **[market_signal]** Modern pinball market saturated with high-quality titles; casual players now have luxury of selective play based on theme/fun rather than mastery (confidence: high) — 'In the modern era of pinball, there is so many like incredible offerings. If I don't like love a machine, it's kind of like I just forget it' - **[venue_signal]** Lumberjack Johnny's expanding offerings with monthly Punk Rock Pinball events (2nd Friday), Pokemon launch parties (March 29 open, April 18 women's), and upcoming mocktail menu (confidence: high) — Foghorn Leghorn provides specific dates and confirms 'lot of testing, a lot of scientific things involved' with mocktails - **[product_launch]** Pokemon LE machines now available at Lumberjack Johnny's; generating immediate engagement from hosts and anticipated high play volume (confidence: high) — Recent arrival; leaderboard immediately showing machine popularity; hosts plan imminent visits - **[operational_signal]** Lumberjack Johnny's maintaining competitive leaderboards with frequent venue updates; tracking player engagement across machine roster (confidence: high) — Detailed leaderboard data provided; machines ranked from #1 (Harry Potter) to bottom (P3); competitive player base evident - **[content_signal]** Jack Danger's 'Oddly Addictive' game generating social media engagement; video content reaching casual audience (confidence: medium) — Foghorn Leghorn: 'I did see a video yesterday i think of jack dangers the spinny loop the spinners 11 spinners in a row' - **[market_signal]** Pokemon LE pricing used as cultural reference point for comparing major household expenses; furniture set at ~75% of Pokemon Pro cost (~$10k+) (confidence: medium) — Hosts reference furniture as 'almost three quarters of a Pokemon machine' and frame major purchases against pinball machine cost --- ## Transcript Now who's responsible, I say, who's responsible for this unwarranted attack on my person? I say, I say, I say, pay attention now, boy. This is, of course, Foghorn Leghorn presents the Pinball Junk Drawer. You all asked for it, I say, you all asked for it now, you're gonna get it. Boy, oh boy, are you gonna get it. Go, I say, go away, boy, you bother me. And just like that, it's time for the only pinball podcast that is literally making up as we go along. I'm talking about the pinball junk drawer, Big Show 93. 93. Yes, my name is Foghorn Leghorn, and with me, as always, with the sparkliest pen that ever sparkled. Craft Brew Sally. Yes. Wow. It is a very sparkly pen, isn't it? Yes. A pen that was gifted by mistake, but whatever. Yeah. I'll take it. Yes, we have plentiful, bountiful piles of pens, fountain pens here. Yes, we do. Nice. I have a few myself because, well, you know. Because if I do, you do. You can only hear about how awesome a pen is. Well, maybe I should have one of those. Thinking to myself, has anyone looked at my handwriting? Do I really need a fancy pen to make my illiterate garbage any more illiterate? The answer is no. Anyhow, big shout out. We got an email that said, free stickers, question mark, from Rob F. Yes, Rob F. From what's WA? Washington. Yes. Okay, from Washington State. And neither of us replied, and that's the kind of follow-through you're always going to get from the Pinball Junk Tour. But we did immediately make a custom, cool, Crafty and Sully makes a custom thank you little card. And we put a couple stickers in there. So if you want a sticker or if you want to write and ask us a question on air. Or if you would like a personalized thank you card. Right. With some stickers included because you ain't getting one without the other. Write us at pinballjd at gmail.com. We did throw it out last week if anyone had any questions. And I guess the only question we got was free stickers, question mark. So awesome. I hope you enjoyed it. He did say he enjoyed it. It's a very enjoyable podcast. So thank you, sir. Yes. That is awesome to hear. This is our reply. Yes. Sure. Why not? We spent some time at Lumberjack Johnny's. We'll more on that a little bit later. It has been a very expensive couple of weeks. Very expensive. And not in the fun way. Not in the fun way at all. So, first, Crafter Sally went and got, for my upcoming birthday, Crafter Sally knowing that lead time is needed. She took some of my posters or screen printed artwork I should say to go get framed. I'm calling no way. He makes it by my birthday. It's about two months, two and a half months. Something like that. Yeah, like two and a half months. And no way. No way this dude gets it done. Crafter Sally says he said he's gonna. So it's what? It would be exactly two months from the day we took it there. he is moving his shop so yes i think he's gonna get stuff done before he moves so let's we'll see yeah prove me wrong everyone but right now we do use this framing shop a lot he makes a lot of money off of me personally yes so crap miss sally comes back to the car and she's eerily silent which i know is a terrible terrible thing and i said is everything okay is the artwork safe because this is artwork that i got shipped over from japan rock and jelly bean it's one of my favorite lowbrow artists. Don't look him up if you're at work. You'll get fired. But I love his artwork. He's very he's in tune with the Japanese underground. He does a lot of the concert posters. He does a lot of the album covers. I followed him for a long time. I just never ponied up the money. So finally I ordered a couple. He has a Bunny Lebowski sex line poster that he drew for Big Lebowski kind of theming. and then also the other one was like a like an exploitation 60's motorcycle kind of a poster and I like his artwork very much but you gotta be really careful it's very erotic kinda weirdly I don't know doesn't matter so she's very silent and I go what's up and she's like you know how you said just do it and I was like yes and then she said well you're okay with owing some money right and i went oh no so well it was like i was like how before we went there i was like how much over is too too far over and you know i believe my reply was this is my favorite artist i got this ship from japan whatever it is it is yeah and that's sometimes whatever it is it is uh i didn't realize i'd be owing more than the gift would be worth uh so now i'm i'm i'm Everything must go. I'm selling many things now. Nah. But I don't care. It'll be fine. I do owe the bank money for a gift that I haven't received yet, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Yeah. So, and the other one was, now we moved to Wisconsin in 2020. Yeah. Guess what you couldn't get in Wisconsin in 2020? Anything other than COVID. You could buy COVID, or you could get COVID for free, really. It was buy one COVID, get one COVID free, and then bitch about a paper mask over your face for the rest of your life. So we couldn't get anything. And you ended up, like if you were one of those caution to the wind kind of families and just said, you know what? We're moving in the middle of a pandemic. Well, when you landed at your new place, you couldn't get appliances or furniture. Right. You could, but it was coming in a box like you were some kind of a lunatic college student. college. So there I am, foghorn, leghorn, sitting in the middle of an empty living room, putting together furniture from Amazon. Because we never thought we would be doing that again. No. And here we were. So I've been kind of, it's good enough, it's good enough, it's good enough. Now we all know. It's not good enough anymore. It wasn't good enough when it was out of the box. It was okay. To be fair, this was expensive stuff. So it's like post-mod. It is a cool looking furniture set and it's very nice. But But at some point when your back starts hurting, you're like, yeah, maybe we should get an adult furniture. Adult, like, you know, sofa and other. Well, what happened was, like, when we lived in Florida, our next door neighbor worked for rooms to go. So he would always bring furniture home. Yeah, because rich people literally, like, change out their furniture every year or two. Yeah, and we have four cats who wreck furniture. We change out our furniture when it's splintered every year or two. So we had never really bought, like had gone to a furniture store and said, I would like this matching set in my living room, please. Wow. Yeah. So needless to say, all the shenanigans aside, because it took two different places, I'm driving home and in my head, I'm kind of like, did we just get ripped off? Because I felt like we got ripped off. It was a lot. It was a very expensive. It was like almost, it was three quarters of a Pokemon machine. Not a collector. is just a pro. So I'm driving there, because I even was talking to the guy. He wasn't an upselling kind of guy, but I was honestly having a discussion kind of saying, look, how long would this expected to last? How long was this kind of stuff expected to last? Because I don't ever want to do it again. The reality is. Right. I might. I probably will, but I hope not. And he was like, well, this level is good, but you're going to be like three to five years. And then this level over here is like the next one up it's kind of 10 plus i was like oh that sounds pretty good not looking at the prices or and you go oh so it hurt it was a lot and and now i and this is the kind where after you pick it then you crap through sally goes over and talks to him about what like accent fabrics and whatnot i'm like i don't want to be part of this at all so we got a like sectional sofa and then we got a Chip like a swivel chair on the side yes And so you can you get to pick out the fabric on both and so we're like and the pillows They want you to feel good about spending almost as much as a Pokemon pinball machine Yeah It like oh you get to pick the fabric I be like oh you might as well give a monkey a typewriter because I can pick anything I don't have any. This is not my expertise is what I'm trying to say. The fabric matching. I'd be like, do you have any furry or wacky or glittery? No? Then I'm going to go over here. I'm done. I literally left Cat Roussali and I went to one of those really expensive massage chairs and ran the demo. Because I was like, I need to be attended to by a chair. And also sat in a Chicago skyline chair. Yes, well, that was beforehand. Anyway, so that got me to thinking. Now, we're going to play a little game today. Everyone loves games. It's a pinball staple on the pinball media. now what we have we're gonna do uh which would you rather so uh we're gonna talk about like now this isn't monetarily but like when you look at something which has more value to you you know so like i kind of would figure like okay craft through sally would you like would you say like a ce harry potter or um maybe a le pokemon with those two like that's two those would be two like kind of premier games for you right so if i would say oh no like for example like okay which would you rather have stay in cinderella's castle for a week at disney or a ce harry potter machine now that's what i'm talking about so which which has more value to you because i'm thinking in my head i'm like you know instead of those couch that couch we could have probably just ponied up and got a pokemon machine yeah now that's the tells you the level of furniture although furniture you use every day and it's very important but my brain's a little skewed so okay so for that example which would you rather i think i would have to go with cinderella's castle on that i thought you might because that's not something you can just do no i have to choose you yes they chew chew choose you like a pokemon trainer might choose its next chimpoko man oh so there you go the first one uh so sorry about your luck harry potter and or uh ellie you know We're going to go with Cinderella's Castle. Do you have one for me? I only have like four of these for you. So do you have any? You do another one. Oh, so he has to think about it. Okay. I'm sorry. You whiffed on this excited, didn't you? I whiffed, yes. Oh, my God. Okay. So would you rather have a, again, let's just stick with the Harry Potter CE. Okay. Or a custom Mont Blanc pen. See, folks. I want them both. Well, yeah, you can. You've got to make a choice. No, well, which one is worth more in your head? You know what I mean? The Mont Blanc. The Mont Blanc is worth more. See, that's what I mean. This isn't like you choose one or two. I'm saying in your head what's worth more. Okay. Like if you're like, let's pretend you love hamburgers, and somebody was like, oh, you can have the greatest hamburger in the history of the world, and you can have it once a week for a year, or a pinball machine, He'd be like, well, gee, I really do like hamburgers. So it's not a monetary thing. It's like, which would you rather have? Okay, so. You can't use the hamburger thing. I just gave you it. That's not. Okay, so go ahead. So which would you rather have? A cheeseburger. Oh, come on. I kid. A framed rock and jelly bean. But I already have two framed rock and jelly beans. Oh, you mean like a real, like a crazy one. Yeah. Okay. or Pulp Fiction see now that's where we're getting at the stuff that kind of goes ooh that hurts yeah because I do love Pulp Fiction I guess I would have to go with the Pulp Fiction just because Worthmore yeah see Pulp Fiction's a fun game I was going to talk about that in our segment when we talked about when we went to Lumberjack Johnny's because that game I love it but I have a lot of bad I had a lot of bad ones before I have a good one I'll have a good one and it'll pop up every now and then where I like a really good game yeah I'm going to go with the Pulp Fiction just because I have to. So then the next one would be so what would be more valuable to you? Like framed Disney castle art or the Harry Potter? It's a hard choice. Because you know I'm currently looking for Disney art. What's more valuable in your head? Because the art doesn't really hold much value. Harry Potter. Like when you said about the rock and jelly bean, I can acquire a framed rock and jelly right now it does have value to me but i mean not like a pinball machine that's like such an awesome thing to me you know okay yeah i would have to go with that okay so would you rather go with the high-end super massage chair or or the pokemon le pokemon yeah see that's because i have to have them all yeah you're gonna i think i'm gonna be going there by myself and i'm gonna come back with a whole bunch of them you're gonna be so angry no bro it's gonna happen you got any more are you done with this game yeah I'm done with this game this game flamed out so it's sad I might have one later like a freebie you should have said what about a you know Pokemon LE or one of those righteous massage chairs I was sitting in cause that was 10 grand when I was sitting there what would you pick I don't know no you have to cause when I got up out of that massage chair I wanted to get back into that massage chair folks if you're ever shopping for furniture and you see like this like this robe like it looks like some kind of a capsule that might murder you get in it and hit demo because it doesn't murder you what does is it like massages you then it like literally grabs you and kind of stretches you out that thing was ridiculous i'm kind of trying to figure out how to buy one of those and not feel bad about myself because wow so okay i do have another one oh okay okay so would you rather meet Arnold Schwarzenegger or have a Pokemon. So like meet, like hang out with him for a day? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I guess I would have to take Arnold. I think the wisdom that Arnold would impart with me would last whatever my lifetime is and then again some. And as I left, I'd say, I used to see you, Arnold. And he would throw something at me. He'd be like, that wasn't in the movie. That wasn't in the movie. I'd be like, everybody chose. That wasn't in the movie. remember that with Arnold it was so good you were like everybody chill and then he bugs my face with a stogie and that hurt too because I would definitely like a chance to hang out with Arnold Schwarzenegger definitely I mean and again he would probably impart some kind of knowledge that would help me acquire more pinball machines because I'd become rich then somehow I don't know how that would work but I bet it would alright I guess we're going to stick a fork in this one This one was not as fun as I thought it would be. But after I edit out all the pauses and ums and errs, it'll be about one and a half minutes. So don't worry, folks. Aw. Yeah, it was pretty rough. So, yeah, now we went to Lumberjack Johnny's. So before I do that, I'm going to drop in some bumper music. Saddle up the whole dang crew. Lumberjack Johnny's is calling you. Axes fly, skee-balls roll. Pinball poppin', arcades glow. A hundred beers, hot smoked meats. Pizza so good, you're stomping your feet. Lumberjack Johnny, your fun time, one-stop retreat. And we're back. Saddle up your crew and get to Lumberjack Johnny's if you're near or within driving distance of Appleton and or Green Bay. Because guess what? What's that? Today they got Pokemon. I know, I know. Two of them are there. I know. I'm going to wait until it dies down a little bit in a couple of days. Tomorrow. Guaranteed. I mean Friday. No, tomorrow because I'll go when you go to play pool. I'll come back. I'll be like, yeah, I got myself 45 collected Pokemon. I quit pool. I've been saying it for a while. Anyway, so we went to Lumberjack Johnny's, and it was one of those things where we like to go every couple weeks. And it was really super quiet. We got there early. When we get there super early, there's either one or two people there, or, well, we've been there when it's been kind of full. But mostly they start trickling in, like, if you get there right there. So we played out. I played a lot of Sterns. Got some more time on Star Wars. And I played Pulp Fiction. I did not have a good game. In fact, it looked like I didn't know how to play pinball. And I was like, how is this possible? Like sometimes I riggedy riggedy wrecked that thing, son. And sometimes not so much. This weekend was the not so much one. I had a great game on the Bond 60th which what a it is really an honor to have a place around us that has the Bond 60th Oh yeah That thing is really really cool and very I don think you going to see that out in the wild very much I want one so bad. It's so good. I play that every single time we go there. That's a hard game. Oh, I know. That's like a Wonelli game. Yeah. It's just there to make your heart hurt. Right. But still fun. I played the Bond. I never know which one it is. Thunderball? Yeah. Yeah, Thunderbolt 1. And had a really good game on it. I think I was, what, top five on the leaderboard up there? What was that one I did that to? Where I was almost like number two or something like that. No, you were on the top. Of what game? I don't remember. I don't either. I do have some skill. I always kind of say I don't because I'm conscious of it, but I'm not like a competitive player. And Lumberjacks is nothing but competitive. Not nothing. There's a lot of competitive players there. So to be on the leaderboard towards the end of the month, you can forget it. You know, it's all going to be like those. Not like slot screwdriver, right? Yes. It's all going to be like 1.6 billion and up. It's going to be the tops of those things. Yeah, okay. Like, what? That's cool, too, because then you can always, like, watch for, see if you can compete, you know, against the other scores. But Pulp Fiction did not justify my love this go-around, which was sad. But I'll still play it. You always do. It's a fun game. I just love it. So did they send in numbers or any upcoming events, some cool stuff? Yes. than obviously they have Pokemon, so they're going to be getting a lot of my money in the next couple of weeks. Yeah. Right. Take it all. Just here. I know. I am. Let's play it a little bit. I don't want to fall too in love with the machine, but. I want to. And now Switch has Pokemon. I'm like, well, buy the Switch version. Oh, we have to get that. I'm going to be like, I'm going to go from zero care about Pokemon to like. To all the care. And who needs that? Honestly, they're going to be like, well, whatever. That's like Dory has started, had to go out and buy Pokemon cards. So now every time she's on Facebook Live, she's opening Pokemon cards. Yeah. And I'm like, I want to do that. And then you're like, no, no, you don't. I wonder how much those packs cost. I don't know. Because cards used to be not a whole lot. Right. But these are crazy town. Right. Like, I think there's like, oh, there's such super, which I would never draw a super rare one. No. Like, it would always be like, oh, you got the most common things that have ever been common. Oh. Oh, great. But you never know. Maybe we'll buy each other some Pokemon cards for our anniversary. Yup. That's probably less of a joke than you guys think. But anyway. No, you're getting framing for your anniversary. Anniversary. Birthday, anniversary, Christmas, birthday. Giving blood the next birthday. I'll be like, I'm 68. I almost made that one time, Mom. And I'll forget because I'll just be forgetful. So crap, you'll ring me up. You're like, no, you still have to pay it out of the wall. Meanwhile, she's driving around in a performance car with a Mont Blanc that she buys off of my yearly stipend for my birthday. I'm getting the custom Mont Blanc and the Harry Potter CE. Yep. I'll be like, where's my birthday? You eat your gruel. You never paid off that frame you got that one time, remember? No, I don't. Okay. Anyway. Back to reality. What are the numbers this week? So the top performers are number three, Star Wars, Fall of the Empire. Oh, yeah. Number two, King Kong. That's the one I had a good game. No, it wasn't. Yeah, maybe it was. I don't know. I don't know. I'm sorry. I play that one almost every time, too. I have to be a better note taker when we're out. It's okay. I know. And then number one, Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Yep. There you go. Now, those are the three I would assume are the number ones. Those are heavy hitters. Those are all awesome games. They all are, yep. I like Kong a lot. I like Kong and I like Star Wars a lot. I just do. I know it's not fashionable to like them, but I do. I dig them. They shoot great. There's a lot to discover in them. I'm all about it. I am very interested to see how many weeks the Pokemon is top three. 48 years. Okay, so go ahead. What are the other ones? What are the bottom? The Dullest Axes The Dullest Axe Third from the bottom Ghostbusters That's been around a while Second from the bottom is Venom LE Okay And bottom Is P3 I don't know why it makes me so sad When the P3 is on the bottom Probably because It's part of our tribe Yeah our tribe has some roots In the P3 world right that's okay yeah but what are you gonna do right so all right and we also have this friday is punk rock pinball so that's going to be what the 11th 13th 13th friday the 13th is punk rock and that is the second friday of every month oh okay cool so if you miss this one then go to the next. Yeah. But then on March 29th, they're going to do the Pokemon launch party. And this is the open launch party. Gotcha. And then on 4-18, they're going to do the women's launch party for Pokemon. Okay, well that's cool. That'll be fun. Yeah. Next time, the next show, we'll definitely be talking about some gameplay on the Pokemon because I've been kind of uh missing that machine since we left stern yes and as dumb as that sounds because the theme doesn't mean a whole lot to me but i dig it i get it it's a very cool i mean you know it's a video game it's i like to see that kind of stuff uh i didn't think i would be so enamored with it but i am right and i want to play it again right now so i did see a video yesterday i think of jack dangers the the spinny loop the spinners 11 spinners in a row yes the spinners loop yes And I want that so bad. I know. Well, I call it, I think I named, what did I name that game? Oddly Addictive? Yeah. I think that game's called Oddly Addictive by Jack Danger. And because I was playing it, I was like, I just want to keep playing it more. You just want to keep doing it even though it's absolutely pointless. So would you rather have that or a Pokemon? Oh. Signed? Signed. Oh, I guess I'd have to go, hmm. But with Oddly Addictive, you can't collect them all, so there's no boopy-doops in there. But it would look really nice next to the map of how to get to it at Expo. That is signed already. A framed set. That would be, yeah. If you had that Oddly Addictive and you had it next to the framed signature of how to get to it, and then we did a little fake version so that you had to follow the map to get to it, then I guess I'd have to go with that. They'd be worth more. Okay. I want that thing so bad. We should just build one. I honestly think, well. It's not the same. It's not Jack's. I don't think Jack would sell. If Jack put that up for auction, I bet you would get like $4,000. Oh, it'd probably be more than that. We'd be priced out of it immediately. I'd be like, what the hell just happened? Oh, well. Oh, man. There you go. Anything else for lumberjacks? Oh, we do. They are in the near future. No date yet, set date yet, because there's a lot of testing, a lot of scientific things involved. you know, they are coming up with some mocktails. Yes. And that's going to be exciting. And I got a peek at a few of the recipes and I said I want them all. Yes. Because they're all very delicious. So you'll have a mocktail and I will have a craft brew. Oh, my goodness gracious. It should be fun for everyone. And we will have more on that in the near future. Just not right now. Is that it for Lumberjacks? Yes. Is it time for everyone's favorite segment? It is. Nice. Mm-hmm. Craft Brew Sally. Gonna have to put your journal down. Craft Brew Sally Child. You've been to all the breweries around. You've been running all over the town. Oh, tell me what to drink until I fall on the ground. yeah that's right people and we back we are back so I always have beer and I always like you have to try this one And then you like nah I don really need to And then this week I was like, yeah, you have to try this one. Yes. So this week we had Mementart? Mementart? Probably Mementart, like Memento. Mementart. Is that Mementart? Mm-hmm. This one is made by Zool Beer Company, and they are in Knoxville, Tennessee. You've heard of Zool before. Yes, I've had a few of theirs. I think Untitled Art actually had one with Zool that I had before, which I just realized that when I was looking back at this one. And this one is a gluten-free dessert sour, and it's made with apples lemon cinnamon and brown sugar yes and it is inspired by the moment tart which is a traditional dessert from luxembourg wowsers and it tastes like you are drinking an apple pie yes it does now normally i go okay and i will drink whatever crap Bruce Lee says and I go yeah I guess and I walk away going well whatever it's like because they do they have varying degrees of accuracy uh-huh this was insanity this one was spot on it was I kind of it was a liquid apple pie yeah with some cinnamon and I'm like what in the I couldn't believe it right I couldn't believe how much it tasted like that I was like blown away by it to be honest with you like completely 100 percent it was it was good yeah now and now no wacky aftertaste either which is what i was i was kind of bracing for like okay here's this the whole thing you know nothing no so good and the other one i had of theirs was like a i want to say it was like a blueberry lemon dessert sour and that one was really good too yeah it was wild this This place does make peanut butter and jelly beer. So my friend is pretty much talking me into meeting her in Tennessee so we can go here. Yeah, why wouldn't you? Right. Just fly down and meet up, you know. It'd be fun. Yeah. And then you could get some cool stuff from there. Yeah. You know, so. I might have to drive so I can load the car up. You can ship stuff. And what's it called? Zool's? Zool. X-U-L X-U-L that spells Zool I'd be like so this is the like Xerox you know I'm not getting it there is no something only Zool beer Ghostbusters there is no people playing Ghostbusters there is only Zool beer well some people were playing it I know I kid I like Ghostbusters so very good I am I should have talked about this earlier but when we were at Lumberjack Johnny's, they had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles there. Yes. Which I discovered I really do not like. Well, it's a very tough game. Yes. Yes, it's a very tough game. I don't hate that game, but I am not good at it. It's challenging. I guess if you'd have it in-house, it probably you'd learn some of the exploits and learn to shoot it a little bit better. Right. And I have a problem where I just don't. I just play and keep the ball going, and I don't do what I'm supposed to do. But, I mean, I've played this twice now in tournaments. One time I won, and the second time I was dead last. And then I played it again at Lumberjack Johnny's, and it was horrible. Yeah. I will say this, and now this is nothing against any of these machines. Like sometimes I'll play a machine and I just don't care for it very much. Right. And sometimes they're beloved and sometimes they're not. In the modern era of pinball, there is so many like incredible offerings. If I don't like love a machine, it's kind of like I just forget it. Yeah. And as dumb as that sounds, like I can even like a machine and kind of forget it because and I'm not like chasing the new shiny, but like new some new games out there are like, wow. you know and I even like even like Deadpool I'll always put a buck in a Deadpool it's and I'm not even that good at it it's just fun and silly and I really enjoy it you know you like the theme and I could tell those are a lot more that I can unlock there you know and I love Godzilla and I love Elvira obviously we have those sometimes I'll still play those on location you know because it's just they're fun and I just enjoy them very much and then when there's games like that that They're just, I'm sure some people very much love it, and it's their dream theme, and they're really good at it. I can't ever seem to, like, get into it. Stranger Things is like that. Yeah. A lot of people love Stranger Things, and awesome. I'm not, and I never say these segments saying, like, kind of dissing a machine. No. I just can't, like, get into it. I like the show a little bit, but fell off after, like, nine shows. Yeah, I don't even think we finished first season. No, and that's one we got to get back to. We never will. You know what I mean? We have 100 shows we've got to get back to that we never will. And it's just, I don't know. You just go, eh. And then you play something else and you're like, oh, you'll go right to King Kong. Or I'll go right to Star Wars. Or Elton John. Love Elton John. It's always going to get a buck from me because it's just fun. Because it makes you wiggle your butt. Sure does. So, you know, and it's, this is an era of very, of a lot more pushing the envelope of gameplay, a lot more, like there's a lot more competition out there. Right. So these games are getting really, really good. It's a great thing, but it's also keep up or forget it kind of thing, you know, and it's just the way it is. So, I don't know. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was never a game that I was like, like loved. Right. It's a strong, I see it. a lot. I'm sure it gets played a lot. I just can't seem to make it more than 40 seconds each ball. I'm like, well, I don't need this. I'll go play a game I can play for a little bit. So, eh, whatever. So you played that and just said, yeah. I mean, I think I did better than that one time that I played it in the tournament that I was in last place, but nothing great. Sometimes you just whiff. Yeah. And you go, oh, man. And that sucks. But like me with Pulp Fiction, I said it a couple times on this show, just kicked my butt. And I know the shots, and I just was missing them or whatever, and it just drained Monster. And you're like, well, okay, whatever. That's pinball. Anything else before we head out? Also, Project Pinball is doing Love Across America. Oh, yeah, they did their 82nd dedication. I think 83rd. Oh, okay. Maybe that's an old post. Yeah, it's up there pretty high. The first one they did was, I want to say it was in California because I think Dan was at, he went to the Winchester Mansion. Oh, cool. Yeah, so that was neat. I believe the first one was a rededication. So what they do is they swap them out. When a machine gets to the point where it needs to do a full restore on it, they'll swap it. Yep, put something new in there and, you know. So somebody that won a tournament donated their prize. Oh, wow. That's generous. Yeah. That's awesome. So. Cool. Well, keep on keeping on. Dan and projectpinball.org, you're doing a good thing. For a world that could always use a little bit of a good thing going on. Yes. And that'll do it. All right. All right. Thanks for listening, one and all. if you have anything, questions, comments, well, not comments. If you have a question you want us to read on air or you want some stickers, email us at pinballjd at gmail.com and we'll see you next time, probably all jacked up on Pokemon. Switch and other and pinball and other and cards. Oh my god. And the little stuffies. See you next week. That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over. _(Acquisition: groq_whisper)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 524ad7f2-755c-4174-988f-56b9feff4f7b*