# Episode 126 Bond Reveal 2.0

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2022-09-18  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-126-bond-reveal-20

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## Analysis

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast episode 126 discusses feedback from the previous Kaneda's Pinball Podcast interview, Bond Reveal 2.0 including rumors of an ultra-premium Elwyn-designed fourth edition, and a critical segment on Stern's pricing and feature strategy for the Bond Pro/Premium editions. The host advocates for inclusion of shaker motors, Bluetooth, and better speakers in Premium editions, questions whether the Pro edition should be discontinued, and provides updates on Spooky Pinball's Total Nuclear Annihilation and upcoming announcements.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Bond Reveal 2.0 was delayed due to the passing of the Queen and Stern having UK distributors — _Host discussing the reveal timeline; stated as established fact about why the official reveal was postponed_
- [MEDIUM] Kaneda's Pinball Podcast is rumoring a fourth, ultra-premium Bond edition designed by Elwyn, single level, very expensive, unlimited production at high markup — _Host attributing rumor to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast from episode 125; stated speculatively with caveat that if false, credit Kaneda for being wrong_
- [HIGH] Stern Bond Pro Edition appears to be missing playfield content, particularly on the left side — _Host's direct observation of available photos; stated as visual assessment_
- [MEDIUM] Approximately one out of three Godzilla games ordered in the last year have been Premium Edition — _Host citing conversations with distributors; used to support argument that most homeowners buy Premium, not Pro_
- [MEDIUM] Stern Premium Edition Bond is likely priced around $9,500 — _Host's assumption based on price increase pattern from previous $8,999; stated as 'assuming'_
- [HIGH] Spooky Pinball sold 100+ Total Nuclear Annihilation units to Fang Club members and has 250 units available for general sale — _Host providing update on Spooky's recent release; approximately 250 units stated explicitly_
- [MEDIUM] Spooky Pinball has a new announcement coming before Christmas and is wrapping up Halloween Ultra Man production — _Host stating as expectation/rumor about Spooky's pipeline; no official confirmation cited_
- [LOW] Spooky Pinball's next title is rumored to be Scooby-Doo — _Host stating 'rumored to be Scooby-Doo' without attribution; speculative_
- [HIGH] Jersey Jack Pinball includes shaker motors and external volume control/headphone kits in their Limited Editions — _Host comparing Stern to JJP practices; stated as established fact about JJP product offerings_
- [HIGH] Host suggests Stern consider discontinuing the Pro Edition entirely and focus on Premium/LE tiers — _Host's direct opinion/suggestion in 'Sam Stern Are You Listening' segment; stated as personal position_

### Notable Quotes

> "Sam Stern, are you listening? I'll give some thoughts on what I think Sam Stern should be doing with their business."
> — **Host**, Opening segment
> _Establishes the framing device for direct advice-giving to Stern management throughout episode_

> "this Bond Pro Edition, it really looks like it's missing pieces. It's just my two cents... you look at it, and it looks like that whole left side of the play field is just missing stuff."
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Central criticism of Bond Pro design; suggests incomplete playfield for price point_

> "now at the Premium Edition, you're charging... almost ten thousand dollars and you're not including a shaker motor which is part of the pinball experience. I'm sorry, in today's modern world, a shaker is just a necessity."
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Core complaint about feature parity at premium price points; used to make case for feature inclusion_

> "Jersey Jack Pinball's been putting them in their Limited Edition forever Jersey Jack Pinball even comes with the external volume control and the headphone kit."
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Comparative benchmark establishing that competitors offer more in premium tiers_

> "maybe, and this might be sacrilege Sam are you listening maybe it's time to get rid of the Pro altogether"
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Provocative suggestion that Pro Edition should be discontinued based on market demand data_

> "you know, one out of three games that have been ordered in the last year or so have been a Godzilla Premium Edition. I mean, that tells you something."
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Key data point supporting claim that Premium outsells Pro significantly_

> "Get some Bluetooth in that game. I feel like I'm living in 1985, plugging my game into a, plugging my headphone into a game."
> — **Host**, Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Critique of outdated connectivity options; requests modern wireless feature_

> "I think the pinball community deserves better. And I think you know that and I'm not saying you're being cheap and greedy."
> — **Host**, End of Sam Stern Are You Listening segment
> _Tempers criticism with acknowledgment of Stern's success while maintaining advocacy position_

> "Spooky Pinball, just churning along."
> — **Host**, Total Nuclear Annihilation update
> _Brief positive assessment of Spooky's business execution_

> "If you have never said hi, please stop by and say hi Tee'd Off someone from the tribe or someone from the podcast"
> — **Host**, Pinball Expo announcement
> _Community engagement call at Pinball Expo booth_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | The host's podcast network; episode 126 of this show is being analyzed |
| Stern Pinball | company | Primary manufacturer being critiqued; manufacturer of Bond pinball machine |
| Kaneda's Pinball Podcast | organization | Content creator and pinball commentator; guest on episode 125; source of Bond ultra-premium edition rumors |
| Sam Stern | person | Owner/leader of Stern Pinball; primary addressee of host's suggestions and critiques |
| George Gomez | person | Design lead at Stern Pinball; credited with command of design direction; presumed Bond designer |
| John Borg | person | Designer at Stern Pinball; mentioned as person listening to podcast |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Total Nuclear Annihilation and other titles; rumored to announce new game before Christmas |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Competitor to Stern; used as benchmark for feature inclusion and pricing strategy |
| Cary Hardy | person | Pinball content creator; praised for Bond reveal analysis; suggested as potential Stern consultant |
| Flippin' Out Pinball | organization | Podcast sponsor; game retailer and aftermarket accessory seller |
| Zach Sharpe | person | Co-owner of Flippin' Out Pinball; prominent in pinball retail and media |
| Nicole | person | Co-owner/head of Flippin' Out Pinball; described as running company smoothly |
| pinballprices.com | organization | Podcast sponsor; price tracking database for pinball secondary market |
| Doc Finley | person | Operator of pinballprices.com; logs sales data; relies on donations for beer fund |
| James Timberlake | person | Poor Man's Pinball Tribe member mentioned alongside Scott Ian as long-time 'Sam Stern Are You Listening' segment partner |
| Jeremy Schmitz | person | Co-organizer with host of Pinball Expo booth for Poor Man's Pinball Podcast |
| Orville Albert | person | Host of Pinball Nerds Podcast; recently joined Poor Man's Pinball Network; released multiple episodes |
| Gary Stern | person | Executive at Stern Pinball; addressed in 'Sam Stern Are You Listening' segment |
| Keith Elwyn | person | Pinball designer rumored to be designing ultra-premium fourth Bond edition |
| Bond (James Bond) | game | Stern Pinball's upcoming game; subject of reveal event and pricing discussion |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Bond Pinball Reveal and Rumors, Stern Pinball Pricing Strategy, Pro vs Premium Edition Feature Differentiation
- **Secondary:** Spooky Pinball Production Updates, Pinball Expo 2024 Planning, Community Engagement and Feedback, Competitor Benchmarking (Jersey Jack vs Stern)
- **Mentioned:** Pinball Content Creator Ecosystem

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.45) — Host is fundamentally supportive of Stern's business acumen and success, describing himself as a 'Sam Stern fanboy,' but expresses frustration with specific pricing and feature decisions. Sentiment is critical but constructive, framed as advice rather than condemnation. Positive about Spooky Pinball's execution and community building. Overall tone balances appreciation with advocacy for consumer-facing improvements.

### Signals

- **[business_signal]** Host suggests Stern consider discontinuing Pro Edition entirely based on market demand data, focusing exclusively on Premium and LE tiers (confidence: high) — Direct suggestion in Sam Stern Are You Listening segment: 'maybe it's time to get rid of the Pro altogether'; supported by sales data and observation that homeowners consistently choose Premium
- **[sentiment_shift]** Mixed but largely positive reception to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast guest appearance on episode 125; some community members wanted more critical accountability but host prioritized conversational tone (confidence: high) — Host reviews feedback: 'overwhelmingly, there was a lot of positive feedback' but some listeners wanted 'called out Kaneda's Pinball Podcast for personal attacks'; host chose neutral engagement approach
- **[licensing_signal]** Bond game involves MGM licensing; translight artwork appears hand-drawn rather than photographic, possibly due to MGM approval constraints (confidence: medium) — Host notes 'it looks a little Photoshoppy' and speculates about licensor requirements; mentions 'they did a whole lot of hand-drawn art on it, which maybe is a miss'
- **[market_signal]** Godzilla Premium Edition demand significantly outpaces Pro Edition; approximately 33% of recent orders are Godzilla Premium, indicating market preference for higher-tier machines (confidence: high) — Host cites distributor conversations: 'one out of three games that have been ordered in the last year or so have been a Godzilla Premium Edition'; correlates with Pro Edition remaining in stock while Premium unavailable
- **[market_signal]** Host criticizes Stern's Bond Pro and Premium pricing; argues Pro Edition at $7,300-$7,500 lacks sufficient playfield content and Premium at ~$9,500 should include shaker motor and better speakers (confidence: high) — Extended 'Sam Stern Are You Listening' segment dedicated to price-to-content ratio; compares unfavorably to Jersey Jack Pinball offerings; host expresses fatigue with accessory upselling model
- **[market_signal]** Stern raising game prices incrementally; previously $100 increases, now seeing $200-$400 increases per tier (confidence: high) — Host notes: 'it used to be the hundred dollars hundred dollars now it's you know 200 300 400 and we've kind of grown accustomed to it'
- **[announcement]** Stern Pinball officially revealed Bond as upcoming title with teaser photos; full reveal delayed due to Queen's death and UK distributor considerations (confidence: high) — Host states 'they kind of revealed that Bond was the new title' and discusses official reveal coming 'sometime this week'; mentions MGM licensing
- **[product_strategy]** Stern Bond designed in three tiers (Pro/Premium/LE) with feature distribution; Premium includes additional playfield elements absent from Pro (missile mech, vertical upkick); Premium priced significantly higher (confidence: high) — Host's analysis: Pro is 'missing pieces' on left side while Premium has 'cool thing with the missile and then the little vertical upkick there and the different things going on'
- **[product_concern]** Bond Pro Edition playfield appears incomplete, particularly on left side; lacks features present in Premium/LE versions despite premium pricing (confidence: high) — Host's visual assessment of leaked/released photos: 'it looks like that whole left side of the play field is just missing stuff... like you forgot to put something in there'
- **[product_strategy]** Spooky Pinball planning announcement before Christmas; wrapping up Halloween Ultra Man production; rumored next title is Scooby-Doo (confidence: medium) — Host states expectations: 'we know there's going to be some announcement before christmas' and rumor that 'next title is rumored to be a Scooby-Doo' (low confidence on specific IP)
- **[rumor_hype]** Unconfirmed report of fourth ultra-premium Bond edition designed by Keith Elwyn, single-level playfield, unlimited production at high markup (confidence: medium) — Host attributes to Kaneda's Pinball Podcast; describes as 'rumors swirling around' and hedges with 'if they're wrong' language; acknowledges speculative nature
- **[technology_signal]** Host criticizes Stern's lack of modern connectivity features; Premium Edition lacks Bluetooth audio, requiring wired headphone connection (confidence: high) — Host directly addresses: 'Get some Bluetooth in that game. I feel like I'm living in 1985, plugging my game into a... plugging my headphone into a game'

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## Transcript

 this is episode 126 of the poor man's pinball podcast we have an amazing show for you today what's on tap we're going to talk about episode 125 with kaneda we got lots and lots of feedback i want to share some of that with you guys and we'll discuss it we have bond reveal 2.0 and possibly more rumors about the upcoming Bond release. Stern, are you listening? I'll give some thoughts on what I think Stern should be doing with their business. TNA 2.0 is available to non-fang club members. We'll be talking a little bit about that and much, much more here on episode 126 of the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. Let's get started. Let's get right into it. So, I got a lot of feedback from episode 125. For those of you who have been living under a rock, I interviewed Kaneda. It was a great conversation about pinball, and that's all it was intended to be. I think we hit the mark. And overwhelmingly, there was a lot of positive feedback, lots of great notes, emails, text from a lot of different people in the tribe, out of the tribe, listeners. But I do want to say a lot of the pinball content creators also reached out and told me they thought it was a really good episode. So I'm really happy for that. That's not why I do it, for the accolades and all the attaboys. But I just wanted to point out that even though, you know, Kaneda can be very polarizing, and we did discuss that a little bit, you know, overwhelmingly, like I said, very positive. I just wanted to talk pinball. That's what I do. I try to steer away from the drama. Life is very complicated. Life is messy. Sometimes you're just not going to like people. So for those couple of people that sent some negative notes, I'm not going to call anybody out. I'm not going to even read all the stuff. It's fine. But, you know, you're entitled to your opinion. And I answered back, and I told them as much. There were some very not happy people, some of them in the tribe, who thought that I should have maybe called out Kaneda for personal attacks and things of that nature. But that's not what this was about. Once again, you're entitled to your opinions. I welcome anyone to come on the show. We can discuss it if you want. I'm not going to get into mudslinging and a whole thing about it, but if you want to discuss it in a mature manner, which all the feedback by the way was good or bad I mean there wasn't anyone like calling names or anything but if you want to come on the show I'm happy to have you we can discuss whatever you want but once again my whole goal with talking to Kaneda was to talk about bond and and different things going on in the pinball community and I thought that we did that pretty well and and it was received very well and you know we'll do it again and you know this is my show this is my podcast. This is how I choose to do it. And I'm not going to apologize for that. So, and also I'm not going to keep beating the dead horse and that's really all I'm going to say about that, but go check it out. Episode 125. If you have more feedback, I'm happy to hear it. So poor man's pinball, gmail.com text me 414-828-3739. Let's have a discussion about it. So with that little bit of housekeeping behind us, let's move on to the nuts and bolts of episode 126, the one that we are in right now, we have Bond reveal 2.0. So as you guys know, they kind of revealed that Bond was the new title. There were a couple of teaser pictures and different things that people took. But then because of the passing of the Queen and Stern having distributors in the UK, they had to delay it. So I think it was either seven days or 10 days. I don't have it in front of me, but it will be coming out sometime this week. We should be getting the official reveal with all the stuff. I mean, there's plenty of photos and stuff online now. So, you know, between the leak stuff and the stuff that Stern kind of already put out themselves, you know, we still don't know about gameplay and code and who's doing what, you know. But plenty of great photos out there so we can kind of see what's happening with the game. So far, it looks really great. I think it's been well-received. The layout looks amazing, on the premium especially. There's been a couple notes about the art and the translight. Yeah, I think it's a little Photoshoppy. Once again, we don't know what the... I'm sure we're going to get an interview somewhere down the road probably soon. It's going to talk about the licensor and what is it, MGM, I think. and we're going to learn some things about why they did what they did and it looks like they did a whole lot of hand-drawn art on it, which maybe is a miss. Check out Cary Hardy. Cary Hardy's channel always does great stuff. Special shout-out to Cary Hardy. He did a great video on the small reveal we've had so far. He gave his thoughts. One thing he said that was really cool, kind of had Bond on the side art on the backbox. And, you know, in his iconic pose, he thought it would be great to have him holding a pinball, which I thought would have been fantastic. He even Photoshopped it on his video, and I thought that was really well done. And maybe, Stern, are you listening? We're going to be doing a segment later. We'll talk about that. You should be hiring Cary Hardy. He could be a consultant. Pay him a bunch of money to do whatever Cary Hardy does. Love you, Cary. but there's also been lots of rumors swirling around from none other than Kaneda we talked about it a little bit last week on episode 125 so Chris seems to think that they're making a fourth edition that's actually going to be a completely different game he thinks it's going to be designed by Elwynn it's going to be a single level and it's going to be crazy expensive so a super LE if you will I don't know how necessarily I feel about that because that's not the realm that I play in I'm certainly not going to be paying $10,000 I'm not going to be paying $20,000 for a single level game even though it is an Elwynn I'm sure it's going to be fantastic I'm sure the collectors are going to love it supposedly it's not even limited they're just going to sell them they're going to sell it to them for some crazy marked up price and then the distributors can in turn turn around and sell it for whatever they want at least that's the rumors uh we're giving that credit to canada's pinball podcast especially if they're wrong canada you get all the credit for being wrong um if they're right we'll say yeah okay chris was right but my overall thoughts on all of that is i think i think most of what Stern does these days is very smart business I not incredibly happy with some of it but there again I not running a successful pinball company and Stern is So I think if this is in fact true, I feel it's a really good move on Stern's part. I think it's great for the distributors because they can finally make some money. They can make a lot of money on a game potentially. So if they only get a few of them, they'll still do really well for that month selling a handful of these Elwynn games to some of the high-end collectors. So once again, smart business move if it's true. They rarely miss the mark. Like I said, sometimes they don't do things like this reveal. I don't want to say it was botched. I mean, obviously no one knew the queen was going to die. But, you know, sometimes it's a little questionable, but I think at the end of the day, Stern has some very smart people working there. You know, Chris and I talked about that last week as well. George Gomez, you know, really, really has command of that crew over there at Stern, and a lot of the things they do is under his direction from my understanding. And, you know, I can't argue with it. I mean, they're kicking everybody's ass and taking names, and good for them. So, you know, I hope Stern continues to be ultra successful in the future because what that means for us consumers is we get more games, we get better games. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. In a moment here, we'll transition to the Stern Are You Listening segment because I do have some ideas, a couple things about the pro versus premium on Bond I want to discuss. But overall, once again, their business plan is very solid. So with that in mind, let's not waste any more time. Let's just go right to Stern. Are you listening? So this, you know, we've kind of done this over the years where we kind of ask if Stern's listening. And now this podcast has gotten so big. I'm sure they are. George, John Borg, Gary Stern. Hi. Hey, Keith Elwin. How are you guys doing? I know you guys are listening. I know, you know, we have we now reach the far corners of the earth with the pinball podcast giant that Poor Man's Pinball Network is. so so stern couple things you know you keep raising the prices of the game which once again I just alluded to I think is you know it's smart business it's fine you guys you know we expect these price increases now you guys are kind of raising them a little higher than in the past it used to be the hundred dollars hundred dollars now it's you know 200 300 400 and we've kind of grown accustomed to it and and I think that's great you guys are making more money good for you But I got to say, this Bond Pro, it really looks like it's missing pieces. It's just my two cents. I'm sure it's a George Gomez design. I'm sure it's going to be a great shooter. But now if you guys are really charging me $73,000 or $74,000 or $7,500 for a Pro, and like I said, you look at it, and it looks like that whole left side of the play field is just missing stuff. and, you know, like it literally like you forgot to put something in there. You know, once again, I'm sure the code is going to be great. You guys really haven't released one in recent memory where the code has not really come along. And, you know, the team of coders you have there is just amazing and they just continue to impress. But, you know, once again, for this price, I mean, now at the premium, you're charging, you know, I'm assuming, these are all assumptions, but you were at $89.99, now maybe you're at $9,500. I think you're there with that game. You got the cool thing with the missile and then the little vuck there and the different things going on. But just on that pro, I think you just took out too much. And I almost think, well, a couple of things. I've been saying this for a while, for all games, Stern. Stern, now, are you listening? um you know if you're buying a premium you need to include that shaker motor um i know quote unquote it's only 100 bucks or 120 or whatever it might be good for the distributors but you guys are marking these games up and now you're selling a quote-unquote fully featured game for almost ten thousand dollars and you're not including a shaker motor which is part of the pinball experience I'm sorry, in today's modern world, a shaker is just a necessity It's part of the pinball experience If you want to keep it out of the pros, that's fine I get it, but for $9,500 Jersey Jack's been putting them in their LEs forever Jersey Jack even comes with the external volume control and the headphone kit I mean, you really need to start thinking about doing that in the premiums. Like I said, I know you're not going to put them in the pros ever. I'd really, really strongly encourage you to do that. I mean, you're buying a fully featured game. You should get all that stuff. I mean, you have these great accessories. I know it's part of your add-on, but now it's just, I don't know. It just grinds my gears because, you know, I buy these games. And then, so you spend, you know, nine grand on a game. and now you're spending another $500 in accessories. I know, it's like a car dealership. It's the old carguments. You know, you buy the add-ons, and that's where they make all the money because there's not much money in the games. You know, it's good for the distributors, but I don't know. I just think there's a better way. Or maybe just sell, like, the whole package. Okay, it's $9,500, but then if you, for another $250, we'll just install this stuff on your game. we'll give you the upgraded speakers. Um, that's another one. Um, you know, once again, if you want to do the cheap $3 Chinese speakers for the pros, I guess I get it, but, um, we've, we've come too far in this hobby. We're paying too much. And, um, I, frankly, I'm getting a little tired of it. Um, you know, my wife and I have been looking at our budget lately and, you know, while yes, these are luxury toys. Yes, I can still afford them, which, you know, I'm very happy and blessed to be in that kind of position. But for this kind of money now, I just think there should be more included. You know, just my two cents. So I hope you're listening. But that's that's my take. And once again, I think the Stern Bond, I think you are putting more in the games now in general. I I mean, Godzilla was amazing, Jurassic Park, Mandalorian with the upper play field. I mean, I think we're starting to see more and more stuff in these games. So Stern is listening. It took 126 episodes of Ian and I saying, Stern, are you listening? Are you listening? And you've done some of the things, which I appreciate. So I'm just not going to give up. I'm just going to keep pushing for the people, for the pinball community and once again, I'm a Stern fanboy I love what you guys are doing George and company over there, Gary I love what you guys are doing over there but there just some things that I just think you could do better I think I think the community deserves better And I think you know that and I'm not saying you're being cheap and greedy. That's not what I'm saying, but I, you know, we can always do better all the time. And, and I think that you guys are at a point now and you guys are making a good deal of money. You have a huge fan following. I think it's time to do a little better for the pinball community. Rant over. And the last part of Stern, are you listening? You know, I've been kind of railing on the pros and the prices and what should be in it, what should not be in it. You know, I don't know what percent are now going to operators. I know tournaments are becoming a bigger issue. I know tournaments are becoming a bigger thing in the community. I've been participating in more. maybe locations are growing again I don't know but maybe, and this might be sacrilege Sarah are you listening maybe it's time to get rid of the parole altogether I don't know like I said maybe I'm way off base here but I've just been giving it some thought it's kind of a fact that we know most homeowners buy the premium that's easily referenced by the fact just look no further than Godzilla I mean, you know, pros are in stock, you know, you still can't get a premium to save your life. And they could probably make premiums for all of next year, and they might catch up with the demand. You know, from my understanding, talking to different distributors, you know, one out of three games that have been ordered in the last year or so have been a Godzilla premium. You know, that's strong because, you know, right now, I know a few games are ending, Zeppelin, TMNT, a couple other guardians. but before those end, you're talking about Stern having six or seven games in the queue, and one out of every three games is Godzilla Premium. I mean, that tells you something. So, yes, it's a fantastic game, but maybe this whole pro model, maybe it's time. Maybe you just make a premium model, and you just condition them to buy that now. I don't know. You know, you still, of course, have the LEs. But, yeah, maybe you just dump the pro. You know, and some people, give me the hate mail, poormanspinball at gmail.com. I just think maybe it's time. You know, if 80% of people are buying them for their homes now and Jersey Jack is charging $12,000 for an LE, which is their, like, lowest tier, essentially, then maybe it's time for $10,000 premiums. like I said, with the shaker motor and the Bluetooth, which, by the way, Stern, are you listening? Get some Bluetooth in that game. I feel like I'm living in 1985, plugging my game into a, plugging my headphone into a game. I mean, come on, Stern, you guys just got connected. You guys are, you know, finally getting into the 21st century here. So let's, let's get some Bluetooth in this thing so we can, you know, do Bluetooth headphones. Once again, I know this sounds all negative and I'm ranting and ranting, but these are things I want. And like I said, I think the pinball community once again deserves it. So, so George Gomez, Gary Stern, Keith Alwyn, Dwight Sullivan, John Borg, um, all the rest of you wonderful men and women at Stern. Um, please listen. Are you listening? Uh, that's, that's it. Now, now, now the whole segment rant I think is officially over, but I'll probably find something else and come up with it before the end of the episode but thank you so much for listening to my rant stern are you listening moving right along tna 2.0 was uh announced by spooky i don't know several weeks back they started selling them to their fang club members i think it's a 40 membership um they sold about 100 100 plus i don't know what the exact number was good for them they have 250 uh units that they're trying to sell. I tried to put one in my cart right before I started this episode. It is Sunday at 11.38 a.m. Central Time, and I was still able to do so. So I do believe there are still some available. Overall, I think it was, once again, a great move for Spooky. Just kind of wanted to give an update on that. And once again, if anyone has anything to add to the conversation, poormanspinballgmail.com. I am happy to listen. I am happy to discuss. I've been trying to get several hosts on here for a while, but it just wasn't working out. These short episodes are just easy for me now, especially when I have some time to myself in my office. So that's why you've been hearing more of me without anybody else. Sam's last episode, which was with Mr. Chris Kaneda. But yeah, so reach out, let me know. But yeah, just a little update. Spooky, just churning along. you know right now it's not i mean tna has been out for several years so it wasn't as exciting and you know it's 250 units that's great but everyone is now chomping at the bit to just see what spooky is going to release this year we know there's going to be some announcement before christmas i mean it's just got to happen they're wrapping up their halloween ultra man supposedly soon um they've been just making those they've been going out the door there's been no you know issues with those games. Um, you know, there's been some, maybe some complaints about the code and a little bit of the layout and different things, but, um, but the games are still spooky games. They're well built, um, and no real issues that I'm aware of as far as, as, you know, build quality goes. So good on them for, for continuing to make quality products. And, um, you know, we're just, once again, we're all just looking forward to that next title, which is rumored to be a Scooby-Doo. So come on, Spooky, make that Scooby-Doo. A little more housekeeping we got here. Don't forget to patronize our sponsors, Flip N Out Pinball, Zach and Nicole, who are always on top of it, always selling great games, new games, used games, accessories, Flip N Out Pinball. You know how to find them. Zach is all over the interwebs. You can find them on Pinside. You can find them straight down the middle of Pinball Show. You can find them on The Pinball Show. So holy cow, does that man do a lot. 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So like I said if you want to unload it let me know We can talk go flipping out for all your pinball needs if you looking for a new game get on zach list if you looking for a new scooby just get yourself on the list you know he can't always help everyone because the lists are so long but get on the list you want a jaws you want a legend of zelda you want a super mario brothers zach i want my futurama ali i am number one on that list um i still want my venom premium just do yourself a favor text zach tell him you want to be on a list whatever list that is make up a game your dream theme he'll put you on that list so zach and nicole flipping out pinball premier sponsors poor man's pinball network poor man's pinball podcast also don't forget pinball prices dot com we have doc finley he's always logging those prices for all those sales across the world he has a database of thousands and thousands and thousands of sales pinball prices dot com he does it for free his site is free all that he asked in return is that you donate a little money for his beer fund so if you go to pinballprices.com you use his site please please please hit that donate button buy doc finlay a beer thank you so much to our premier poor man's pinball network sponsors pinballprices.com and flipping out pinball don't forget to listen to all of our great episodes and different podcasts we have up on the Poor Man's Pinball Network. We have Try Multiball with Tim and Rachel, where they talk to one of the 45 members of the Poor Man's Pinball Tribe, which we will be inducting some more soon. They've been releasing episodes every few weeks. It's been fantastic. And now Orbital Albert, Pinball Nerds Podcast, has joined the Poor Man's Pinball Network. He's released a couple episodes. He has gotten a ton of listens. I mean, I think almost as many as us, if not more. So great job, Orby. Those are fantastic episodes. Keep them coming. He's only done two or three so far in our network, but we're glad to have him on board. And we're hoping to get some more content creators on soon. And we will keep the good pinball times rolling. Dad joke. Whoa, that was a mouthful. But we are approaching the 25-minute mark. I've had a great time talking to you guys today. Just wanted to get some more content out in the world. I'm really, really enjoying this. Pinball Expo is coming up in October. I want to start getting some buzz going for that. We've got a couple of great things coming up. So Jeremy Schmitz and I have reserved, that's right, we've reserved a booth for the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. We're going to be selling some old pinball junk, some good pinball stuff. I've got so many parts and different things. He's got the same. Uh, so we're just going to sell them, you know, give them away, whatever. Um, I ordered a special banner, which I think is going to be good fun for everybody. Um, you know, I've been kind of toying with this company online and I found this great place that makes these custom banners and they're very inexpensive. So I was like, F it, I'm going to order this banner. So I had a little fun with that, designing that, putting it together. I think everyone's going to enjoy it. and we're going to make this a thing, you know, because it's, you know, depending how this goes, we might do it again for the Midwest Gaming Classic. But I'm looking for some volunteers to just kind of watch over our stuff because I'm not going to be sitting there the whole time. But I'll be in and out, you know, the whole weekend. So I'll be coming in Thursday morning. I'll be there Thursday night. I'll be there Friday night. I'll be there Saturday night going to the Pinball Olympics, which I've never been, so I'm really excited about that. we have tribe members coming in from all around the world once again which is amazing and uh it's always great to see our friends and family and and you know people in the pinball community so you can look forward to our awesome booth um i'm really talking it up it's going to be a table with a banner and some stuff but uh either way really excited i think i'm going to bring the recorder and i'm going to do some cool interviews with all kinds of pinball people so we can look forward to that and I'll splice together a great show. Um, those shows, those episodes that I do after the shows have been some of the high, most highly listened to shows because people just love it. Well, you know, cause we're talking about the community. Um, we're just, you know, recounting stories and, you know, just, just great times, you know, drinking, smoking cigars, um, just, just having a great time with, with our, with our pinball friends. So, um, really, really looking forward to that and hoping to get some really good content for the show and hoping to meet all you guys. And if you have never said hi, please stop by and say hi to someone from the tribe or someone from the podcast where, like I said, there'll be lots of people rotating in and out of there, hopefully. So it should be a good time either way, but, uh, that'll be a quick way to find me. Um, otherwise you can just, you know, look me up and if you know what I look like, you'll find me. So anyways, I think that's all I have for today. I appreciate you guys listening to episode 126. Always a good time hanging out with you guys for a little bit. Let's get together soon and talk later. Outro Music For those who have listened all the way to the end, you must really be obsessed with what is inside your butthole.

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