# Kaneda Club Metallica LE Remastered Spot @ MSRP

**Source:** Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2024-10-22  
**Duration:** 11m 16s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx5zNZlSIr0

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## Analysis

Kaneda announces a giveaway for a Metallica LE Remastered pinball machine at MSRP ($13,000) to a die-hard Metallica fan through his Club membership. He responds defensively to community backlash over his initial attempt to sell the machine at $18,000, framing it as market research and accusing the community of being overly sensitive about his profit-seeking while allowing him to lose money on pinball. The giveaway operates via Patreon messaging with winner validation by phone call.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] The remastered Metallica LE is much better than the Premium version — _Kaneda states 'The LE is much better than the Premium a lot of guys have Premiums who are like oh yeah I'm happy with my Premium no you're not don't lie'; this is opinion presented as fact_
- [HIGH] Metallica LE machines are sold out everywhere and unobtainable — _Kaneda: 'you can't get it nobody has one available it's sold out everywhere'_
- [MEDIUM] A previous James Bond machine giveaway winner did not follow through on purchase — _Kaneda: 'remember the James Bond guy didn't want it' in context of validating that winners actually buy the machine_
- [HIGH] Kaneda initially tested selling the Metallica LE at $18,000 to gauge market interest — _Kaneda: 'I literally just wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K that was it I wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K just just to prove a point'_
- [HIGH] The giveaway price is fixed at $13,000 MSRP, not a penny more — _Kaneda: 'you're going to be able to get it for $13,000 not a penny more all right not a penny more'_

### Notable Quotes

> "I'm allowed to lose a ton of money in pinball but can never make a buck I get it I get it"
> — **Kaneda**, opening
> _Sets up Kaneda's defensive posture regarding community backlash over profit-seeking on machine sales_

> "I want to make sure this game goes to a Die Hard Metallica fan not somebody who's just looking you know to get a game to scalp or flip or like make money on it"
> — **Kaneda**, mid-video
> _Core philosophy of giveaway; intended to prevent speculation/resale_

> "The LE is much better than the Premium a lot of guys have Premiums who are like oh yeah I'm happy with my Premium no you're not don't lie"
> — **Kaneda**, early
> _Strong opinion on LE superiority; dismissive of Premium owners' satisfaction_

> "I literally just wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K that was it...to prove a point"
> — **Kaneda**, late
> _Admission that initial $18K asking price was a market test, not a genuine sale attempt_

> "you're going to be able to get it for $13,000 not a penny more all right not a penny more"
> — **Kaneda**, closing
> _Final confirmation of fixed MSRP giveaway price_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Kaneda | person | Pinball podcaster; host of Saturday Morning Spectacular; conducting Metallica LE giveaway; initially attempted to sell machine at $18K |
| Metallica LE Remastered | product | Stern pinball machine; Limited Edition; subject of giveaway; described as sold out everywhere; premium version superior to standard Premium according to Kaneda |
| Saturday Morning Spectacular | event | Kaneda's recurring pinball podcast/livestream show format |
| Kaneda Club | organization | Membership program ($5/month) through which giveaway entries are submitted via Patreon |
| Stern Pinball | company | Manufacturer of Metallica LE Remastered machine |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Metallica LE Remastered availability and pricing, Community backlash and content creator monetization ethics, Machine giveaway mechanics and winner validation
- **Secondary:** LE vs Premium pricing tiers and perceived value, Speculation/flipping culture and collector sentiment

### Sentiment

**Mixed** (0.35) — Kaneda is defensive and sarcastic throughout, acknowledging community anger while dismissing critics as 'socialists' and 'haters.' The giveaway itself is framed positively as community-focused, but the underlying tone is resentful about subscriber backlash. Frustration with technical livestream issues adds to overall negativity. The closing sentiment softens slightly with the fixed MSRP offer.

### Signals

- **[community_signal]** Kaneda employing giveaway/lottery mechanics through Club membership to distribute scarce machines while filtering for genuine fans vs. speculators (confidence: high) — Giveaway requires Patreon messaging, written justification, phone validation, and explicit fan authentication before winner can purchase at MSRP
- **[sentiment_shift]** Significant community opposition to content creator profit-seeking on limited machines; backlash sufficient to force retreat from speculation pricing (confidence: high) — Kaneda reports threats of subscription cancellation and widespread negative feedback on $18K asking price
- **[competitive_signal]** LE premium positioned as clearly superior to Premium tier; messaging that Premium owners are in denial about their satisfaction (confidence: medium) — Kaneda dismisses Premium satisfaction claims and strongly advocates LE as 'much better' with no performance caveats mentioned
- **[market_signal]** Metallica LE Remastered is sold out everywhere and difficult to obtain; high demand indicating potential secondary market activity and FOMO dynamics (confidence: high) — Kaneda: 'you can't get it nobody has one available it's sold out everywhere'
- **[community_signal]** Kaneda uses market testing approach for limited machines; attempts to gauge speculative value before deciding on pricing/disposition strategy (confidence: high) — Kaneda framed $18K listing as 'market research to see how much someone would pay' to identify audience willingness to pay premium prices
- **[market_signal]** Kaneda tested market appetite for Metallica LE Remastered at $18,000 asking price; community backlash forced pivot to $13,000 MSRP giveaway, indicating pricing sensitivity and speculation concerns (confidence: high) — Kaneda explicitly states 'I literally just wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K' and later announces fixed $13K giveaway price after 'anger vitriol disdain and threats'

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## Transcript

all right we are live I love it all right let's do this let's let's let people come in here let's share this link uh I heard your feedback gosh a lot of you guys get triggered never realized how sensitive some of you are I'm allowed to lose a ton of money in pinball but can never make a buck I get it I get it um and so here we are Canada's Metallica remastered Le spot like get win get Canad is metal for let's make sure a Die Hard Metallica fan wins this all right here we go let's do this upload no not upload all right I think we're live let's see let's make sure now where'd it go hold on sorry gang no it's not like like it's it's not about you you screw the haters I I don't think that really works that doesn't work for me either like it's not where where did my post go hold on a second where's my let's get people in here let's get people in here um all right all right so like sometimes in life you just have to like figure out the best way to do something um I'm going to make why is there no like I just posted this like live post stream Doom how to get Canada's Metallica Le spot at what's today's date am I like yeah I don't that's weird oh I see what I did I think I scheduled it to go I have no idea what's happening here oh it's like pushed it God I I really need to learn how to do this better because it's like literally I'm always like there we go let's do it right now what's T 22nd right all right save all right there we go all right sorry for all the back and forth people we're going to get rid of this one delete oh my God like it won't let me delete stuff on just just hard being the life of a pinball podcaster these delete all right there we go all right all right gang so here's the deal okay I I did do something right I okay so it is it is with great pleasure that I announce as your venerable pinball podcaster as you're looking out for the pinball Community uh my my attempts to do a market research to see how much someone would pay for this game have been met with anger vitriol disdain and threats of cancelling subscriptions after all the work I do and all the effort I put in for five measly dollars a month I get threats if Cano wants to buy a game and speculate on it I'm allowed to buy games and lose money not allowed to buy a game and make any money got it duy noted duly noted you socialist okay so here's the deal I want this game which is unobtanium right now you can't get it nobody has one available it's sold out everywhere um Metallica fans are all up in a tizzy about this thing some of them are incorrectly saying the old artwork is better it's not the old game isn't better in any way shape or form this game is crazy good um the Ellie is much better than the premium a lot of guys have premiums who are like oh yeah I'm happy with my premium no you're not don't lie so here is your chance I think I'm GNA get more names I think I'm gonna get more names this time around than I have for any other time I've put people's names in a hat for a chance to buy an Le spot um so I think this is going to be uh a lot of work so what I want though is to make sure that this game goes to a DieHard Metallica fan not somebody who's just looking you know to get a game to scalp or Flip or like make money on it I want to make sure this game is bolted and whoever wins it and really appreciates it so the way it's going to work I need you to email me or PM me on actually I need you to write through patreon I need you to message me because I want to validate that you are a paying Club member and I want you to explain why you want this game and what it means to you as a fan of pinball and Metalica and I need your name and I need your phone number because the way this is going to work as it always works is I'm going to call the winning name at 11:00 Eastern Standard Time and that person has to pick up the phone has to pick up the phone and has to um has to you know claim their prize if you will which is buying this game at MSRP okay okay does that does that sound good all all right and the winner will actually follow through and buy it this time yeah remember the James Bond guy didn't want it so that's how we're going to do it um it is it is open to new club members joining so you could look at that as a $ five hat toss in the ring I'm just a little worried that this is going to take me forever to print out people's names and number I I'll do it I'll do it um but just just you know just know that um okay now I just want I need to validate where this game is coming from and make sure everyone's cool with this um you know there's a little bit of a transfer of a deposit into a new owner um so there's that okay all right that's it guys Canada Saturday morning spectacular will give a Metallica Ellie remastered to a fan that missed out okay thank you for your feedback about how greedy and horrible I am thank you for threatening to quit my show after all I do um I literally just wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K that was it I wanted to see if someone would bite at 18K just just to prove a point you know it's it sucks because I'm not allowed to do any of this now like I'm not I'm not allowed to like test the market I'm I'm only allowed to lose money um but again I'm not in I'm not a distributor I'm not a dealer I'm not making you know money hand over fist but I know that there are gentlemen out there that they don't that that number doesn't even make them blink so you're going to be able to get it for $113,000 not a penny more all right not a penny more how's that sound all right all right everybody be good I'm going to go enjoy the beautiful Carl Weathers spent way too much time today on pinball all

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