# Episode 113

**Source:** Poor Man's Pinball Podcast  
**Type:** podcast_episode  
**Published:** 2022-02-23  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://poormanspinballpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-113

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## Analysis

Drew from Poor Man's Pinball Podcast discusses Multimorphic P3's new licensed game Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity, defending it against harsh criticism while acknowledging it wasn't the biggest IP choice. He addresses rising pinball prices as a natural market phenomenon tied to supply/demand, argues against entitlement-based complaints, and encourages community focus on location play and restoration projects. He also shares personal updates on his Sorcerer restoration project and tournament experiences.

### Key Claims

- [MEDIUM] Weird Al has won five Grammys across four different decades (80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s) — _Drew, speaking about Weird Al's cultural credentials during discussion of the new game. He notes 'we don't do a lot of fact-checking here at Poor Man's Pinball Podcast.'_
- [MEDIUM] Heist is Multimorphic P3's best-selling title to date — _Drew stated 'we all know that Heist was their best-selling title to date. I mean, you know, we don't have those numbers, but it's pretty obvious.'_
- [HIGH] Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity is Multimorphic P3's first licensed game — _Drew: 'Having a licensed theme is something they've never done.'_
- [HIGH] Pinball prices will only come down if supply chain issues resolve or if consumers stop buying — _Drew's analysis: 'There's two things. One, when the supply chain fixes itself, prices will come a little bit back towards Earth... The more important one is people would have to stop buying these things.'_
- [HIGH] Drew is completing a Sorcerer restoration for approximately $4,000 total with a new playfield from CPR — _Drew: 'I'm only in this project for about $3,000, and that's with a brand new playfield... I'm going to be in this thing total for probably, I would say, less than four grand.'_

### Notable Quotes

> "Well, do you wake up on Saturday morning and watch He-Man and watch Transformers? Do you play with Transformers toys? And the answer is no. So I understand it holds nostalgia. And for some people, I would argue that Weird Al holds the same nostalgia."
> — **Drew**, ~9:00
> _Core defense of Weird Al as a legitimate nostalgic IP for pinball audience, rebutting criticism that adults don't consume Weird Al content_

> "Sam Stern's a business and this is a luxury item. So while I wish everyone could afford it and I wish I could afford more games than I currently have, it's just not in the cards."
> — **Drew**, ~16:30
> _Frames pricing debate as economic reality of luxury goods; draws Ferrari analogy_

> "There is always somebody better off than you, and there's always somebody worse off than you. I don't care who you are."
> — **Drew**, ~17:45
> _Philosophical stance on economic inequality and entitlement in collector community_

> "The pinball community is where it's at. Our tribe members have been amazing people. They are amazing people. I love talking to them every week."
> — **Drew**, ~19:00
> _Emphasizes community connection over material consumption as core value proposition of the hobby_

> "I firmly believe what I just said, and I think that we need to look more introspectively instead of worrying about what other people have and what we can't afford."
> — **Drew**, ~18:30
> _Direct criticism of collector entitlement and comparison shopping behavior in Facebook groups_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Multimorphic P3 | company | Pinball manufacturer; released Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity, their first licensed game |
| Stephen Cameron Silver | person | Creative director of Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity for Multimorphic P3; animator/designer; described as 'pinball darling' and tribe member |
| Weird Al Yankovic | person | Music artist and comedian; subject of new Multimorphic P3 game; described as Grammy winner across multiple decades |
| Drew | person | Host of Poor Man's Pinball Podcast; solo episode; restoration enthusiast working on Sorcerer project |
| Chris | person | Host of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast; gave 'harsh' review of Weird Al game on Facebook Live; questioned appeal to adult audience |
| Zach Minney | person | Co-owner of Flippin' Out Pinball distributor; sponsor; video content creator |
| Nicole | person | Co-owner of Flippin' Out Pinball distributor alongside Zach Minney |
| Doc Finlay | person | Operator of pinballprices.com; tracks pinball market pricing; sponsor of the podcast |
| Flippin' Out Pinball | organization | Distributor of pinball machines and accessories; primary sponsor |
| Poor Man's Pinball Podcast | organization | Podcast hosted by Drew; episode 113 is a solo show |
| Stern Pinball | company | Major pinball manufacturer; referenced in context of pricing and licensing scale |
| Jersey Jack Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer; referenced as selling at higher volume than Multimorphic P3 |
| Spooky Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer; compared favorably to Multimorphic P3's growth strategy |
| American Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer; Dave Brennan works there |
| Jeremy Schmitz | person | Collector; provided Shadow soundboard on loan and sold rotisserie to Drew for Sorcerer project |
| Rachel | person | Tournament organizer; tribe member praised by Drew |
| Dave Brennan | person | Works at American Pinball; tribe member |
| Carrie Hardy | person | Video content creator; praised for production quality |
| Scott Ian | person | Has equipment (Twitch camera) that Drew is borrowing for video production |
| CPR | organization | Playfield restoration service; provided new playfield for Drew's Sorcerer project |
| Sorcerer | game | Pinball machine Drew is actively restoring; Williams classic; estimated $4,000 total investment with new playfield |
| Earthshaker | game | Non-A-list Williams title; Drew owns; purchased for $2,500, currently worth $3,000-$3,500 |
| The Shadow | game | Pinball machine Drew owns; recently repaired with new soundboard from Jeremy Schmitz |
| Radical | game | Stern game; Drew played in tournament, scored 12 million |
| Iron Maiden Premium Edition | game | Elwin game; Drew played and scored $358 million on ball one |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity (new Multimorphic P3 game), Pinball pricing and market affordability, Collector community sentiment and entitlement, Pinball restoration projects (Sorcerer)
- **Secondary:** Licensed IP in pinball design, Supply chain constraints on pinball production, Tournament play and competitive experiences, Elwin games and ownership strategy

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.72) — Drew is enthusiastic about the Weird Al game and Multimorphic P3's direction, defends the choice against criticism, and expresses deep satisfaction with community connections and personal projects. However, he's frustrated with collector entitlement and pricing complaints, though he frames this as concern for community health rather than negativity toward people. Overall tone is upbeat and motivational while being pragmatic about market realities.

### Signals

- **[announcement]** Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity officially announced by Multimorphic P3; described as their first licensed game (confidence: high) — Drew: 'Multimorphic P3's brand new Weird Al experience' and 'this is going to actually help them sell quite a few more units' following release
- **[sentiment_shift]** Mixed community reception to Weird Al theme; some harsh criticism from influential voices like Chris from Kaneda's Pinball Podcast on social media (confidence: high) — Drew: 'Chris was pretty harsh to it. I understand most of the criticism that he gave... But I do think that some of it was really, really harsh and pretty unwarranted'
- **[design_philosophy]** Multimorphic P3 strategic choice to use mid-tier licensed IP (Weird Al) rather than blockbuster franchises due to production scale constraints (confidence: high) — Drew: 'Jerry and team are not going to pay for Harry Potter when they're not selling the scale of units that a Sam Stern or a Jersey Jack Pinball are'
- **[market_signal]** Pinball pricing at all-time highs driven by supply chain constraints and high demand; prices unlikely to drop significantly even after supply resolves due to sustained interest (confidence: high) — Drew: 'pinball prices continue to rise... demand is still at an all-time high. Supply is... at an all-time low... prices will just keep ticking up'
- **[community_signal]** Collector community expressing entitlement and frustration about high prices in Facebook groups and forums; debate about affordability and fairness (confidence: high) — Drew: 'I go to the Sam Stern threads and the different things, Facebook groups... some guy made a post about how prices are ridiculous'
- **[licensing_signal]** Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity represents Multimorphic P3's first venture into licensed IP; suggests licensing strategy shift for the manufacturer (confidence: high) — Drew: 'Having a licensed theme is something they've never done... this is going to actually help them sell quite a few more units'
- **[personnel_signal]** Stephen Cameron Silver promoted from animator role to Creative Director for Weird Al game; career advancement within Multimorphic P3 (confidence: high) — Drew: 'He's morphed from just doing animations and stuff, and now he's the creative director of the game Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity... he's the pinball darling for the moment'
- **[restoration_signal]** Drew undertaking major Sorcerer restoration project using modern tools (rotisserie, YouTube resources, CPR playfield); documenting process for community education (confidence: high) — Drew: 'I'm only in this project for about $3,000... this is another way that I can enjoy the hobby without spending a million dollars... I've been kind of documenting this whole thing'
- **[business_signal]** Multimorphic P3 experiencing growth in market awareness and interest; focus on gradual, sustainable expansion rather than high-volume manufacturing (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'Multimorphic P3 has been kicking around now. And now they're really starting to pick up some buzz and pick up some steam... I don't think they want to be selling hundreds of games a month... build the business slowly, just like Spooky Pinball'
- **[content_signal]** Drew experimenting with solo podcast format and video content production; seeking to improve production quality and frequency (confidence: medium) — Drew: 'I'm finally getting into my groove with these one-man-show podcasts... some of those videos I was like, oh, man, Drew, you just, you look and sound like shit... I'm still working on that... I'm not giving up'

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## Transcript

 This episode of the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast is brought to you by Flip N Out Pinball. Zach and Nicole are the greatest distributors on planet Earth. If you want a new pinball game, you call them. If you want a used pinball game, you call them. You want accessories, you call them. Raw thrills, you call them. You want an Escalera, call somebody else. I'm still waiting on my fucking Escalera. Just kidding. You want that Escalera, you call them. It's not their fault. They will get it to you. It might take a while, but it is coming. Zach and Nicole, you guys are amazing friends of the show. We love you guys so much. Thank you for everything that you do. We are also brought to you by pinballprices.com. Doc Finlay, I love you too, man. I love everything you do. A friend of the show, tribe member of the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, Doc Finlay. he keeps you up to date on all the newest pinball insanity that's out there these prices are going nuts he is tracking all these sales and he is keeping it up to date pinballprices.com one of our premier sponsors for the poor man's pinball podcast thank you so much for what you do doc we are not sponsored by p3 multi-morphic but i want to give them a special shout out they have a new game this week. Weird Al's Natural Museum of Hilarity. Stephen Silver, he's a tribe member. He is their new creative director. We love Stephen Silver. We love P3 Multimorphic. I'm excited to see what they can do. And now, on with the show. Hello boys and girls, pinball people from around the world. This is the Poor Man's Pinball Podcast, episode 113. Drew is flying solo again today. I had some people that wanted to be on the show, but I said, you know what, today I'm just going to do one by myself. A couple things, we're just going to do a quick episode today. I wanted to talk about the new game, Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity from P3 Multimorphic. I think this came with a mixed review, so I want to talk about that. I want to talk about pinball prices in general and how people around the world are feeling about those pinball prices. And we can talk a little bit about Sorcerer and what is going on in my personal pinball news for the week. Let's get this show going. So we'll start this off talking about P3 Multimorphic's brand new Weird Al experience. First of all, I want to say I am a pretty big Weird Al fan, and I think there's a lot more Weird Al fans out there than people actually realize. So I've been a fan of Weird Al for a while. When I was a kid, I used to love him. He's great. I mean, he's entertaining. You know, the people that he parodies, people really like it. So, I mean, there was that riff with Coolio, but it wasn't that Coolio didn't like the song. I think that was Coolio's people had issue with it. And, you know, he always asked permission to do these parodies, which I think is very cool. So, anyways, I think, you know, just as a human being and as a person, people really seem to gravitate towards Weird Al. Nobody's ever really spoken ill of him. And, you know, the guy has done great work. He's entertaining. now um when this thing was released i was watching uh kaneda's saturday morning spectacular well it wasn't a saturday morning but um it was his facebook live and he was all amped up about you know the the new title coming out from p3 multimorphic and he was getting really excited and he was speculating on what it could be and then they released the bombshell of weird al And I got to say that Chris was pretty harsh to it. I understand most of the criticism that he gave, and we're going to talk a little bit about that. But I do think that some of it was really, really harsh and pretty unwarranted. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I just think some of the criticisms were, what was it? And he said, well, do grown men listen to Weird Al? And at first, my answer to that is no. As a grown man, I do not listen to Weird Al. So, okay, point one for Chris. You're absolutely right. As a kid, I listened to him all the time, as I said. But as a grown man, no, I don't really follow Weird Al and listen for him anymore. But I really loved him as a kid. And then my rebuttal to that is, you know, he's talking about He-Man and Transformers and all these other great 80s licenses. And my response to that is, well, do you wake up on Saturday morning and watch He-Man and watch Transformers? Do you play with Transformers toys? And the answer is no. So I understand it holds nostalgia. And for some people, I would argue that Weird Al holds the same nostalgia because, you know, music is very powerful for a lot of people. And, you know, maybe they remember somewhere they were, you know, visited when they heard Weird Al or friends they were with or, you know, all kinds of great things like that. So I just think that that's kind of that's a pretty unfair criticism of it. So, well, I will say that this is definitely not the biggest license that Jerry and P3 could have probably went after. I do feel that it's it's actually a really good choice. And for the platform, seeing Weird Al in cartoon digital animation form, I think it's going to be pretty cool. So we're going to have to wait and see. And as a matter of fact, I think this is going to actually help them sell quite a few more units. If I had to guess, we all know that Heist was their best-selling title to date. I mean, you know, we don't have those numbers, but it's pretty obvious that when Heist was released, there were a lot of people who have seen P3 many times over the years and had no real interest in it. And then Heist comes out and everyone's like, ooh, you know, even myself, it gave me a little bit of pause in a positive way where I was like, hmm, you know, now it's something that really is starting to entice me. But, you know, it still wasn't a theme. It's still pretty expensive. And we'll talk about price in a little while because that kind of ties into what we're talking about. Everyone's feeling on price and what's been happening with pinball prices. But once again, I really feel that this is going to help them really move some units because the prices are getting more in line with what's out there. And having a licensed theme is something they've never done. So if Weird Al appeals to you and you're a pinball fan, And there's going to be a lot of people jumping in who probably never would have jumped in in the past. So I think that's pretty cool. And I really want to give a special shout-out to Stephen Silver, one of our tribe members. He happens to be the creative director of the game Weird Al's Natural Museum of Hilarity. So very cool that he has morphed from just doing animations and stuff, and now he's the creative director, which is very cool. And I'm super happy and stoked for Stephen Silver. I'm trying to get him on the show because I want to talk to him about this because I think it's very interesting. He's doing the circuit now. He is the pinball darling for the moment. That's awesome. So, Stephen Silver, we love your brother. So we hope to be able to get you on the podcast soon and we can pick your brain about all this So once the hype dies down and all the women stop knocking on your door So hopefully, fingers crossed, you can look forward to that in the near future. So we don't have much more about this title at the moment. You can go to This Week in Pinball. They have a deep dive into it. I'm not going to you know I'm not going to rehash what they did there I think right now they only have the video, the little teaser video so you know not a lot of actual you know pictures or anything of that nature so we're just going to have to wait and see I'm sure they're going to be doing a stream at some point which would be you know freaking awesome so we'll be able to see that very very excited but you know once again And Weird Al is, I think, we can call him, he's a cultural icon. You know, and people might poo-poo that. But, you know, one thing, the other thing I was kind of going back and forth with Chris on his Facebook Live was, you know, Weird Al, I think he's the only one. And I'll have to verify this because, you know, we don't do a lot of fact-checking here at Poor Man's Pinball Podcast. But he has won a Grammy in literally four different decades. Okay? He's won a total of five Grammys, and he won them in the 80s, the 90s, the early 2000s, and the 2010s, if you will. He hasn't won one yet, but we're only 2022. He's still making music. So, you know, how cool would that be if he could go five for five, five decades? There you go, Chris. See, he already has five Grammys, but he'll go six for six, you know, in the Grammys, however it is, like you and your twippies. so um now you know and i'm picking on chris a little bit but like i said he was he was just really really harsh and um you know so i i'm gonna call him out and it was it was done in public so i'm just you know reiterating this in public that um you know i think you could have been a little kinder to the team over at p3 multimorphic um you know it it wouldn't have been my first choice either you know i'm not a marketing genius like you chris but it definitely would not have been my first choice, but I don't think it's a bad choice. I think they did what they could, and they're not going to overpay for some... Everyone's like, oh, maybe it's Harry Potter, and it's like, no. No, Jerry and team are not going to pay for Harry Potter when they're not selling the scale of units that a Stern or a JJP are. So all you fanboys and girls can just kind of forget about that for the moment. But they're going to keep selling units. They're still in business. You know, P3 has been been kicking around now. And now they're really starting to, to pick up some buzz and pick up some steam. And I'm excited to see what what they can do in the future. I don't, you know, I don't think they're ever going to get to the point where they're, you know, selling hundreds of games a month. But, you know, I don't think they want to be there either. I think they just want to, you know, be able to have some good titles and, and people are buying them, they maybe pick up a few new distributors and start selling more of these things so you know build the business slowly just like spooky so there you go so that was the poor man's pinball podcast exclusive first take of p3 multimorphics weird al's natural museum of hilarity i can't believe i got that right three times probably because i'm not drinking tonight so um pretty cool so we'll look forward to that well i'll keep you updated on all that But now I kind of wanted to segue into pinball prices. And yes, pinball prices continue to rise. Some would even say into crazy town. I've been saying that a lot. It is crazy out there. And it doesn't seem like there's any signs of stopping soon because, you know, demand is still at an all-time high. Supply is, you know, I would say at an all-time low, I mean, based on supply chain issues and other things. So, you know, it's definitely going to cause those prices to continue to rise, maybe even artificially for a while. But even if that wasn't the case, I'm still confident with the popularity of pinball growing. There are going to be prices that are just going to keep, you know, ticking up, you know, maybe not quite as fast once they get the supply chain issue ironed out. But for now, it is where we are. But more importantly, I wanted to talk about people's attitudes and feelings towards this. And once again, everyone's entitled to their opinion. And I'm not calling anyone out in this segment because there were some – I had some Facebook comments. You know, I go to the Stern threads and the different things, Facebook groups, you know, Stern Enthusiast and whatnot. and some guy made a post about how prices are ridiculous and they shouldn't be this high and what else did he say? I don't know. He was just really, really negative about it and all I said was, well, once again, Stern's a business and this is a luxury item. So while I wish everyone could afford it and I wish I could afford more games than I currently have. It's just not in the cards. And I kind of relate it to like a Ferrari. I think I've said this before, but almost everyone can afford a car, but not everyone can afford a Ferrari. So everyone can afford some sort of toys of sorts, but maybe not a pinball machine. And maybe you got to get something a little less expensive for your family, like a ping pong table or an Xbox or a Wii or something. So, you know, I just it just gets a little tiring. I'm kind of sick of talk. Well, you know what? I'm not sick about talking about it because I do think it's really fascinating because part of it is, you know, human behavior and just seeing how people interact. And, you know, I deal with people on a daily basis in my in my job. And, you know, even in my old career, you know, I dealt with people all day long and I just I find it fascinating. But, you know, people need to relax and they need to understand that there is literally only one way that this thing is going to change. And I firmly believe that the only way that prices will come down. Well, OK, so there's two things. One, when the supply chain fixes itself, prices will come a little bit back towards Earth. But once again, because the popularity is so high, it's not going to be like it was. And, you know, it never was. Like 10 years ago, it was more expensive than it was 20 years ago and so on and so forth. But so you have that. And that will fix itself maybe in the next year, 18 months, whatever. I know we've been saying that for 18 months now. But so there's that. But the more important one is people would have to stop buying these things. because when Stern was doing their vaults and Stern was trying all kinds of new things to get people to buy pinballs and they offer free shipping, I don't know how long they've been doing that. I'm just using it as an example, you know, but they would actually have, you know, like specials of sorts and you could call a distributor and they might've had a game that they were sitting on for, you know, a year. So they're like, yeah, I'll give you a couple of off because I want to move this thing. So, you know, people need to stop buying. But here's my other take on it. So that guy who made that post, if prices went down, say $1,000 a machine or $1,500 a machine or whatever that number is, he might be happy now because he's like, okay, you know, now I can start buying again. But now there's still going to be someone else who's like, well, there still so you know I can afford that or I don want to pay that and and that but there always going to be someone else The old adage there always somebody who has more money than you and there's always somebody who has less money than you. I don't care who you are. I don't care where you live. I don't care what you do for work. I don't care whatever part of the country you're in. There is always somebody better off than you and there's always somebody worse off than you. So my advice to the whole pinball community, a couple of things. Go play pinball on location. It's inexpensive. It's fun. Spend some more time with your friends. Enjoy what you do have in your lives. And this isn't like getting on my soapbox. I know it sounds like I am. But for the last 12 or 18 months, I've been really happy with my life. and none of that is attributed to buying and selling pinball machines. The reason I'm happier with my life, and this works for me, maybe it won't work for you, but this is just my two cents. It's my podcast. I can say whatever the hell I want and I'm going to be thankful for what you have, love the people around you. Like I said, have fun with your friends. You know, I've said this a thousand times, and this I will say a thousand times more. The pinball community is where it's at. Our tribe members have been amazing people. They are amazing people. I love talking to them every week. I love interacting with them on Facebook. I love texting with people. The people have been giving me the text shout-outs. By the way, 414-828-3739. Send me a text. Tell me what you think of the show. um poor man's pinball at gmail.com um those people this is what it's about you know people will just text me and say hey drew this is what i'm doing with pinball this week you know i'm i'm restoring this game i'm doing this i'm doing that uh rachel setting up these tournaments rachel i freaking love you my wife loves you too uh tim lee shit steven fucking silver i mean this guy he's a tribe member and he's making games for p3 multi-morphic how freaking cool is that um dave Jeff Brenner dave Jeff Brenner is working at american pinball you know so all these great people doing all these great things um i really enjoy talking to them so i know that kind of went off on a little bit of a tangent but um that's that's what it's about and then you know play some games you know and once again i i do feel for the people who don't have any games because especially now if they really want one because, yes, it is really expensive to enter. You know, I said that since day one. You know, when I started this six years ago, the price of entry was still pretty high. It's not as high as it is today, but it was still pretty high. And I am fortunate that I have these games now that I can sell and rotate and do that. But, yeah, if somebody has no games and they're really looking to get in, but, you know, there still are options and you can learn how to fix them and you can still get EM games for quote-unquote reasonable prices. I mean, you know, you spend $1,200, you get a nice EM, start there. Spend $3,000 and get a nice solid state machine. You know, you're not going to get an A-list title for that anymore, but that's okay. You know, I've had several not A-list titles in my collection, and guess what? You know, they were fun games because it's freaking pinball. You know, I still have some that aren't A-list titles. You know, I have Earthshaker. Earthshaker, I think today, I paid $2,500 for it last year You know, today I might get $3,000 or $3,500 But I'm not going to get a ton more for it So, you know, there you go You know, Earthshaker, Mousing Around There's still games out there that you can get And then people, well, I can't afford, you know, a new Deadpool or whatever Okay, fine You know, boo-hoo, there's bigger tragedies in the world Get outside, get some exercise I don't know, all these great things So once again, not going to keep beating the dead horse, but I just wanted to address that. And if you guys have comments, love it, hate it, once again, poormanspinball at gmail.com. Send me your hate mail. I don't care. I firmly believe what I just said, and I think that we need to look more introspectively instead of worrying about what other people have and what we can't afford, because quite honestly, here in this country, we can afford and do a lot more than a lot of people can in other parts. So just be a good human being, please. You know, treat everyone with respect and treat everyone better. Be better. Sorcerer. So I have been putting together the Sorcerer, and I am having a blast with it. I got the rotisserie. I went out with Jeremy Schmitz the other day. We had a few drinks. I went back to his house. He gave me a shadow board for my shadow. So thank you for that. It's on loan. I'm still looking to purchase one, but at least I can get Shadow back up and running. He gave me a new soundboard that he had laying around, which is fantastic. So thank you, Jeremy. And then I bought his rotisserie from him for 50 bucks. Thank you again, Jeremy. I set up the Sorcerer playfield on the rotisserie. I put up pictures on Poor Man's Pinball fan page. I've been kind of documenting this whole thing and I have um you know I have the backside of the play field almost put back together now now I'm just well I should I say almost but I'm I'm almost ready for the wire harness um I got all the brackets and you know the lamps and the gi and the the bare wire and all that good stuff is it's looking real sharp so I'm super excited about this see and this is another thing like like that project um I'm only in this project for about $3,000 and that's with a brand new play field. So, um, yes, it's a big task. Yes. I needed to learn some things to do it. Yes. I've done some other ones. So, um, but you know, with YouTube and all the stuff out there, this is another way that I can enjoy the hobby without spending a million dollars. So that, you know, all this kind of parlays into the price thing. Cause I'm going to be in this thing total for probably, I would say less than four grand, you know, is a source are worth four grand? Probably not, but you know, it's a lot of fun. This one is going to stick around cause I'm, I'm really putting blood, sweat and tears into it. And, um, you know, this is my biggest project to date. So I'm just, I'm having a lot of fun with it. That play field, CPR, big shout out. Um, not a sponsor of the show, but holy cow, that play field looks amazing. I put some pictures of that too, and I'll be taking some more pictures. I tried taking some videos and I got to give Zach many, flipping out pinball, a lot of credit because I was doing some little test videos with my iPad just trying to, you know, I know it's not a camera, it's just an iPad, but, you know, I really want to get some video stuff out for you and I got to go to Ian's and grab some of our old gear and stuff. But, man, Zach makes it look so easy. Carrie Hardy makes it look so easy. um i'm just finally getting into my groove with these um uh one man show podcast and i'm feeling good about these and i feel like i'm sounding better and just kind of it's flowing better but man i i some of those videos i was like oh man drew you just you look and sound like shit so i'm not even released those to the public because they were just awful and once again i was just it's just so hard because you know here I can look however I want and you know I'm just speaking into the mic you know I could be as sloppy as I want and you know I know I can be as sloppy as I want even on camera I've proven that time and time again but there just something about it so once again Zach Manny Kerry Hardy Emoto Harney all you guys out there who do this great video content my hat off to you I'm not giving up. I am not because I'm not a quitter. But I just got to work some stuff out. Like I said, I'm going to get the Twitch camera from Ian and, you know, just keep working on it. I'm still working on that room because I'm waiting on my Escalera. Zach? Zach, do you hear me? flipping out pinball do you hear me i want my escalera i gotta give him shit every week about that so anyways um there will be some video stuff coming and hopefully by the time i get sorcerer done i will be able to kind of take a nice video and talk about everything i did and because i'm really excited about it you know i've been taking notes and kind of tracking my hours and and it's just kind of a a really cool process um that i've enjoyed thoroughly and you know i'm I'm spending like an hour a day on it, sometimes two. So, you know, I'm probably going to have, you know, 50 or 80 hours into this thing. I think I'm up to, yeah, I'm probably up to 20 or 30 now. You know, it's probably going to take me another 15 to 20 to get the play field together. And then another 15 or 20 to kind of get it, you know, working 100% again. Because I know I'm going to screw something up. So, anyways, that's what I got going on. I really appreciate you guys hanging out with me if you guys have topics for the show send them to me once again 414-828-3739 you can text me poormanspinball at gmail.com you can email me send me something you might want us to talk about I'm still going to be doing Facebook Live that's the other part of the video thing that I'm really trying to get off the ground once I feel confident enough that it'll be some good content. But that's live, and once again, you've got to look good, sound good, so I'm working on that. What else? I don't know. So it's been great. Oh, I played in another tournament at a collector's house here in Milwaukee. Great tournament, great, great house. And he had 20, oh, God, he has like 25 games, and like six or eight of them are Stern L.E.'s. And he had, oh, Zach Menny, he had a radical and it was in good shape. And I scored, I kicked ass on that game. I got to pat myself on the back. I scored like 12 million. And if you guys don't know, I mean, cause I was, there were some good players there again, like the other one. And I scored 12 million. I was the fourth player. So I was just playing it out because I was having so much fun just blowing it up. But I think the next closest one was like 3 million. So, yeah, I just had a lot of fun. I've never played Radical, and holy shit, is that a good game. So I really, really enjoyed that. That was a treat. And then during intermission or between rounds or something, Jeremy Schmitz and I fired up Iron Maiden Premium, which I've never really played a premium, which is kind of cool because there's not a lot of them out in the wild. I got to pat myself on the back for this one, too. I got $358 million on ball one. It was the best ball one I've ever had. I think my top score on Iron Maiden when I owned it was maybe like $400 or $500 million, and that might even have been on five balls or something. But this was $358, and then we had to start the round, And so the game got turned off and I was like, I wasn't like super disappointed, but you know, cause three 58 still a great score. I mean, even with three balls. So it was just, it felt really good. And Holy shit. Is that a good shooter? Like I'm, I'm thinking about just getting all of Ellen's games again. And, and while we're talking about that and I'm just rambling on, I'm going to mention this. It's so bizarre because I've said this before, like Jurassic park is probably my favorite theme of Ellen's game. well, it is my favorite theme of Elwynn's games, because I didn't know much about Godzilla. Avengers is okay. I wasn't really an Iron Maiden fan, but what's really interesting about it is Jurassic Park is probably my least favorite of the Elwynn games, at least from a shooter's perspective. So I don't know. I think I'm at a point now, if I could only own three. if somebody gave you the opportunity, you could own three of Elwynn's games, which one wouldn't you own? I think that's a really good question. So you get three of them, and one of them's got to go. You can never have it. You can never play it. I don't know. I mean, I like Jurassic Park a lot. I think it's a great game, but I just think of those four games, if I was going to own, you know, and I've had three of the four in my home, I don't know that Jurassic Park would come back in like Avengers now I'm starting to warm up to it maybe because I'm playing more like tournament style stuff so I'm digging the rules and that kind of thing it is still really fucking complicated and I don't know if I'll ever figure it out but yeah I might want to own that one Iron Maiden I'm starting to think maybe I want one back one of these days because it's just so fun to blow that game up but Jurassic Park I played a lot of it I just think I've had my fill So, you know, once again, it's a good game. I mean, I'll play it on location occasionally, but I just, you know, it's just, I don't know. I just didn't have the staying power. Maybe because I like the movie so much that, you know, it's not the movies. It's what, Dino Adventureland, if Ian was here. So, yeah, I don't know. But anyways, that's my take on that and had a lot of fun at the tournament. And that's what I have for you guys today. So, you know, we're about 30 minutes, short and sweet. Um, I'm like, once again, I'm really digging, just kind of hanging out, talking at you guys, I guess, as it were. But, um, yeah, please give me some feedback because, um, you know, and, and constructive criticism is great. I've had some people say like your sound sucks and this and that. And, um, they didn't really say it like that. They were actually very kind because most of our community is, which I really appreciate. But, um, no, I, I take the constructive criticism and, um, you know, I got pretty thick skin, you know, in my line of business, I hear no a lot. So you have to. but yeah, you know, send me a line, let me know how I'm doing, and have a great week, we'll talk real soon. All about, can't figure any lyrics out How do the words to it go? I wish you'd tell me, I don't know Now I'm mumbling and I'm screaming And I don't know what I'm singing Crank the volume In the bleeding And you don't know What I'm singing We're so loud and Incoherent Boy, this ought to Fuck your parents Yeah Hi

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