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Saturday Morning Spectacular! July 19

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·1h 12m·analyzed·Jul 20, 2025
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TL;DR

Kaneda critiques Stern's unsustainable pricing model and speculates on Keith Elwin leaving for Jersey Jack.

Summary

Kaneda hosts a dual-platform Saturday morning livestream from Connecticut, discussing pinball industry trends, designer rankings, and manufacturer strategy. Key topics include speculation about Keith Elwin potentially leaving Stern for Jersey Jack, criticism of Stern's pricing and production model (three-tier LE/Premium/Pro with 1,000 unit LEs), concerns about game theme quality (King Kong, Star Wars), and observations about the pinball content creator ecosystem. Kaneda expresses concern that Stern has scaled production beyond what the market can sustain with their current formula.

Key Claims

  • Keith Elwin's contract with Stern might be coming up and he could go elsewhere, possibly Jersey Jack

    low confidence · Kaneda explicitly frames this as unverified rumor: 'I heard a rumor and this is so rumor that Keith Elwin's contract with Stern might be coming up'

  • Jack Danger is the best designer in pinball right now, above Keith Elwin

    medium confidence · Kaneda's opinion after Jack Danger joins the stream: 'I think Jack Danger is the best designer in pinball right now. I do. And I will fight you if you disagree. I think Jack Danger is above Keith Elwin.'

  • King Kong LE machines are going for $9,000 and will easily reach that price by year-end

    high confidence · Direct market observation: 'Kong LE...I think Kong LE is going to be easily a $9,000 game by the end of the year'

  • Stern built their factory based on a formula of games at $5k-$7.5k with 500 LE units and better theme variety

    medium confidence · Kaneda's analysis of Stern's business model: 'the formula that worked was games were more affordable, games had better themes and less had 500 units'

  • Stern is now using a formula of three cornerstone games plus anniversary editions with 1,000 LE units at unsustainable prices

    high confidence · Direct critique of current Stern strategy: 'They've got this formula of like three cornerstones a year plus anniversary editions plus remastered games a thousand of every LE'

  • Steve Richie's next Jersey Jack game will not be Matrix, Top Gun, Sonic, Super Mario Bros, or a movie from the 80s/90s

    medium confidence · Kaneda provides hints but keeps details private: 'It's not Matrix. It's not Top Gun. It's not Sonic the Hedgehog. It's not Super Mario Bros. It's not a movie from the 80s or the 90s'

  • Evil Dead is selling for $15,000 on the secondary market

    high confidence · Community chat observation: 'Evil Dead is now selling for $15,000. That's amazing.'

  • 90% of pinball buyers and owners are not on Pinside forums

Notable Quotes

  • “I think Jack Danger is the best designer in pinball right now. I do. And I will fight you if you disagree. I think Jack Danger is above Keith Elwin.”

    Kaneda @ ~25:00 — Major shift in Kaneda's ranking of top pinball designers; publicly elevates Jack Danger above previously cited top designers

  • “The formula that worked was games were more affordable, games had better themes and less had 500 units...but not where they are now.”

    Kaneda @ ~62:00 — Core critique of Stern's business model evolution; identifies pricing and production scale as fundamental problems

  • “I think he's handsomely paid. Now Todd said something interesting. JJP should pay Keith a million per year. I think he's worth that. I do. I think it's criminal.”

    Kaneda @ ~20:00 — Discussion of designer compensation; suggests top designers are undercompensated relative to game sales potential

  • “Predator is DOA. Cuphead, Cuphead nowhere to be found. Venom less for $8,500. Potter AI disaster. Kong is whatever. Jaws 50th is dope.”

    Sad Boy (donor) @ ~28:00 — Community sentiment on recent releases; indicates market softening on several recent Stern titles

  • “I think Stern's in a little bit of trouble...They've built this entire company around a process and around a formula and they forgot the formula that made them successful.”

    Kaneda @ ~62:00 — Direct assessment of Stern's operational and strategic vulnerability

  • “The Kong gong shot is not one of it—it's every time you hit the gong and King Kong, your game is losing $15. That's what that shot is.”

    Kaneda @ ~48:00 — Mechanical/economic critique of King Kong's design; suggests poor playfield shot value distribution

  • “It only works if it's like take my money now dream theme which they're usually not. And then everyone every game starting to look the same.”

    Kaneda @ ~65:00 — Identifies lack of compelling themes and visual uniformity as current Stern weakness

Entities

KanedapersonKeith ElwinpersonJack DangerpersonSteve RichiepersonStern PinballcompanyJersey Jack PinballcompanyEric MinerpersonKing Kong

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Stern scaled production based on frenzy demand but current formula (three cornerstones, 1,000 LE units, high pricing) is unsustainable

    high · Kaneda: 'they scaled up to a size now where they need to try to like be successful now with a new version of that formula which I think is dangerous' and 'It only works if it's like take my money now dream theme which they're usually not'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Shift in community rankings elevating Jack Danger above previously established top designers (Elwin, Richie)

    medium · Kaneda: 'I think Jack Danger is the best designer in pinball right now...I think Jack Danger is above Keith Elwin'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Jersey Jack positioned as alternative destination for top talent (Keith Elwin speculation); JJP platform perceived as superior

    medium · Kaneda: 'Jersey Jack platform is the nicest' and 'If [Keith Elwin] were to go somewhere, it would be Jersey Jack Pinball'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: King Kong criticized for recycled art assets, poor playfield economics (gong shot loses money), and lack of originality

    high · Kaneda: 'recycling the art across all three models...no assets, no Empire State Building...it's the modern-day Avengers' and 'every time you hit the gong and King Kong, your game is losing $15'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Stern has lost the formula that made them successful: affordable pricing, better theme variety, limited LE runs (500 units)

    high · Kaneda: 'the formula that made Stern really successful 500LE's of really great themes where there was more variety...they forgot the formula that made them successful'

Transcript

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0:04
All right, we are live. We are live in Casad Grenada. We are on both YouTube and Facebook at the same time. I can't even believe it took me so long to just realize I could put the phone up where the computer screen is. How's everybody doing? Let's wait for people to come into the house. I haven't done this before double so you could watch. It's backwards though. I'm looking at mirror images of myself because Facebook won't allow me to flip the mirror around. I got to get that screen thingy you put on the back. What's up? Now, I actually think it's better on YouTube. The the mic is better. The quality is better. But I want to give people the option. So, we can now make money both ways. What's up, Brian? What's up, Dante? Charles Thomas is in the house. Everyone's confused. Where is he? Is he on Facebook? Is he on YouTube? Can is on both. We're We're monopolizing this whole pinball content space. It is a beautiful day here in Rowan, Connecticut. So beautiful that I don't think I'm going to be doing this for an hour or sorry, I meant more than an hour because it's just too nice out. Um, join on YouTube. Join us live on YouTube. exciting day for me today because I'm going to hang out with someone. Franchie, we're both on Facebook and on YouTube. I miss the Facebook because I could jump around and bring it anywhere, but I also just want to give people options. You know, Canade, I'm a man of many options. How's everybody doing? We got Brian. He's out there trying to get rich off pinball. You know, speaking of getting rich off Pinball, speaking to my friend uh Neil who does Pinquest and you know, just talking about the Pinquest offering, giving him some feedback about it. And in the end, you know, it was funny because I was like, Neil, like why like why is anybody trying to make money in pinball? It's like really hard to do. It is really really hard to do. Uh you either got to be a distributor or you have to um make product. And this is product. This is product. How's everybody doing? Is everybody liking the new Naps Arcade? I I got a I I I signed up. I got to sign up for the subscription service. I was talking about it. It's so different looking. I got to get used to it. You know, there's something about there was like a comfort with the old blog and I just got to get used to the new Naps Arcade. Uh has anyone signed up and been in the uh the forum yet? I'm I'm curious what it's like. Uh there's going to be a marketplace, a forum. Uh you know what I would do? I would just make a better pinside. I mean, that's the goal. That is the goal. Pinsid's very addictive. I mean, Robin did a good job making a very very addictive uh site that makes people want to keep going back. It it you know what what he did well is he gified being a jerk. I mean that like he made being a jerk fun. So, like, and I just want to get as many thumbs up or thumbs down as I can. And for some reason, these grown men are like they feel validated that they got a thumbs up. Oh, yeah. I said something that eight other alcoholics agreed with. Welcome to Pinsside. The smartest people never go on pinside. And and I would say 90% of pinball buyers and owners are not on pins. They're not they're just they're they are not on pinside. They don't care. When you go to a pinball show, it's always funny. I'm just going to move this here this way. Like I'm I'm staring, you know. I I think it it'll work well. On YouTube right now, tell me, does it look like I'm looking at the screen? Because I literally have my phone in front of my my screen. 24 people over here, 12 people over here. Um it's Saturday. Where's the audience? Has Canada lost it? Can you guys give money? Is Is it working? are the super can someone try the monetization? Anyway, we're going to talk all about what's going on in pinball. If you're a member of the Canada club, uh this week I will tell you what I think the new Steve Richie or the next Jersey Jack game is going to be. I've got uh I've got a feeling on something. It's a you know, it's like look, I haven't seen it. And I always say this, unless I've seen it with my own eyes, stare, let me look upon you, Canada, with my own eyes. Unless I've seen it with my own eyes, I I don't know. They have like five titles somewhere in the mix. So, Jersey Jack is going to make uh you know, Steve Richie's next. Mark Seiden, I don't think is on a game. I think he's helping out. How much are Kong Elli's going for now? Nine. Um, Kong Ellie, what's up, Andrew? I'm Wayne, thank you for the stars. Can someone test to see if Can someone test to see if the monetization is working on YouTube and send me $50? Like, I'm just I'm joking, but I'm not. We're going to make some money here. We're going to give big shout outs to the leaderboard as we go. So, right now, we got Wayne with 50 stars, which is nothing. Wayne, come on. We need 5,000 stars. Um, I think Kong Ellie is going to be easily a $9,000 game in by the end of the year. And anyone who bought an LE, now I heard something else. I'll just talk about it here. I heard a rumor and you know rumors like these I don't really like feel it like it's my position to again just what I'm about to say please please please take it with a grain of salt the the thing I'm about to say is that I am hearing a rumor and this is so rumor that Keith Elwin's contract with Stern might be coming up and he might be looking to go elsewhere. I I don't like rumors like that because like h you know it's like I think he's going to stay at Stern but if he were to go somewhere it would be

medium confidence · Kaneda's estimate based on show attendance: 'I would say 90% of pinball buyers and owners are not on Pinside. They're not. They just are not on Pinside.'

  • “Eric Miner is not as good as Keith Elwin. I don't think anybody would argue that. I don't think Eric would say he's as good as Keith Elwin. He's not.”

    Kaneda @ ~17:00 — Comparative designer evaluation; suggests Eric Miner's Harry Potter design not at elite level despite commercial success

    • game
    Harry Pottergame
    Evil Deadgame
    Predatorgame
    Jaws 50th Anniversarygame
    Venomgame
    Cupheadgame
    Star Warsgame
    Ralphperson
    Pinsideorganization
    Naps Arcadecompany
    Sad Boyperson
    Wayneperson
  • $

    market_signal: Secondary market depreciation on recent Stern releases (Venom, Predator, Cuphead supply issues)

    high · Donor Sad Boy: 'Predator is DOA. Cuphead, Cuphead nowhere to be found. Venom less for $8,500'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Keith Elwin potentially seeking to leave Stern for Jersey Jack Pinball

    low · Unverified rumor from Kaneda: 'I am hearing a rumor...that Keith Elwin's contract with Stern might be coming up and he might be looking to go elsewhere' — explicitly framed as speculation and caution advised

  • $

    market_signal: Three-tier LE/Premium/Pro pricing model with 1,000-unit LE runs is perceived as unsustainable and causing secondary market weakness

    high · Kong LE at $9,000; Venom LE at $8,500; Predator characterized as 'DOA'; Kaneda: 'prices had to increase but not where they are now'

  • ?

    announcement: Star Wars Pinball launching early September with Episodes 3, 4, 5, 6

    medium · Kaneda: 'Do we think we're going to see it early September? That's what I think. I think it's going to be episode 3, four, and three, four, four, five, and six. New Hope, Empire, and Return of the Jedi'

  • ?

    rumor_hype: Upcoming Steve Richie Jersey Jack game is not Matrix, Top Gun, Sonic, Super Mario Bros, or 80s/90s movie

    medium · Kaneda teases upcoming title: 'It's not Matrix. It's not Top Gun. It's not Sonic the Hedgehog. It's not Super Mario Bros. It's not a movie from the 80s or the 90s' and admits worry about what it might be

    • 6:31
    there. Jersey Jack Pimmel. Imagine a Keith Elwin. Let's just imagine for a minute, right? We can imagine he trades. He He switches teams, right? Imagine, is the chat working, guys? Is this working in YouTube? Is it working? Because no one's chatting. Imagine um imagine Keith Elwin making a Jersey Jack game. Now, I think that would be the greatest thing ever because the Jersey Jack platform is the nicest. You know, someone just said it would crush Stern. Um, I know that they tried to get Keith Elwin when they got Steve Richie. They actually wanted Keith first. he declined. I think Keith Owen has had a very successful career at Stern. I think there's pros and cons. Let's talk about the pros and cons, ladies and gentlemen, of Keith Elwin moving to Jersey Jack. Pro, he can make games with bigger bombs, with more of a beautiful platform. He He'd have more to work with. pro. Um I think he would um I think you know I'm trying to think of like I think he'd make more money. I think he's handsomely paid at Stern though. I don't think Keith Elwin is is sort of you know short short end of the stick when it comes to salary. I think he's handsomely paid. Um now Todd said something interesting. JJP should pay Keith1 million per year. Uh I think he's worth that. I do. I I think it's criminal. I don't think distributors should make more money than Keith Delwin. Now, I'm not saying dishers are making a million a year, but probably some are making like half that at least. And I think um the best pinball designer in possibly history should make a million dollars a year considering what these games can move volume-wise. The thing is this. I think the smart play Yeah. He's not making Yeah, he's not making a million here. I think what's interesting is if you look at like Harry Potter and I I think about this, Harry Potter would sell good or bad thousands of units. And I mean this good or bad. Now I think Eric made a great shooting game. Great shooting game. Is it as good as King Kong to shoot? No. Like let's just let's just be honest here for a minute. Eric Miner is not as good as Keith Allwin. I don't think anybody would argue that. I don't think Eric would say he's as good as Keith Ellen. He's not like he's it's just it's it's it's just not there yet. I would say that the best two designers going right now in pinball are Keith Elwin and Steve Richie. And I don't think people would say Eric is even third. Do I maybe I don't know. Let me think about this for a minute. Who's the third best designer in all of Pinball right now? Because you might make an argument that like Evil Dead maybe Bug and Luke are they up there now like L is it is it Bug? Um is it I don't you know is it John Borg now? Is it Brian Eddie? I don't know. D and D wasn't bad. Wasn't bad but it wasn't like wow you know Eddie's much more fan layout. Who who do you guys think is the the third best designer in pinball right now?
    10:30
    I'm reading both threads. I know. Evil Dead is now selling for 15,000. That's amazing. John Erlick, we're on Facebook. We're on YouTube. We're backwards on Facebook because they don't let you flip it around anymore. Yeah. Well, how did I forget about this guy? Of course. Of course. The Well, and I actually think he might be the best designer in pinball. Oh my god. Can Can we just say Sad Boy just gave $100. I think this is the most Sad Boy I've ever got in a single donation ever on a live broadcast. $100. And I want to read what he said. Predator is DOA. Cuphead Cuphead nowhere to be found. Venom less for 8,500. Potter AI disaster. Kong is whatever. Jaws 50th is dope. And I lost $1,300 at the casino the other night. Better than buying a wick hourglass topper. Go get some sushi with this cash brother. Thank you so much. Sad boy. Sad sad boy. What's your what's your name? Because it sounds like a nickname. Um, love you and you get like, see this is why Canada has Wayne. Wayne Wayne, you gave me 50 stars, Wayne. You gave me like 50 cents. I love it. Come on, keep it coming. Let's look. You You take over the show when you donate the dough. Oh, that's going to be my new phrase. You take over the show when you donate the dough. All the other content creators out there be like, "Damn, he's doing it still." Canada lost. The Trippy was second place this year. Even though he got a 100 more first place votes, he lost. The weighted Gen Z woke scoring system got him. Yeah. Predator is DOA. Okay. Jack Danger is the name I forgot. Jack Danger. I'm going to go back on what I said. I think Jack Danger is the best designer in pinball right now. I do. And I will fight you if you disagree. I think Jack Danger is above Keith Elwin. I said it. I said it. Wayne 200 stars. Thank you. I think it goes Jack Danger, Keith Elwin, Steve Richie. That's it. That's it. Melbourne Pinball Expo. What's up, guys? They gave my seat to Eric Miner. No, they did it, guys. They invited me to Pinball Expo. Um, I wasn't sure I could go. Eric is going. Um, it's an expensive flight. We were going to do a Canad fundraiser to raise a ticket to get me to Australia. We could still do it. We could still do it. But, as I said, Canada flies business class. when it's over. Like even Yeah, I'm going to Austin, Texas. I'm going to Austin, Texas tomorrow. If anyone's in Austin tomorrow and wants to hang out with Canada, maybe we can make it happen. I'm going for a work meeting on Monday, rehearsal tomorrow, and you know, they put Canada in coach. It's our company policy. Coach, domestic business class international. They didn't get the memo. Canad don't fly coach. So yeah, they booked the ticket. I went in this morning. Delta got my sky miles, baby. Upgrade first class. Now look, now look, it's like it's not great first class when you're going, you know, but it's four hours. It's four hours and I want to be I want to be comfortable. I've got Let me show you what I got ready to go. I'm so excited. I got my Switch 2
    14:55
    it's going to load a This thing is 450 bucks, people. By the way, when you think about the fact that like a stern topper is $2,000, like get out of dodge. It's loading. It's loading. Wait for it. I got it all set up to go. All set up to go. Oh, normal mode. Okay. Haven't played it yet, but I got I got Donkey Kong Bonanza. I'm so excited to play Donkey Kong Bonanza. I don't even want to watch the intro yet. But when you think about Frank, I can't believe you just gave me a dollar. I can't believe you are going to come in at the bottom end, but you still you give the dough, you take over the show. Frank Mack, ladies and gentlemen, my good friend Frank D'Angelo, one of my best buddies, local Frank, we hang out all the time. Jack Danger, Keith Elwin, Steve Richie. Then I would put Bug up there next. Um, just Yeah, just keep giving a dollar. Every bride, thank you. Um, look everybody, keep the stars coming on Facebook. I got 65 people on YouTube, 30 people on Facebook. Does this work for you guys by the way? Does this like doing it on both YouTube and Facebook? Are you guys feeling the vibes? Is it okay? Is Canada making it easy for everybody to witness the gun show? I can't do the guns on Facebook as much, but on you see the screens wider on YouTube. So yeah, you know, Retro Ralph won't talk to me anymore. Don hasn't accepted any of my apologies. John Erlick and I are still buddies. We want to, you know, look, I want to I serious note, really, really sad. Rob Anthony passing away this week. Terrible moment for the pinball community. Um, our thoughts and prayers are definitely with Rob's family, his friends. A lot of which are my close friends in this hobby. Uh, Joe Aabati, Bill Brandis, these guys were really close with with Rob. So, I know they're taking it really hard. And it it sucks. like it's um you know I'm I'm assuming he was young too. Like it just it's a it's a short it's it's life is short is what I wanted to say. Um so be kind until it's time not to be kind to Pinball Brothers Predator. Let's talk about what's going on in pinball people. Should we get into it? Should we get into it? All right. Let's start with Harry Potter. What's up, Hector in Miami? Hector. Hector, I gotta warn you, brother. Our boy here, Sad Bow, just donated a hundred bucks. Now, Hector, Hector's been a big donator of Canadas Pinball Podcast. You know, I love the name Patreon because these are my patrons. You know, I feel like some Renaissance artists in the pinball space.
    18:09
    Let's talk about Harry Potter. I think Harry Potter is a game that is um is really making people happy and and I you know you can nitpick certain things. You know how I feel about the Jersey Jack coding approach. I'm going to have some intimate conversations with some of the leadership at Jersey Jack in the next few days and weeks uh and just giving them some feedback. I I but there's no denying the fact that Harry Potter is taken off, has been wellreceived, and people are just really enjoying it. And you know, you have to reach a point in pinball where that's what it's all about, right? I mean, that's what it's all about. I don't think it's a game for everybody. I I think there's things I would have done differently. I don't think it's loaded. Pipple, thank you for the $2, brother. I appreciate it. Um, you're you're you're now beating Frank Mack by a dollar. I think that um and for those of you on Facebook, you send the dough, you take over the show. Um, okay. So, I think it's it's it's really wellreceived. I think the um the wait to get one is going to be what makes people, you know, and the one thing and this is like I I hope this doesn't become an issue. I think they're getting ahead of it because I saw on some of the new shipments crazy this wasn't there from the get-go. The playfields were chipping by the scoop by the mode scoop below the upper right flipper. little chip hairline chips right right on the um where the scoop entrance is. Now they have a cliffy there. Why they didn't have that ready to go on day one. It confuses me, but they're are already fixing it at the factory. It's why you don't want one of the first ones. You know, if you got one of the first ones, you got the AI artwork and you have to now add a Cliffy, which is never fun. It's always a pain in the ass. So, I think Harry Potter is going to be a very successful pin for Jersey Jack. I also think it's going to uh lose a lot of value because they're going to make so many of them. Not yet. You know what I'm saying? like not quite yet, but I still I 100% 100% we're going to see Harry Potter CES sell for around $10,000 within a year. It's just the It's just the way it's going to go. The thing that could alter that is I don't think people are going to be selling this game that much. Wayne, thank you for the thousand stars, brother. Really do appreciate it. We got Wayne with a thousand. We got Sad Boy here. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Wayne's a great guy. Wayne's over there in Australia. Wayne has given me some really great uh insided not I won't say scoops, but like when when Damen Harden was doing his shenanigans, Wayne was one of the only dudes like me that was calling him out on his BS and everybody was saying Wayne's being vindictive and so is Canada. No, we were just trying to help y'all and we would have saved y'all money. Instead, some of y'all lost y'all some of y'all lost $15,000 ordering a centaur edition, whatever that stupid edition was with a bike helmet. Um, it I just don't know if people are going to sell Harry Potter a lot. You know what I'm saying? It does it doesn't feel like a game that is going to come and go in people's collections. And you know, I I think that's that's the thing about it. So, it might not go all the way down, but it's going to go down. It's going to go down. I actually think the wizard edition is the nicest edition. I I think it's the nicest edition. I think the topper on the CE is garbage. And Dana, what's up, buddy? With Dana, we're on Facebook and we're on YouTube, so you can join gang. Thumbs up if you want me to do it like this every week. The double platform. It's really easy for me to do. Uh I I don't think anyone misses out and I think it gives people two opportunities. It's also nice because Facebook will show this video to like 4,000 people. Uh then Retro Ralph and Dawn will watch it later today and still not talk to me. But that's that's the good thing about Facebook, you know, is everybody I don't Someone asked like why is Ralph not talking to me? I don't really know. I don't know. Kale and I are trying to figure it out.
    22:58
    But we had a fun we have a fun chat going between Jamie, Kale, myself, and Ralph. And then Ralph removed himself from the chat. So, I don't know. I don't know. Feelings hurt somewhere. Feelings hurt. Don't turn into a Gen Z person, Ralph. Come on. You're supposed to be retro Ralph, right? Like, we're children of the 80s and the 90s. We're supposed to be able to take it and dish it.
    23:27
    Ah, man. Um, okay. So, here's the thing. The next game from Steve Richie, I'm going to give you guys a little bit of a hint. It's not Matrix. It's not Top Gun. It's not Sonic the Hedgehog. It's not Super Mario Brothers.
    23:51
    It's not a movie from the 80s or the 90s. That's all I'm going to say. And I'm worried about it. If what I think it might be, it is. I'm worried about it. I think it Yeah, that's all I'm going to say. I don't Look, I'll say this. I think
    24:17
    I I think your Harry Potter won't lose any value because of what's coming out after it.
    24:33
    um Dana, thank you for the thousand stars, buddy. This is great. This is You guys are the best. You know, I wake up I wake up some days in better mood than others, but I love waking up every Saturday knowing I get to hang out with Franchie and Charles Thomas and Robert and Brian Cosner, Wayne, Anthony Gray, Dana, Pete Rosen, Hector, you guys are all over the freaking world. It's a beautiful sunny day here in Rowan, Connecticut. I'm looking out the window. My beautiful wife is is is is is gardening right now. She looks really hot, by the way, when Brenda gardens, I got to say. It's like it's a good view from up here. Just saying. I love my hot wife. Um, and the two kids are with her and family of four. My parents are still around. I've got awesome pinball friends. I've got awesome people at work I love. I've got some really fun projects I'm working on. I feel blessed. I feel blessed. I also wish I bought more than just a few bitcoins like two years ago when my financial adviser told me to put more into it. But I did buy some and I'm very happy about that. I know everyone doesn't want to think about that, right? Like five years ago if we didn't buy $10,000 pinball machines and we just bought Bitcoin when it was like 17,000 a coin. Think about it. Think about it. Don't think about it. Please don't think about it. You you you'll like literally be like, I can't believe I actually paid $20,000 for a James Bond 60th when Bitcoin was $30,000. Yeah, but it's not an investment. Can Yeah. Yeah, it kind of is. When it's as much money as other things you should be investing in, it kind of is. And then you lost $12,000. Isn't it crazy? You You lost $12,000 on your James Bond and you would have made $100,000 on your Bitcoin, but it's not an investment. Canada, these cheap plastic toppers, I mean, seriously, you can walk into a Best Buy and get a Switch to hours of fun. This is a quarter the price of a stern topper. What happened to pinball? Women are really expensive. I've got all Brenda's rings here. I'm like literally Brenda's jewelry is right next to me. I'm not going to show you, but I'm counting. Yeah. You know, you know the she's got this um she's she she she I I don't normally buy Tiffany because it's like, you know, overpriced. you're paying for the box, but like they have beautiful jewelry. Like, let's let's be honest. We um I I got her a couple bracelets and then, you know, they were like moderately priced. Sad boy again, man.
    27:39
    I love that. Sad boy with the $20. I love this dude by the way. Like he Dude, you're you're at my speed, man. You're at the casino. I I've lost thousands at the casino. I've lost thousands sports betting some weekends. Few whisies in me, bro. We're live. We're We're on the night train, baby. That's the one thing about Harry Potter. You can never be on the night train. You You know what I'm saying? Like, you can't like have a few whisies and then let's go play potter. Like, let's be honest, people. You have a few whisies in you and it's Saturday night, you're like, "God, like, let's go." Like, "Welcome to the jungle, baby." Like, this machine still rocks out. Like, you're not going to be like, "Let's go to Hogwarts, bro. We wasted." Not happening. Anyway, he's he said, "Shout out for Johnny come Ralph for being a Johnny come lately who drinks Haterade." Damn. I I love the donation of the money for, you know, for us to troll Ralph a little bit. And watch, you know, it's the thing about Ralph. I really like Retro Ralph and and he knows that and it's but he can't joke around about it. Like, it's just weird to me. It's so weird to me, you know? Like we're all grown men with disposable income. Like just if you've reached that point in your life and a blowhard pinball content creator who doesn't even play pinball, who's got the most successful pinball podcast in history, who is insecure, vain, narcissistic, and sociopathic. If that guy with a bad haircut makes you want to like like get you upset, it's on you. It's on you, Ralph. I It's so obvious. You know, my angle, which is just to entertain, bro. And like most of you guys never turn on your machines. You know, you walk by. Yeah. Do I really want to play turtles ever again? No. You're good for the rest of your life with turtles. We know it.
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    Oh man, guys. Guys, like Ralph has not had a a gender transition. The world's funny now. Like I I think about how just sensitive men have become and and and and like it it impacts all of us now, but like men are the new women. Like literally the last like 10 years. Well, new like young men now like are there any like is anyone left? Like are any dudes left out there? You know, it's it's funny because I work in an industry where like legit one of the briefs I have I'm not going to name the client. Dana, thank you. Is to help bros get back to hanging out with their bros.
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    I Whatever's happening on Facebook, I'm loving it. get bros to go back to hanging out with their bros. And I'm like, and and you gotta remember like I walk into what's usually like mostly a room filled with women and I'm like, uh, y'all y'all created this problem. Like, what do you what do you mean, Chris? I'm like, well, it's usually the wives and the girlfriends that are like the reason why guys can't get together like they used to. Like, what are you talking like? Just like right there. Now, the thing is is you gotta marry a cool a cool woman. And I married a cool woman. I mean, she's off the boat Irish. Something about the off-the-boat Irish woman. They're like salt of the earth. Like, they're they're not pansies. Like, they're not weak. They They don't put up with They don't put up with men, but they but they they treat their man right. There's a that that's the key. Anyway, all right. Let's get back to pinball. So, we went to Potter Jersey Jack. Thank you for the Every time Wayne gives me a thousand stars, I I have these funny glasses on. This is really awesome. We've now got some great Let's get a goal. Let's set a goal here. I can do super chat goals. All right.
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    You know, I can set a goal of like $100 and then I'll tell you what I think Steve Richie's next game is. Like, it's f I don't I don't want to do it like that.
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    I because I want my podcasters to hear it first. Um, yeah. I don't want I want I don't I always say I don't want to hold my content hostage for additional amount. I I will never I I don't have tiers. Like I don't do that game of like for this tier like you ever notice like pinball content creator tiers how bad they are. Like you know what I'm saying? There's like there's like the first tier which is like all anybody wants which is usually like uh and that's why like for Canada like my tiers I don't promise you anything more. Like I I love that I have people that give 10 15 a month 30 a month some 50 some 100. I love those people. Right. It's just they're they're donating because of the means they have and and how much they enjoy the content. But I always love it when people try to create like arbitrary value. Like, oh yeah, for uh for 10 a month, like you're going to get like first look at my video. Like for 30 a month, like I'm going to let you see my show notes. Uh for 50 a month, like I don't know, man. Like I'm going to tell you what I'm having for dinner every Wednesday. for a hundred a month, I'll give you this polo shirt. I don't think anyone ever got a polo shirt. You know what I'm saying? Like, so I just I just find it funny. It just, you know, I'll put you in the credits. Like, it's like it's just stop. Like, just let's just call it what it is. It's crappy pinball content. All of it. All of it is crap. All of what we have created is crap. And like when you know you're just putting crap out into the world, just make it good crap, funny crap, cuz it's crap, right? Like like legit like 50 years from now, they're going to be like, "Man, man, like remember like head-to-head pinball p?" No, nobody. Nobody. Even five years from now, can can like I guess the thing for me is I'm on episode 1,15,
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    right? Like Retro Ralph is on like 37. He's telling me he's telling me he's gonna he's gonna remove me from the chat. He's gonna he's bailing out on episode like no like rap 1,115 podcast about pinball brother. You're in it. You're in it. You can't escape Canada. It's not going to happen, bro. Ah. And they never seem like they're having nearly as much fun. And they're literally like they do like these round tables, you know, like Jamie, Kale, and Ralph like like let let's actually seriously s like talk about this hobby. Like like this is a thing. Like like people are spending $45,000 on three pinball machines and yet the average medium income in the world is $7,000. There's people dying all over the world, but that wizard mode isn't in yet. Like I really think it's it's it's you know how can we live in a world in which an incomplete pinball machine is is sent out and and that could send kids to college. But you know like let's discuss this though. Let's let's let's put on a serious face and and put on the headset and unsubscribe from Canadas Pinball Podcast. Uh everybody let's talk about let's talk about Stern. Okay. So next by the way I'm having a good time. I hope you're having a good time. Um I I I really do. I hope you're entertained because this is what it's all about. Um, okay. So, Stern's next. King Kong is I feel bad for Kong. I do. I feel bad for Kong. The masturbating gorilla arms are falling off. The shots are great. The the the upper shots like that wire form by the airplane, the loop around. The shots in Kong are phenomenal. But then you got stupid stuff being said like Neil Mcra like the gong shot is the greatest shot in him. No, it's not. Neil, these guys can put like ears and no. This is great. I love this. Um, no. The Kong Gong shot is not one of it's every time you hit the gong and King Kong, your game is losing $15. That's what that shot is. I just feel bad for Kong because like recycling the art across all three models and you know like the it's just like no assets, no Empire State Building, it's just going to come and go. It's it's the it's the modernday Avengers. I I don't think there's any better way to um to describe this game. Avengers is I think Avengers shoots amazing. I think Avengers has amazing toys and yet you don't really want it. Like nobody really talks about it. So this is the next Avengers.
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    Um all right. What do we got here? What do we got here? Oh, sad boo. Okay, hold on. Shout out to all the man. I'm not going to say that word in the world who need to find their look I look um Albert I don't disagree with sad sad boy here is it sad boy boi um I I I think men have been emasculated we have and and when you try to bro out like it's like the dudes now that are like chill bro chill like it's like come on man he's not wrong he's not wrong Albert um and here's the thing women for the most part want manly men back in the world like it. They just do. Um, okay. So, after Kong, we're talking
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    Star Wars. Star Wars. Is Kong better than Iron Maiden? In my opinion, it is. And I'll tell you why. I can't stand Iron Maiden music. I I I I literally never understood why that band was even remotely popular. I I would rather own a King Kong than an Iron Maiden now. And yeah, so that's that's my answer.
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    Can two things be true, Chris? Eric, thank you for the for the two bucks. I am a manly man who isn't gonna make fun of other men just because they are not as freaking manly as me. Uh, yes, those two things can be true. I I think the moment you call yourself a manly man, you're instantly not a manly man. You know, I always say this at work, when you self describe with adjectives, it usually means you're not that. Okay, so in my field of work, it's like whenever we say like here's a fun idea, I'm like well by saying that it's now not fun. But here's an awesome idea. No, don't say it. Like one of my best piece of as of advices ever comes from my really good friend Joe Brown. Joe Brown is a great journalist. He used to be editor-inchief at Wired magazine, right? He now has a great website. It's called one um 15C I believe it is about it's about um it's an environmental website helping people you know keep the temperature down so we don't flood our coastlines. Anyway, he told me once when I was really young in my career and I didn't really know him as well as I do now, but he's like I I had a press release and it was like it was like, "Oh, you know, imagine if it was like Stern Pinball released his groundbreaking new game like King Kong." And he'd be like, "Don't tell me it's groundbreaking. I'll tell you it's groundbreaking." Right? Don't describe with adjectives what your thing is. Let people say it.
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    All right, what do we got here? Um, honestly, pinball manufacturers need to fix the dirty problem they have with free play barcades. Uh, what's the problem with free play arcades?
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    Uh, I think it's a problem that we can't have both without debate. It should be totally okay to bro out and be super masculine just like it should be. Yes, I agree, Josh. Um, you know, we um I'm not gonna go down this road of thought. I I've just No, we're gonna talk pin. We're here to talk pinball. Um, okay. So, here's the thing. No, first of all, like nobody in pinball is like a real like bro, bro. Like, pinball pinball nerds got their asses kicked, you know, in high school. Like, let's be honest. Like, we we weren't the cool kids, you know? Like, oh yeah, man. Like, yeah, man. Like, I'm dating the high school cheerleader and I'm a pinball wizard. Said nobody ever. We the pinball guys were the lo like the like come let's be honest people in the 90s the dudes that were cool man Street Fighter you know Tron Daytona USA
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    Mortal Kombat the dudes hanging around the pinball machines like let's be honest like
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    Some of those dudes look like like Chris Hansen was about to come out and be like, "Excuse me, sir. Can you have a seat over here?" You know, like like seriously, like let's be honest, it's different now. It's different now. Cuz I think most of us were not really into pinball in the 90s. When we were kids of the arcade, we like pinball was like what you jumped on as you waited for the other stuff to open up. Like nobody went there and was like, I'm going to get see how far I can get in Adam's family today. Nobody. Nobody. You just wanted to see the hand come out and grab the ball.
    42:30
    You pay $15 to play pinball and when you get over to the machines, they're all sitting there with a fourplay game started and a ball sitting in the shooter lane. All right.
    42:44
    What's this? Hold on a second. Oh, my power is dying. All right, hold on.
    42:59
    Okay. All right, we're good. Hold on. Okay, we're good. Oh, where do we go now? I can't see anybody. Hold on. There we go. We're back. All right. Oh my god. What is happening? Okay. Um, okay.
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    Hold the start button, reset the game. I I don't know. Do people really have problems at free play arcades? I I've ne I've never heard people really complain that much about it. Um, are 3K? Yeah, Canada. Only you and I will know whom paid for my Canada club. All right. Ah, Albert, someone someone uh someone gave you money to sign you back up. I love it. You know, you can give the gift of Canada. It's like the gift of Gab that I have. Um all right. So, shall we talk about Star Wars? Do we think we're going to see it early September? That's what I think. I think it's going to be episode 3, four, and three, four, four, five, and six. New Hope, Empire, and Return of the Jedi. Dude, that's amazing. Albert, I bet it was I hope it was Dawn. Does Ralph have memberships?
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    You know, I um I think Stern's in trouble. I I I I really do. I think the reason why I think Stern's in a little bit of trouble, not a lot of trouble, but just a little bit of trouble. I just think Stern like they just seem like it seems like they're like stuck in their own process. And let let me um let me expand upon what I mean by that. I just think like this whole thing of like they it's like they've built this entire company around a process and around a formula and and they forgot the formula that made them successful. And that's the weird part about it is like, you know what I'm saying is like the formula that worked was games were more affordable, games had better themes and less had 500 units. So the formula that made Stern really successful 500LE's of really great themes where there was more variety in every sense of the word and and an LE was 7500 a premium was 6800 and a pro is five grand. I get that prices had to increase but not where they are now. So they so they built this big factory based on that formula ba for the most part and they witnessed a a co frenzy a free a feeding frenzy around their product. And so they scaled up to a size now where they need to try to like be successful now with a new version of that formula which I think is is is dangerous. Jack Danger, welcome to the party, brother. You missed it out. Jack, I was just listing the three best designers in all of pinball. Initially, I forgot about you and I said Elwin, Richie, and then maybe Bug. And I was like, I'm forgetting somebody. And then I was like, danger. And I have you at the top of my list of best pinball designers. And I think it goes danger Elwin Richie and and I love you brother and I know you work at Stern so tell this to the new CMO. They've got this formula of like three cornerstones a year plus anniversary editions plus remastered games a thousand of every LE. Uh ridiculous price on the less ridiculous price on the toppers. And it's like we're just it just doesn't work. We're tired. It only works if it's like take my money now dream theme which they're usually not. And then everyone every game starting to look the same. They're like they can't get Spike 3 out because they need the price increase and they don't want to because they know if they they know like can you imagine if Kong Ellie was 135.
    47:49
    It's just it's tough. Todd Tucky's in the house. TNT baby. TNT. We go back, Todd. We go back like peanut butter and jelly, like Stern and 6,500 less. Remember when there were 6,500 people? Remember when Tron Ali was like 5800
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    and it had more in it than most of these modern games? Remember that?
    48:19
    Remember when there weren't like newbies that bought bought like literally only newbie idiots bought Venom for 13,000? Like seriously like if you bought a Venom for 13,000 you just like you have a a big bullseye dummy dummy on my head.
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    Yeah, I love Avengers layout. Um, all right gang. What do we want to talk about? Wait, how long? What time is it? All right, we got like another I mean like another 20 minutes. This has been a fun show, by the way. Thank you for all the support, by the way. Thank you for the stars on Facebook. We've got 5,000 stars here. We've got wow likeundred and about $50 on YouTube. I think we can, you know, this is good. This is good. Sad Boy is now my new number one patron. And you know, when you send the dough, you own the show. Oh, I'm going back into the city tonight uh meeting with someone special that you'll you'll hear about. I'm um I don't know. I think we're all feeling a little bit good. And and here's what I mean by that. I think most people right now are just kind of like content with the games they have. You know, I was talking to Neil at Pinquest and I always love asking people. I'm like, "Dude, how many Let's ask you guys right now. I'm I'm so curious. I I really I've got 90 people on YouTube. I've got 30 people on Facebook. This is one of the largest collective audiences I've ever had. I would just like each and every one of you to do me a favor because I I really am curious in the chat and the comments section. Type how many pinball machines you currently own. I just would love to read out the numbers. And I think because I want to pivot from what we get back. All right. Six. Five. 18. 1 4 5 3 96 13 2 55 53 67 15 7 over here. 48 53 15 105. Wayne has 1,200 because he's a distributor. Seven by PJ Thomas has 10. Jason has 105. Jason damn. Thomas 2 Jeff 2 Lou 37 Chad 34 five zero one digital two Jeff Two Brian 34 Orion six Adam eight Anthony. All right. 6 8
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    zero. Um 23 25. Nice. All right. There's a good amount. Dana said four. What I'm seeing here is like kind of what I expected. You know, most people have, you know, four to five. Most people have like between two and two and six is really common. Then you get the guys 10 10 to 20, right? Some dudes have like a lot more. Um,
    52:18
    so few people said zero and so few people said one, which is what I have right now. And Greg Colton, what's up, Greg? You have like what, like 20 pins. But my point is this. If you have one pinball machine in your house, you have enough pinball in your house. It It is I I I 100% believe that you get to unlike most homes in the world, Greg has 21. Most people in the world have zero. like most like 99.9999% of homes have zero. When you have one, you can always scratch the itch and go play pinball in your house. And that's an amazing thing. And I think most people right now, and you saw that most people had more than one, you know, most people are good. And let me ask you guys that have five to 25 machines. I bet those five to 25 machines are all amazing machines. I bet most of those five to 25 are in the pinside top 50 games of all time. Right? So you've got this like collection of like really good games. And I bet for all of you that have more than five games, you most likely have games that complement each other, right? Like you might have some long ball time games or you might have like a Lord of the Rings next to a Rick and Morty. Great, great two titles. If you only had two titles and you had a Rick and Morty next to a Lord of the Rings, now obviously I think Rick and Morty kind of shoots like crap. I I would say to me like a one two a Lord of the Rings next to an Elton John. A speed game and a more of a trap and go long ball time game. I mean you really can't have more fun in pinball than an Elton John next to a Lord of the Rings. You know what I'm saying? Like you would you would actually have the best of both worlds. Lord of the Rings, long ball times, lots of fun toys, stop and go, got all the assets you want. Such a amazing, you know, theme integrated pin. Elton John music, speed, energy, excitement, you know, combos. Awesome game. Awesome game. Modern cabinet, modern light show. If you had those two games, you you know what I'm saying? Like you wouldn't like, oh man, like I really wish I had like 27 others.
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    So that's the thing. That's the thing, John, you know, and not everybody. John Gallow said like, "F the pinsside." Yeah. Like look, the pinside top 100 is a it is it it's a dumpster fire of of fanboy fanning, you know? It they they're just that's all it is. But I look I think most people are getting to a point now where, you know, the enthusiasm to run after Noon Box is just completely gone. Like I've never I don't think I've seen a new inbox energy so low as it is right now. I mean that like it's just like there's no urgency to get Harry Potter right now. I mean I'm not saying it's not a great game, but like why would you get one right now? They're going to make him forever. Nobody's buying Predator new box. Nobody cares about King Kong new in box. Jaws 50th like yeah like cool. They're going to make a ton of them. Dros are you know why buy it at full price? You're going to be able to get it. We've and you know it's not like it's like a wow game. It's like I don't know you know it's just like new and box like seeing all these new and box games like lose so much value makes to me makes new and box like silly you know and name me another hobby and like that turned into this because this it used to be like when you bought a new inbox game it was more like buying a Rolex like it didn't lose so much value. Now we're using the argument oh it's like driving a car off the lot. Yeah. It didn't used to be like that. What made pinball so successful and what made this hobby so exciting at every launch was it wasn't like buying a depreciating car. It was like buying a Rolex that more people want it than they made. You know what I'm saying? Now it's the opposite. Now it's it is that depreciating car where there's way more supply than there is demand. And good luck trying to, you know, get close to what you paid for it back. That's a big difference and that's going to hurt Stern more than anybody.
    57:10
    Well, here's what's going to happen with Evil Dead. If you if you I wouldn't pay over for Evil Dead, even though people are because once Beetlejuice is announced, Evil Deads will will drop. Not significantly, but they'll drop. They'll just be available.
    57:35
    Sterns look so dated and cheap. It's a problem. I I I don't disagree with that. You know, it's a problem. Like, you know, you know, here's the thing about Stern that annoys me. Like, you you have this beautiful Batman SLE foil cabinet decal you can make. We don't now get that on a $13,000 LE. It's not nearly as nice. Even the stuff they put on the Ellies, it's not as nice as that Batman SLE one.
    58:06
    Note is flipping out selling lots of almost new games. Of course, you know, because like the stupid map pricing, it's like Zach has to do that. He's got to find the loophole in the in the map pricing BS.
    58:21
    Nobody bought the Funhouse remake. Nobody. The more you have sitting in line, the more money you are losing. If you buy used, you can still get great. The the thing about pinballs gang too is like come on. Like these games are a pinball machine is enclosed in a protective big box. You know what I'm saying? These games don't have wear and tear the way cars do. Even Rolexes scratch up much worse. You buy a pinball machine with like 200 plays, it looks brand new when it arrives.
    59:06
    This Guns and Roses is three times cooler than any Stern machine. I'm just saying it's it's like this thing is Look at this thing.
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    I love this thing. I I mean I have a lovehate with it, but I love it more than I hate it. It's just cool. It's just a cool machine.
    59:35
    Um, my cousin just bought Funhouse Ellie from Zach. Save thousands because I preach Canad's mottos. Thank you, John. When I listened to your podcast, I thought you were in Canada. Canada. Akira, I'm not selling Guns and Roses. I'm not. I'm going to move the Neo Geos from the garage upstairs and then I'm going to put a pinball machine in the garage. Frank's going to help me with that. Everybody look, um, we're going to end the show a little early today because it's beautiful out. I thought this was a really good show. Did you guys have fun today, by the way? Is there anything you want? Let's do this. Let's Let's do 10 more minutes. I haven't touched on all the companies. Whatever you want to talk about, let's talk about it over the next 10 minutes. Whoever donates the dough controls the show and we'll we'll talk about your topic even more. Sad boy. What do you want to talk about? Could be anything. Talk about global politics if you want for 100 bucks. I'll take I'll take Canadian global political opinions for $100, Alex.
    60:49
    Uh, no. It'd be funny. Like a homebrew a homebrew pinball machine based on my podcast would be amazing. When are we getting Gilmore Girls? All right. You know, anyone have anything they want to talk about?
    61:07
    [Music] Do you ever notice when people don't want to talk about politics, it's always a Democrat that says that? Do you ever notice that? It's always a liberal that doesn't want to talk about politics. It's so funny to me like what happened to the liberal party? They were y'all are supposed to be the party of open-mindedness and conversation. And whenever someone doesn't want to talk about politics, it's always a Democrat cuz conservatives would love to tell you why you're wrong. It's funny. It's all funny. It's also the the good guys like like Greg Greg Greg Leans's left. He's a great guy. We get in conversations all the time. Co bear pinball. Uh, Killian, what's wrong? Brenda, it's not like I'm doing a show up here or anything. Do you hear him? Killian, come up here. Do you hear him? Killian, come up here. Come on. Join Daddy. Let's bust for some dollars.
    62:07
    Come up here, buddy. Let's bust for some dollars. Hold on. I just want to I want to Come on, little man. Get on. Get on Come on, little man. Get on. Get on daddy's lap. Come here. Where are you? Where are you? He's gonna come around the corner. Right here. Watch it. There he is. There he is. Come here. Come here. This way. This way. This way. Because you can't pull the cable. Okay. All right. Let's get All right. All right. Here we go. Okay. This is going to be the best part of the show. Okay. Don't touch the mic because the wire will All right. Killian, I'm gonna ask you a couple questions. Okay. Is that okay? All right. Now, how much would you pay for a Jersey Jack collector's edition pinball machine? Um, five. Um, five. $5. Okay. Okay. Um, how much would you $5. Okay. Okay. Um, how much would you pay for the top or the, you know, the thing that goes on top of the machine? How much money would you pay? Um, Um, five. Five dollars, too. Okay. What would What Five dollars, too. Okay. What would What theme would you want in a pinball machine? Lion King or Paw Patrol? Lion King. Lion King. Okay. Okay. What? Do you like pinball? Yes or no? Yes. Yes. Okay, good. Do you think these gentlemen Okay, good. Do you think these gentlemen should donate $100 each to Canadas Pinball Podcast? Yes. Yes. Okay. All right. All right. Go have Okay. All right. All right. Go have lunch. Get out of here now. Get out. See, kids are smart. He'd pay $5 for a $15,000 pinball machine. And you should donate 100 bucks. Lion King would kill. K. You want to wave goodbye? All right. Now, hold on to the railing. Don't fall.
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    He gets it. He get He's How cute are my kids? Damn. I mean, they don't They have no idea. Canada Brenda jeans. Beautiful. Like the doors that will open for him just because. All right. Sad boy back. Why is he sad again? Oh man, this guy's amazing. I sad boy. Are you like in a casino just pounding drinks watching? I love this. Uh, shout out to my boy Canada who will rain supreme in the pinball podcast world forever. Wormhole who, Hardy Who, Electric Bad Who, Ralph who, N dog. My boy Chris is that one. Thank you, brother. Thank you. I mean, it's it's I do enjoy all those other shows. Um, he is getting big. He is getting big. Um, everybody look, have a great Saturday. It's a beautiful day here. I hope it's a beautiful day there. It's always fun. Always fun, you know, just entertaining you guys every Saturday morning. I don't know what the deal with Ralph is. I don't He doesn't communicate. He just removed himself from the chat. Kale and I, by the way, Kale at Electricbat is the coolest mofo in the pinball content space. You have to He is like, he literally, like the moment Kale and I start talking, we both are just laughing our asses off because he gets it. He's like, "Dude, I don't know." He's like, "I don't know what's wrong with Ralph. Like, I'm trying, man." He's like, "Kenade, I'm trying. I'm trying, Chris." But he like takes it seriously. Like, it's just Come on. Kale is the man. Like, like literally, like Kale and I are like, like like Macho Man and Hogan and NWA. Like, like come on. Like, it's time. You know, I'm doing this thing with Bruce Buffer right now. One of my clients says, "It's time." I've been screaming it. Um I don't know. No, but Albert, like Ralph's not acting cool. He's not acting cool, man. Like, be cool. Don't be uncool. Be cool, man. Be cool, Ralph. Don't be uncool.
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    Nobody knows. I think No, it's it's it's it's what I did. I don't know. I don't know. I think he might be upset that I talked about how he got paid in a machine. Look at you. Wait. No. No. Brenda Frank just gave $200.
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    Two. This is the most ever. Frank D. Angelo with the two. I like for the kids. For the kids. Yes. You know what I'm going to do, Frank? Frank, I'm gonna buy them $200 in XRP today. That's what I'm going to do with that 200 bucks, right? like it's it's gonna go into a crypto purchase for Killian and Cassian and Ethereum and we're we're gonna we're gonna we're going to laugh one day. We're going to laugh one day about how much that 200 is worth and then we're going to be like, "Hey guys, how much is a Harry Potter CE worth?" Like Ralph's be like, "Ah man, Ralph Ralph will be taking 6,500 on the table for his Potter CE in five years." And I'm gonna be like, "Yo, remember that? Remember that $200 XRP? It's now worth 15K.
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    Oh my god. Oh my god. Dude, I love it. I love people getting rich on crypto. I love it. I mean, I love people I love it because I love like all the people that waited on the sidelines are now just like kicking themselves. And I look I I made I made some good money, too. Like, I love it. It's just funny. It's funny. Oh my god. It's because it's funny how much people have lost in pinball machines that they could have put in better things because is it is it really that much fun to buy a John Wickle LE? Was it that much fun to buy a James Bond 60th? How much fun did you have with VenomLE?
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    Is anyone having more fun on Potter CE than Potter Arcade Edition? It's five grand cheaper. It's the same exact game. Five grand less. Like imagine going into a restaurant. Sir, you could have our filet minion for $100
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    or you could have it for 50. It's just on a paper plate.
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    Same piece of meat, same deliciousness. That's all it is. That's all the CE is. It's the filt on a fine piece of china. But is it worth it? Your stomach won't know the difference. And nor will your brain. Your brain.
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    Ah, you know, it's funny. I think I think some of the reason um you know, people don't like me is they I mean, besides my incredibly obnoxious voice and haircut and insecurities and how I dress wealthier than I am and how I only have a three-bedroom house and, you know, drive an American muscle car that is overcompensating for my lack of endowment. Um, I think the reason they hate me is they can't be honest like me. And that is what burns the Oh, it's what burns the most painful. He can say anything he wants. And he just did. Oh, shoot. I have to say I like this game because I'm friends with those people. That sucks cuz guess what? I say whatever I want about these companies and I'm still friends with them because they respect it because they know that game sucks too. You know what I'm saying? Like when you're like, "Man, this game sucks." They're like, "Yep, we know it. We effing made it." Everybody have a great Saturday. Frank, thank you for the freaking crazy amount. You guys are the best. Um, you really are the best. And thank you everybody on Facebook. Did this work out well? Thumbs up guys. The did you guys enjoy both the YouTube and the Facebook live? So for you guys on YouTube, you didn't even notice any difference. For you guys on Facebook, I gave you, you know, a platform as well. Um because I want to, you know, make sure everyone can tune into the show. I think this will help. Um one thing I could ask of each and every one of you, if you're not a member of Canadas Pinball Podcast, please sign up. Um it's a really good show. It's three days a week. It's a lot of fun. Uh, a lot's about to happen. Truthfully, didn't you do that for X-Men, though? Not battling. Wait, wait, wait. Do what for X-Men? I don't even know what he's Okay. No one loves an ass kisser. Nobody. Nobody. All right, everybody be good. Right. Because now's the funny part. Everyone's like, "Ralph, Ralph, man, Canada was you got to go." Now he's gonna have to listen to my show because this what it's like funny. It's funny. You should just text me like, "Bro, we're cool." Like, that's it. That's it. Let's just crack some beers open with kale and have a good day. Guys, have the best effing day ever. And we're gonna we're gonna be back. I'm I'm traveling to Austin, so I'm not bringing my gear. So, I will be in Austin and flying back. I get back midnight Monday. Uh so, new show. Look for it Tuesday morning. Okay. So, don't cancel your subscription. Tuesday morning, new show. Thank you for the stars, Wayne. Always appreciate it. Let's get out of dodge. And see, I just ended the Facebook.
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    I have better coloring on Facebook because of the camera. It's a better camera. This is a little bit more washed out. Everybody be good. We're out of here.