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Casual pinball podcast mixing industry news, tribe updates, and comedic banter around edible underwear.
Spooky Pinball and Stern are the only two manufacturers with a consistent release schedule that they actually stick to
medium confidence · Drew and Scott Ian citing a point from Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, attributing this observation to that show
Spooky Pinball is increasing production from 750 to 1,750 units
medium confidence · Drew mentions 'so you know, 750 last time. Now they're at 1,750'
Halloween and Ultraman are not technically sold out but all units are spoken for at distributors
medium confidence · Discussion about distributors holding inventory with units available for purchase but all allocated
Steve Ritchie has moved to Jersey Jack Pinball
high confidence · Drew states 'Steve Ritchie going to Jersey Jack Pinball' and plans to discuss it in detail
Tim Dan Lee heard five minutes of discussion about Spooky games at Allentown and fell in love with Ultraman
medium confidence · Chat participant Tim Dan Lee's comment relayed on air
“Spooky Pinball and Stern are the only two that have a schedule and they stick with it. Isn't that funny?”
Drew @ N/A — Highlights manufacturing consistency as a differentiator in the market; cites Kaneda's Pinball Podcast as source
“They have all these games sold. Now they get to have some fun. I know they're working hard every day, but they get to have some fun, go to some shows, you know, show this off to the world.”
Scott Ian @ N/A — Reflects on Spooky Pinball's position and ability to showcase new games after successful sales
“if you would have said that like five years ago, you know what I mean? Medieval Madness-Heavy Metal Meltdown. And now they've been at this, what, like seven, eight years, however long it's been?”
Drew @ N/A — References Spooky's early history and contrast with current position as reliable manufacturer
“They're sold out, quote unquote, but underneath the red... the distributors bought them. So they're all spoken for.”
Scott Ian @ N/A — Clarifies supply chain dynamics for recent Spooky releases—inventory allocation vs. true consumer availability
“Words affect people. They can affect people in positive ways, negative ways.”
Scott Ian @ N/A — Reflects on community culture and respectful behavior during discussion of women's tournaments and inclusivity in pinball
announcement: Spooky Pinball released gameplay reveals for Halloween and Ultraman pinball machines
high · Drew: 'Spooky Pinball. They did some gameplay reveal of Halloween and Ultraman. Any thoughts?'
personnel_signal: Steve Ritchie moved to Jersey Jack Pinball; noted as significant industry news
high · Drew: 'Steve Ritchie went to Jersey Jack Pinball now' and 'we're going to play another song that Glenn came up with this last week' suggests this was news discussed the previous weekend
manufacturing_signal: Spooky Pinball increasing production capacity from 750 to 1,750 units
medium · Drew: 'so you know, 750 last time. Now they're at 1,750.'
event_signal: Ladies The Flip Wisconsin women's pinball tournament announced for September 25th; 40 dollar fee, 32 player limit, currently at 16 remaining spots
high · Rachel hosting tournament details; will be streamed live on Twitch by Ryan Kuiper (turbo graphics 7 channel)
community_signal: Glenn Wechter released PSA on Pinball Network advocating respectful treatment of women in pinball and importance of women's tournaments
high · Drew: 'glenn wechter of the poor man's pinball tribe fame... he released a little psa of a podcast and put it on pinball network... discussing about women's tournaments and why they're important and why some of the jokes and some of the sexism... basically treat people with respect'
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supply_chain_signal: Spooky Pinball's Halloween and Ultraman are not technically sold out to consumers but all units are spoken for at distributor level
medium · Scott Ian: 'They're sold out, quote unquote... the distributors bought them. So they're all spoken for.' Mention of units still available at distributors and Southern Fried Game Expo
industry_signal: Observation that Spooky Pinball and Stern Pinball are only two manufacturers with consistent, reliable release schedules
medium · Drew citing Kaneda's Pinball Podcast: 'Spooky Pinball and Stern are the only two that have a schedule and they stick with it'
sentiment_shift: Hosts express pride and approval of Spooky Pinball's trajectory, noting significant improvement from earlier years
high · Drew: 'if you would have said that like five years ago, you know what I mean?... now they've been at this... it's just so, I'm so proud of our guys.' Scott Ian: 'they keep biting off more, but they're able to chew it'
content_signal: Tribe Multiball podcast (co-hosted by Rachel and Tim Dan Lee) continues producing regular content; featured special guest Tim Dan Lee in recent episode
medium · Drew: 'rachel and tim are still doing their tribe multi-ball and this week they had a special guest of himself tim Dan Lee'
competitive_signal: Reference to Keith Elwin sending daily emails to show hosts; ESP Sam Stern Invitational tournament mentioned as upcoming event
low · Scott Ian: 'Keith Elwin has us locked and loaded. He emails us every Larry Day.' and 'we'll have to talk about the ESPN Sam Stern Invitational'