SDTM Exclusive: Elite 24k GOLD Indiana Jones Pinball Topper

Straight Down the Middle·video·21m 15s·analyzed·Jun 14, 2021

Analysis

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TL;DR

Elite Pinball reveals luxury Indiana Jones topper with 24k gold, fog machine, $2,199 elite tier.

Summary

Straight Down the Middle presents an exclusive unboxing and review of Elite Pinball Toppers' new Indiana Jones topper in three variants (Standard, Deluxe, Elite). The Elite model features hand-gilded 24-karat gold leafing, an interactive fog machine synchronized to game modes, 130 SMD LEDs with 5 interactive flashers, and custom wooden crate packaging. Pricing is $849 (Standard/unlimited), $1,299 (Deluxe/75 units), and $2,199 (Elite/25 units).

Key Claims

The Elite Indiana Jones topper is limited to 25 units and features hand-gilded 24-karat gold leafing
high confidence · Hosts explicitly state '25 of these Elite that are going out' and repeatedly emphasize 'hand gilded genuine 24 karat gold leafing' throughout the unboxing
The Elite model includes a custom-designed fog machine that flows interactively in sync with game modes
high confidence · Hosts describe 'built in fog machine that is custom routed so that it flows in the exact way it needs to flow' and note it is 'interactive with certain modes'
The Hobbit Standard Edition topper now sells for over $500-$1,000 on the secondary market
medium confidence · Greg states: 'people are paying for that The Hobbit (Standard Edition) topper now...over $1,000 over $500' when discussing secondary market value
Elite worked directly with Jordan (designer) through design phases, including research on fog machine distribution
high confidence · Zach states 'we were able to at Elite we were able to like go through the design phase with him' and discusses collaborative design process
The Standard topper is priced at $849, making it cheaper than many plastic toppers on the market
high confidence · Hosts explicitly state 'the standard is $849 y cheaper than a lot of new Toppers on the market that are just plastic'

Notable Quotes

“25 of these Elite that are going out your standards are going to be unlimited the Deluxe are going to 75 five models but this very special Elite there's only 24 left”
Zach Sharp@ 5:56 — Clarifies production limits for each tier and scarcity positioning of Elite variant
“hand gilded genuine 24 karat gold leafing on this thing literally hundreds of dollars of gold just gold very hundreds of dollars worth of gold”
Greg Bone@ 8:27 — Emphasizes material luxury and cost of the Elite distinguishing feature
“wait until they sell all 25 how much do you think it's going to be worth then oh hell of a lot more than $21.99”
Greg Bone@ 15:05 — Suggests Elite variant will appreciate significantly in secondary market value post-sellout
“this is nothing like I wish that you could see you can't see in in on camera the difference between that 24 karat gold and that that is amazing”
Greg Bone@ 19:21 — Acknowledges visual quality of gold finish cannot translate to video format
“you're going Elite you can't not go Elite”
Zach Sharp@ 15:52 — Personal endorsement of premium tier despite high price point
“there was a lot of research and design trial and error on how to get that fog to flow smoothly and nicely around it”
Zach Sharp@ 16:22 — Emphasizes complexity and engineering effort in fog machine implementation

Entities

Elite Pinball TopperscompanyStraight Down the Middle: a pinball showmediaGreg BonepersonZach SharppersonIndiana Jonesgame The HobbitgameJordanpersonHarry Williamsperson

Signals

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community_signal: Content creators directly invited to solicit user-generated content and installations; audience encouraged to submit videos to SDM Pinball email
high · Explicit call-to-action: 'we want to see your videos or pics of it...send it to us at SDM Pinball gmail.com because we want to post them'
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competitive_signal: Premium topper positioned as completing the Indiana Jones experience; establishes Elite as luxury/high-end alternative to standard aftermarket toppers
high · Hosts position Elite tier as essential for Indiana Jones owners: 'how much is your Indian Jones worth...once you get one of these Limited Edition...it's going to be worth'
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design_philosophy: Theme-appropriate design integration extending beyond playfield topper to packaging (wooden crate matching film aesthetic) and all accessories
high · Hosts praise wooden crate design, flame torches matching movie imagery, fog machine synced to game modes, custom wooden rod details
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industry_signal: Limited production (25 Elite, 75 Deluxe) with explicit scarcity messaging designed to drive urgency among collectors
high · Hosts repeatedly emphasize '25 is not a whole lot' and 'if you're still listening...you probably need to pause go order before these things are sold out'
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market_signal: Secondary market appreciation signal based on Hobbit topper resale history ($500-$1,000 markup) suggests Elite variant will command significant premium post-sellout
medium · Greg explicitly compares to Hobbit topper secondary market performance and predicts much higher Elite values once 25-unit run sells out

Topics

Product announcement and unboxingprimaryLuxury collectible pricing and scarcityprimaryPremium product differentiation (three-tier model)primarySecondary market appreciation potentialsecondaryDesign collaboration and engineering complexitysecondaryProduct packaging and presentationsecondaryInteractive LED and fog machine technologysecondaryIndiana Jones film licensing and thematic authenticitymentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.92)— Hosts express enthusiastic approval of all aspects: design quality, craftsmanship, theming authenticity, pricing transparency, and collaborative design process. Only mild reservation is acknowledging high Elite price point ($2,199) but framed as justified investment in collector value.

Transcript

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all right let's kick this [Music] beautiful car you now no step no mistake mistake I'm very little you very big ladies and gentlemen boys and girls of all ages even the 80-year-olds right oh easily this is straight down the middle with Greg and Zach we're here to show another exclusive new product from uh Elite pinball Toppers and this is their second unveiling and it is probably the eliest of the elite wow elst elst I thought The Hobbit was nice hobbit was awesome it gets nicer than The Hobbit huh it is quite a bit better than The Hobbit you know how many uh Williams Indiana Hilton Jones they made they made a lot no but I'm sure you do I know you like the wide body I do like a wide body I do like that wide body shout out we're going to unbox and show you guys one of the coolest Toppers I'm anticipating we haven't seen it but but we've heard a lot about it we've heard a lot about it and this is cool because uh this particular I'm going to open it as I'm talking here right this particular new topper for Indiana Hilton Jones from Elite has three models now yes three models yes the uh the standard the deluxe the deluxe and the oh Elite you have to have the elite and there's some good variances like like there are some good upgrades it's not one of those things I don't feel of where that it's like ah where do I go do I you know is it worth the extra money to upgrade if you don't want to spend the money yeah you're still getting yeah you're getting a great topper in the standard which we'll show you too we we actually have a standard and the the standard is uh it's cheaper than a lot of Toppers on the market very much so and it's still beautiful oh I suspect we still haven't opened that one yet either we've seen some prototype pictures we've seen some pictures and videos but not in person and everything is different we did not expect oh I GED on you um is that still a word oh my gosh that took me back to seventh grade it's better than I spit on you wow um but I was impressed with the size of this box like it is massive here get over there before you open it get over there and lift this up show it like for reference like look how big this topper box is when like that's for a Topper a Topper it's a Topper in the Box always about the the uh the Box the Box B now what's cool about this also Greg and the viewers can know is that uh the standard Indiana Hilton Jones Hopper still comes in that cool wooden crate after you so I see a wooden crate here but for the Elite model it's a special wooden crate it's a specialty it's a collectible even the box is an upgrade from the standard to the deluxe and from the deluxe to the standard it is very thing Remember The Hobbit how awesome that Hobbit box was this takes it to the next level oh dang but wait there's more so yeah so this is theme appropriate and it resembles the uh the crates that John Youssi on the film Indiana Hilton Jones which again was one of the most exciting things I know people make fun of me about my uh packaging but oh yeah you okay this is even oh that's cool it says caution read now this topper is fragile it's made should we tell them what it's made from it's made from something special uh which is very difficult to apply very fragile to the touch never under any circumstance it's good we're reading this try to rub or clean the topper with any cloth to remove dust just blow air on it L this is turning this is turning special uh failure to follow this direction will result in your topper potentially getting damaged it will not be warranted this topper also utilizes something else special oh oh I got a surprise with this that gets hot which creates that this isn't helpful no we can't we can't read it we we got we're not giving you in a commercial setting they need to know that or where the game will be left on and unattended for hours at a time yes when using the Toppers best of practice just to shut off your game when you're not around the machine for extented periods of time then it comes we're not going to do uh last time we did an install video we're not going to do that because the instructions are very detailed so okay and we want to show you the good stuff I love this like even this I want to keep look how nice they really are awesome because it's themed it it fits the theme yeah it's m the theming see that's cool okay let's get to it I got to put it back in here don't hurt it my collector my collector okay do you want to we'll lift it out and I'll shift that box it even says congratulations oh baby I'm like I I I'm like ancy side stepping can you get down in there I can always get down in there oh top secret Elite topper number oh 00 2p do not open uhoh oh oh yeah so that's cool it's like a it's like and these are custom numbered so your Elites are all custom numbered it's like a crate yes they're they're hand custom numbered so not every crate is going to be the same um on there wow that's nice who would have thought a pinball mod would be collectible not only the mod itself but the box that it comes in and there are only what 25 of these Elite that are going out your standards are going to be unlimited the deluxe are going to 75 five models but this very special Elite there's only 24 left yes we get one we got one all right bony you know how these Elite crates are they require a your favorite at least we're not on top of a pinball machine you oh my God it's okay I'll step on that later the atrocities I know [Music] I don't know why I get so excited about this I don't know it's like a pinball [Music] machine I don't think anybody with an IND cuz you think man Indiana Hilton Jones did not have a factory topper no there was nothing really Whirlwind did Whitewater did but Indiana Hilton Jones one of the greatest pins of all time it has so many toys so many great mechs it doesn't have a Topper it does now okay that that may not be how we're supposed to there there's a lot of creaking and popping oh baby okay so look we got a there is 25 more cuz this is the prototype two out of three there's three prototypes so we didn't take one we just got a prototype one more for you okay more there oh my god dude this is neat yeah it is yeah just like the uh the other leite top you know The Hobbit one which was fantas fantastic was actually bolted to the crate to keep it from moving uh same thing here with Indiana Hilton Jones and those are not uh small screws was it like number fours you're such a man you knew that number fours I could be completely wrong somebody call me out they're like actually I was a number three and a half all right Greg we're about to whip it out for these people and before we do that I want to tell them what they're about to see they're about to see something super iconic not only to the Indiana Hilton Jones film license yes but to all film making in the past I mean this is when John Youssi this you think Indiana Hilton Jones and I want to tell you about this that what we cannot touch um is and the reason why we can't touch it and the reason why we can't touch it I'm going to read here it is hand gilded hand gilded genuine 24 karat gold leafing on this thing literally hundreds of dollars of gold just gold very hundreds of dollars worth of gold and it on your Topp and it takes experts he had to find an expert to hand Guild and leaf this with not 14 karat gold 24 karat gold that's what makes this thing the deluxe model so why don't we pull it out show them and then we'll sit on the box 100% And then I do like I'm going to tilt this up for the people I do like that we've got a nice wooden box and we got another compartment over there holding nice more parts because there's still something special that we're not going to unveil to you yet we're getting this out Greg you don't like to spend any money much less money on pinball machines but I would venture to say if you had an Indiana Hilton Jones you'd have to buy this it's hard not to would you not because there this is the official Indi to Toppers to me look at this [Laughter] oh that's look at that and there's still bulbs intera need to go there you have uh RGB strip or LED strip here inlay LED strip here LED strips here interactive back mounted LED strip for the wall yeah everything is custom and are you ready for what really not only the 24 Kat gold the are you ready for what really sets this topper apart I think it's a gold the difference yes so the main difference between your Deluxe and your Elite is the awesome Gold Leaf 24 karat gold and this I want to touch it can I touch it no don't touch it I just want to touch don't touch it don't touch it are you ready go the other way go the other way okay you ready look at what's on the back oh a fog machine that's right just like in the film whenever they lift it off the souls come yes it's got a built in fog machine that is custom routed so that it flows in the exact way it needs to flow lots of research and design and tweaking to get the F to flow where it needs to go the most realistic I'll put this to the side show them the holder so here is all your hookups accessories bulbs everything else that you need wow mounts on your leg just like a pin cup wood e y e a e for elite Toppers um and that's where your your fog juice bottle will go yeah just like your cup holder yep which is right here here so you have your FL juice I like that it's got like the little alarm in the stopper too if it runs out of juice yes yep and he said these will run like you'll get a lot of use yeah filling up this Reservoir yep and it doesn't run consistently it's it's interactive with certain modes which makes it again another one of those freaking awesome things that's like no other topper in the world you still have the wooden rod that goes in the front of your Ark to complete that um and it's bolted in here package here I'm going to show you guys this again um so again amazing assortment like everything in here the compartments uh the little wooden rod is bolted to the side like nothing is moving around nothing is getting damaged uh during shipping in this here baby need me a man expain it for you there bone no not right feel like John CAC but with [Music] pinball oh look at that oh yeah real wood hand stained handcarved hand he's he's got a lathe and then he oh my God I'm so terrified to even go in between there I'm gonna be so delicate does that feel good is it tight no I'm so scared I don't want to rub off the gold very gentle very very gentle oh and yeah it's it looks just like the Moon oh Perfection just like the movie how insane is that I want to see it on again real 24 Leaf carat gold man okay and as we promised flickering candle or Tor not just the faux LED stuff either like these are we have to wipe those off from the skin but these are the incandescents that have like the the F the fake flame in there that the light will oh and it gives you an extra bounce off of yeah there was an extra just in case it burns out oh and the devil's in the details because like even the cap for the fog machine has an elite embroid or like a diecut elite everything is just sharp it's so amazing all right some of the finer details here again 25 of these only 25 of these and this one doesn't count um the price of the standard we're going to show you the standard here in a minute the standard is $849 y cheaper than a lot of new Toppers on the market that are just plastic but your difference with that standard is is you do not get the fog machine you do not get the 24 karat gold and you do not get the flickering bulbs they are yeah and they'll see the chart I'm going to put the chart up the differences here uh on the elite you get everything uh oh we almost forgot so on the standard edition you get 60 LEDs there's a lot of lights it's a lot of lights the deluxe edition you're bumping yourself up to 90 LEDs uh and then you know those LEDs have flashers in them as well this thing has 130 mhm SMD LEDs on it and they're fully interactive so you're going to tap them into some of the boards so that when you're hitting jackpots you're going to get certain lights come up certain fogs come up so it's not just a pretty lit up 3D Beautiful goldplated piece like it is literally interactive and just like in in Elite fashion like everything just like the packaging is so clean like like the F machine where it it the fog diverters color are clean the wiring is all clean it's all neatly bundled it's all this has five interactive flashers the deluxe has three interactive flashers insane so 25 of them the price of this bad boy $21.99 oh that's a lot of money it's a lot of Mone that's a lot of money but there's nothing else like it on the market how much is your Indian Hilton Jones worth yeah how much is it going to be worth once you get one of these limited editions you think $21.99 is is a lot of money right I do I think it's a lot of money money wait until they sell all 25 how much do you think it's going to be worth then oh hell of a lot more than $21.99 you're not going to get them again we saw what The Hobbit did do you know what people are paying for that Hobbit topper now no over $1,000 over, $500 for a hobbit talk and that was a fantastic showing like like Elite did a fantastic out of thegate showing with that is a beautiful piece this is three this this is hard to beat going into the future the deluxe model they're making 75 it's $12.99 so nice in between there and the standard an unlimited amount $8.49 yes so pick your flavor mhm this is my flavor you want me to touch it oh don't but what's nice is there's something for everybody you you've got somebody like me who doesn't necessarily want to go all out but I still want a really amazing topper wow it's for me the stand for me you want to be Zach 100% you're going Elite you can't not go Elite the cool thing is with Vecennia Jordan we were able to uh at Elite we were able to like go through the design phase with him yeah it was a lot of fun it was a lot of research and design bouncing stuff off of each other hey have you thought about this he would throw stuff at us hey what do you guys think about this is there a problem with this um because you know there was a lot to go into this this this F machine yeah it was not simple because you're you're messing with a fog machine around a pinball machine and then just like what we talked about about the diverters there was a lot of research and design trial and error on how to get that fog to flow smoothly and nicely around it very even dist distributed and give you the best effect so it's not one of those things that was just thrown together and just said hey you know what's awesome fog oh I'll put a fog machine on here this is awesome no man it's not that easy no not at all you need a reservoir big enough to where you're not filling the damn thing up every single time you're playing it's got to be it's got to be done right yes and that's what Elite's all about um if you're still listening at this point and you think you want one you probably need to pause go order before these things are sold out that's probably and even if if you miss out on one of these because they're they're not going to be around 25 is not a whole lot uh but the deluxe is still amazing so you know you're eliminating be your fog machine you're eliminating the gold you're going to want the deluxe of this you're going to want it just yeah the deluxe is still it's still a beautiful piece just because of the lighting because that gold is just something all right guys did you uh did you get an eye boner from that and invaded all my senses we're supposed to be more professional okay so you guys fell in love with that thing you've probably ordered yourself for comparison sake we want to show you uh the standard model of this top and as you saw in that video you've get the fa you get the interactive lights you saw the flame the flickering Flames The Guild The Guild um but here is your your standard model and the standard as you can see for comparison still absolutely amazing but again you don't get any uh bulbs any For Your Flames they're just stagnant non-lighting uh Tor look like a flame visually look like a flame they're 3D printed beautiful um and then you've Get the Led strips but they're not interactive on this one they're just GI the GI that's on and uh you eliminate the the back wall LED as well that you saw shining up from the uh the Elite model so like you said it's for the individuals who want something beautiful that looks like this yes but doesn't interact like this and you save over half of the money exactly and or you can again the the Del Luxe is where it's at as well because now you will get those flickering torch bulbs and you will get that interactive you know what this one's for this one is for you individually that waited too long to watch this video and you wanted that one you couldn't get it and you wanted the deluxe you couldn't get it so then you're like okay I got to have this beauty this is like this is the new standard this is the Indiana Hilton Jones Topp it's still amazing look at that thing and that's a beautiful smooth finish on that paint but it is nothing like I wish that you could see you can't see in in on camera the difference between that 24 karat gold and that that is amazing I love the mount too and lit up dude it's just like like these are gorgeous just like a pinball machine it's gorgeous but what happens with a pinball machine when you turn it on yeah and that's the way these are like sitting here like this I like team molding it's going to be easy to install just one plug oh it's beautiful clean simple yeah oh yeah that's yes very easy to hook up all right you guys have seen it throughout the video down below where you go to buy these uh whenever you talk to Vecennia Jordan over at Elite let him know that straight down the middle sent you hell you can tell him bye bye-bye whatever you'd like to say but we want to submit your own videos after you've installed your Indiana Hilton Jones topper uh we want to see your videos or picks of it I like share it with the world we want we want to see that send it to us at SDM pimble gmail.com because we want to post them we want to see them on your pretty machines and send us your Indiana Hilton Jones if you're slapping this badass Elite on top of an $1,000 restored Indiana show off your Indies too because I you got some brass you got some black what you got there you're going stainless regular stainless you clearcut your play field it's finally the crown the crown on the royalty that is that tops off such a beautiful high-end pinball machine to begin with let's see what the elite pinball Toppers does next but it's going to be hard to top this topper see you guys later the [Music]