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The Pinball Show Ep 92: Weird Al Is Such A Tease

The Pinball Show·podcast_episode·1h 10m·analyzed·Feb 22, 2022
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TL;DR

Multimorphic announces Weird Al game with flawed pre-order strategy; Franchi exits Stern for multiple projects.

Summary

The Pinball Show Episode 92 features an unusual co-host known as 'Dr. Dude' (anonymous personality) discussing industry news including Christopher Franchi's departure from Stern to work with multiple manufacturers, the announcement of Multimorphic's Weird Al Yankovic licensed P3 game (Museum of Natural Hilarity), and various production updates from Stern, Jersey Jack, Chicago Gaming, and American Pinball. The episode highlights Multimorphic's poor marketing execution—announcing the game while disabling their order system—and skepticism about the Weird Al theme despite positive industry buzz.

Key Claims

  • Christopher Franchi stated he will not do future art for Stern and has two games coming out this year from 'fantastic pinball makers' and possibly a third

    high confidence · Direct quote from Franchi's social media post, read on-air; confirmed via interview with Christopher Franchi by correspondent Kaz

  • Multimorphic's Weird Al game has 'one of the greatest shots' in pinball history with repeatable ramp mechanics and packed playfield with numerous toys

    medium confidence · Second-hand reporting from Flippin' and Mashin' podcast visit to Multimorphic; host expresses skepticism about this claim

  • Multimorphic disabled their website order system shortly before announcing Weird Al, citing existing six-month backorders

    medium confidence · Discussion between hosts; stated as intentional decision to manage non-pinball buyer expectations and pre-serve orders for existing P3 owners via Discord/email

  • Scott Denise is handling music and sound effects for Weird Al Museum of Natural Hilarity

    high confidence · Host Zach Minney states this directly during Weird Al discussion

  • Rush Pro machines had early scoop protector failures after less than 100 plays due to light-grade alloy construction

    high confidence · Stern news correspondent Craig Bobby reports on OEM replacement protector development and testing by Troy Smith at Tilt Amusements

  • American Pinball plans to build 500 deluxe models of Legends of Valhalla followed by classic editions

    high confidence · Interview by correspondent Kaz with Stephen Bowden (American Pinball)

  • Chicago Gaming Company has shipping delays causing SE units to leave only in small batches with 2-4 week gaps between shipments

    high confidence · Chicago Gaming correspondent Matt Morrison reports parts delays affecting Cactus Canyon Remake SE shipments

  • Daniel Radcliffe is playing Weird Al Yankovic in an upcoming biopic

    medium confidence · Host mentions this as trivia during Weird Al discussion; not verified within episode

Notable Quotes

  • “Those of you hoping for my artwork to once again grace the cabinets and translights of a new Stern game, it simply will not happen. If you're looking to see more of my work, I have two games coming out this year from fantastic pinball makers and a possible third.”

    Christopher Franchi @ Industry news segment — Major personnel/creative departure from Stern; signals shift in manufacturer competition for top talent

  • “The attention to details off the charts it's not going to make you walk to the bank to get your money to order you're going to be forced to run to the bank!”

    Flippin' and Mashin' podcast (reported by host) @ Weird Al discussion — Extreme hype for Multimorphic's new licensed game; suggests high industry confidence in title

  • “At the peak and the height of your hype, and when people are ready to spend money, your website is not accepting orders. So brilliant.”

    Zach Minney (host) @ Weird Al discussion — Criticism of Multimorphic's marketing execution; highlights disconnect between announcement strategy and sales readiness

  • “Don't announce a damn product if you don't want to take money for it.”

    Dr. Dude (anonymous co-host) @ Weird Al discussion — Blunt critique of Multimorphic's pre-order strategy from community perspective

  • “Well, the theme is part of the game, isn't it? You're the worst guest ever.”

    Zach Minney (host) @ Weird Al theme discussion — Captures host frustration with co-host's non-committal stance on new game announcement

  • “This is as close to Harry Potter as we're going to get, right? Daniel Radcliffe is playing Weird Al in an upcoming film.”

    Zach Minney (host) @ Weird Al discussion — Comparison of Weird Al to Harry Potter in terms of pop culture licensing; indicates cultural relevance assessment

  • “Weird Al transcends genres.”

    Zach Minney (host) @ Weird Al discussion — Acknowledgment of Weird Al's broad cultural appeal across demographics

Entities

Christopher FranchipersonMultimorphiccompanyWeird Al Yankovicperson/IPStern PinballcompanyWeird Al's Museum of Natural HilaritygameScott DenisepersonJersey Jack Pinballcompany

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Multimorphic citing six-month backorders as reason for disabled pre-orders; concern that announcement timing doesn't align with sales readiness

    medium · Co-host explanation of backlog rationale; host's sarcastic criticism of announcement-without-sales strategy

  • ?

    business_signal: American Pinball production confirms 500 deluxe Legends of Valhalla units planned; Christopher Franchi likely contributing artwork based on confirmed 2024 releases

    high · Correspondent Kaz interview with Stephen Bowden; Franchi's stated two games + possible third aligning with AP timeline

  • ?

    event_signal: Flippin' and Mashin' podcast visited Multimorphic to preview Weird Al game; provided extensive positive coverage (possibly sponsored content)

    medium · Host notes podcast unusually positive with no criticism except praise; describes as 'shiltastic' and possibly sponsored

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Host expresses skepticism about Weird Al as pinball theme despite industry hype; rates theme as 'C/C-' compared to previous P3 licenses

    high · Direct quote: 'For me, a dream theme would mean like an A, A+. This is a C, C- theme, in my opinion.' Hosts acknowledge theme implementation risk

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Weird Al announced at Multimorphic peak hype but with unclear product availability; concern from host that other manufacturers (Stern, JJP, CGC, AP, Haggis, Pinball Brothers) may release competing products during order blackout period

    medium · Host speculates new products from competitors may arrive before Weird Al orders open, fragmenting buyer attention

Transcript

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0:00
Warning, the following episode contains adult language and screaming goats. Listener discretion is advised.
0:11
The Pinball Network is online. Launching The Pinball Show. What's happening everybody on this episode of The Pinball Show? We have a first time co-host with no name. He and I talk about random stuff, the new multimorphic title announcement, flipper foxtrot foils, Stern Pinball production updates, and what's leading the factory this very week, artist Christopher French dropping a big old bomb on social media, then quickly deleting it, Cactus Canyon shipping? A new artist at American Pinball? Getting a shout-out from Toho? All things competitive pinball here at TPS and pinball market trends. Things are about to get weird.
0:56
Pinball is a game of skill. For some, it's a passion and a lifestyle. It's time for the Pinball Show. It's pinball with personality.
1:13
Hey everybody, how's it going? This is the Pinball Show and we're in episode 92. I'm your host, Zach Minney, and I have a very special co-host today. I'm not sure how to explain this co-host. He's not co-hosted here before. nor has he co-hosted, I think, anywhere in pinball as of late. He runs his own podcast. I think seven or eight of you have probably heard of that. But more so, you probably know this individual through if you watch Twitch or anything where he can troll, that's where he is at. I honestly don't know. I know a lot about this guy, but I know nothing at all. He's very much the biggest pinball enigma that there is, minus the Puppet Pals and Macho Pinball. Maybe he is those people. I don't know. But this is a friend. I think. I don't even know if I like the guy. This is going to be a shit show because he is about as random as they come in pinball. He's brilliant, but he'll make you scream. He'll make you shout. He goes by Dr. Dude. He is an enemy.

  • “Last time Weird Al was here, he sold out the house in the exact same venue that Bob Dylan failed to sell out a few years earlier.”

    Zach Minney (host) @ Weird Al discussion — Defense of Weird Al's drawing power and contemporary relevance vs. legacy acts

    • Chicago Gaming Company
    company
    American Pinballcompany
    Dr. Dudeperson
    Zach Minneyperson
    Barry Oslerperson
    Stephen Bowdenperson
    Troy Smithperson
    Flippin' and Mashin'media/podcast
    Cactus Canyon Remakegame
    Legends of Valhallagame
    Guns N' Rosesgame/IP
    Godzillagame
    Rushgame
  • ?

    design_philosophy: Host suggests Weird Al theme requires significant design restraint to avoid over-implementation; success depends on developer's creative discipline

    medium · Discussion of restraint needed for Weird Al; concern that 'packed' playfield described by Flippin' and Mashin' may indicate over-saturation

  • ?

    leak_detection: Multimorphic conducted teaser campaign for Weird Al announcement with cryptic clues (statue chiseling, Hollywood Walk of Fame) and leaked preview visits

    high · Multiple teaser formats documented; Flippin' and Mashin' visited facility prior to official announcement

  • $

    market_signal: Multimorphic disabled website ordering system at peak announcement hype, forcing potential buyers to contact via email or Discord to pre-order

    high · Host Zach Minney directly observed disabled order system immediately after announcement; co-host criticized decision as poor marketing

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Christopher Franchi, established Stern artist, publicly departing Stern to work on games for multiple other manufacturers (likely including American Pinball)

    high · Franchi's direct social media statement + interview confirmation with correspondent Kaz; explicit statement of no future Stern work

  • ?

    product_strategy: Chicago Gaming Company Cactus Canyon Remake experiencing sustained parts delays; small batch shipments with 2-4 week gaps between SE units

    high · CGC correspondent Matt Morrison direct report on shipping schedule and delay timeline

  • ?

    product_concern: Stern Rush Pro machines experiencing early scoop protector failures (under 100 plays) due to light-grade alloy construction; OEM replacements in development

    high · Stern news correspondent Craig Bobby reporting on failure pattern and Tilt Amusements testing of replacement units

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Multimorphic successfully secured Weird Al Yankovic license for P3 platform game; potential parody copyright clearance issues noted by hosts

    high · Official announcement of 'Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity'; hosts discuss copyright/parody mechanics

    • 2:19
    He's an anemone with clownfish swirling within him. Within the industry, he is anonymous-ish, or maybe he is really the Dr. Dude. His brand is Insanity Falls, and he loves everything about it. Ladies and gentlemen, question mark, Dr. Dude. Who in the hell are you? I'm just a man, Zach. I'm just a man. Standing in front of a pinball dealer asking him to love me. We'll see. We'll see if you get love your way. I don't even know how to start this podcast. We communicate often. Is that fair? No. No? I communicate to you a lot. You ignore me a lot. This is true. You have a running diary in my personal text where you just... You're not reading that shit, are you? I read it. I do read it. No! It's not allowed. Usually when I'm sitting on the shitter or something or late at night during a nightcap, I'll read it, but it's a lot of fun. It's very bizarre. And I don't know if a lot of people know you, but they're about to tell me a little bit. I don't even know if I want to know about you, but tell me about you.
    3:32
    Hmm. Tell you about me. Well, I'm 2000 years old. Oh, okay. Yeah. You just turned 2000 like this year. You know, you lose count after a thousand. You stop paying attention. Yeah. That's the golden years. Yeah. No, it's 2038, I think, will actually be my 2000th birthday. Okay, so you're a little under the... Yeah, I'm a spring chicken.
    4:01
    Do you play pinball? Do you know anything about pinball? Yes and no. I play it. I don't know anything about it. I prefer it that way. Do you play competitively? That's a big thing right now. I have. I have an IPA number. Man, you have an opinion then. How about that? Oh, I have so many opinions. Opinions that can be heard. So many. Do you watch or frequent anything on TPN? What's TPN?
    4:26
    Oh, the thing that Silverball Chronicles is on. Yeah. You do have an affection for Silverball Chronicles, don't you? I do. And how long have you been doing your podcast, Insanity Falls? It's not a podcast, but. Okay, Orby. What is it, a fucking blog? It's a, I don't know. I've covered this. Have you not been listening? Well, to be fair, a running consciousness?
    4:53
    Is that what it is? It's a bunch of garbage is what it is. But it's great garbage. I tried to describe you to some of my friends, and I said, well, do you watch Netflix? Do you watch HBO Max? Do you watch PBS? Take every single television channel, you put it all together, and that's Insanity Falls. Am I the Antiques Roadshow of people? Is that what you're saying? In some of my texts, you are. Very much so.
    5:19
    Very much so. Are there any games that you particularly love in pinball? Any titles? If you say Mystery Castle, I'm hanging up. There's one. There's only one pinball machine I like. It's probably the song we opened to, if I had to guess.
    5:34
    Maybe. It might be. Are you in love with Dwight Sullivan? No. Oh, I see where you see the negative numbers now. Oh, yeah. There it is. uh shit what was the oh am i in love with dwight sullivan yes you just said no sometimes i contradict myself zach see people this is what we're gonna do do what's your favorite pin what do you love what what pinball machine you love did you just win it free of charge or what no it wasn't free oh uh it's a little game might have heard of it might not have heard of it i i have a little game by the name of riverboat gambler that's right three lockdown bar action button Dumbass, there's four. There's four of them. Sorry. Was it black, red, green, and white? Pass. Pass is white. Does anybody ever pass? Apparently, people do in tournaments. I have no idea why. That's why tournament pinball is stupid. You non-tournament player, you. Do you have any pinball machines that you loathe that you wouldn't even give to your grandmother? Well, there's a little game by the name of Pinbot. You may have heard of that one as well. Here we go. What? Why the hate? Ousler thing? No, I love Alistair. Is the artwork creepy? Are you kidding me?
    6:45
    You know I love the Popeye. I know. So what is it about Bumbot that you just hate? He has flippers for fingers, number one. That's creepy. That's unnatural. That's creepy. It's creepy as shit. He's the size of the sun. Okay. But he also has people in his head. Ooh. Hit a little too close to home?
    7:05
    I don't know if they're driving him, but he can crush the entire earth in his fucking flipper fingers. It's awful. It's existentially horrifying is what it is. Did you have a bad experience with a pin bot?
    7:20
    You know, so this is a true story. I doubt it. Like, no, it's true. Like last week, I was in the vicinity of a pin bot, you know.
    7:32
    I try to keep an eye on them so they don't just, you know, so they behave. But I noticed for the first time that it has a face. Pinbot has a face. Did you know Pinbot has a face? Creepiest shit. Behind the visor? Yeah, behind the visor. It's like green lizard shit. I guess I'd never looked up. And that's just Pinbot, not to mention his entire messed up family. His gambling addicted son.
    8:01
    Yeah. Okay, is the bride, is she a lady or is she a robot? I don't know. Are you one of those people that thinks that artificial intelligence and all of those robots have feelings and we can't kill them?
    8:17
    I saw WALL-E. I felt bad for that robot. I had to bring an example up. I was about to say I will blast any robot in the head, no feelings of remorse. And then you bring up WALL-E. Why would you kill WALL-E? Or Short Circuit. You're a monster. Spare both of those. What about Johnny Five? Would you kill Johnny Five? Yeah, the Short Circuit. I didn't know his name. Yeah, Johnny Five. Yeah, he's fine. I like him more than I like some humans, so that's fine. What about the Flight of the Navigator? You into that guy? Oh, God, here we go. Sounds like a TP in Discord all over again, everybody. Dream theme, Flight of the Navigator. No, we can kill him. What's the matter, big boy? Aren't there too many Twinkies?
    8:53
    That's good. That's good stuff. They're good robots. The beef that I have with Bride of Pinball, I don't like her at all. Tell me about the beef. I just don't like her. Tell me about the beef you have with the Bride of Pinball. That game sucks. You know why I don't like Pinbot? It's the skill shot. It's so dependent on the skill shot. That's all. That's the only thing? That's not interesting at all. If you miss the skin, I know. I like the people in his head. I know. And seeing the creepy eyes. That's the more interesting story. That's why I tell it that way. Jesus. Why do you love Greg Bone so much? Because he's better than you in every way. Every way? Every single way, yeah. I'll give you a couple ways, but every way? Give me one. I loved how you thought the other night you texted. You were like, I think, isn't Greg Bone Puppet Pals? And it made me laugh hysterically because neither Greg nor I are talented or smart enough to create the brilliance that is the Puppet Pals. He loves the show tunes, though. I know that much. He does. He does love show tunes. It's not far-fetched. But have you seen Greg Bone try to dance? I haven't. Yeah, he has a cadence of like a housefly. He can't dance for shit. A housefly? Yeah. Wow. I've got rhythm. Housefly shade. Yeah, I've got rhythm. I do. You've got music? I've got my guy. Who could ask for anything more? I don't know what else to say about you. I'm glad you're on the show. Thanks for taking a chance with me. And I like to keep it interesting here at the Pinball Show. It's time for TPN Industry News.
    10:26
    Hello and welcome to the Pinball Show's Stern News Update. I'm Craig Bobby. Testing, testing. One, two, three. Yes, as previously reported, fear not, Rush owners. A new Stern OEM replacement scoop protector is almost ready for all those early run Rush Pro machines whose scoop protectors that seem to be made of a very light grade alloy that was simply not holding up to the rigors of the silver ball, with most failing after less than 100 plays. Ouch! Troy Smith from Tilt Amusements was helping with the testing honors this weekend at Win Loser Draft Bar and Gaming Parlor in beautiful downtown Chatham, Illinois. As it appeared, Stern had provided him with some trial units to put through their paces. What changes did Stern make, and will those new protectors appear on the beautiful Rush LEs due out this week? And how did those tests go? Well, you know the answer to that one. We shall have to wait and see. And on to more social media posts. We have a post from former Stern artist and current host of the super awesome pinball show, Christopher Franchi that he will most certainly not be penning any future art under the Stern banner.
    11:40
    Franchi wrote, Those of you hoping for my artwork to once again grace the cabinets and translights of a new Stern game, it simply will not happen. If you're looking to see more of my work, I have two games coming out this year from fantastic pinball makers and a possible third. I appreciate you all for the support of my work and I hope you love the new stuff. See you at TPF. Indeed we will. And not to be outdone with Stern Manufacturing, which is running at full steam ahead these days, so too are the Stern Coders. Stern Pinball has posted new rush code V.88 for the Pro and Limited Edition models. Of course, the premiums are yet to come in the weeks ahead. And new code for the king of all pinball machines, we have Stern's Godzilla, who is still holding down the number one spot on the Pinside Top 100. and more new code as Stern Pinball has posted V.91 for the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition Godzilla models. Well, that's all for this week for the Pinball Show. I'm Craig Bobby. Catch you on the flip side.
    12:44
    Hi, this is Ken Rudberg with your Jersey Jack update. If you have a Guns N' Roses and you're looking to change up the look of your playfield, pinballwizard.com, which is Jersey Jack's merch store, now has decals for placement on the turntable spinning toy on the playfield. These decals look like little Guns N' Roses albums, and you can choose from such albums as Lies, Use Your Illusion 1 or 2, The Spaghetti Incident, Chinese Democracy, or Appetite for Destruction. In looking at the price, I wish these were available for one cent, with the promise of buying three more albums in the next year, but unfortunately there are $39 on pinballwizard.com. If Playfield mods are something you are into, you might want to check these out. And that's all I got for this week. For The Pinball Show, this has been Ken Rudberg.
    13:45
    Hey, this is Kaz with an update on American Pinball. I reached out to Stephen Bowden, and the plan is still to build the 500 deluxe models of Legends of Valhalla and then they're going to build some classic editions. The code has improved and continues to do so and he's glad to be helping towards that. And Steven is also excited to work with Barry Osler because the game Space Shuttle was his introduction to pinball as a kid. He said it's a really special feeling to personally help him develop a game and they want to capture that magic and he's excited to contribute to that happening. And American Pinball will be at TPF and the Midwest Gaming Classic. In other American Pinball news, I reached out to Christopher Franchi. Now, he's no longer working at Stern. He said he was working on two games that are going to be released this year and possibly a third. And last year, there was a few rumors and some news about him doing a game for American Pinball. So we're probably going to see one of the next couple games for American Pinball at Franchi Art. Now, we're going to have to just wait and see when they release that. Is it going to be out at TPF, Midwest Gaming Classic, or release sometime at a later point? It's going to be interesting to see some new games coming out from American Pinball. I hope everybody has a great week and has fun playing pinball. For the Pinball Show, this is Brian Kosner.
    15:00
    Matt Morrison here with your Chicago Gaming Company update for the week, and a very small batch of Cactus Canyon Remake SEs have finally left the building. It seems parts delays are still plaguing Chicago Gaming Company, and we will not see any more SEs probably leave the building for another two to four weeks. And remember, the schedule is SE, LE, then SE+. So we could still have a little bit of a wait in front of us for everybody to get their games. But have no fear, CGC's always delivered. And I think that'll do it for this week. Back to you guys.
    15:29
    All right, well, there we have it. Thank you, correspondents, for getting us all of that new news. We don't have a multi-morphic correspondent. Falls. What should I call it? Falsie. We'll call you Falsie. Insanity Falsie. You like that? What do you want to be called? No. No, but I'm not going to avoid it, am I? What do you want to be called? Oh, right. That's my prompt. See, I forgot. I forget. I'm getting a prompt to continue to retell a story. I was jerking off to the Lane Bryant catalog yesterday. Oh, my God. No.
    16:04
    That's so bad. There are people listening to this. A lot of people want to hear about the new Multimorphic game. Okay, then why are you so obsessed about me? You're now Lane Bryant from now on. Okay, sounds great. You know who else is from Bryant? Eddie Munster.
    16:20
    What? Never mind. From Bryant? Yeah, Bryant, Arkansas. Eddie Munster is from Bryant, Arkansas. Mm-hmm, Butch Patrick, yep.
    16:29
    Which has to do with the last name Bryant. It's a free association. Okay, let's... I don't know what to do with that, but let's talk about the biggest news to hit today. We delayed recording a little bit. The new Multimorphic P3 license title has now been announced. Last week, listener, they've been campaigning this next release with some daily teases. The first tease was a picture of someone chiseling a statue, which now that I know the title, I don't understand the reference. Second tease was a Hollywood Walk of Fame star with the other P3 games surrounding it in a missing spot with question marks. What a stretch of a clue there. It could only have been like 2,000 people. And then we got another clue from a Fliptronic video. It wasn't a clue at all. It was just a video of them reacting to walking in and seeing this licensed game for the first time. And, yeah, they about dropped their loads there. They were extremely happy calling it a dream theme saying dude oh my God what is that The whole nine yards And then we got it The most shiltastic podcast from Flippin and Mashin Parnell and Ryan over there They're good buddies with Multimorphic Jerry P3. They went down there to visit to play the game. And I don't know if this is a sponsored podcast that they did. It almost has to be. There was nothing negative that they said about it except that it's God's work. I'm paraphrasing. They said colorful artwork. It's just packed, Lane Bryant. Play-filled modules, so packed. It's tons of shots. So many toys. Quote, a handful of industry firsts. And they're calling it having the best shot in pinball ever, historically, ever. Bryant, ever.
    18:15
    Ever. Do you think the best shot in pinball is going to come from a P3 multimorphic platform game? Not unless they're rerunning No Good Gophers. it's a lot of people do say that that's the best it's more of a random shot than a feel-good shot but what no it is they said this you're just you're just bad at gophers the podcast said that this is multi-morphics wizard vase their mona lisa it's got a repeatable ramp shot and the theme really lends itself to the p3 platform the attention to details off the charts it's not going to make you walk to the bank to get your money to order you're going to be forced to run to the bank! Bri Bri. So, how do you feel about Legend of Zelda?
    18:56
    Now that would have sold some units. Oh, and the playfield module is accompanied with two additional items. So today we got a teaser. This is Monday the 21st of February. We had a teaser announcing what the title is and showing some clips of the artwork. Did you see this yet, LB? Maybe I call you LB. Yeah. Okay, sure.
    19:18
    It doesn't matter. You know, It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, forget it. It's a terrible story. Um, uh, what was the question? Of course. What was the question? I knew that was going to be the question. Weird Al Yankovic, huh? Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity. I like that title. Do you? I'm sure, I'm sure you hate it. I'm sure you love this. I probably will. You're the fucking weirdest Al I know in pinball. So of course you like this. I forgot that was my name yesterday Oh man So Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity they said it Is coming soon They had some art I gotta tell you the art was really good Have you seen this video yet this teaser I watched it earlier Sober or Yes So do you remember it It's not even lunch time yet man what are you saying Okay Come on. Now. What was the question? Oh, my.
    20:25
    No, I saw the video. What about the art? The art looked good. The art, it looked like him. That's good. Better than some pinball artists have gotten. Hand-drawn. It is beautiful artwork. I'm going to give him a lot of credit there. We know that Scott Denise is on music and sound effects and all that stuff, so that's exciting. Yeah, you would think that Weird Al would be on music, but. Well, I mean, his music I wonder if they can get past the copyright stuff I guess so It's parody Yeah, but if they're selling that parody It's parody That's all you have to do is just say something is parody And then you can do whatever you want I'm pretty sure that's how copyright law works Yeah, I've tried that Then you just change the laws So do you like the theme Weird Al? I don't know yet, but I'm interested What do you mean you don't know? You know Weird Al, do you like that music? I haven't played the game yet. Zach? I'm supposed to know how I feel about it if I haven't played it. How do you like the theme? Well, the theme is part of the game, isn't it?
    21:23
    You're the worst guest ever. I know. We get a brand new release, and you said you don't know how you feel about Weird Al as the theme.
    21:33
    I like Weird Al. Of course you do. I have a long story in history with Weird Al. What does that mean? Nothing. It just means I listen to Weird Al a lot, and that's why I am the way I am, probably. While you're reading Lane Bryant? Yes. Yes Name your favorite Weird Al song Albuquerque Is that one for real? Yeah, it's for real It was a hidden track on Running With Scissors It was 13 minutes long And it was this big long shaggy dog story You are a weird Al now About how when he was a kid His mom used to time to the wall every morning And beat him a big bowl of sauerkraut Every single morning for breakfast And it gets weirder from there Sounds Primus weird to me Primus sucks though Well, for me, this thing was hyped as a huge dream theme, and it's going to knock everybody's socks off with this license. I've got to tell you, for me, a dream theme would mean like an A, A+. This is a C, C- theme, in my opinion. It's going to bring Jerry and Multimorphic some sales, which is good for him. It's the best licensed game they've ever done.
    22:41
    Okay. man what a stretch there you didn't like lexi light speed so and the swamp monster here's the thing about weird al the the theme weird al is a theme i think lives and dies by its implementation so okay i think i think you can do weird al and have it be a lot of fun i think you can really mess up weird al i think it's very very easy to do so you'd have to show a lot of restraint in design. So I guess it'll come down to whether or not they can exercise that restraint as far as how I feel about it. People are talking that have played this game. They'll be saying it's packed, it's loaded, it's got one of the greatest shots, it's got toys everywhere. We're still dealing with just the back third there, a 50-pound module that goes in. I was excited until I heard how much they were boosting this theme up, and now that I hear that they've really missed the mark on that theme, now I'm worried about is there really going to be that much greatness in it have they missed the mark though? I think so yeah this isn't Jurassic Park this isn't Queen this isn't a Dynamite theme I'm sorry a Dynamite theme does not a game make though absolutely it does hear that Keithy what are you playing?
    24:03
    Breath of the Wild Yeah? Now that's a theme. You can't find the blue flames? You're going to have to find something else to work on until I can come help you, okay? It's the ocarina.
    24:15
    Just go fishing. Doesn't Zelda just fish and it's fun? Just go fishing. I'm pretty sure you actually dive in and catch the fish with your bare hands on this one. That's not as cool. I'll help you later, okay? I think that a lot of people love the Weird Al license. Oh, yeah. I don't think it's completely missed the mark, but it's just personally not a theme. I think this is as close to Harry Potter as we're going to get, right? Daniel Radcliffe is... Did you know that? Daniel Radcliffe is playing... I don't know if it's a biopic, but he's playing Weird Al in an upcoming film. Huh. Yeah, so that's about as close as we're going to get. That's interesting. See, that's the thing about Weird Al. You can't ever discount Weird Al. The man is just... I can. ...not enough creativity. Well, you can because you're old and crotchety and wrong about everything. The 1990s called and they said, Man, we've got so many awesome themes, but we're going to give you Weird Al. And I hung up the phone. Would you rather have, like, Soundgarden? What do you want? Soundgarden!
    25:12
    Not a bad pen. A freaking Garth Brooks pen? Yes. What would make you happy? I'll take a Garth Brooks pen over a Weird Al. What about a Chris Gaines pen, though? No. That's like the Weird Al of Country. No. The Weird Al of Country. I think Weird Al is the Weird Al of Country. No. So, Weird Al transcends genres. There you guys go. It's Weird Al in his museum of natural hilarity. It's going to be great. It's going to be amazing. It's going to be awesome. It's going to have the best shot in pinball. It's got a repeatable looping ramp. Yep, most ramps are repeatable. But it's going to be great. Shh. Why am I kind of bummed?
    25:42
    Because you have no joy in your life. Weird Al, were you a Weird Al fan? Yeah, when I was 12. Growing up? When you were 12? Okay. What's wrong with being fans of things when you're 12? Nothing. I want a lot of things. I want DuckTales. I want Inspector Gadget. I want the Goonies. I want Back to the Future. I want all of this stuff. Okay, but does Weird Al age well? He's still touring. He's coming here in the fall. Everybody's arguing. He still sells out shows. Well, it's entertainment. Everybody does.
    26:16
    So let me tell you this. Last time Weird Al was here, he sold out the house in the exact same venue that Bob Dylan failed to sell out a few years earlier. Oh, come on. So explain that to me. It was probably a fucking tornado the day before or something. Come on. No, that was Jimmy Buffett. You know what? Give me a Jimmy Buffett pin over a weird outfit. Oh, I'm with you on that, man. Absolutely. You know what I found? Jimmy Buffett pin all day. Speaking of weird, you know what I found weird, Brian, is that I go to Multimorphic's website, and I think, okay, well, let's just see what they're doing here. It's hard to find the game announcement. They've got on YouTube, I think they've got probably a couple hundred followers on there, so it's going to be hard to get that out there. But you go and you buy the game, right? You're like, you know what? Love Weird Al. I'm going to go buy this game. Oh, I can't even order the machine. Check back later for details on when new orders will open up.
    27:13
    Huh. So I go to the kit, and I'm like, no, the kit, at least I can buy the kit if I have an existing.
    27:19
    No, I can't buy it. So at the peak and the height of your hype, and when people are ready to spend money, your website is not accepting orders. so brilliant from what from what i've heard that was intentional uh that was even better disabled shortly before the announcement it should have definitely been a mistake then i would have felt a little better about it explain that go ahead and explain that one i can try i don't know that how's it feel to fail gusto but i can i can explain why someone might think that would be a good idea let's hear that they're already back ordered like six months or something so maybe not the best time to be flooded with orders from brand new buyers who don't necessarily know anything about your platform or about the turnaround time typically because weird al is going to be a theme that sells to non-pinball people i sure sure at least that Well, no. It's going to be a lot of non-pinball people. It is. And I think the traditional mechanisms of a P3 system is exactly what they need then for a pinball machine. But the thing I heard was that they are still taking pre-orders by email, just not on the website, because, ostensibly, so that people like us get a shot at it first. Well, before the unwashed masses. It's a good thing they have a link that says email. Oh, shit. That's not there either.
    28:57
    Well, they can't give away the secret. You got to be in the know. You got to know the password, Zach. You got to know how to knock right. Man, maybe I'm just not a marketing genius.
    29:07
    I'd like a P3, please. I would think if you're announcing a new product, you want to take people's money when they're most excited about it. You would think so, but.
    29:17
    Maybe I'm missing something. I did hear that there is a Discord channel, a multi-morphic Discord channel, and they've been already taking spots for the modules for current owners and stuff. And I'm like, well, that's not okay.
    29:33
    Well, that's pinball. That's pinball. That's pinball in 2022. That's pinball, which is fine. But yeah, Jerry, you've got to have this thing up for sale. Otherwise, don't announce it. The cut and dry there, LB, is that. don't announce a damn product if you don't want to take money for it. He's getting his own way of making money here. I don't get it. That's what we do in pinball now, though. Not me. We hype the shit out of someone. Well, not you. If I'm selling a product, I'll let you pay for it. You don't have any control over when you get your grubby little mitts on it. The Lord knows that's true.
    30:07
    Okay, so there's your big announcement. Weird Al's Museum. So there's your big announcement. Weird Al's Museum of Natural Hilarity. If you'd like to order one, you'll be able to order it soon. We're hoping that in the time it takes for them to be able to take orders, the brand-new, wonderful Stern pinball machine or Jersey Jack pinball machine, Chicago Gaming Company, American pinball machine, Haggis pinball machine, Pinball Brothers, or any other manufacturer doesn't come out with a product.
    30:39
    But I think Weird Al fans that are not accustomed to pinball, They're going to put a little note in the reminder, and they're just going to keep checking. I'm almost sure of that.
    30:51
    They'll keep checking. That's how excited they are. $10,000, that's a great deal. What about Flipper Foxtrot Rhythm Explosion? I was talking about this last week, Fawzi, and I got to thinking afterwards why I'm still thinking about Flipper Foxtrot Rhythm Explosion. I don't know. I'm thinking, because I didn't like the idea of utilizing everything into buttons when it's a Dance Dance Revolution kind of Guitar Hero thing. But I thought, why not have a foot pad? That makes more sense to me. So you control the balls with the flippers with your fingers, but then foot pad that shit up and just cut an accessory, plug it in, bam. Now you're dancing and playing. I can get behind that, Nick Baldrige. He's so nice. No.
    31:35
    I mean, he's not in the hardware making business. Yes, but again, if you're going to do something, you've got to do it right. I mean, he is. Have you seen that? Yes, he makes bingo machines. Digital bingo. Ah, it's so cool. Anybody can make a foot pad as Nick. That's true. You got me. That was a good idea, though, wasn't it? I don't know. I haven't played it. I don't know if it's a good idea or not.
    31:57
    Have you played it? Or are you just talking about your little butthole? Lane Bryant, what podcasters do is they discuss things about pinball. If they haven't played a game, they can still visually see a picture of it. and make some educated guesses as to what we might get with it. Sounds boring. I did reach out to Nick because he was asking about the coverage and stuff like that, whether we were going to cover it. And I said, why not a foot pad? Come on, Nick. And he said actually that was his initial thought. He was going to have a foot pad with that. I don't know what happened to that. It was like a bomb issue or something. But, yeah. Bomb. You can't say that on an airplane. I just did. Hopefully nobody's got my own speaker. There's a bomb! Oh, no. Run! There's no... Zach, you're playing with people's lives here. Come on. There's no bombs except for the one... Well, you'll find it. Oh, God!
    32:52
    Why not a foot pad? Get a foot pad on it, Jerry. What about Stern Pinball? Do they need foot pads? They need more lockdown bar buttons. They've only got the one. We have the technology. I mean, we have the technology... Actually, I am going to argue. Keep Pinball with just two flippers. Two flippers? That's the one thing I hate about Pinball 2000. They give me those multi-morphic buttons and I'm like, no, guys. How are you going to work the third flipper? Yeah, no joke. Stern Pinball does have action buttons. They do have additional buttons as well on certain games, such as Black Knight Sword of Rage or the Munsters. They do have additional buttons. On Black Knight Sword of Rage? Yeah.
    33:32
    Or no, they don't. They have just the action button. That's where it should have been. I'm thinking of Rick and Morty. That's the actual correct spot for it. Rick and Morty. Yeah, that's where it should be. Man, that magnet save on Rick and Morty is brilliant. It's so genius. What does it do? I forgot. I haven't played it. I have played it, but it's been a minute. So the button alone doesn't engage the magnet in a sequence. It simply engages the magnet for however long you're holding that button. So you have a meter how long you can hold it. Oh, okay. So you can give it a little bzzz, and it might fling it up and out. That might be all you need. I got you. So smart. You know, in some of the videos of Lyman that have been going around recently, there was one of him playing World Cup soccer, and he managed to use the magnet to pass it to the right flipper. Oh, my God. So it was amazing. I don't even know anybody that uses that button. It was great. It was kind of rolling back up the left out lane, and he just went bing, and it flew right back over to the right, and he sent it right into the goal. Man. He's a pinball god. It was beautiful. You know what else is beautiful? Whenever I give production updates, people love them. I do. They get as excited as you opening up that fresh new March edition of Lane Bright. Hmm. That's impossible. Plus, it doesn't open very good. It's kind of stuck together now. Come on. That's what I did. We still waiting for the bulk supply and shipping of the Insider Connected Premium LE Kits So hang tight And again as a Flippin Out customer if you guys want to mount it on your door or something else you can just order. Tell me you want the Pro Kit, and I'll just send you the Pro Kit. Just take it off the apron, I think. So technically it's the same thing.
    35:19
    Rush LE is now shipping. Did you see that? I've never played it, so I can't comment on whether I've seen it shipping. Exactly. That's what I'm waiting for.
    35:28
    So Rush LEs are shipping now. I think we shipped out all of ours. So, Tom Graff, love you, baby. You're going to get yours. Probably have it now. He's probably playing it now.
    35:40
    I got nothing. Next up after the Rush LEs is Rush Premium. So, they got a run of those. They're running those here in a week or so. And then they'll run those again in April, another smaller run. And then a little bigger run in June, it looks like. And then probably again at the end of the year. What about the Rush Scoop Protector? That thing was all jacked up. Did you see that? Yeah, I saw it. I haven't played, so technically, I don't know if it really does affect the gameplay. I mean, I saw a picture of a ball. It was so warped that the ball was stuck halfway into the scoop. That seemed bad. It was very bad. In my expert opinion.
    36:19
    I was informed that the Rush LEs did have that new scoop protector fix. So for those who submitted warranty requests for the Pro with that issue, You should be receiving them shortly. And we got some more code updates from Godzilla version .91, cleaning it up a little bit, as well as Rush v.0.88. Are we ever going to get a version 1 of anything ever again? It'll happen. It'll happen on everything. Man, I'd hate to see what Godzilla is going to look like at 1.0. Whew. That game is so good. It is. It's just so good. It has no business being as good as it is. It doesn't. It really doesn't. That should be the best seller for the next five years. So I've tried to put into words what makes it feel so good, and I can't because I'm an idiot. But the best I can do is it feels like no matter what you do, you're accomplishing something. Okay, I can see that. And not just with the code, but with the way that everything flows back to the player very, very naturally and in ways that look so freaking cool. Unique shots. Yeah. Lyman was really good about that, always giving you something to do or progress. But, hey, maybe Rick Nagel, the coder of the L1 team, maybe he is the next big thing in coding. Man, he could be. Because they do that a lot where you have these different tasks. You get your shooter or you get your spinners shots, ramp shots, but then you're also doing modes, but then you're also collecting shards. Who do you think, I'm thinking right now as I'm trying to find a segue, Who do you think did the art on Weird Al's Garage Band? Wait, it was Franchi, wasn't it? I don't know. Alvin Gottlieb himself did the art on Weird Al. I don't know if it was Franchi or not. The artwork was so pretty on Weird Al. We do have Franchi in the news. That's what I'm trying to, maybe. Franchi does say that he's coming out with a couple more games this year, but it sure as hell is not going to be with Stern Pinball because he posted on the super awesome pinball show social media the following. Franchi here with a quick note. Those of you writing to me or bantering back and forth on Pennside hoping for my artwork to once again grace the cadeness and translate of a new Stern game, it simply will not happen. As hard as I've tried to mend the bridge, it's collapsed and it's sunk to the bottom of the damn rip. No, I won't. Sorry. It's a little boisterous. It was not my decision. The forces that be have basically voted me out. not a big deal. If you're looking to see more of my work, I have two games going out this year from fantastic pinball makers. Not that I'm saying Stern's not. No, he didn't say that. And possibly a third. I appreciate you all for the support of my work, and I hope you love the new stuff. See you at TPF. And then he had an image with a Stern logo with a big stamp over it that said contract terminated. That sounds final. Artists are a little flamboyant, aren't they? A little bit. You know, I kind of have two thoughts about this. Number one, it's kind of childish. Of me to report it or him to say it? No, no, no, no. It's a statement. But number two, it also kind of sounds like something I might say if I got a little pissed off about something.
    39:45
    This is the kind of stuff I say to my friends. Yeah, maybe not to the world. But he did delete it thereafter. Yeah. What is up with the new internet? Everybody posting stuff to get it off their chest, and then they delete it. I don't know. I think all those feelings should then be bundled back up inside of you. Yeah. No, you just push it down. Yeah. Push it down, down, down, down, down. Shove it down. Until your butt explodes. And I can't recommend having a drink to help with that, but times are changing. Didn't Bob Dylan say that? He did say that. He said it somewhere down the road with half capacity. Oh, man. So we're not going to see Franchi. I thought this was, I didn't know this was news. I mean, I've had friends that started for a couple of years that told me Franchi's not coming back to do it. But I don't know. I just hope we see his artwork. I like his artwork. I do too. He's damn good at it. He is. I think he knows it too. That's the problem. Maybe he's working at Chicago Gaming Company. Maybe. They're shipping out some Cactus Canyon SEs. We've got like 20 or so out. Here's the thing though. They're still running into parts delays, listeners. So it's going to be two to five weeks until we see more SEs. They probably had parts for like 20. They're shipping those out. If you check out Great American Pinball, I think it's a dealer that got a game and put some gameplay video up there. So if you want to see that, go check that out. And for some reason, this is me pulling a Franchi here. And for some reason, LB, I saw a dealer that was saying that they have these SEs in stock and you can buy them now. And I'm like, what? How does that even happen? I've got back orders of these things for customers who have been patiently waiting. This guy's got one in stock. How does he have one in stock? Maybe they like it more than you. Oh, pinball. I love to hate you. And I hate to love you.
    41:36
    Speaking of love and hate, Canadian's Pinball Podcast reporting Pulp Fiction is done. There are no ramps in the game. Mark Ritchie is designing. And Christopher French is on the artwork. and I am here to tell you that at least one of those statements is wrong. Ooh, I know which one it is. Which one? I won't tell you. Canada's Pinball Podcast Reporting. Oh, zing! No, Canada's been friendly as of late, so I won't get in too hard of a time. But can, can, one of your statements is wrong there, bud. At least one is wrong. So maybe Chris Franchi's on artwork on Pulp Fiction. Or maybe he's not.
    42:12
    Huh? Hmm, Pulp Fiction is still a rumor, but if you guys are interested in a rumored Pulp Fiction pinball machine, all you've got to do is email us. Zach at FlippinOutPinball.com will put you on the interested list. Ding.
    42:24
    Ding. We can also get you some new restocked official Guns N' Roses Art Blades from Jersey Jack Pinball. They're back in stock. How about it? Yay. Woo-hoo, another run. They also ran over at JJP. If you go to PinballWizard.com, they're selling Playfield Spinning Disc Guns N' Roses album cover decals. Yay. They look cool. I haven't seen them. What do you got on the spaghetti incident, huh?
    42:44
    Excuse me? Sir, this is a family-friendly show. Sir, this is a lasagna household, thank you. Zach, I can't eat gluten. Are you serious? You're gluten intolerant? Yeah, and you know what? It just developed last year. It's awesome. Of course you are. Me and George. Something else I can make fun of you about. Yeah. Is that faux pas making fun of people about food allergies? You're asking the wrong person about faux pas. My kid's allergic to tree nuts. I throw almonds at him all the time. I think it's hilarious.
    43:22
    You're supposed to be the funny one, LB. I am. That was gold. Was it? You talked about assaulting your child. That was so good. That's not funny at all. It's not as good as the My Girl joke I made, but man. You need help. It's comedy, people. Lighten up. Shit. Speaking of lightening up. You ever thought about talking to a mental health professional?
    43:46
    Actually, I have. Good. Everybody should. I've not met one person. I've not met one person who would not benefit from having a psychotherapist. Not one.
    43:57
    I haven't met one. No, because are you going to get me started on this? People are messed up. That's why. Everybody is. Don't get me started unless you want me to haul out my soapbox. Yeah, I don't want to. We've got a mental health soapbox I don't need you to get on, a virtual pinball we don't need you to get on, a – Virtual pinball? Yeah, you have some stupid soapbox about that. You've got a stupid Zen Studio soapbox. Ugh, really don't want to hear that one. All right, I do have a soapbox about digital pinball. I forgot. All you've got to say is you have a Mystery Castle soapbox, and I'll burn it. Speaking of soapboxes, American Pinball is in the news. Brian Cosner reporting that Steve Bowden saying that they still plan to make the standard editions of Legends of Valhalla following the limited deluxe models.
    44:41
    Oh, do I have to do the thing again where I ask you if that game's any good? Well, no, I didn't know if you... I paused for you to make comment if you felt necessary, but Legends of Valhalla, okay. So we got some standard LOVs that they do plan to make. I'm still waiting for the regular deluxe LOVs. Still. LOV. That's a good acronym. Nicole's going to have to be talking with me after this episode.
    45:05
    Shit. She's not going to let you hang out with me again. I do like Dave Figg. I like everybody over at AP, but, yeah, I need some games so that I can sell them to people who've been waiting. That's all. That's the real deal. Kaldner's reporting that Christopher Franchi is likely working with American Pinball on a future game art package.
    45:23
    I think there's a good probability that Franchi comes out with a new package, whether it's for American Pinball or whether it's for CGC. whether it's for anyone but Stern, and he wins another award for his work. It is that good. Now, he hasn't won a Pinball Industry Award yet because it's a new awards thing, so maybe he'll win a crystal in the future. And speaking of, did you see the big company that is Toho? What are they, in Japan? Yes, Zach, they're in Japan. I see you're a nerd. You should know that. Over in Japan, Toho was so excited about the 11 awards that the Godzilla Pinball Machine won from the pinball industry awards that they shouted it, shouted, shooted it, shouted it. What's the past? Show to the show to the show in my pants.
    46:10
    They shouted it from their skyscraper. See what I did there. And they not only announced it on their social media, which is fricking huge. Thank you so much. Love you, Toho and all your kaijus. But they announced it not only on their social media, but they created a graphic to share it on social media. That's awesome. I've seen it. Going above and beyond. I try not to go on social media, but that's awesome. That is really cool. That was very much appreciated. So from everybody at TPN and from the committee that manages the industry awards, thank you so much. So thank you, Toho. We also had this last week, the fourth annual District 82 Winter 2X Knockout Tournament. That's too many words. Try again. Okay. We also had the fourth, 82 2X. Boom. Nope. Try again. Look, it was the Jason Werdrick show. he took home the trophy for the three-strike knockout tournament. I think it was on Saturday. Special shout-out to Monica Murie, hanging in there, reaching the final grouping. I just say that because Monica and Travis and little Carter, they came by my place on their way up to Wisconsin. Picked them up at Beatles. So it was great seeing Trav Mann and the family. So I was cheering for the Muries, and Monica was kicking some ass and nicely ducked. Zach Sharp held off Keith Elwin and Josh Sharp to win the match play tournament up at the 4th Annual District 82 Winter 2X Knockout Tournament. And I told you it was the Jason Wardrick show because it was. He might not have won the brand new Elvira machine during the Stern Invitational heads up, but he did take out Keith Elwin in that Fork Strikes tournament. Maybe he's the Strikes King. Earlier it was a 3 Strikes tournament. Yeah, he won that too. Then in the title it was a 2X Knockout. Man. 2 Strikes. Where are all these strikes coming from? So for all of those who competed in the knockout tournament, you guys know that if you want the up-to-date latest tournament coverage, you get it here from Zach Minney at the Pinball Show. I am competitive pinball. Speaking of competitive pinball, LB.
    48:13
    Are you smacking your lips? What was that? I was tisking. Oh, tisking. Okay. Tisk, tisk. Is that a tisk? No, that's more of a tut.
    48:25
    That was to emphasize the beating that people attempted to hand me this last week on different media outlets. They don't like me talking about competitive pinball. I know about competitive pinball, right? Yeah, absolutely. You know everything about it. You're an expert. I love it. I'm Fawzi? I was told this last week I don't know anything about pinball. I'm just trying to sell product. I'm not one of us. I've been told I've got to play in a tournament or a league to have any amount of opinion I was told that pinball is never going to be entertaining enough for the mass consumption there's multiple people, even GammaGo sweetheart GammaGo, Ian Harrower said that I come across like a shock jock he wants controversy and he wants to get his listeners all worked up it's why I stopped listening he also showed a whole list of all the podcasts that he listens to except for the pinball show Neil McRae over in Europe Making a meme about me with all my faces poking fun at me for watching pinball competitions. All your faces. So Sweet McCreezy also said that having more exciting games just is not going to lead to viewership in pinball, so we should give up. Hell, even Fliptronic, they're Team TBN. They said they think changes in sports are usually to lock in existing viewers, not to generate new ones. Tell me how ignorant that statement is. And then Neil McRae's bright idea was, look, if this is what you want, you should just have Stern create like a number of pins that are standardized with no theme. He suggested the mini competition series pin.
    49:56
    People call me a shock jock. Am I really a shock jock? Come on. What do you make of this? Do I not have a voice in this? Am I not on to something with this whole make sure there's at least one new game in a final bracket? You may or may not be onto something, but it's not absurd. I mean, I still think every final should be decided by head-to-head cosmic art. Yeah, they were mean and nasty, but it gives me fuel. And a voice of reason did come in, Josh Sharp, president of the IFPA. Number one said, okay, Zach Minney for next IFPA president, which I appreciate. Right-A is number one. But Josh Sharp came in to the private Discord and said, Hey, as someone who runs high-level events, I have no interest in doing anything other than what I feel is the best for the competition of my players that are competing. Wow. Sure, but there's also more than one bestest objective, right? So that doesn't really say much. And he's also a realist. Josh said, look, Zach, if you want to bring me $50,000 as a sponsorship kind of thing, yeah, you name your game and I'll make sure it's in the finals. I was like, that's what I'm talking about. He gets it. You're not wrong. Oh.
    51:09
    You're not wrong. I'm not. I don't think Mystery Castle has much of a place in the finals either. Wow. Breaking news. Dennis Creasle is so mad about this whole topic. No, he ain't here, is he? He is so mad. He gets the kickback for it. And Dennis is going to come on next week. Listener, here's what he's going to do. Come on next week and say he's been flooded with all the negative complaints and how idiotic I am. And he's not going to mention to you the numerous people that have reached out and said, you're unbelievably correct. These people were both non-competitive players and very competitive players. Ray Day's got a good head on his shoulders. He said I'm on to something, certainly. A lot of people. He gets paid money when people buy Sturm Machines, though. Oh, God. See, it's anybody that's associated with it. That's what we're trying to do. It's like, damn, can't we like pinball? But I will tell you this. one of our upcoming co-hosts of the pinball show it's somebody that not only completely agrees with me somebody that thinks that my mind when it comes to all of this production stuff and these desires and and growing pinball is brilliant but is somebody not only very well known in pinball but very well known in show business so we're gonna have a very special guest on in the coming weeks if they're willing to still come on. And I very much look up to this person and all that they brought and all of the people who have come up with them I super excited to talk to them with you guys about that But they said yeah these people are missing it Your vision is unbelievably great, and you need to keep pushing for that because it's very apparent that nobody else thinks pinball's worth it. Boom! Nobody else thinks pinball's worth it, huh? Did you maybe add that part? I'm exaggerating for entertainment purposes here. Mm-hmm.
    53:04
    Hey everybody, guess what time it is? It's time for this fucking pinball shock jock to give you a piece of pinball market trends!
    53:13
    You want a slice? Put a little whipped cream on it there, LB. What does that mean? You've never been on the receiving end of this. Feels juicy, feels good, doesn't it? It's not dry.
    53:23
    I'm an adult. Turning up as weak as Multimorphic, of course. They're all the rage, they're all the talk, everybody wants to buy it, even though they can't. It's Weird Al. Bye, bye, bye, if you could. Bye, bye, bye! Mark your calendars. Multimorphic is definitely trending up this week because numbers don't lie, and I'm here to report the facts. I might not like to feel the flippers, but hopefully I get some time on the new flipper mechanisms. I may be a true believer. How many new machines are sold because of Weird Al? At least a dozen. A dozen?
    53:57
    I don't know, man. I could have done a video and sold 50 of them. I don't know how quick they can get those things out the door these days, honestly. But does that matter? Everything I hear is about, well, yeah, it does matter because people are going to see the next new shiny thing, just like you said earlier, and they're going to cancel their orders and buy something else. That's a good point. I know. That's why I said it. I think this new title announcement has the capability of selling 200 new units of the P3 system. That's a pretty big estimate. 200 is a big number. 200 is a lot of machines for the company down in Texas it's a lot of games, I don't know congratulations is one of them going to be a UZAC?
    54:37
    no what if you get to TPF and you walk up to what else? I could be sold on it first of all, not making it UHF specifically might have been a miss why are you wrong? I wasn't really into that movie I don't think I hit puberty at that time I thought you hit I thought you had taste I've got great taste but not for other things that are training up this week training up is Mystery Castle Alvin G there you go when's the last time this game was last talked about in 93 I think Mystery Castle training up to get one of these things if you guys want to know how to waste your money go out and buy Mystery Castle they're coming in at about $6,500 right now $6,500, $7,000 for a Mystery Castle Main Street Castle is not a good game. That is really bad. Hey, it's training up. I have no choice here. I'm like a weatherman. I just have to report what cold friends are coming in.
    55:39
    And be wrong half the time. No. That was a bad example. Shit. All's training up this week is Eagly. Now, do you know anything about Eagly? I see this word. I think it looks like you misspelled eagerly. No, it's Eagly. Listeners out there know what I'm referring to right now. Because he's the hit new character from the show Peacemaker, the DC Comics, with John Cena. There's a character named Eagly? That's his best friend. His best friend is a freaking eagle, and his name is Eagly. Oh, wait. Okay, it's an actual eagle? And it's badass. Okay, I'm back in. And it saves the whole show. Because the show itself, it's okay. The show's okay. Just like, oh, it's better than every other DC shit they put out. I'll give it that. What were the shitty anti-hero movies that came out I couldn't get through? Suicide Squad. Oh, God. Atrocious. Eagle-y or eagly? How many syllables are we talking? It depends on where you're from, I suppose. Eagly. Down here we call them bird.
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    That's one big bird down right there. America. Hon, drive me my bush light. Bush light. That's some bush leaks, huh? I love some bush light. I can't drink beer, Zach. The gluten-free thing again. Hey, you know what? It serves me right. Yesterday, I went to a Japanese steakhouse with my family. Oh, yeah? And such a good meal. But, yeah, it serves me right because I went to this Japanese steakhouse. The food was so scrumptious and yummy. But on my way home, I started itching my face and shit. I was like, what is going on? And I started developing all these hives all over my neck, my face, like burning, itching, just welts everywhere. Big bubbles and shit. I'm like, oh my God, what is going on? I had an allergic reaction to something.
    57:31
    Oh, that's hilarious to you, huh? Felt like my eyes were puffing up a little bit. And I'm not really allergic to anything besides bullshit. You looked like a balloon animal. It was strange to me. I'm still itching my chest. I still have a little thing on my chest and my neck. Oh, hey.
    57:48
    Keep that shirt on. Down boy. Do you know Matthew McConaughey's brother is named Miller Light McConaughey? True story. Please tell me that's true. It's true. I'm so naive that I'll believe it, too. L-Y-T-E. I'm very gullible. It's true. Why would I lie to you? I love that family even more.
    58:06
    Listener, I can only report the facts here. All right, so we had training up this week, Multimorphic, Mystery Castle, Eagly. Training down this week, unfortunately, is Mystery Castle. You guys thought I was really going to train that thing up and let it stick? Hell no. It's a piece of shit game that should never be in any finals of any tournament, And if you disagree with me, your hashtag, just wrong. Hashtags are, bro. I've got a future prediction for Market Trends. Future prediction. If you guys are worried about the cost and the value of a Mandalorian right now, I know this co-host is because he owns one. I'm not worried about it. Well, I'm here to tell you, hang tight. Value of the Mandalorian will be going up significantly here over the next couple months. There's your Eric Stone weather forecast prediction. By the way, am I getting one of those toppers or not? What do you mean, are you getting one? I told you I wanted one. You're on the list. You can get me one. Okay, sweet.
    59:02
    But it doesn't necessarily mean you're getting one. I know. Everybody asks, and I'm like, I'm just making sure I'm on the list. I did get a lot of emails this last week. It was like, don't tell anybody. I don't want anybody to know I'm buying a topper. Yeah, can you secure one for a fact? And I'm like, I could lie to you. Other people might and say, yeah, absolutely. But I don't know. Maybe Stern's the one that gets to decide Whether they make $10,000 or they make $100 I have no clue We'll have to wait and see You want to know what the deal of the week is? Yeah, it's an Avengers premium on Pinside With Topper and Armor and Art Blades for $8,400 Buy, buy, buy! Look at that It's like you're reading my mind there I know, I'm very good PJ So it was a stupid Like from a Goofy movie? No, that was a Oh, PJ, that is another reference It's a goofy movie.
    59:52
    No, it was a stupid reference to my favorite Disney animated film, Robin Hood. PJ! Prince John. And took the words right out of my mouth, PJ. Sorry. Man, I'm so childish. But you're right, Brian. Avengers Premium. I like Fawzi better. Avengers Premium is on Pennside with a topper and armor and art blades for $8,400. I don't know how this is still for sale. Let's update this. It's still for sale, people, outside of Jacksonville, Florida. Buy, buy, buy! J. Dix, 1987. Bet that was when he's born. So if you're willing to deal with a 34-year-old, hit up old J. Dix. Zach, I don't think you did your math right there. I was just guessing.
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    Oh, wait, did you say 87? Yeah. Oh, I should listen instead of... Did I get that right? It depends on when their birthday is. No, you got it right. I just wasn't listening. Now, warning. It's almost like getting it wrong. Warning, listener, the game is upstairs, but they can move it downstairs for easy exit out of the house. Well, if that's the case, then why did you even put that sentence in there? Somebody's going to be like, no, actually, I prefer it upstairs. Let's go ahead and keep it up there. But they're open to trades for a Jurassic Park premium and a Godzilla premium. Also, you know what? I'm going to do something special here, deal the week from flipping out pinball. I want to do something, I don't know what to call it. Lane, you're brilliant. Maybe you can think of a name for this segment. I want to give a steal of a deal for flipping out pinball once a month. What can we call that?
    61:18
    I'm going to give you a steal of the deal, but I'm only going to give this big deal like this once a month. Give me that big deal. That Batman... Oh, yeah, give me that.
    61:28
    That's what you call it. That Batman 66 LE that I've got with that topper that you just can't buy. I've got it listed right now, I think, for like $22,000, $23,000. It's kind of the market rate. It's going right. For what? I'm sorry. Oh, my God. For Batman 66. Oh, that game is so good, Zach. Low plays, mods. It's got it all. It's got the hinges, the powder. It's beautiful. It's gorgeous.
    61:55
    You can have this. If you're a listener of the Pinball Show, you have to let me know you're a listener. You come pick this thing up with cash, $20,000. It's yours. That's a savings of $2,000 to $3,000. Buy, buy, buy! I'm really going to have a talking to with Nicole. She's going to be like, are you serious? First this, then that? Now are you sure you want to kick off this new This new deal segment With a $20,000 game Why not that is a steal Absolutely a steal Stealing is free No don't steal this game please I don't have the deals of the what the F This week but I do have a reminder That the pinball bounty has not been Fulfilled on that creature from the black lagoon I will say that I Do have a Conversation with a guy on pin side that listed a restored one for $11,000 that looks juicy and good. But, also as a reminder, you guys can't just forward me public information. I'm not going to give you $1,000 if you just say, hey, here's a pin side ad.
    62:53
    No. You've got to put the work in. What are you, one of these correspondents here at the pinball show? No. You've got to put the work in. You've got to find one that's not listed. You've got to talk to people. If you want to make a bunch of money in pinball that you didn't earn, just make mods. You can't just send me a link. I can find the game myself there. But as always, I'm just here to report the facts because numbers, they'll never lie to you on Pinball Market Trends.
    63:20
    Alright, let's close this show up. That was a mess. So we're up. Where can people contact you if they really want to?
    63:29
    They can email me. Dude at InsanityFalls.com I was waiting for you to list the address of like a local McDonald's. That would have been good. I hang out there for the free Wi-Fi. Why are you on video now? When did this happen? I don't know. And why do you have disco lights? I'm waiting on here. What's going on? Can people check out your podcast somewhere? No. Where are you hosting your podcast? You can email me. DudeAtInsanityFalls.com. I'll tell you. DudeAtInsanityFalls.com. You love that name, Insanity Falls, don't you? It's fine.
    63:57
    I changed my mind overnight. You can email me at ThePinballNetworkAtGmail.com. You can get a hold of Dennis or anybody else from TPN over there as well. We'll forward it. or you can reach me at Zach, Z-A-C-H, at flip, the letter N, out, pinball.com. And the product showcased this week is a Mandalorian preorder. I told you it was training up, so why not try to sell this damn thing? We do have, I think, a spot or two in the February-March run of Mando Pros. So the premium's still a little bit of a wait, and we are taking an interested list for the toppers, should they be just widely available. We've got it all here at the Flippin' Out Pinball. Insider Connected Kits, I have Pro Kits in stock. Guns N' Roses LE in stock, ready to pick up. If you want to pre-order an Alien pinball machine from Pinball Brothers, you can do so through us. We have that used LE Batman 66 as well as that new Batman 66 Premium with a little ding in the decal. We'll take care of that. Godzilla Pro pre-owned. Do I have one? Oh, yeah, it's up in Chicago. If anybody's up in the Chicago area and they want to go pick one up, Beatty's got one for me up there. Star Wars The Pin Comic Edition, new in the box and used. Take your pick. Cactus Canyon SE and SE Plus pre-orders. We know some are shipping. It could be a little bit, but got that. Elvira 40th, you don't need to wait any longer. If you want that, Brian, just you say it, and it's coming your way. Okay, I want one. I don't want to pay for it, though. That's a very expensive pinball machine, Zach. Well, it is. But it's worth it. Zach Sharp says it's all about the fun. It is. Come on. It's all about the fun. There's $25,000, $30,000 worth of fun there. Come on. Star Wars Premium Comic pre-owned. We have that as well as the LE Topper pre-owned. We have that. And people stop saying, ooh, it's overpriced at $39.99. I know it's overpriced. I know. They were only, what, $1,000? Yes, it is overpriced. But they're not making them anymore. I sure as hell can't ever find one readily available. So that's what the price is. Oh, Bo. Rush accessories, pre-orders, put your name on the list for those. Same for Godzilla. We got Art Blades in stock for Godzilla. If you want one of those, get on our website, purchase, and we will send them out. the Elite Pinball Indiana Jones Deluxe Topper. We have those. Wait until you see the next Elite Pinball Toppers. It's unreal. We have banners. We have escalator turnaround three to four months. Merchandise. Oh, oh, this is important. LB, Louisville show. You going to be there? No. Son of a bitch. I'm going to TPF. You can't just gallivant around like that. Oh, you are going to TPF? I'm on the way.
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    You serious, Clark? Dude, I know you are. This is for entertainment purposes. damn it of course oh great how can people identify you are you at least going to have a name tag no I don't know maybe I'll wear a wizard hat I so want you to wear a name tag that says hi I'm Lane Bryant please do that for all of you that want to come see us over at the Louisville show we're going to have a big booth there March 11th through the 13th and show specials coming very soon we're going to have some Godzilla premiums Godzilla Pros, Mandalorian Premiums, Mandalorian Pros, Rush Premiums, Rush Pros. And if you want them at a discount, boo-ya. But you've got to be there Sunday when the show closes to break it down and take it home with you. We don't ship, so don't ask. TPN last week, we had the final round pinball podcast, episode 50, The Legend of Limey. Very nice tribute to the pinball god that was and is Limey Sheik. Triple Drain pinball podcast, episode 14, Robert Byers jumping off the top rope with the elbow. Kaboom. you realize that people can't see i know that's all just for you i know and i appreciate it i wish it could be a video it's really good the fourth annual district 82 winter 2x knockout tournament go check that out on the vod and tpn this week we have another final round pinball podcast episode and possibly a free play pinball podcast they have some big guests lined up big guests indeed i miss hammy over there it's been a hot man it's a free play yeah what the hell i'm excited also make sure to like follow subscribe to tpn on youtube facebook twitch twitters for lane bryant insanity falls and for dr dude i'm zach manny pinball's fun and always practice safe pinball and stay white and nerdy see y'all next week oh yeah i was gonna tell you on the way to pick up groceries i drove past elaine bryant i thought that was a pretty kick-ass name what Lane Bryant yeah isn't that the big girl store yeah it is that's where the joke was it is so pervy catalog yeah it is mmhmm opened up the mailbox and there was the Lane Bryant catalog mmhmm ooh I know what I'll be doing today during the refractory period I thought hey that'd be it mmhmm so there you go you can call me Lane Bryant oh god what is that well that's just break pads they need new ones yeah they're cheap callahan sorry hey zach who's your favorite little rascal thank you hello okay oh my goodness this is okay baby this is perfect later okay this is a good part of it okay thank you love you it would be great if he would just help right now something else right now just like i said okay okay all right man i didn't think they'd allowed people like you to reproduce so well it's a loophole usually i have dennis here to tell me no zach oh no no that one's gone no okay let's That's too mean Too mean?