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Pokemon Pinball Limited Edition LIVE Unboxing!!!

Don's Pinball Podcast Live Streams (YouTube)·video·analyzed·Apr 2, 2026
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TL;DR

Pokemon LE unboxing reveals significant QC/shipping damage requiring warranty assessment.

Summary

Don's live stream captures the unboxing of a Pokemon Pinball Limited Edition machine (unit #20 of 750), which reveals multiple quality control and shipping damage issues including misaligned backbox hangers causing glass scratches, bent metal support rails, and debris in the cabinet. Despite discovering these defects during the unboxing, the host treats the experience as entertainment while noting the need for warranty documentation and distributor communication.

Key Claims

  • Pokemon Limited Edition is priced around $25,000 on secondary market if unopened

    medium confidence · Don speculates on hypothetical resale value: 'Imagine if this wasn't unboxed for like a year or two and then the price soared to like 25K'

  • This is Don's first full Spike 3 cabinet unboxing (previous Star Wars was not a full cabinet)

    high confidence · Direct statement: 'This is our first Spike 3 cabinet, Monica. That Star Wars we had wasn't the full cabinet.'

  • Pinball balls come coated in shipping oil and must be cleaned with alcohol before use

    high confidence · Don explains: 'These come covered in a shipping oil, and you want to clean them off with a rag and alcohol before you put them in your machine. Otherwise, everything's going to turn black.'

  • Pokemon LE includes a limited edition Master Ball topper as an included accessory

    high confidence · Don opens the cash box and reveals: 'It's a Master Ball. And it does have a little plate there on the front. Says Pokemon.'

  • The Pokemon LE backbox hanger bolts were not properly installed in their slots during assembly

    high confidence · Don discovers during unboxing: 'The hanger bolts are not even in the hanger slots... the hanger bolts there were not in the slots under the lock bar.'

  • Bent metal support rails are present in the cabinet base, possibly from shipping damage or assembly defect

    high confidence · Don investigates: 'There's some metal back rails here and the bottom one is like totally bent. Like seriously bent.'

  • Don has experienced scratched glass on two Pro units ordered recently, attributed to shipping screw issues

    high confidence · Chat participant reports: 'Recently I've been having scratch glass from the two Pros I ordered, but that was from a screw on the reader.'

Notable Quotes

  • “I would pay 25,000 for this. Please take pictures.”

    Don @ ~15:15 — Indicates awareness of secondary market pricing for Pokemon LE machines

  • “Imagine if I didn't unbox it, right? Imagine if this wasn't unboxed for like a year or two and then the price soared to like 25K and you get it, you open it up and the playfield's sitting in the bottom of the cabinet.”

    Don @ ~48:30 — Highlights risk of quality issues being hidden by collector FOMO and sealed packaging; commentary on secondary market behavior

  • “This is our first Spike 3 cabinet, Monica. That Star Wars we had wasn't the full cabinet.”

    Don @ ~18:45 — Establishes Pokemon as Don's first complete Spike 3 platform experience

  • “I don't think this can slip out after it's put in... the lock down bar is on there. There's not enough room. So if this was never put back on there, the lock down bar went on, then the whole time during shipping, this thing's probably rattling back and forth.”

    Don @ ~42:00 — Analysis of assembly/QC failure and its consequences during transit

  • “We're going to go through here before we before we power everything on.”

    Don @ ~43:15 — Responsible troubleshooting decision to conduct full inspection before powering on damaged unit

Entities

DonpersonRetro RalphpersonMonicapersonChristopher FranchipersonGeorge GomezpersonPokemon Pinball Limited EditiongameStern PinballcompanySpooky Pinballcompany

Signals

  • ?

    product_concern: Backbox hanger bolts not installed in proper slots during assembly, causing glass rattling and scratches during shipping despite lock bar being engaged

    high · Don's direct observation: 'The hanger bolts are not even in the hanger slots under the lock bar' causing visible scratches on interior glass surface

  • ?

    product_concern: Bent metal support rails in cabinet base and loose debris/wood chips accumulated in cabinet during transit

    high · Don discovers: 'there's some metal back rails here and the bottom one is like totally bent... some wood chips in the back of the cabinet'

  • ?

    product_concern: Playfield appears to be sitting lower than correct pitch position, potentially resting on internal supports rather than being properly supported

    high · Don observes: 'it looks like it's sitting low and it's not sliding forward like it should. That's definitely not the right pitch for a pinball machine'

  • ?

    collector_signal: Secondary market pricing ($25k+) creates incentive for collectors to leave machines unopened/unplayed, potentially hiding serious defects from discovery

    medium · Don's commentary: 'Imagine if this wasn't unboxed for like a year or two and then the price soared to like 25K and you get it... the playfield's sitting in the bottom of the cabinet. Like, you wouldn't know'

  • ?

    product_launch: Pokemon Pinball LE units arriving with multiple assembly and shipping-related defects that require warranty assessment and distributor communication

    high · Don's decision to document damage and contact distributor: 'I need to document with some photography and then send it to my distributor just for warranty purposes'

Transcript

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0:07
And with any luck, we can go ahead and be extra cringe and say Pokemon Go, cuz there it is. The limited edition pinball machine in the white fancy box. Audio check, video check, eyeball check, diet coke check. Let me grab a fridge sig. Hello everybody. We are going to unbox the white stallion. The white pony. I think this is what the deaf tones were talking about. We got people in chat already, dude. Let's go. Oh, Antonio Banderas is here. A big supporter on W. Hello, sir. Glad you found it. Everybody's floating in here. I didn't want to wait. I didn't want to wait. My purple Pokemon paint did not come. I had Ekkins costume all ready to go. But you know what? The game came early and I want to tear it open. I want to play it. So, what do you say? What do you say? We're going to give away this bad boy right here. Can you imagine? I need a couple of more sponsors before I can be able to do that. So, if y'all want to want to contribute to the Patreon, raise up my level of entitlement. We can get a little bit closer there. Pokemon Go, we're going to cut the straps. I'm just going to get into this fanfare. We don't need no intro video. Watch your eyes. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. All right. Shipping straps. They cut the Pokemon sticker here on the side. Ellie number 20. Radicate is the Pokemon associated with this limited edition big monster machine down south. John, how you doing, sir? Could you can make it. Jay Woody, always good to see you. Couldn't wait if you were going to I wasn't going to wait. I wasn't going to wait. So, we're going to cut it open. I've been experimenting with different ways to cut the box top open in a way that will allow me to reuse it. And I think I think I'm settling on a plan. What I don't want is for one of the top box flaps to come off. So, I've been cutting like down the side and then around and making this elaborate thing. You know what I'm going to do? I think I'm going to I kind of want to stick with that. I like flipping it up and then I can bring the whole thing out and flip the whole lid back down. Keep this as one piece. Oh, this is glowing with my blue lights here, man.
2:22
All right, let's do it. We'll start down
Texas Pinball Festival
event
Insider Connectedproduct
Spike 3technology
Evil Deadgame
Beetlejuicegame
Star Wars: The Mandaloriangame
Flipping Outcompany
  • ?

    manufacturing_signal: Spike 3 platform includes design innovation (zip-tie cash box closure instead of cotter pin) but assembly QC appears inconsistent

    medium · Don notes: 'They used a zip tie on the cash box lid now instead of just the cotter pin... Spike 3 innovation' while simultaneously discovering major assembly oversights

  • $

    market_signal: Pokemon LE machines reaching $20,000-$40,000 on secondary market (per KB), creating strong FOMO and potential for sealed-box flipping among collectors

    high · Don: 'I would pay 25,000 for this' and speculative commentary on hypothetical resale pricing

  • ?

    content_signal: Don's unboxing live stream provides real-time quality control documentation and community transparency on Pokemon LE arrival condition

    high · Entire stream format and Don's statement: 'Good thing technical support is just an email or a text message away' indicating public documentation of defects

  • ?

    design_innovation: Pokemon LE includes branded Master Ball topper as included limited edition accessory with protective glove packaging

    high · Don unpacks and inspects: 'It's a Master Ball. And it does have a little plate there on the front. Says Pokemon... The first party stuff is always so special'

  • ?

    technology_signal: Pokemon Pinball represents significant Spike 3 platform adoption by content creator; first full cabinet experience for Don despite owning earlier Spike hardware

    high · Don: 'This is our first Spike 3 cabinet, Monica. That Star Wars we had wasn't the full cabinet.'

    • 2:22
    All right, let's do it. We'll start down low. This should be safe. We'll go right to the insider connected logo.
    2:33
    Make sure we're connected there. Now you're connected with power. Oh, wait. Can you get my gloves? >> Yes.
    2:37
    Yes.
    2:38
    Yes. >> My new glove. Oh, perfect. All right.
    2:39
    My new glove. Oh, perfect. All right.
    2:40
    My new glove. Oh, perfect. All right. Thank you, Mon. Okay. Right about there. We'll cut this guy down. And then if we if we do this correctly, if we do this correctly, I can come around this way. Want
    3:05
    All right. Yeah, something like that. We'll do the same thing on this side. Cutting at a at a diagonal 15° here from inside or connected down. Something like that. Why does this game smell like the Spooky Factory?
    3:28
    I wonder why. All right. Yeah, I better get my safety gloves on. Courtesy of my hobie. Check out these flip side gloves that I got from the one and only where the hell's my camera? The retro Ralphinator there. The flip siders. Let's get these bad boys on. I don't want to injure myself. I don't want to not be able to file a claim because I didn't wear my safety gloves. Putting these on is like putting on the Nintendo Power Glove back in the day. Like it's so bad. Remember that from the Wizard. Monica remembers. I don't know if she knows what I'm talking about. I was thinking it's a WWE, right? Entertainment lines talking about Beetlejuice Topper. You You Sterling. You I went and visited my Beetlejuice today. It's going to get made. Oh, double power. The flip side. All right. Now the paper cuts will be at a minimum. So if I did this right, what I can do, judo chop,
    4:33
    we can bring this whole guy back this way. Something like that. Oh, look at all this fun stuff we got. The best part of getting a new game is the garbage that comes with it.
    4:53
    Oh, these are these are Ellie legs, dude. These are Ellie legs, man. What was my last new unbox? It's probably the Evil Dead right next to it. Oh, they come sanitized for my pleasure. Here, look at these guys. Leg levelers are on there in that purple sheen. I don't ever want to take these gloves off, man. Look at this. Look at this. Fingerless gloves. All right. We're going to call these front legs. I set these guys about an inch just so because it sinks into the carpet a little bit. That will allow me to get my cart underneath without scraping anything. Can you hold that? Thank you. Thank you. Monica's here. Everybody encourage her to show herself.
    5:44
    Hey, Mons. Get out of here. Oh, this is going to be fun. Nice lowkey hanging out on a Thursday afternoon. What day is it? >> Today's Wednesday.
    5:50
    Today's Wednesday.
    5:50
    Today's Wednesday. >> Today's Wednesday afternoon. So, if
    5:52
    Today's Wednesday afternoon. So, if
    5:52
    Today's Wednesday afternoon. So, if we're calling these front legs, right, we'll go ahead and measure them and make sure they are the same. Oh, dude. That's bang on. First try, I got them on right. All right. So, it's going to be difficult for y'all to appreciate, but Oh, man. I wish that was foil. Someone was asking if like this was right. They have these T-nuts here that are the mounts for the shaker and then they they just crank in some cheap hex head screws on the side. Um, but that is uh that is correctly the correct way to do it, I guess. Or at least that's uh hope that doesn't scratch anything. That's normal there. You want to do the other leg? Where is it? It's over there. Thanks, man. Oh, you're Pokemon. Get it? >> Poke Monica.
    6:55
    Oh, I don't have any felts. Ooh, there's there's satisfying blue peel stuff here on the sides. There's no way with this blue light I can appreciate what the true colors of the sections. Man, look at the hole that's right there. This is our first Spike 3 cabinet, Monica. That Star Wars we had wasn't the full cabinet.
    7:19
    How about wrenchy for a second? Do you have Christopher Wrenchy? Oh, it's funny. Don, see if I ever make you any more graphics. >> Hi, Franchie. We love you.
    7:31
    Hi, Franchie. We love you.
    7:32
    Hi, Franchie. We love you. He knows I'm joking. When he gets mad, I was joking. For those of you following along for the first time, don't cut this strap until she's she's horizontal.
    7:50
    All right, spike. I get to go through a spike 3 cabinet for my first time, too. [snorts] Retro Ralph gloves. Who's weird Altech? Wired Altech. I dig it. I'm going to have a fridge sig here for a second. How's your Beetlejuice build going? Going great. I got to do the back box. add the mechanisms and then QA and it's done. So, I'm thinking like a busy afternoon I can knock it out
    8:20
    and then just in time too cuz I got to get that game out to Canada and build his other four. [laughter] >> Did you get it?
    8:32
    What the heck? Oh,
    8:32
    What the heck? Oh, dude. It's got the mirrored back glass on it. Oh, I want to I want to peek at the Master Ball.
    8:42
    Oh, I won't be peeking at the Master Ball. It's not on there. So, probably just like uh Alvivra Blood Red Kiss, Alvra 40th anniversary edition, the super special included limited edition shooter rod, Master Ball Deie Bopper. It's probably inside in the cash box. [snorts] They just put the screen on. Was the screen always on the outside for the cabinet speaker? Weird. It's like it's like routed out for the for it. >> Weird.
    9:11
    Weird.
    9:11
    Weird. What was that? Oh. What the Monica? Look at this game. What is this?
    9:33
    [laughter]
    9:33
    [laughter] >> What?
    9:35
    What?
    9:36
    What? Um, shout out to my buddies in Indiana flipping out for sending me a game. I I think somebody did meddle with the cabinet. There's something a bit unsettling in there. We're going to see it right now. Well, oh, what's up, Alan? How you doing? How you doing? How are you doing? All right. Can you see the ground?
    10:01
    There we go. Let's just bring her down. Oh, wait. Here. Grab these legs, would you? [snorts]
    10:12
    Let's see if she'll land. Gingerly. Careful, Ginger. do they all come with this limited edition poster?
    10:32
    I can't say that I'm for certain what I've what I've got here.
    11:08
    What do What do you think? I didn't have a costume. [laughter]
    11:20
    Pokemon LE. Ladies and gentlemen, top I would pay 25,000 for this. Please take pictures.
    11:31
    Did you print this and put this in here?
    11:31
    Did you print this and put this in here? [snorts] Monica, you're not looking at me. >> I didn't print that. No.
    11:37
    I didn't print that. No.
    11:37
    I didn't print that. No. >> You work in a pinball print shop. You
    11:40
    You work in a pinball print shop. You
    11:40
    You work in a pinball print shop. You didn't. No, but >> this is going on the wall. What? What
    11:46
    this is going on the wall. What? What
    11:46
    this is going on the wall. What? What even is this? >> Oh,
    11:50
    Oh,
    11:50
    Oh, >> what the Christ?
    11:51
    what the Christ?
    11:52
    what the Christ? >> What happens when you leave things
    11:53
    What happens when you leave things
    11:53
    What happens when you leave things spooky? >> Oh, for Christ's sake. All right. Well,
    11:58
    Oh, for Christ's sake. All right. Well,
    11:58
    Oh, for Christ's sake. All right. Well, tell you what.
    12:10
    I'm not even mad. I just want to
    12:10
    I'm not even mad. I just want to understand. What? [laughter] What?
    12:20
    Oh, this must be a Pokemon from the expanded universe, I think. Oh, man. You know what I forgot to do? [laughter]
    12:32
    What? What the crap? >> Oh god, those boys.
    12:36
    Oh god, those boys.
    12:36
    Oh god, those boys. >> April fools. Well, I'm ordering from
    12:39
    April fools. Well, I'm ordering from
    12:39
    April fools. Well, I'm ordering from Flipping Out more often if that's how they come. I'm sure somebody will claim responsibility.
    12:57
    Uh, well, apparently that dude back there is Pokemon number 20. For Christ's sakes, jingle hoppers, man. That was That was freaking wild. All right, we're gonna do some We're gonna do some pitch up on here. I'm going to do I'm going to do a good like two fingers just to start with.
    13:32
    Dude, those guys or whoever, man, that was awesome. All right. So, I did mess up the sequence here. It's been a while since I've done one of these. We got to get the lift cart underneath there before I lay it all the way down. So, can you breathe? >> Okay. For flip sakes. For flip side.
    13:51
    Okay. For flip sakes. For flip side.
    13:51
    Okay. For flip sakes. For flip side. Like right here in front of my flip side gloves. What? What? All right.
    14:05
    Um, okay. Let's do this. We don't need this anymore.
    14:14
    We'll set this aside. Move, Mr. Pallet. Okay. So, that's going to go right under like right here.
    14:30
    All right. Oh, put it back more. Yeah, like right there. You getting this? Oh, here. Let here. Tilt the camera down. Just a little tilt so I can show. Yeah, just tilt it. There we go. Lift cart. Okay. Push it in more.
    14:56
    All right. Now it should be a simple just pump it up. What happened to that wrench? Whoa, look at this cabinet.
    15:09
    That looks so good. Whoa. That should be good. That's like opposite tilt.
    15:33
    I just I just want to know what the heck led to that. Um, grab me a leg, would you? >> Please and thank you.
    15:52
    Back leg going on. That was insane. Once we get it set up, I'll take the camera around and show show it all off here. I see it.
    16:20
    the mystery. Oh, this one needs to come out. >> Yep.
    16:36
    There you go. And then that's ready to go. Let's read some chat. What in the Jehoshaphat? Don't say two fingers either. Nope. Oh, eradicate is your Pokemon. Yeah, it's Radicate, man. That's going 20. I thought I'd be number like 472 or something, you know? I was going to step over sticker game. No kidding. Jeez. All right, we got to give it How do I give that away? Oh god, what even is it? I have no idea. I'm glad it's censored. Now the foam will just hit even harder. I know. I know. I get it. Um, yeah. We'll get this set up and then we'll take the camera for a little walk around. How about that?
    17:24
    But essentially, here's what we're looking at. A lot of plastic covering. What's it even covering? Oh, I guess the side armor to keep it from getting scratched. Let's do uh let's do this. Let's see if we can get in the coin box. Coin box un coin boxing.
    17:43
    I wish I had my little uh I don't need it. Let's get the cash box out.
    17:51
    Oh, you know what we need to do? Cut the strap. All right. So, now that she's on legs, we can cut this guy. I should probably put her all the way down.
    18:04
    Oh,
    18:04
    Oh, thank you. >> But this one glows. This one glows. We
    18:09
    But this one glows. This one glows. We
    18:09
    But this one glows. This one glows. We can use a >> use a spooky knife. Watch your eyes. Oh.
    18:14
    use a spooky knife. Watch your eyes. Oh.
    18:14
    use a spooky knife. Watch your eyes. Oh. All right, you guys. Who likes to look at paper stuff? This is like the same safety sheet they've been using for years. I'll set that aside there. Here's this. Um, let's go. Cashbox.
    18:32
    Oh, what? They used a Give me that back. They used a zip tie on the cash box lid now instead of just the cotter pin that normally keeps it in place.
    18:47
    Spike 3 innovation. There you go. We'll auction it off. Pokemon le part. Here you go. Oh, there's expression light nonsense in here. It's kind of heavy. It's kind of heavy. All right, guys. Let's see what we got. Oh, you ready?
    19:07
    Whoa. There's a freezer bag in here with a shooter rod. Power cord. You want to open that guy up? balls. Oh, I need to get my alcohol for these balls. These come covered in a shipping oil, and you want to clean them off with a rag and alcohol before you put them in your machine. Otherwise, everything's going to turn black. And then there's uh the the manila folder with the backbox bolts in it. That'll secure it. This
    19:37
    alcohol's on my workbench in the garage. The one right inside the door. Oh, look at the bubble wrap. Oh, this is it, man. This thing's going to be like a $295 accessory or find a 3D printer, get one for 60 bucks. Check that action out. Oh my goodness. Gravy. It's a Master Ball. And it does have a little plate there on the front. Says Pokemon. It's the same purple. I mean, this is my first time seeing this. They didn't have this at Texas Pinball Festival. It feels good, man. Yes, Ralph is here. Thank you, Ralph. Look, you're keeping my palms gently. So, when I later on when I'm alone playing with my master ball, when I'm master balling, I won't have any wear on my palms. So, thank you, Ralph. I really appreciate this. Boom, boom, boom. Oh, Ralph can't listen. He can only watch. So, hey, Ralph. Ralph, what is that? That wasn't You got to watch this back, man. That was wild. All right. So, this guy will be installed tonight. It's pretty easy. Essentially, there's just three bolts on the back. You take those bolts out of what's in there. It slides out. This one goes in. The alignment pins are already there. So, another three bolts and then boom, you're master balling. Master balling. Man, the new greasy balls kill me. What's the damn reason? Well, it's because they probably get all their balls in once and then they use them for years and years in little sacks. And so, this way you don't get a rusty ball. You don't want a rusty ball. Also, you might get the game in box when it's made, right? But then when are you going to unbox it? So, if those balls are sitting in there for maybe two years, they're going to be all rusted. Listen, balls are like a$110. So, you can get some good ones. And actually, I've got some Ninja balls I'm probably going to put in here anyway. But look at this Master Ball. The Master. It's got a good feel to it. Damn it. I love it. I was going to print these for my premium, but I got a LE and I'm like, yes, you could print one that would be probably just as good. Hit it with some clear, but and the first party stuff is always so special, you know? It's always so special. I dig it. All right. Should we wait for Monica? She's going to get some alcohol for my balls. We should lift it up. We should lift it up. All right. Let's center. Let's get centered. Leonard Ralph Dawn, if you guys can tell me how to change the left sling rubber, you win a prize. Spent an hour on it last night. Ryan, do you have the Pro or the LE? It's going to be a lot easier on the Pro.
    22:17
    This thing comes stuck on the back where the plug goes. Oh man, there's extra wires back here. What's this extra wire for? There's the normal Whoa, that looks pretty cool. There's the There's the normal uh cable handling deal. And there's also this blue wire. I don't know what that's for. What's that about? Whoa.
    22:51
    Well, damn. Meowth. Whoa. Sorry. Didn't mean to touch it. Meowth. Pikachu. Some Eevee evolutions everywhere. A Mewtwos's Master Ball. Regular Ball. Pokemon 20 of 750. Gonna get rid of that. Put something else there. Oh, satisfying.
    23:14
    This is a premium Ellie getting tomorrow. Ryan, why are you winning at life so much? That's crazy. All right. Look at all this satisfying stuff to pull off now. Oh, fire up the printer, Monica. We're going to print a start button.
    23:31
    Oh, get inside of my ass. It's Oh, look at They listened. Stern listened. The certificate of autographed authenticity is not taped to the expensive backlash. Just put here. Thank you, Stern. Round of applause. Fanfare. That's awesome. That's awesome. So, I got the G Bear. I got the Seth Davis autograph here. Number 20. And I don't have to peel stuff off the back glass. Amazing. Good job, guys. Good job. Good job. So much grease, right? All right. I'm getting hot in my gloves here. All right. This is going to go into a drawer where I'm probably never going to look at it again. And if if and when I sell the game, I'll probably forget where I even put it. [laughter] That's how these things go. Sorry about it. All right. What do we got on the top? We got high definition glass. Don't use ammonia cleaners on it. It'll ruin the finish. Please update the software on this game because there's bug fixes. Here's what Insider Connected is. That's all that stuff. This also goes into a drawer, never to be seen again. Oh, dog.
    24:39
    Oh, son of a biscuit eating. Whoa. All right, here's a problem.
    24:47
    All right, let's camera. Come here for a second. Come here for a second. Yes. Hi, Don here. uh for warranty purposes. Come check come check this out and explain this to me. >> So, if you look right here,
    25:01
    So, if you look right here,
    25:01
    So, if you look right here, there's some scratches on the glass. Those scratches are on the inside of the glass because look where the hanger bolts are. >> Oh my.
    25:10
    Oh my.
    25:10
    Oh my. >> They're not in
    25:13
    They're not in
    25:13
    They're not in the hang the hanger bolts are not even in here. >> Hold this for a second.
    25:18
    Hold this for a second.
    25:18
    Hold this for a second. >> Oh jeez. Jeez Louise. This All right. So, somehow, how does that happen? How does that happen? So, >> quality.
    25:30
    quality.
    25:30
    quality. >> So, the hanger bolts there were not in
    25:33
    So, the hanger bolts there were not in
    25:33
    So, the hanger bolts there were not in the slots under the lock bar. The lock bar was latched down, but these guys were not there. Here you go. We have to go through this here. So, these scratchy scratchies.
    25:51
    Oh, man. Do they wipe off? I'll have to check. Maybe it's Maybe it's just superficial. There we got the George We got the George autographs. George autographs. So So if this this had I don't think this can I don't think this can slip out after it's put in. The lock down bar is on there. There's not enough room. So if this was never put back on there, the lock down bar went on, then the whole time during shipping, this thing's probably rattling back and forth, you know. Take a look at your left sling. Seriously, the toilet bowl actuator thing goes through it. I mean, I I'll we're going to go we're going to go through here before we before we power everything on. But has that ever happened to you guys before that the hangers are just not even on there? That's so crazy. All right, we got to go glass off here and inspect everything else. Pinball.
    26:49
    All right. That's craziness. That's craziness. Here, let's check the uh you know, serial number is 20. We know that. Let's check the build date. When was this thrown in a box?
    27:18
    [laughter]
    27:18
    [laughter] >> That is unreasonably tight. I will say
    27:21
    That is unreasonably tight. I will say
    27:21
    That is unreasonably tight. I will say recently I've been having scratch glass from the two pros I ordered, but that was from a screw on the reader.
    27:42
    These retro Ralph gloves hold the glass so well. Okay.
    28:00
    All right. All right. So, what we need to do, I need to find some of those uh protectors for here so we can lift this thing up. I should have some around somewhere. Remove the cable tie and plastic bag before operation >> of the game.
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    of the game.
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    of the game. >> I know.
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    I know.
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    I know. >> Yeah. So, all right. So, we're still troubleshooting here. It looks like there's some dust back here. I don't know if that's This doesn't seem to be separated, but what's it what the heck's it sitting on?
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    I don't want to lift it and scratch the art blades. These are foil art blades that are on the inside of here. And so I don't want to just like lift this playfield up, especially if it's been jostled. Um, until I got the protectors in there. I do have some probably in my prop closet here. Guys, this is the magic of live streams. You never know what you're going to find. You never know. Uh, where's my where's my game condoms?
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    I'd really prefer not to risk the art blades, but I do want to see what what is happening here.
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    It's in there really tight, too. So, unless that's new Spike 3 design. What do you guys think? Let's inspect some more. I only have so much reach on this camera cord. look in the coin door and see what it's sitting on. Yeah, we'll for sure do that because it looks like it's sitting low and it's not sliding forward like it should. That's That's definitely not the right pitch for a pinball machine, man. It is it. And I've got the back legs up and it's pretty it's pretty far down there. Give me my lantern. What do we got? What kind of business we got here?
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    Um um I can't even tell. I can't see quite I don't know if you guys can see at all. Um
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    it looks like there's some definite wood chips in the back of the cabinet or some chips of something. I have to get the playfield up. Well, hey, I'm glad I did a quick little quick and dirty live stream, right, of the Pokemon machine. Um, yeah, we're pro. We're We'll figure it out. We're going to figure it out. But this is definitely strange. I don't even know the extent of like what's going on. I don't know if like the playfield just fell back in there and like that's all it is or if like something's like broken, but there is some detritus in the back of the cabinet there. So, we're gonna have to gingerly like pop this guy up.
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    All right. So, what to do? What to do? So, if it was just sitting there free the whole time, it had to have been rattling around and shipping and then maybe something something. All right. Well, now imagine if I didn't unbox it, right? Imagine if this wasn't unboxed for like a year or two and then the price is soared to like 25K and you get it, you open it up and the Playfield's sitting in the bottom of the cabinet. Like, you wouldn't know, right? You wouldn't know.
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    So, I want to It might just need to get jockeyed forward. Oh, okay. It looks like the plastics back here broke and that's what's sitting back there.
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    Oh my goodness. So, there's like some there's some metal I don't know if you can see this. There's some metal back rails here and the bottom one is like totally bent. Like seriously bent. I think I need to document with some photography and then send it to my distributor just for for warranty purposes before we start really diving in here. So, let's put a pin in it for now. We'll kind of pause where we're at. We'll kind of figure this all out, okay? And then then we'll update. We'll let everybody know. So, um, yeah. Good thing technical support is just an email or a text message away, right? What do you guys think? You really sell this through cabin design. I mean, I didn't do it on purpose. I swear. All right. Uh to to be continued, guys. Guys, we'll talk. We'll talk. All right. Uh be cool. That was fun. We We unboxed something. I don't know what just yet, but we'll get there. We'll get there. All right. >> Talk later.