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Pinball Junk Drawer Episode 103 - Livin' On A Prayer In More Ways Than One

Poor Man's Pinball Podcast·podcast_episode·34m 54s·analyzed·Jul 29, 2026
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TL;DR

Personal updates, new pinball releases (Bon Jovi, P3 titles), and venue play statistics from Lumberjack Johnny's.

Summary

A casual, meandering episode of Poor Man’s A Pinball Podcast "Pinball Junk Drawer" segment featuring hosts discussing personal life disruptions (tornado damage affecting employment), new pinball releases (Barrels of Fun's Bon Jovi, Multimorphic's dual release of Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game), arcade game releases (Aliens of Destruction), and venue play statistics from Lumberjack Johnny's. The hosts reflect on the strength of the current pinball market and licensing trends targeting aging demographics.

Key Claims

  • A tornado hit the speaker's workplace building three hours into their first day, partially destroying it and damaging vehicles in the parking lot.

    high confidence · Host (Swaghorn Leghorn) detailed personal account of workplace tornado incident in Manashe during job opening segment.

  • Barrels of Fun announced a Bon Jovi pinball machine with a mechanical heart toy that moves up and down.

    high confidence · Hosts discussed newly announced Bon Jovi machine as a surprise release from Barrels of Fun.

  • Multimorphic released two games simultaneously: Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game (dual-themed release strategy).

    high confidence · Hosts discussed Multimorphic's Halloween/Ultraman-style double release approach for P3 platform.

  • An arcade game called Aliens of Destruction was released at Lumberjack Johnny's venue, designed to function as a social drinking game with beer cup holders.

    high confidence · Hosts attended Aliens of Destruction release event at Lumberjack Johnny's and met the designer; described it as made in Madison, Wisconsin with open ads on Pinside.

  • At Lumberjack Johnny's, Sonic was the #1 earner in week one, with Hulk #2 and Shrek #3.

    high confidence · Host (Craftproof Sally) reported venue play data from first week collected by Lumberjack Dave and Atomic Nicky.

  • In week two at Lumberjack Johnny's, Harry Potter jumped into top 3 earners (#2), with Sonic #1 and a five-way tie at the bottom including Guardians of the Galaxy, Venom, King Kong, Foo Fighters, and Metallica.

    high confidence · Host reported second week of venue play statistics with top 5 and five-way bottom tie.

  • Glenn (a Pinball Junk Drawer community member) was hired as a sound engineer/sound janitor at Multimorphic.

    high confidence · Hosts congratulated Glenn on new position; stated it makes three tribe members employed at Multimorphic.

  • Spooky Pinball has indicated they will not do dual-release strategy again due to resource intensity (referring to their Halloween and Ultraman double release).

Notable Quotes

  • “A tornado tore the building in half and threw parts of the building on the cars in the parking lot, mine included.”

    Swaghorn Leghorn (host) @ ~0:00-5:00 — Personal emergency context explaining employment disruption; affects podcast continuity and host availability.

  • “I added that to the list of many natural disasters that have tried to kill me and have all failed. Mwahaha, take that Grim Reaper and that lazy tornado that missed again.”

    Swaghorn Leghorn @ ~7:00 — Host using dark humor to process serious personal trauma; tone-setting for the episode.

  • “If you are a pinball company that wants a remote graphic janitor, you can email the pinballjuncture at pinballjd at gmail.com... there might be one on the streets as we speak.”

    Swaghorn Leghorn @ ~8:00 — Public employment appeal tied to pinball industry community; signals job loss and potential opportunity for companies.

  • “Right now, pinball is hot and it's staying. I know everyone was calling for the end of Pinball numerous times and luckily for us it's still hanging around and still growing.”

    Craftproof Sally (host) @ ~25:00 — Industry sentiment signal; hosts expressing confidence in market strength despite historical doomsaying.

  • “They definitely have figured out what demographic has money now. And they're shaking. They're turning us old codgers upside down and shaking us as they're not quite retired. But we're just at the right age where they can shake and see what falls out of our pockets. Right. And usually it's 12 grand.”

    Swaghorn Leghorn @ ~30:00 — Commentary on licensing strategy targeting aging millennials/Gen X with disposable income; directly addresses Bon Jovi and other nostalgia-driven IP choices.

  • “This new wave that we're seeing of Pinball machines, they are trying to do a lot more unique stuff with mechs. And that's cool.”

    Craftproof Sally @ ~32:00 — Positive assessment of design innovation across manufacturers; indicates industry-wide trend toward mechanical complexity.

  • “The juice was not worth the squeeze... You're trying to use your one design for multiple purposes. And that kind of fractures the release a little bit, maybe.”

Entities

Swaghorn LeghornpersonCraftproof SallypersonBarrels of FuncompanyMultimorphiccompanyBon Jovi (game)gameDungeon Crawler CarlgameEnder's GamegameAliens of Destructiongame

Signals

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Glenn from Pinball Junk Drawer community hired as sound engineer/janitor at Multimorphic; represents third community member employed there.

    high · Host congratulated Glenn on new position at Multimorphic; stated it makes three tribe members employed at company.

  • ?

    product_launch: Barrels of Fun announced Bon Jovi pinball machine with mechanical heart toy; represents licensing strategy targeting aging demographics.

    high · Hosts discussed surprise announcement; noted mechanical heart toy and 12+ songs; reflected on unexpected licensing choice given Ozzy Osbourne absence.

  • ?

    product_launch: Multimorphic released Dungeon Crawler Carl and Ender's Game simultaneously on P3 platform; strategy following Spooky's Halloween/Ultraman approach.

    high · Hosts discussed dual release; noted new double-circle mechanic; referenced similar dual-release strategy by Spooky.

  • ?

    venue_signal: Independent designer released Aliens of Destruction arcade game designed as social drinking game; production in Madison, Wisconsin; ~20 units available; ~$4,500+ price point.

    high · Hosts attended release event at Lumberjack Johnny's; met designer; noted beer cup holders, professional production quality, and open Pinside ads for availability.

  • $

    market_signal: Manufacturers increasingly licensing nostalgia-targeted IP (Bon Jovi, established rock acts) aimed at aging demographics with disposable income ($12,000+ pinball purchase range).

    high · Host commentary: 'They definitely have figured out what demographic has money now... turning us old codgers upside down... usually it's 12 grand.'

Transcript

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0:00
Now who's responsible for this unwarranted attack on my person? I say, I say, I say, pay attention now boy, this is of course Foghorn Leghorn presents the Pinball Junk Drawer. You all asked for it, I say, you all asked for it now, you're gonna get it. Boy, oh boy, are you gonna get it. Go, I say, go away boy, you bother me. And just like that, we're back. The only pinball podcast that is, in fact, living on a prayer. This is, of course, the pinball junk drawer for your ears and your butt. My name's Swaghorn Leghorn. With me, as always, Craftproof Sally. Big Show 103. I don't know what makes it big. I guess the 102 before it. Yes. Yes. Coming off, we're going to be... Yeah, I'm going to have to kick off the show with a little bit of housekeeping. Housekeeping, housekeeping. For those of you who listen to our other shows, I will go into depth on this much more. I know Josh B., I think Lumberjack Dave. There's a few others floating around that might listen to both shows. Three shows. Yes. Yes. Living on three shows. But I recently this does affect pinball. This affects my ability to purchase pinballs. Like so I'm going to justify it that way. Recently, I switched jobs, which is a very stressful thing. And I took a week off in between just to like decompress and try and relax. I liked my other job. This one was just closer and more money and kind of the same crap. Don't worry, everyone. I'm still a graphic janitor. But so exactly three hours into my very first day when I'm sitting there in a room watching people enter things into computers to see if I can get a badge and not. I was just literally that first, you know, the first couple of days of a job, you're just sitting there like you're in the way. No matter what you do, you're just kind of in the way. So at one point I was like, hey, let me, we're waiting on my computer. That's not coming until a day or two from now. So let me, if you have any of those, what are those things like Clorox wipes or whatever, I said, let me do that. I'll just go wipe down my cubicle. Good idea. I'm sure that the people there were very happy to get me out of the office so they could do actual work instead of me sitting there staring at them. So I'm wiping it down and this is coming up on my three hours at my new position and I hear an alarm and all the electric goes out and this shrill and everyone's kind of wandering around going, I don't know where we go. So we all huddle together in the two bathrooms. Oddly, the boys went to the boys and the girls went to the girls. So that stayed intact. But then a tornado tore the building in half and threw parts of the building on the cars in the parking lot, mine included. And yeah, then after we were permitted to leave because they had to make sure the electric was off and those big ponds that were now where the cubicles, freshly cleaned in my case, was destroyed. And the front of the building was off and the roof of the building was on people's cars. We were allowed to leave. And so, yeah, I had a tough three hour work day and now I'm not sure if I'm employed anymore. So let's just say that's the extent of it. I'm hopeful that I, one, have a job, two, will go there at some point. I'm not going to that building anymore because that's with the Lord now. So yeah, that's where I'm at in life.

medium confidence · Host commented Spooky 'made light of the fact that they would never do that again' and characterized the approach as having juice not worth the squeeze.

  • Barrels of Fun's mechanical approach to the Bon Jovi heart toy is similar to mechanics already in their wheelhouse, as seen in Dune Pinball.

    medium confidence · Hosts observed that the Bon Jovi heart mechanic resembles existing Barrels of Fun design patterns from Dune.

  • The current pinball market is strong and growing, with licensing targeting aging demographics with disposable income.

    medium confidence · Host noted manufacturers are 'shaking us as they're not quite retired' and licensing choices reflect targeting older players with 'money now.'

    • Craftproof Sally @ ~38:00 — Critical assessment of dual-release strategy; references Spooky's Halloween/Ultraman decision not to repeat the approach.

  • “Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shrek are a top three.”

    Craftproof Sally @ ~50:00 — Surprising venue play data; Shrek (potentially a Family Guy retheme) outperforming major franchises like Pokemon and Transformers.

  • “Because Pokemon, if they ever get the approval for the IC, it's going to jump back to one again because everyone's going to need all the boopy doops.”

    Swaghorn Leghorn @ ~65:00 — Speculation about Pokemon pinball's potential impact if interactive cabinet approval comes through; references collection mechanics driving demand.

  • “It kept them very cold. I'm a slow sipper mostly. And by the time you get to the bottom, it's like warm. Ah. And this was not warm at the bottom.”

    Craftproof Sally @ ~75:00 — Product review segment (off-topic but characteristic of podcast format); demonstrates host engagement with practical gear unrelated to pinball.

    • Lumberjack Johnny's
    venue
    Lumberjack Daveperson
    Atomic Nickyperson
    Glennperson
    Sonicgame
    Pokemongame
    Harry Pottergame
    Shrekgame
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesgame
    Spooky Pinballcompany
    Dune Pinballgame
    Jersey Jack Pinballcompany
    Project Pinballorganization
    Ladies Flipevent
    Lumberjack Johnny'svenue
  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Venue play statistics from Lumberjack Johnny's show Sonic dominating week one and two; Harry Potter in top 3 week two; surprising performance by Shrek and TMNT; bottom tier includes Guardians of the Galaxy, Venom, Metallica.

    high · Two weeks of detailed venue play data provided by hosts; noted location-dependent variance and potential IC badge/event impact on earnings.

  • ?

    design_innovation: Industry-wide trend toward unique mechanical toys in new releases; hosts note similarity between Barrels of Fun designs (Dune heart mechanism applied to Bon Jovi).

    medium · Host: 'This new wave of Pinball machines are trying to do a lot more unique stuff with mechs.' Noted heart toy similar to existing mechanisms in manufacturer's wheelhouse.

  • ?

    product_strategy: Spooky Pinball indicated dual-release strategy (Halloween/Ultraman) will not be repeated due to resource intensity and fractured market impact.

    medium · Host noted Spooky 'made light of the fact that they would never do that again' and characterized approach as 'juice not worth the squeeze.'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Hosts express strong confidence in pinball market strength and sustained growth despite historical industry doomsaying.

    medium · Host: 'Right now, pinball is hot and it's staying... everyone was calling for the end of Pinball numerous times... it's still hanging around and still growing.'

  • ?

    rumor_hype: Hosts speculate Pokemon pinball's potential market dominance contingent on Interactive Cabinet (IC) approval; expect demand surge if collectible mechanic approved.

    medium · Host: 'Pokemon... if they ever get the approval for the IC, it's going to jump back to one again because everyone's going to need all the boopy doops.'

  • ?

    community_signal: Project Pinball conducting themed Ladies Flip events; lemon-themed event August 6th at Tina's; August 27th boot camp scheduled.

    high · Host listed upcoming events; noted themed attire plans (yellow skirt) for themed day; promoted projectpinball.org for raffle tickets.

  • ?

    operational_signal: Lumberjack Johnny's managing collector's edition vs. pro versions across locations; CE moved from Appleton to Green Bay; venue tracking play statistics for analytics.

    medium · Host noted CE moved to Green Bay; hosts acknowledged location variance affects earnings; venue providing weekly play data for two-week period.

    • 3:46
    And I kind of said, look, everyone go home and I'll keep you posted, but we won't be coming here this week because, frankly, the tornado did so much damage. The city of Manashe does not let people in or out of it right now. I mean, it's not under like guarded, you can't leave by guns, but they don't want people going there because, well, they have a lot of problems right now. So, boo, I'll keep you posted, but if you are a pinball company that wants a remote graphic janitor, you can email the pinballjuncture at pinballjd at gmail.com. You can either ask for stickers, you can tell us you want us to talk about something, or you can ask me to send you my resume if you are running a pinball company and need a pinball janitor. There might be one on the streets as we speak. That's the end of that. I kind of had to talk about it because this is a... It's been a stressful week so far. It's been a bumpy couple weeks, to be honest with you. Yeah. I didn't dislike the job I left. That was weighing on my soul and conscience.
    4:57
    But you're hopeful, you know, closer, more money, you know, that might be cool, might be a cool place. Then Tornado. Thanks for that, Tornado. I will just add that to the list of many natural disasters that have tried to kill me and have all failed. Mwahaha, take that Grim Reaper and that lazy tornado that missed again. Anyway, all right, yes, now on to pinball stuff. So it has been Pinball Release Mania running wild on us, brothers. And arcade games. Yes. Oh, and arcade games. Yep. Should we start with that one? Yeah, I think maybe. Okay, this is your department because my memory is bad for everything. So last week there was an arcade game release that was done at Lumberjack Johnny's. Yeah, very cool, right? It was Aliens of Destruction. Yes. AOD, which that kind of resonated with me because my fantasy football team is off an army of darkness. So I go by AOD. So I was like, huh, honing in on my fantasy football racket. Anyway. Yes, that's what they were thinking. That's what they were thinking. But we got to meet the designer. I can think the whole, well, I can't say the whole thing. He was, I guess so. He was the designer, but he also had people helping him with the programming and stuff. One person, while they technically probably could build one, it wouldn't be prudent. It was a really fun game. Yeah.
    6:26
    So Aliens of Destruction. Yeah. And they are. He did have. This is made in what? Madison, I believe. Madison, Wisconsin. I'm pretty sure.
    6:36
    And he has he has some open ads on Pinside. If you want to take a look at these, because these are production units. He has been working with a company to. It's very professionally done. It looks gorgeous. It does. It plays perfectly. You know, this isn't... It has beer cup holders. Beer holders because he... I think the whole point of it was he said he wanted it to be more of a social... Like a drinking game, but like a video game. Yeah. You know. So on that point, he said that... Well, not what he said, but one player plays. But one player plays so the other player can be drinking some of their beer. Right. So it's like a timed role playing. Yeah, it's like a timed role playing. But it's very interesting. It was. So he's out there doing it. It was really great to meet him. And, of course, Lumberjack Dave and Tom McNicky were there. So we got to hang out with them. Yes. And the game's cool. Check it out. I know it's going to be at some of the upcoming events. I'm pretty sure it's going to be at Expo. He was taken out to the Colorado, Denver. There's something out there. It might have happened already. Sorry, folks. So look for it. It's out there. It's fun to play. It's really cool. He'll help you get better at it. He mercifully put me out of my misery. My first game, I was so bad. I was like, could you please just kill me? Because I'm done.
    8:01
    So Foghorn is not one to read directions when he starts playing a new game. He just kind of throws himself into it. I let the game reveal itself to me. Yeah Yup Yeah that how that worked Yes But you talked to him more than I did because as we getting ready to leave there an entire table full of pens That was the weirdest thing ever I was so excited For those of you who don know one of Crafter Sally other main hobbies could be a fountain pen Sally Yes That could be a secondary like an alter ego Ooh They like this calls for somebody else Hold on I gonna go make a phone call And then she jumps out of a phone booth if anyone knows what the hell that is and she has pens instead of craft beer Yes. Ha ha! Yes. This looks like a job for fountain pen Sally. Yes. So she, it's this table.
    8:59
    Dave is sitting there. Yeah. And so was Mr. Jones. Yeah, Mr. Jones. And then there was other people and there was like all these pens there and I was like, what the hell is this? And I thought it was an intervention for you. And they're like, no, these are the pens that you own. I don't think you should buy any more pens, but it was not. It was an enabling table. It was an enabling table for me to buy more pens because I think I've gotten two new pens since then. Yes, you have. And a gigantic wooden storage chest. Yeah, like a woodworker's tool chest to fill with these many, many pens and many, many inks to the point that I have pens. Now, if anyone's ever seen my writing, I should have no pens. I should have negative pens because I can't even read my writing. But here we are. They're mostly just an extension of my collection at this point. Well, no, it was like one of Dave's friends is a fountain pen enthusiast quite like myself. And he was talking to Dave about it and Dave was thinking about purchasing a fountain pen or three. Or three, I was going to say, or three, he said. So he brought some of these to this release party. Oh, yeah, that's kind of neat. So they were just checking it out. And then even Mr. Jones was like, this is weird. Yes, it was. I was like, we went to play pinball and a pen talk broke out. We went to play Aliens of Destruction and Sonic broke out and then Pen Talk broke out. Yes. And I was like, okay, time to go. I even wrote to Dave the next day and I was like, I need to know what pen that was that you showed me. The Vanishing Point. No, it was that green one. The green with the magnetic closure. Gotcha. So anyway, this is not. Pen Talk. Yeah. This is not the pen drawer. Pen junk drawer. Right. Did Dave ever write back about that one I had sent? My favorite I always tell people to look at? No. Oh, bummer. Yeah. There's a pen I like. I got it in British Racing Green. I don't know the name. It's like Schlevels, something like that. Yeah. But it was an Amazon pen and it's really a great writing pen. I like it a lot. Anytime anyone asks me about fountain pens, I'm like, this is the one I might go to, really. Right. Because I have a sailor and I actually like that one better. So, okay. Enough of that. So yay for that. Go check out Aliens of Destruction. Jump in. Be an early adopter because, you know. I think he has said he has 20 ready to go. So you'll be able to buy them. I can't remember the price point. Was it $4,500 or more? I can't remember. Check it out. You can check out the ad on Pinside. Okay. All right. But also, first things first, have to give a huge shout out. To a new hire that didn't get hit by a tornado.
    12:01
    Super surfer, silver surfer, slappy Samsonite skateboarder intern Glenn is now part of a pinball company.
    12:12
    And he is not a graphic janitor. So what might he be doing, Graff Roussela? Sound janitor work. Sound janitor, yes. He's a sound janitor. Sound engineer slash janitor for Multimorphic. Yes. That's awesome. So that makes three of our tribe members employees of Metamorphic. Well, I'm just throwing it out there. If anyone wants to make four, I know a graphic janitor wandering the street with a tattered resume. No. So, yeah, congratulations to Glenn.
    12:48
    He's done so much fabulous work for so many people in the pinball industry. Including us. Including us indeed. So yay for that. Now, on to the newest releases. I know Craft Rousali, the first one we're going to talk about, is going to be the biggest surprise to me. And I only say that because I live in a world where there is not an Ozzy Osbourne pin, but there is a Bon Jovi pin. And part of me died a little inside when that happened. Not for my dislike of Bon Jovi, just because. For your like of Ozzy Osbourne. Well, cultural impact alone.
    13:29
    I don't think it's too hard to get Sharon Osbourne to sign off on a licensing deal. So I'm not sure what's going on in the world. But moving on. So just announced Barrels of Fun is rolling out Bon Jovi. Now what are some of the things that caught your eye other than that mechanical heart that moved up and down? Oh, that's so awesome. You could re-theme that to be a Shawn Michaels pin very easily because he had that little heart on his arm when he was wiggling his butt around. I think he might have had a heart on his butt. Yes, you could make that a heart butt if in the Shawn Michaels re-theming. Okay, go ahead. I just, I really enjoy Bon Jovi. It was one of the first concerts I went to. I mean, not the first, but one of the first. Oh, I mean, he is a huge performer. Yeah, and I got to see him in New Jersey. Wowzers. In his home state. Yeah, there you go. I was probably like, what, 16? We're not talking about it. We're not. We're not talking about when. Last year, when Crafter Sally was 16. No, wait. No way. Six years ago when Grapher Sally, I don't want to make this like, cops start banging on my door. Is there a pervert graphic artist in here, graphic editor? No, no hablas ingles, senor. No. So yeah, no. So a few years ago, Grapher Sally got to see Bon Jovi. I know he still has a lot of pull. He does. He is a very popular artist. He does. He is. And he also does a lot for people in the New Jersey community. He has a restaurant there. You pay what you can. Oh, right. To kind of feed the home. Not homeless, but if people need food, he's cool with it. Yeah. I've never read anything bad about him. No. And I do know. I honestly, I know he's a very popular person. I don't know how many people in pinball love Bon Jovi. Me? One. Well, at least one. So they might have one person that puts money into it. No, I'm sure there's going to be a lot. Yeah. The choice is, again, nobody in pinball media is in these discussions, so we don't know how it went. Maybe Barrels of Fun reached out to Sharon Osbourne and she said, curse word, curse word, get out of here. And then Bon Jovi was like, sure, that'd be pretty rad. And there you go. But who knows? Maybe somebody at Barrels of Fun is like, I am going to try to get Bon Jovi. Right. If Belt and John can go. Right.
    16:07
    It'll sell. It's going to sell units. It looked interesting. Yeah. It looks like really fun. I do will say I think this new wave that we're seeing of Pinball machines, they are trying to do a lot more unique stuff with mechs. And that's cool. Yeah. I'm very thankful. Now, of course, many of them are modeled after others. It's not like these are completely new and exciting, but they're different. Right. Like that heart kind of is very similar to the thing in Dune. Oh, right, right, right. Well, you know, that's kind of in their DNA. That's in their wheelhouse. So, you know, if they can modify something, they will. Right. It's fine. I think there's room for all this stuff in pinball. To be honest with you, right now, pinball is hot and it's staying. I know everyone was calling for the end of Pinball numerous times and luckily for us it's still hanging around and still growing. So very cool. Right.
    17:10
    I hope it's fun. I'll play it, of course. I mean the music's going to be great. Yeah, you're going to dig it. I think I saw like 12 songs maybe maybe more maybe less I can The only thing I sorry go ahead No no you fine The only thing we need to do is if Lumberjack Johnnies can put the Elvira or I sorry the Elton John next to it and they film us to see who wiggles their butt more You.
    17:36
    Okay. Over. Over, all right, well, because you might, you don't know, once the music takes hold, it's going to be like one of those southern churches where people start screaming and rolling around. My hair is going to get all big like it was when I was six years ago when I was 16. Oh, if you win, if you get GC, it drops out of the thing of Aquanatic and a pair of Z-Cavaricis. There you go. It's going to be all over. Okay, you could also email us if you have a pair of Z-Cavaricis.
    18:08
    Yes, go ahead. BinballJD at gmail.com. And you can shake the moms off of it. Yes. Now I am showing my age, really. Don't light any, if you're near one of those Bon Jovi machines, don't light any cigarettes because there's probably a cloud of Aquanet that just surrounds it to be in the zone, in their zone. So it looked fun. It did. It was a surprise. I was very, I've been surprised by a lot of the newer licenses. Right. They definitely have figured out what demographic has money now. And they're shaking. They're turning us old codgers upside down and shaking us as they're not quite retired. But we're just at the right age where they can shake and see what falls out of our pockets. Right. And usually it's 12 grand. So as soon as I heard that, I was like, hmm, now I think I might have to update my list. But my list is Star Wars Fall of the Empire. Yeah. And then. Harry Potter. Bon Jovi make that list. I think at this point if I have one choice it's Fall of the Empire. Yeah you said that you've been saying that. I love that game. Every time we go to Lumberjack Johnnies I play it. Oh it's fun. At least twice. I'm sorry it's a good shooter man. I know people talk crap about it I'm like no way this is really cool and very fun and I like we love Star Wars so. Yeah. You know it's weird because I love Star Wars way more than you. Yeah. You know you. I think I got burnt out on Star Wars when my brother wore out the VHS tape. Yeah. Well, I don't know. Every day for like three years. That's what annoying brothers are for. Yep. Ask me how I know.
    19:55
    Huh. Yeah. You were the annoying brother. I sure was. So, okay, now on to the other two. Now, Multimorphic had a double release. They did the old Halloween and Ultraman style. Two different machines, or two, the same machine done two different ways. So we were given Dungeon Crawler Carl, which I have no exposure to, but many people love. Many, many people love that. And then also Ender's Game, which I have seen, I think twice, but I know for sure once, maybe twice. And what is Ender's Game? It's a sci-fi movie. So I probably would never have seen it. You were in the room when I watched it and probably fell asleep. That makes sense. Yeah, it does.
    20:44
    Both are very fun. It looked like they had a new mech in this that had a double circle thing going on. I was watching the gameplay for it, and I thought it was kind of cool. And it was interesting that they did the double release, which is probably a safer bet. Yeah. You know, especially because it's, you know, I don't know a lot of people that know Dungeon Crawler Carl. Yeah. But I've heard of people that say, oh, I love that. You know, I've read the books and that kind of thing. So it is culturally hot. Maybe it's, you know, we'll see which one outsells the other. Right. Well, I think that was smart, like even with Spooky when they did the Halloween and Ultraman. I thought it made sense. I am not a huge Harb fan. Right. So, of course, I would steer away from that. Yeah. But also, they've kind of made light of the fact that they would never do that again. Yeah. That's a lot. The juice was not worth the squeeze, as they say in nowhere. So it was just like, eh, you're trying to use your one design for multiple purposes. And that's like, it seems like it makes sense, but then it kind of fractures the release a little bit, maybe. But I don't think it's going to hurt P3 in the, you know, in the long run. So it looked interesting. I'll like to put some time on this to see how it feels and how that new mech plays. But I don't know, exciting week. Or two weeks, I guess it would be technically. So a lot of new stuff to look at and go, wow. And we played Sonic a couple more times. Yes, we did.
    22:34
    I had a pretty good game on Sonic. Not a great game, but a better game. JJP, for me, I always need a while to do well. I can't walk up to a JJP and just wreck it. I've seen people do that. I am not one of them. And for some reason, the geometry is different or whatever the feel is, it's just different enough that I have to work at it, which is good because you should have to work for it. Yeah. And I want to step up to a machine and get a billion on it because what's the point? Right.
    23:05
    It's still beautiful. It's still fun. We did lose the CE, went up to Green Bay, so we got the Pro. And I was like, oh, dang it. All those achievements I didn't get. Oh, wait, never mind.
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    Sing. I'm going to write to Stern and see if they'll give us achievements for Sonic. I'll let you guys know. You should probably not. I'll let you guys know what I hear back.
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    Right. Never. I kid. One of these weekends we're going to have to get up to Lumberjack, Johnny's, and Green Bay. I know. Because they're all CEs. Who knows? My new office might be up in Green Bay. Might be there all the time. Right.
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    Possibly. Who knows? Right. All right. You've got some good, awesome numbers to review from Lumberjack Johnnies. I have two. You've been holding on to one that you've been dangling over my head. I know. Go ahead. I have two weeks of awesomeness. Okay. This is becoming my favorite thing every week, seeing what the tops and bottoms are. You should do a spreadsheet with a chart that shows them. We'll have to figure that out because I have them all written down somewhere. I am insanely lazy so I'll never do that. Okay, so go ahead. What do we got for the first week? So, the first week, I am going to ask for some guesses. Yes. All right.
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    One of the three is Sonic. Yes, Sonic is number one. The new shiny is always the number one. Okay. So, there are two and three. Yes. Okay, number two is the Hulk and number three is Bad Cats. No. Okay. Now, obviously, I would say like Harry Potter and Transformers or Transformers and Pokemon or... Absolutely not. None of those? No. What is it? You got to tell me that. So, number three is Shrek. Shrek? Yes. Okay. Is that a typo? Are you sure? No. Yeah. Okay. Well, that week that we were there for the AOD release, that Friday they were doing Shrek trivia. Oh, yeah. So it's fun and cool. It was new to Appleton. It is. I don't know if I've ever played a Shrek. I don't know if I have either. I couldn't remember if I played it when we were there. I'm almost sure Shrek is a re-threme of Family Guy, isn't it? I don't know. Or I don't know, vice versa. Yeah. I should have looked that up. I sound dumb. Never mind. So what is Shrek? And then what's the second one? The biggest surprise of all. OK.
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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Huh. That's the oddest. OK. Yeah. So Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shrek are a top three. All right Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles irritates me so bad It a tough game It like I always have to play that at a ladies flip Yeah it a popular one Always It like every time it in the rotation I get it Yeah. And I always have my worst score on it. You're always like, consarnit. You say those words like that, like you're a prospector from the 1800s. I don't think I've ever said consarnit. You should. It's a fun word. Shenanigans, consarnit, dagnabbit. All those fun words. All right, so what are the bottom three for that?
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    Transformers and Harry Potter. No. Pokemon. Okay, go ahead. Up to the Bizarro world. We have a tie for third from the bottom. Okay. We have Aerosmith and Ultraman. Okay. Ultraman's been hanging around at the bottom. I know. This next one kind of surprised me a bit.
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    Second from the bottom is Guardians of the Galaxy. Huh. Yeah. Because sometimes that one pops up on the top. Yeah. Very. Very weird. Okay. And then the bottom of the barrel. The dullest axe. The dullest axe of the throwing world. Is Foo Fighters. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. All right. There you go. Interesting. All right. What's the next week? I'm assuming a course correction happened this week. So this week we have a top five. Top five? Yes. What is this? Golf rules? PGA rules? No. Oh. Okay. Um, it's because numbers four and five were really close to number three. Okay. That makes sense. So, yes. So, you know, go from five, four, three, two, and one. Okay. Five. Shrek. All right. Hanging around. Yeah. Okay. Well, I'm going to go play it. Yeah. Because I've never, I can't remember playing it. So, yeah. Go ahead. Number four.
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    Elvira House of Horrors. Ah. I think this is a first for Elvira. Yeah. Possibly. It's a fun game. Yes. We have it. We love it. We do. All right. Number three. You pick. Oh, I don't know. Transformers. Nope. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Oh, yeah. My God. Look at it. We forgot about Beetlejuice. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Number two. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Oh, my God. This is a JJP list straight up. And number one is Sonic. Yep. Wow. My goodness. So no Pokemon, no Transformers. Because Pokemon, if they ever get the approval for the IC, it's going to jump back to one again because everyone's going to need all the boopy doops. Yeah. Well, not even that. They're just going to need to know which Pokemon they have. All right. So now one of the bottom three. All right. So this is interesting. Okay. There is a five-way tie for bottom. Oh, my God. Right. All right. Yep. So it's Guardians of the Galaxy. Ooh. Venom. A couple weeks in a row. Yeah. Venom. King Kong. King Kong? Yeah. Whoa. Foo Fighters. And Metallica. Okay, that's odd. Yeah. Those will never stay in the bottom. No. No way. Because those are – I'm surprised. And, you know, when we say like the bottom earners, if they switch those out and move them up to Green Bay, it might be a top earner. So you don't – Yeah. It just depends on the location. Location matters. Sometimes what was done in a tournament matters. It could also be what was going on, what kind of events were there. If a badge pops up on the IC, it matters. All right. Well, there you go. Yeah. Interesting numbers. Yeah. All right. So now we're going to drop in the theme song for everyone's favorite segment. Craft Brew Sally You're gonna have to put your journal down Craft Brew Sally Child You've been to all the breweries around You've been running all over the town Tell me what to drink until I fall on the ground Yeah, somebody put some beer in my mug.
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    Should say before we start, big thanks to, big shout out to Lumberjack Johnnies for sending us the numbers. Lumberjack Dave and Atomic Nicky, always awesome. So if you're ever in Appleton and or Green Bay, hit up Lumberjack Johnnies for all your axe throwing, pinball and craft beer needs. And arcade, and skeeball, and sand digging. Okay, the list is endless. Just go there. You just need to go there. All right. Now, what do you got for us this week? So this week I decided to switch it up a little bit. Oh, my God. And I'm going to talk about a beer stein. Oh, okay. So we got these beer steins a while ago because we were sitting out on our patio one day and we kept getting bugs in our beer, which that's not good. You can't have bugs in your beer. Yeah, no good. So I started looking for steins that had lids on them so that we could sit outside with it. Something that would keep our beverage cold. Gotcha. So I came across a Stanley. So it is a Stanley Classic Bottle Opener Beer Stein. It has a like bottle opener on the bottom of the handle. Everything has to have multiple purposes now. And it has like a stainless steel lid that closes just like one of those old fancy ceramic steins. Yeah, to keep all the bugs out. And it's 24 ounces, so it'll hold one of those tall boys. Yes. Let's you pour a little bit out for one of your dead homies and keep your beer cold. Yes. So, yeah, now you got a classic flat black. No. What'd you get? So I got the hammer tone green. Oh, okay. And you got the black. Right. But it is also available in cream, stainless steel, and frost gloss. Wow. Yes. That sounds exciting. Yes. So you did, and you used it like last time we were having some beers and it worked great? It was, it kept them very cold. Nice. I'm a slow sipper mostly. And by the time you get to the bottom, it's like warm. Ah. And this was not warm at the bottom. Nice. Yeah. So giving a shout out. Now, how much, do you remember how much these cost? I know they're not. I think they're about 30. I was going to say, yeah, they're not cheap, but they're nice. Yeah. Well worth the money. Yeah. If you need a good one, grab one up. Stanley, what's it called? Stanley Classic Bottle Opener Beer Stein. Wow. There you go. Yes. I think we got them off Amazon, but I'm sure they have them at like... Stanley. Oh, Stanley. Oh, did we go to Stanley? No. I think we got them from Amazon, but I think you'd get them on Stanley's website. It's always nice to see the Ammons guy throw the boxes as they slow down, kind of, and chuck it into the yard. You got anything else for this week? I think at this point the Project Pinball has done all three of the dedications that they were talking about. It was two Pokemon machines and then a rededication of the Beatles gold. Very cool. There are some upcoming events for Ladies Flip. Okay.
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    August 6th is going to be a lemon-themed one at Tina's. And then I think there's going to be another boot camp on the 27th of August. Cool. Like lemon, like the fruit? Yeah, I think it's just like the theme. So there's probably going to be lemonade and, you know, it's going to be yellow. Gotcha. Yeah. Fun. So now you bought that yellow skirt for when it was Disney Princess and you used that for Lemon Day. Yes. Nice. Don't squirt it in your eyes. It hurts. I won't. I promise. I know. And gasoline. Gasoline. I've got a lot of things in my eyes. Tornado in my eyes. All kinds of... All right. Okay. Well, thanks. That's it? I think so. Okay. Make sure you hit up projectpinball.org and buy raffle tickets or whatever they got going on. You'll be glad you did. That's going to do it. This has been Pindall Junk Drawer, Big Show 103. God willing, nature doesn't get me and you'll see me again next time for 104.
    34:45
    That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over.