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Watch KANEDA'S LIVE reaction to seeing Beetlejuice Pinball for the FIRST TIME!!!

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·1h 37m·analyzed·Nov 13, 2025
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TL;DR

Kaneda's first Beetlejuice trailer reaction: gorgeous execution, Stern critique, pre-order concerns.

Summary

Kaneda livestreams his first reaction to the Beetlejuice Pinball trailer, expressing overwhelming enthusiasm for the game's art direction, mechanical design, and theme integration by Spooky Pinball. He praises Christopher Franchi's artwork and the overall execution, contrasts it favorably against recent Stern releases, and discusses pre-order logistics and show game allocation concerns. The stream includes commentary on community dynamics, fundraiser ethics, and his decision to acquire a Beetlejuice machine.

Key Claims

  • Beetlejuice is limited to 999 units at $9,999 MSRP

    high confidence · Kaneda explicitly states '999' and discusses scarcity; this is consistent with Spooky's prior luxury model pricing strategy

  • Beetlejuice has more going on mechanically than Harry Potter despite lower price ($9,999 vs $15,000 CE)

    medium confidence · Kaneda opinion based on trailer: 'This game looks like it's right out of a Bally Williams period game' with more active mechs than Potter

  • Stern's recent art and games are underperforming compared to Spooky's output

    medium confidence · Kaneda: 'Stern's been releasing pancakes for $13,000' and 'The games that nobody wants now are the Stern games'

  • Christopher Franchi was told to leave Stern and is now at Spooky Pinball

    high confidence · Kaneda: 'Stern told Franchi to pack his bags. Now look at where he's at. Look at who's got the mojo.' Confirms known personnel move

  • The game features Spooky Speak voice recognition integration

    high confidence · Kaneda: 'incorporating in all that Spooky Speak into this game absolutely looks like so much fun'

  • Beetlejuice includes show game variants in addition to regular production (80 show games)

    high confidence · Kaneda: 'There's only going to be 999 of these in 80 show games' and later commentary on show game allocation to distributors

  • Carrie (assumed Carrie Hardy) watched the Beetlejuice trailer before Kaneda, 'scooping' him

    medium confidence · Kaneda multiple times: 'I think Carrie tried to scoop me again' and 'Did Carrie snake me again?'

  • Walking Dead code update will not compete favorably against Beetlejuice

    medium confidence · Kaneda: 'Walking Dead does not punch back against this. It just doesn't.'

Notable Quotes

  • “This is pinball, baby. This is pinball. Stern's been releasing pancakes for $13,000.”

    Kaneda @ ~8:00 — Critique of Stern's recent game quality relative to pricing; establishes frame for Beetlejuice comparison

  • “Stern told Franchi to pack his bags. Now look at where he's at. Look at who's got the mojo.”

    Kaneda @ ~8:30 — References Franchi's departure from Stern to Spooky; positions Spooky as winning talent competition

  • “It's absolutely beautiful. It's just gorgeous. And I can see in everything happening in this game that it's just going to be a fun shooter.”

    Kaneda @ ~25:00 — Initial reaction to trailer; establishes positive sentiment on mechanical execution and theme coherence

  • “I'm worried about that guy and the 5,000 guys after that guy that are going to want this game. Because this is it. This is it now.”

    Kaneda @ ~40:00 — FOMO commentary; predicts extreme demand/sellout and secondary market pressure for guy #1,080 and beyond 999 units

  • “This game looks like it's right out of a Bally Williams period game. And I think everyone's going to be very, very happy with it.”

    Kaneda @ ~45:00 — High praise; positions Beetlejuice as classic-era quality design standard

  • “The games that nobody wants now are the Stern games. Stern needs to punch back.”

    Kaneda @ ~48:00 — Direct critique of Stern market position; establishes Beetlejuice as competitive threat

  • “Harry Potter's CE. It should be a little bit a level above. It should be. It's 50% more money.”

    Kaneda @ ~47:00 — Pricing defensibility argument; acknowledges Harry Potter CE superiority but contextualizes within cost structure

  • “What the fuck is Spike 3? Does anyone know what Spike 3 is? I don't even think Stern does.”

    Kaneda @ ~52:00 — Critique of Stern's communication/clarity on platform; implies lack of strategic differentiation

Entities

Spooky PinballcompanyBeetlejuicegameStern PinballcompanyChristopher FranchipersonKanedapersonBugpersonLukepersonCarrieperson

Signals

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    business_signal: Kaneda expresses concerns about show game distribution strategy; alleges distributors requested show game allocation to avoid carrying games to physical shows; questions viability of show games if sold to distros pre-launch

    medium · 'They handed these distros another four games here, five games there, because they all complained. That's what those show games are... They're all going to be sold tomorrow. You ain't going to see a show game at a show.'

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    community_signal: Kaneda raises allegations about Pinball Life's fundraiser margins and hospital game placement profitability; questions where Project Pinball funds went; broader critique of fundraiser transparency

    low · 'Pinball Life makes more money than anybody in pinball... They're making two and a half, three times what the game is worth. And nobody wants to question any of that?'

  • ?

    event_signal: Don running midnight launch event with 20 attendees (implied official Spooky launch party); Kaneda not invited but expresses interest in exclusive access

    medium · 'I'm so happy Don's got his 20 people tonight at midnight'

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    design_philosophy: Kaneda criticizes Winchester Mystery House playfield as 'bricky' and positively contrasts Beetlejuice's perceived superior shot flow and mechanical engagement

    medium · 'It looks like it shoots better than Winchester... Like it's bricky, bro. It's bricky. And like, nobody wants to admit that.'

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    rumor_hype: Beetheljuice entering peak hype phase post-trailer; community excitement extremely high; predicted immediate sellout at pre-order

Topics

Beetlejuice Pinball game design and executionprimarySpooky vs Stern market competition and game qualityprimaryChristopher Franchi's artwork and design impactprimaryLimited edition FOMO and scarcity strategy (999 units)primaryShow game allocation, distributor relationships, and secondary market concernssecondaryStern Pinball's recent art, code, and platform strategysecondaryFundraiser ethics and Pinball Life marginssecondaryMechanical design depth (mechs, sculpts, theme integration)primary

Sentiment

positive(0.88)— Overwhelmingly enthusiastic about Beetlejuice; high praise for Franchi's art, mechanical design, and Spooky's execution. Strong negative sentiment toward Stern's recent output and strategy. Mixed skepticism about show game allocation and fundraiser practices, but primary focus is celebratory.

Transcript

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Live. How's everybody doing? This is going to be fun. This is going to be one of those like, you know, I never thought, you know, I've just been waiting for this moment for a long time. Let's do this. Facebook. Facebook live. Okay. Got it teed up in the other window. Let's see. Watch Kaneda. Live reaction. to seeing Beetlejuice for the first time. I think Kerry tried to scoot me again today. I think he did. It's what he does. How's everybody doing? Let's do this. Let's do this. Let's fall in love. I've got a cocktail. It's Thursday. It's Thursday. And we're going to do this. And we're going to have some fun. And we're going to, we got like a nine, nine, 10 minute countdown. I'm going to let people join. Let people join this party. Got my Manhattan mix in here. Hear that? ASMR. Man, we've been waiting for this game for, I feel like we've known about this game for a couple of years, but the time is now. The place is here. The hype is big. The expectations are up here. Let's do this. Oh, man. Manhattan's hit. They hit hard. How are you going to give away the five? Man, I don't know yet. I really don't know yet. I do not know yet. I will figure that out and I will do something. You know me. I'm going to be creative about it. It's not just going to be your ordinary do this. It's going to be something where we make each one a moment. Now, they're going to be butter cabinet. They're going to be fully optioned. Everything. Everything. This is not a time for half measures. It's a time. If you want a Kaneda edition, you're getting everything, the bells and the whistles and the bells. Oh, man. Well, look. Look, I think – look, I just got to say this. I just got to say this. Kerry going in front of me with exactly my idea. Is that what he did? Did you watch him watch the trailer? Did he take exactly my idea? It is what it is, man. Like, I don't know. Like, it's fine. I think he's Carrie and I'm Kaneda, and having two people see it at the same time is fun. Carrie and Kendra both live with their first impressions. Had to pick Kaneda. Look, everyone's going to have their first impressions, gang. I mean, I think it's great. And don't worry, I'm going to take these glasses off. I know Bug is probably like, what are you doing? You're not going to get the reflection of the trailer in these glasses. This is just to make them nervous a little bit. But I'm excited, bro. I'm excited. This game is like really about to do something, I think, magnanimous tomorrow. I think there is a moment here that we've all been waiting for. there is a sort of a craving for something to make us feel the magic we know is possible in pinball. We know a game that head to toe feels like passion and detail and just like enthusiasm and a team effort and a family effort. Just feeling it, feeling it. You know, over at Stern, they're putting out pancakes. This is pinball, baby. This is pinball. Stern's been releasing pancakes for $13,000. You know, the history is amazing. Stern told Franchi to pack his bags. Now look at where he's at. Look at who's got the mojo. The Stern art stuff, the last few Stern art games, leaving everything to be desired. Leaving everything to be desired. And don't worry, luke i'm taking these glasses off when we do it we're not we're gonna give people a few minutes to get in here get in the house get a drink pour a cocktail for a cocktail let's see this game baby um i also want to thank the the spooky family for sending me the featurette video so what i plan to do is is watch it after this and then we record a podcast maybe tonight maybe maybe tomorrow morning, but like, man, it's just, this is like, the cat's not just out of the bag. The bag is out of the building. The building is out of the country. The country is out of the universe, man. This is the game. This is the game we've been waiting for. You're not worried about that. You want to, Luke, do you want me to keep these glasses on? Do you want the reflection from Canada's glasses? I thought you want me to take them off. I mean, I'm happy to keep them on. It just makes the room dark. You know, I think everyone's going to have like one hell of a day tomorrow. I mean, the spooky folks, put a couple million back in the bank, baby. Put a couple million in the bank. You know, add an extension to that house. Order that Corvette ZR1X. You guys deserved it. Ain't no socialist over there in Benton. We got some real hardworking Americans. building a relationship with this pinball community, making us all feel special, like we're part of something, part of their family, part of their organization. I'd rather be part of an organization versus being shoveled the SHIT we're getting over there at Stern these days. They know it. And it's like, oh yeah, we're walking dead code. Yeah, yeah. What do you think we're gonna see tomorrow in that walking dead code? No one's gonna care. No one's gonna care. This is it, baby. this is it no look I'll let the spooky guys decide whether or not like here let me do this let me pull up a video on YouTube and like you tell me if you think like you can see enough let's do guns and roses um how about this so can you see enough in my glasses If you guys want to subscribe, that's cool. But, like, I'm going to tell you right now, like, if you want, like, let this is a... Is this enough? Can you hear me? It's Spooky's Golf. This is the best word. I have not watched the video. I have not watched the video. I swear on my mother's skull, on my children's skulls, I have not watched the video. I've been telling everybody today I'm not watching the video until I do this. I want all of you to get my initial reaction to this game. I can keep these glasses on or I can put them on. I love it. Man, I look pretty good today. What can I say? I'm 39. I'll take it. I'll take it. All right. A little reflection, but not a lot, right? He's good. He's good. We good here? We good here, guys? Okay, I think we're good. I think we're good. I've got the video teed up. It's not five o'clock yet. Audio has a fair bit of echo. All right, you know why? Because you're hearing the audio. I'll turn my mic around. Here, let's test it. How's this sound? Does this sound better? Ready? Hold on. Is that better? I'm excited. I'm excited. It is 5 o'clock. What do you do? I want you to hear me and my reaction first versus the trailer music. This isn't about the sound, you jackasses. This is about my reaction. Can I have a minute? Can I be the focal point for once on my own damn channel? what are my chances of god thought it's 70 i don't know well the audio is good now because i'm not playing guns and roses in the background how many people got we had 86 on facebook and 82 we have 162 people how's everybody doing should we do it should we go let's give people five minutes we're gonna go like five or five all right that's fair like someone someone because you know people are telling people right now the world is watching me watch this the world is watching 162 people I will say the world is watching right now drum roll baby oh hey why don't we make Star Wars and mess it up again turn your mic up guys why don't you just go over to YouTube on Facebook, these Facebook people. I don't get it. You guys are like, come on. It sounds great on YouTube, right? Bug says go. No? Out? What's out? Is my mic out? What's the matter? You want more ice cream? All right, hold on. I got to get Killian more ice hold on where's your bowl upstairs bring it upstairs mommy i'll do it for you mommy sorry we have a little sick boy here who's just had his tonsils out it's medicine time let's let's get kill his medicine kill you want to say hi to everybody he's got his tonsils out poor kid poor kid is this the number two girls one oh my god you guys Get the boy some popsicles. He's got his popsicles. He's just getting his medicine. Man, this is good. This is going to be fun. Daddy is having him in heaven. Daddy's treating himself. Don't do the glasses. Look at that. You can see the whole thing. Man. They're nervous. they'll never give me another trailer again it is showtime baby can you want to wave hi to everybody show me your PJs come here come here you have no more tonsils okay swallow I'm not talking to kill him Brenda You guys catch that joke? She didn't laugh. Okay. Carrie and I are holding hands right now. Carrie, you're there, right? All right, let's do this. Well, when they go upstairs. They're about to go upstairs. All right, guys. You're going to have to listen out for them. All right, well, not yet, babe. You're not picking them up yet. This is only going to take a few minutes. Did someone give the kineticist the video or no? is it's colin's just gonna take this colin's gonna take this video remove me from it and then it's gonna be colin's colin's first impression he's just gonna put his face over mine now now my first impression will be colin's first impression is that how he does it is that how he does it now his exclusive? All right, it's time. It's time. It's time because I think I'm gonna watch this more than once. All right. All right! How do you get ready for this? Should have done this on the toilet in case I have to. I had to wait for Jack Danger to join. All right, let's do this. Everybody, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Canada's Pinball Podcast, the home of the most bipolar, schizophrenic, narcissistic, nepo baby in all of pinball. Right now you're about to witness me witnessing spooky pinballs, much anticipated, highly anticipated, what I think is going to be a game changer, Beetlejuice pinball. Tim Burden's epic 1980-something masterpiece featuring Michael Keaton and a bunch of other people, Winona Ryder and some other people. We have Christopher Franchi on art. We've got designed by Bug and Luke and a bunch of other people. I don't know. We've got a dude coding it that I should know. Squirrel or something. I don't know. Is that even right? I don't think that's right. I think it's a different company. I don't know. Who knows? And what we're about to do now is witness a man witnessing a pinball machine. And I know what you're thinking right now. How did my life get to this? How did my life get to this point where I'm excited to watch a man watch a trailer of pinball machine of a trailer I can't even see myself but here you are here you are and we're about to do this and I'm gonna I'm gonna upload I'm gonna look at the video right now now look can you still see me right now where do you wait where did it go where did the video go hold on I thought it was up oh there it is okay now look I'm looking at it now but can you still see me on YouTube yes or no because right now I'm gonna be looking at the video but I don't have YouTube up can you still see me just tell me yes or no all right you guys get it feisty here we go here we go here we go it's two minutes and 15 seconds for the rest of your life people and let me one more sip hmm this is not the sound is killing his movie upstairs okay here we go let me get full screen here Okay. Alright. Franchise. Franchise. Son of a bitch, Franchise. Wow. Oh! Ha ha ha! No. No. Maybe they'll say my name three times. Ah. Ah. Beetle juice. Attention, game merchant. Get my head back here. Get my head back here. No clap plastics here. It looks so much like a Harry Williams game, which is such a good compliment. Sandworms. You hate them, right? I hate myself Want a cigarette? I'm trying to cut down on myself Why don't I take it and clear it Butter party Beetle juice I would rather talk about... Oh, man. This Deo is going to be a moment. Oh, yeah. Deo juice. It's showtime. you know why because if i tell you you tell your friends your friends are calling me on the horn all the time i gotta show the shopping center's rope it is um i'm gonna close that hold on i don't want to reflection to get anywhere all right all right all right all right all right it's absolutely beautiful it's absolutely beautiful like the scopes the like the that there's like major scopes, major environments, major areas. I kind of want to watch it again because, you know, the first time seeing it, I'm like, I'm just trying to take it all in. I'm trying to take it all in. But man, it's just gorgeous. It's just gorgeous. And I can see in everything happening in this game that it's just going to be a fun shooter. It's going to just have like moments that just make you smile, make you laugh. And then incorporating in all that spooky speak into this game absolutely looks like so much fun. Now, I didn't really pay attention to all the mechs. Now, here's the thing. Here's the thing. Do you want me to... Can I watch it again? Can I watch it again? Okay. Okay. All right. Let me watch it again. Hold on. Hold on. Let me pull up again hold on where is it hold on because like i literally i kind of want to just like pause in sections okay i want to just look at wow okay i'm looking at just like i'm just looking straight on now at the game and i've paused it and i'm looking at this like sculpted 3D world under glass. Like, and what's beautiful about it is just that. It's just, it's just gorgeous. It's just absolutely stunning to look at this thing. Oh man, there's the Beetlejuice with the long, the scope with the long, oh no, I think it's the father when he makes the long neck. When the father's trying to become scary. and oh and yeah no and so he's got both and then sculpted oh they're both sculpted oh and the beetlejuice sign with the arrow in the back the world oh my god this whole yes yes like everywhere you look there's just detail detail detail scope there's no flat like this is not a flat sorry modders your days are over like it's just Oh, shit. Oh, yeah. There's a magnet. There's a magnet. There's a magnet between the two flippers underneath that I think throws the ball back into play. Sorry, Star Wars. They just ate your lunch. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I didn't see any of that. They put Colin on the apron, which is weird. They put Colin from Kineticis on the apron. You know, the shrunken head guy? That's Colin from the Kineticis. I didn't realize they were going to put him in the game, but I'm kind of jealous that he got in the game. You know what I love is like, oh, man, the inserts, franchise art. Oh shit! Oh shhhhhhh! Let me see something real quick. I just want to go back and see something real quick. Okay so the barn, the car is through the barn. Attention, K-Wars. Oh, my God. See, I missed the whole magnet grab of the... Oh, shit. Okay, so Greg... Oh, it throws it up the middle! It grabs the ball between the two flippers and throws it up. Oh, man. Sandworm You hate him right I hate myself Sandworm No it is a ball You hate him right I hate him myself No way, does the ball go into the sandworm? I hate him myself I think it does, I think it goes in I hate him myself Yeah, it goes through the sandworm's mouth This one mech does so much It goes up to drop targets I'm a model. Want a cigarette? No, thank you. I'm trying to crack down on myself. Is it a little bit of liquor? No, it's a little bit of butter party. Beetle juice. What's that? You're out? Yeah, you're out. the inferno room Dante's inferno room is like got such a present I'm just gonna say is like right now I'm pausing on the oh shit okay right I'm looking right now at the top-down view of this game with the day Oh mode and like it's the best Right now in this video, it's a minute 42 in, and it's the best top-down view of the game. I mean, you see everything. I see the art. I see Franchi's art is just looking so good. The sculpts. It's like a fan layout with an upper left sort of play area with an upper, like a flipper up there. And it's just a world under glass. I know, I need to get Brenda's opinion on this. Oh, I should have had her sit down and watch it. We'll do that tonight. Because, like, I can watch this all night long. How many servo motors? Oh, man, you guys are, like, real. The day. The Deo scene is amazing. It's cute, Deo, yeah. Beetlejuice. It's your time. Do you know why? Because if I tell you. Oh, man. I'm looking at the game. I mean, it's. You tell your friends. Your friends are. Okay. Let me go back to you two. Let me go back. It's. It's just. it's it's it's um it's effing so cool i really like i really just want to say like this is what we just all want in pinball like we just want like a theme under the damn glass with awesome freaking mechs with awesome freaking sculpts with awesome theme integration with an awesome like it's just the whole thing is just work art like it like there's only going to be 999 of these in 80 show games 9 9 9 now like the um god dude there's like dude like right now i'm just thinking right now let me just have another a sip of Manhattan. I'm thinking about dude number 1,080. I'm thinking about dude number 1,080. He just wakes up tomorrow. He's got a $4 million house, and he just wakes up tomorrow, and he's like, you know, he doesn't even know about pinball, like new games. And he's just like, sees this thing on the internet tomorrow. And he's just like, honey, I don't know. Maybe I'm just going to give a phone call to Spooky around like 4.37 tomorrow p.m. and order this new Beetlejuice pinball machine. Because this guy, this guy's got everything. He's got his Daytona Rolex. He's got his Porsche GTS. He's got everything. He's like, I'm just going to order a pinball machine, you know, see what happens. Guy number 1,080. I'm worried about that guy. I'm worried about that guy and the 5,000 guys after that guy that are going to want this game. Because this is it. This is it now. This is just all we've ever wanted in pinball. I mean, franchise games, it's gorgeous. It's gorgeous. I just I literally like I I don't know I I think this is so beautiful and I think this is so much what pinball need it right now I I just think like I can't wait to watch Zack's featurette in a little bit they asked me not to watch it in front of you guys they asked me not to let you hear it they asked me to get naked but I won't do it I won't do it I gotta draw the line somewhere okay um but I just want to say I just I want to go back and pull it up again I just want to go back I just I need this I need to keep just want to watch it again the day of seeing them like I don't even think there's like room for the inner art blades it's got everything sculpted like there's not gonna be this um there's not gonna be this need to mod this thing it just oh say my name okay all right dante's inferno the couch there's a couch that locks you know the couch in the waiting room um you lock the ball on the couch and then it falls forward and it releases the multi balls um there is a really cool they they put that timer that rick and morty timer you know the the like the the the i don't know the digital timer like the two numbers like with the red leds it's in the upper left of this game in the backbox area and it just looks so freaking cool again like i keep going back to this deo scene because i i just i go back to this like feeling of like they it just feels like a pinball moment that's just so cool um for those of you who are in on this game i mean look i i i think you're gonna love it like um is there like a a mech in this game that's like uh as impressive i don't even know what is an impressive mech anymore in pinball but if i look at like jaws and i look at star wars and Venom and D&D and this and that. I look at Ghostbusters. This game looks like it's right out of a Bally Williams period game. And I think everyone's going to be very, very happy with it. This game is $9,999. There's more going on in this game for sure than Harry Potter. Now, look, I'm not taking anything away from Potter. Look, it's still spooky, man. Like, I still think, and I mean this when I say this, I still think Harry Potter's CE is still a level above this, even. Like, I gotta be honest, gang. But it's $15,000, Harry Potter's CE. It should be a little bit a level above. It should be. It's 50% more money. you know like like but this is what's so exciting now about pinball is everyone's giving you these beautiful options winchester this potter the games that nobody wants now are the stern games stern needs to punch back i'm telling you right walking dead does not punch back against this it just doesn't it just doesn't like i i just how is the display um they don't really show the display too much in this video because they don't there's not like um i'm trying to like go back and like see the game from a distance because all right so i'm looking at the display right now um it's got i mean like the is that a camera no i think that's the i think that's the lock um i love that the movie the movie clips take over the whole screen size and the i mean just francie's artwork i mean francie you son of a bitch you son of a i'm looking at this game from a distance now this like it starts off with it from a distance, it, it, it, the topper, just, you know, it's like, it's like Beetlejuice as the snake with the rattle tail is just insane, this game from a distance is just, like, like, I, I hate you, Franchi, I hate what you've done here, you've made, fuck, this game is beautiful, it's just, it's just, it's just, I, I don't usually curse, I don't usually curse, but I'm, I'm cursing a little bit it's just it's just effing gorgeous but what the fuck is spike three does anyone know what spike three is i don't even think stern does i think stern had a meeting they're like yo gang spike three's ready and everyone's like what the fuck is that no i don't fucking know fuck if i know you know what i'm saying like doesn't that feel like stern these days hey gang we're getting ready to launch spike three what is it no one fucking knows this is the manhattan to me i feel like dropping a little f-bombs because this game is effing gorgeous. Effing gorgeous. Hey, gang, let's do The Walking Dead. Let's fuck up the art. Let's fuck it up. Nah, this looks too much like The Walking Dead. We haven't fucked it up enough. I am getting game number 999. Yeah. Yeah. No. I think this game is going to go... Here's the thing. Guns N' Roses has been in my house now just too long. I got to be honest. I'm not selling Guns N' Roses. What I'm going to do with it is store it. I don't want to play it anymore. I don't. I want my kids to play it in like 16 years, but I don't want to play it anymore. I just don't want to play G&R anymore I don't even know what playing G&R is anymore I don't even know what you know what I'm saying I literally have no desire to play Guns N' Roses ever anymore and look I'm not going to sell it either because I want my kids to enjoy it one day and look I think I think 10 years from now 20 years from now Guns N' Roses will still be I don't know I don't even know what I'm talking about. I'd be like a 70-year-old man being like, yo, GNRCE, and there's only 500. I'll be like the Pepperidge Farm guy one day, still doing my podcast, still trying to figure out why Walt Wood, like Rage quit my show yesterday, or my club yesterday. What happened to Walt? Walt, come back. By the way, Walt, nobody blocked you. Nobody banned you. You're still a member. Somebody tell Walt, just keep making your videos, bro. We want to see Walt's reaction to this game. I would say, like, you know, like, looking at this game, I think the thing is, I don't get a sense yet from the trailer about the flow yet. But it looks like it flows great. It looks like it's a little bit of a fan layout with a little bit of an upper left, upper flipper region. still i'm just like my mind goes back to that guy number number 1020 why did i say 20 why is it 1000 1080 yeah number 1080 just stupid show games i i hate i hate the show game option still i still hate the show game thing i still hate it i don't i don't it's like it's like they gave in to the dealers moaning and groaning like these games are not going to shows this stupid this stupid this thing is a work of art it's not going to a show um it's not like a fan fan layout 20 side i cool you it's it's just I'm going, let me go back to it. All right. So it's not like, I mean, it's kind of like a fan layout, but like, I don't have a problem with this. Why would I want, like, I don't, I don't understand this like aversion to like, just, just really satisfying shots. You know, it's like these, these people, like, I like, it looks like it shoots better than Winchester. Guys go look at winchester video by the way like i love that like people who ordered winchester who are like on it's like on its jock the last like couple weeks like it's it it's it's bricky bro it's bricky and like nobody wants to admit that oh you know what i didn't look to see if there's any if there's any pop bumpers in the game let me see i don't think there are uh do i see a pop-up what's in the shooter lane is there oh my god i didn't even realize this there's a amazing sculpt here it's not a um polaroid it's a barloroid camera that's amazing the the details in this game are just absolutely stunning and is there like let me see what's being oh there's targets okay I don't... Oh, yeah, there's pop bumpers. There's pop bumpers. There's three pop bumpers in the upper left. I mean, I'm loving what I'm seeing. I'm loving what I'm seeing. Three flippers, three pop bumpers. Carrie confirmed it. Did Carrie watch this before me? Did Carrie snake me again? Look, yeah, here's how you're going to get the five games from Kaneda. What should I do? Carrie just played it. If you're going to type Carrie's name, you know, say it. Carrie came up for the event. I didn't get the event invite. I didn't get the event invite. What about me? What about Kaneda? I feel like Raven from the old WCW days. What about me? What about Raven? What about Kaneda? No, you know what? I'm so happy Don's got his 20 people tonight at midnight. Like, I hope it doesn't leak. At this point, it's like, what would leaking even do? Like, literally, what would a leak even do? The game is sold out at 10 o'clock central time tomorrow. You guys have eight people manning the phone lines. I'm calling 80 times, bro. There's a dude on a yacht in Dubai that wants to, that's just going to buy the company to get all those show games, baby. Are we talking show games? Are we talking regular games? Poor, poor Albert's trying to make show games into some nasty SLE thing. is this not working bro it's not working you know what I'm saying yeah I am a little busy today I would not have gone I would not have gone you know I'm one of these guys I like to complain about something I can't even do you know those guys you guys have guys like that in your life do you have like Canadians in your life do you like dudes that bitch about stuff like I do that come on get an invite and they can't even go to begin with you know I'm saying it's like where's my invite I wanted an invite you're like okay you're invited I can't go i can't go i just wanted to be invited i just wanted to feel special that's what being insecure is like you just need the invite you can give me the invite it it cures my insecurity for just a few seconds you know i want to go i want to go okay you can go i can't go i can't make it i can't make it You know what's funny, gang? Oh, yeah. Should I pinball life it? Should I pinball life it? Should I raffle these off for like $80,000 a game and then file a, like, what do they file? Like their taxes and all of a sudden it's like no one wants it. Look, gang, I'm not even going to get on this road, but like literally the amount of money. Pinball life makes more money than anybody in pinball. They make more money than Bug and Luke. they put the games in the hospitals and they own the games they own the games like they like literally like they didn't donate the game to the hospital bro they sold they get the they're making two and a half three times what the game is worth and nobody wants to question any of that i'm just saying man i'm just saying man like like it's just something about it just doesn't seem right And I remember when Ken Cromwell did that big fundraiser for Project Pinball. Did I say Pinball Life? For Project Pinball. He did that big fundraiser to raise all that money. And then all of a sudden, when you start out, where'd the money go? Like Willy Wonka's didn't go into those hospitals. Pre-owned games. All that money goes to maintaining them? Maintaining games in a children's hospital? How much money does that cost? I'm just saying, people, don't don't get me drinking talking about some of these these fundraisers. You got you guys never ask these questions. Some show games are going to be shipped to the strip. Dude, they're all going to distros, bro. They're all being sold tomorrow. You ain't going to see a show game at a show. You're not going to see a show game at a show. Like, gang, wake up. I love Bug and Luke, but come on. They handed these distros another four games here, five games there, because they all complained. That's what those show games are. What's the point of a show game of a game that sold out? What, to help the show? Spooky didn't even show up to Expo. They didn't even fucking show up to Expo, bro. They didn't even show up to Expo. Gap was there with six evil deads for $16,000 and they sold the F out. Were those the show games? No, those were serial numbered evil dead games. They were not show games. Show games at pinball at the beach. Yeah, sure. Fizzy, sure. See how long those games are turned on. I'll tell you this. If I run into a show game at a show, I'm sitting there for 1,000 plays over three days. Putting 1,000 plays on it. reward you know i got patreon subscribers who actually think that they should get a game because they pay more a month you know you know this this is what the manhattan's doing you want me to get another drink in manhattan this is like i just start like saying stuff that's like truth serum but i literally have people that think because they spend more a month on my patreon that they should get one of the five games when did i say that was how i was doing things because here's what's funny to me it's like bro like you could give a hundred bucks a month for five years this game's still worth more than that uh okay so tilt said people have been on it the longest no but like i don't i don't i don't I don't think that's fun. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, to just, like, to give them a way to, because even then, the problem with that is I've had way more than five people joined right away. You know, so, like, then I have to go through, like, you know, splitting hairs. No, no, we're going to do something. Like, I should literally just, like, who can ever do the most pull-ups? Like, one game goes to the person who can do the most pull-ups. like I think I should just now Neil McRae is not winning that game right we know this he's uh he's test-driving his 15 million euro boat by the way are you gonna start charging for memes no should we get out of drink let me get another drink let's do this let's do this about a long day I haven't slept Oh, man. What is this? What the heck's going on with my computer? I mean, I will say not even race. I think if you can beat me in Street Fighter 2, that would be a way to win a machine. I think we do that at one of the shows. Look, you're going to have these five games. they're going to be shipped from Spooky to a lucky buyer. They're going to have butter cabinets, the topper, the whole nine yards. Please describe all of the play field. Do you guys want me to describe the play field, or do you want to see it for yourself tomorrow? Because I sometimes feel like it's up to you guys. Spooky needs to make 500 more of these. See it tomorrow, describe it please. I mean I would wait guys You don want me to you don really want me to describe it do you do you really want me to describe it like just see it in all its glory see it don don spoil like i didn watch carrie's description i don't want anybody to spoil it yeah the topper is the beetle snake now i'm gonna let me open up now in my um gmail the the featurette by zach i'm just gonna open it i just want to see like um okay it's a huge file so it'll take a while to download okay okay okay let's see how big it is it is 17 gigabytes it's gonna take 15 minutes to download i can't wait to watch it um if anyone's like in connecticut wants to drive over i'll show you the trailer you know what I'm saying I'll show you the trailer can I let me one thing I wish this game did have because it's in Evil Dead and maybe there's just I do miss having something on the apron you know there's a couple cockroaches on the apron which I always get a little heebie jeebies by the cockroaches in Beetlejuice to begin with There's something about cockroaches I don't like. I just don't like it. But there was a couple of cockroaches on the apron. That tape player on the apron of Evil Dead I really like. There's nothing on the apron that's interactive on this game. I don't think it's going to be a big deal. There's so much happening up north that's so much cooler anyway than apron stuff. um look i think the game looks super awesome and let me let me not talk about what i think this game is going to go for secondhand market tomorrow okay because like those 70 games are they're they're they're gone in in five minutes two minutes i don't i don't even know like i even know like what the what what the eight people manning those phones because you think about like eight people made the phone they're gonna be gone and and they're already i don't know they're just gonna get be gone so quick um i think that the second hand market on this game let me go back and look at it again i just every time i see him like well you know maybe um and that's not it That's not it. That's it. I want to go back to the Dedeo is when I really can see the whole game. I think I'm looking at it now. I think secondhand tomorrow. Five. I think five over. I think five over all day long. um you know like as someone who's uh speculated and scalped games before uh tomorrow's gonna be a a really frustrating day for a lot of people that get told no and they're gonna want one and just like five grand to some people means nothing i think this game's gonna end up being like with butter and topper i i just think this game's gonna end up settling around 15 grand to 18 grand i i mean it and again because i think like i'd rather have one beetle juice than two stern premiums and and i look at it like that and then that's that's how i look at it um you know 500 walking dead le remastered feels somewhat like man what is going on here I don't know if it just kicked me out or not. Okay, my computer's doing weird stuff. I just think five over 999. Robert, that makes no sense. Robert, why do people say this? Spooky doesn't want to make one game for three years. Again, gang, I'm being very honest here. like there's not like a mech in this game that's blowing me away i just being honest like you know what i'm saying i'm not seeing a medieval madness castle mech i'm not seeing a uh theater of magic trunk i'm not seeing a toad in disappearing magnet there's not like a whoa did you see the ball do that because of that mech it's more the sum of the parts it's it's a world under glass it's a world under glass it looks like everything the shoot is really fun it just it's just like that's kind of what we want and like it does have like i will say the the worm the worm mech is the wow mech in the game and it looks like it does like two three things um it's got drop targets it's it's like a scoop it's got more targets at the bottom of it it looks super cool and the way it like moves with the music and with the call outs it's it's that's gonna be your wow mech in this game um i am yeah no i'm i'm i'm like very happy for these guys right now i think pinball is about to take a a turn down a different road I've been in this hobby for over 12 years, and I've watched so many games come out. I've seen so many beautiful Jersey Jack games that were boring and sterile. I've seen so many Stern games that wowed me. I think Stern's best years are behind them. And that's the thing. I think Spooky's best years are in front of them. I think Barrel's best years are in front of them. I think JJP's best years are in front of them. I think Dutch's best years are in front of them. And if I look at this hobby in totality, I want to be on those trains. I want to be on those rides where the best years are in front of them. Does anybody actually think the best years of Stern Pinball are in front of Stern Pinball? Theme-wise, price-wise, value-wise, leadership-wise? And that's what it comes down to. this game is like such a beautiful game for a beautiful company at a beautiful time. Winchester, same thing for barrels. Beautiful game for a beautiful company at a beautiful time. They're so radically different, but they're so cool in their own aspects. I'll say this right now. I'm very impartial. I think barrels fit and finish might even be a level above Spooky's. Just from like certain things, you know, Spooky's got like their painted like habit trails and this. It's like kind of like their kind of signature, the look. They're close. They're close. But like when I sometimes when I look at a dune machine with that alternate trans, that's gorgeous. but spooky man like this game is just i don't know it doesn't make me feel like it's lacking anything they need to stop using servos um i i don't disagree with that harry potter ce is is absolutely stunning i i look i don't like the unlimited run of harry potter ce's You know, I told this to Brett when I saw him at Expo. I don't like I get that you did it, but you also, in essence, are destroying your own like collectability. You know what I'm saying? When 3000 Harry Potter sees are made, welcome to $10,000 Harry Potter CE land. I don't like that. I don't like it. I think it's weird to have the most expensive model be the most, like, the most amount of them out there. Well, you know, like, the thing is this. I understand, too, that, like, a lot of people that buy Harry Potter are just never going to sell it. They're just never going to sell it. you guys got me drinking some in addings now like now the truth serum is out you know franchise on back to the future to this you guys know this right the dude's doing back to the future like seriously this year is going to be bookend by a january franchise beetle juice and an october franchise back to the future sterns I don't want to say the word. Stern's fudged. Stern is fudged. And Franchi's going to fudge them. It's funny. It's like the irony in all of it is Franchi's going to fudge them. And, you know, Jeremy's not going to talk to me ever again, it seems. I've ruined his family. I don't know. I don't know. I ruin people's families because I say I don't like the – I don't like two art packages on two games he didn't do. I can't say that now? Can't say that? Huh. Well. Yeah, I mean, I demand all of my stern texts to come at 1242 a.m. Gang, you know what's interesting about the Pokemon poll I put up? Majority of people don't want it. Majority of people don't want it. It's not about compensation, man. It's about peace of mind. How many times have I told you guys this? The real measure in life of success is how many days you wake up in a good mood. How do you think Bug and Luke are waking up tomorrow? A few more million in the bank. How do you think Donald Garrison is waking up tomorrow? tired but feeling good right how do you think um canada's waking up tomorrow feeling good how do you think Jeremy Packer (Zombie Yeti) is waking up tomorrow he's not feeling good so it doesn't matter if they pay him quarter million a half a million a million it doesn't matter he stressed the f out and and like like his opportunity to win people back i don't even know if it's on pokemon i i have a hard time feeling that pokemon with all of its artists i don't think jeremy's gonna illustrate that game i don't know maybe he is i don't know but again like he's not jeremy's not the poke i don't know i don't even know what's going on i really don't i i've sort of like lost i've lost the narrative on stern's you know uh here's the featurette it's 38 minutes zach many you son of a bitch i'm not gonna play it This is the trailer. You've got to say my name. Watching it growing up. Want a cigarette? No, I can't. I'm trying to cut down on myself. I don't know if we're here for a butter party. Beetlejuice. I'm personally a pretty big fan of Beetlejuice. I loved it, watching it growing up. It was one of my favorite movies growing up. Okay, I'm not going to watch it now, but I can't wait to watch it. I think the featurette is just going to make everybody want one, and nobody can have one. I think Stern has sucked since Sega days. Okay, well, that's a stupid thing to say. To say Stern has sucked since the Sega days is stupid. They've made some of the best pinball in the history of pinball, if not the best pinball collected. Like, come on, guys. Like, Bally Williams has a few good games. Stern has way – there's way better Stern machines than Bally Williams machines. So let's just not say stupid stuff. Let's give credit where credit's due. Well, look, I've heard this a few times from people that for their own personal sanity, they need to avoid me. I'm behind a paywall. I speak to a few people on Facebook once a week and that's it. It's really easy to avoid me. Lord of the Rings is a masterpiece. Everybody knows that. everybody knows that all right here's what I'm gonna do I'm gonna for you guys on you guys on Facebook I'm just gonna go only to YouTube now so like if you're on Facebook by the way thanks for the 3,000 stars who gave these stars let's see we've got mark Thornton thank you for 2000 mark Thornton gave all the stars mark mark Thornton thank you for your 3,000 stars I really appreciate it like i was like who gave the three thousand he gave thousand three times jeremy posted a comic book cover he did on team nt and godzilla for some reason it wasn't overly saturated he keeps the special sauce only for stern oh my god bill brandis is in the house um billy billy do you have have a billy did you get yourself a beetle juice look again again i i i want to be objective here this game's just it's beautiful it's it's it's feels exactly what i kind of was expecting from spooky um i'm surprised by the level of sculpts and 3d kind of world under glass that is in this game i think what i love about this game is you're not going to have to mod it to make it look right and i think um stern and other people out there are everyone's kind of now realizing this like it's gonna this is like the winchester mansion in the back love it right that's i mean what these games really need are those 3d things that just feel really like special and world under glass Yeah, Bill, I don't know. Like anyone who slept on this game or getting one, like makes no sense. Yeah, Billy, how many of these are you buying for how many of your houses or how many yachts are you? Are you strapping one of these to your Ferrari and doing a wheelie and then driving to Kaneda's house? So the, yeah. So here's the problem with Stern. Here's the problem Stern's going to have tomorrow. The problem real simple for Stern tomorrow is that people are going to put this next to Star Wars and they're going to laugh their asses off. They're going to put it next to Walking Dead with a stupid Pez heads on the slingshots and they're going to laugh their asses off. You know, Stern is like, here's this for 13 and it looks like shit next to a game for nine and the game and Spooky's game for if you add up all the butter and the topper. So for 13, Spooky is going to give you all this and Stern is still going to give you a topperless game. And those people are still over there scratching their silly heads wondering why is he saying this stuff about because you guys are ripping us off Stern. Stern your games are now with topper and accessories are like closer to $15,000 game is 999. The Walking Dead they didn't like that barns not a sculpted barn. still flat plastic. Yeah, I like what Winchester has. I do. I like both of these games at this time. Will this game make people bail on their Winchesters? I don't think so. I think they're so radically different i i think they're so right you know the game that i still don't get excited about is predator like i just i i don't know like i nothing in predator excites me walking dead gameplay hey guys newsflash walking dead gameplay was revealed 12 years ago walking dead gameplay has been out for 12 years so what do you expect It's Walking Dead's AI generated graphics revealed tomorrow. Beetlejuice versus Potter for the Twippy. Yeah. Kelly, that's a great Twippy battle. I think for artwork, it's going to go to Beetlejuice. I think for mechs, it goes to Beetlejuice. I think for layout it might go to Eric Metallica remastered Steven was done a lot better than The Walking Dead yeah I forgot Evil Dead is also Evil Dead is also in the running for a Twippy what is a Twippy I don't know I don't even know anymore I just want to say this I want to say this as I have a few as the Manhattan courses through my veins I've got five Beetlejuice games I don't know what to do with I don't know what to do with do you guys want to see Brenda's impression first impression of this game when she comes through the door do you want me to like do you guys want to hang on for a little bit She'll be home in a little bit. When Brenda comes through the door, should we get an unbiased, if you will, opinion about this game? So why don't we do that? Why don't we just hang out here? I'll keep drinking Manhattan's, which will knock me the F out by 630. Every three hours tonight, we need to be up to give Killian his pain medication. I will say he's doing really well. The kid's a champ. you know, I, I, um, I want to be serious for a moment. There's nothing harder for a parent than to watch their child go into surgery at age four and a half ish, wake up and crying in pain. It was like really hard to, to be in that room and Brenda sitting next to him. And, and he was just in a ton of pain. And it was really, you know, when you're a parent, you'll do anything you can to relieve the pain of your child. You know, as they get older, the only way to relieve their pain is to not raise them to be Gen Z socialist, stupid mother effers. If you want to raise your kids not to be in pain as adults, don't raise them to be socialists. and actually raise them to understand and respect family values. I say this all the time. I'm going to go on a soapbox a little bit. We now are living in a world where, like, literally, we're telling women that men suck. You don't need a man. You don't need a man. And yet, when they do studies, the happiest women have families and have children. and same for the men a sense of purpose a sense of fulfillment a sense of creation i i i can't tell you how much i love my life and when you know when when people say he doesn't buy enough pins i don't need i don't have a void in my life and i mean this when i say this when people are buying like 15 20 30 pins i'm like i don't understand that i don't understand that why would anybody need 30 pinball machines you're one individual you haven't even seen the end of any of those games a couple nice pins set up in a beautiful house that a pinball machine to me is like a it's like a baby grand piano it's like the focal point of a room now you can make it the focal point of room or you can put so many in the damn room where like now nothing's special you know i um you know i was at a tomy jazz last night my japanese jazz bar and i was like watching these kids like these these kids are like i don't know if they're like on dates i love the acronyms for the last to speaking You know, EDMVG. EDMVGS, buddy. You know, you watch these Gen Z kids and like literally the schools have taught them to be socialist, taught them to hate anybody who has money. Like they literally think that people should like tax. Anyway, I'm not going to get into this. My point is this. Do whatever makes you wake up in a good mood. as long as it's legal. Yeah, but Bill, you're loaded. So Bill's like, I got 30 pins. Bill, like you're loaded, Bill. Bill, you're loaded. Can't take it with you. But Bill, you're loaded. Like, I get it, Bill. But Bill, my point is that you would be just as happy with five games as you would with 30. I know this for a fact, Bill. You barely play the games. Come on, you know this, Bill. You're not like, literally, how could you even enjoy 30 machines? It doesn't make any sense. You can't enjoy 30 machines. You can't. Now what Bill needs to say to Kaneda right now is Canada are you going to get me one of those 88 SLEs of Back to the Future So you think this game was hard to get 88 SLEs of Back to the Future Guess who's going to have maybe some of those? Guess who might be selling some pinball machines one day soon let me ask you guys a question you guys like i honestly have a whole system of like i think i can do my podcast and just if you want to place an order with kaneda i'll take your order like i'm not i'm not going to become a show i'm not going to show anybody's games but i'm going to do something that is just the next evolution of my existence in this hobby which is like because here's the thing I think it's crazy that I have this huge audience this huge following and meanwhile like distros and dealers are making $2,000 per game sold and I've done all this work to build this huge community that follows me and I can barely make three game sales a month so what I'm gonna do is is the best of both worlds. And I'm not going to reveal everything yet. But my whole point is to be like, if you want one, I'll get you one at the best price. But I'm not going to tell you I love it or hate it. I'm just going to just do my show the way I do it. Because I'm not doing it to show for sales. But I just would ask you, if you love Kaneda and my family and Kaneda's Pinball Podcast, that maybe you just place an order with Kaneda. But you're going to see. Like all of it will be revealed soon enough. You're going to see that it's not going to be some like buy, buy, buy shill thing. It's just going to be like, I'll get you the game at the best price possible. And then there might be some like, yeah. No, it's just just wait. Just wait to see what I'm going to do, because I because I fundamentally believe I fundamentally believe that the entire model is like 30 years old. and the people taking advantage of it are literally getting... You'll see. That's all I'm going to say. What would be the benefit to buy from you over other distributors? Well, let me ask you a question. Why do you buy from distributors? I'll get you the best price how about that what else do you want something goes wrong with the game okay you're covered by warranty how many people are buying games from distributors and actually having service calls I'm just curious like how many of you are actually having service calls. I'll just get to the best price. I mean, I absolutely think it's funny tomorrow. There's going to literally be. OK, how about this? I'll take care of you. Look, I'm not going to like snap my fingers and become a flipping out or an automated or a but what i'm saying is this knade is getting in on the game it's coming it's coming i've got thousands of people that i've built a community around and so like and that's my point is like i literally and when you see what i'm going to do it's going to be beneficial to both the buyer the customer and the manufacturer Because that's the other angle that people are like, dude, it is ridiculous. The margins. The margins they're making on something that is just drop ship to you. Like, why? And no one's trying to, like, because they're all in on it. They're all in on it. And no one's trying to do something different. Maybe Canada does something different. maybe maybe you will maybe both you and the manufacturer would be happier doing it this way just get ready just get ready they're all nervous they're all nervous and wait do you see how i do it where do you see what it's called when you see how it's going to work like and like it is what it is it is what it is all right so killian is a RETROCENGO welcome brother killian is upstairs watching movies eating ice cream having his best life so everyone's hanging on now everyone's um waiting for brenda to come through this door because when brenda comes through the door i'm going to play for her the trailer of beetlejuice and i want you to see what she thinks of it. You know who always tells me to become a dealer? You know who tells me every day? Cengiz. He just joined. Cengiz. It's his fault. You know what he tells me every day? Chris, what are you doing? What are you doing? This is Christopher Franchi's shirt. I don't know. Something about Christopher Franchi art doesn't remind me of like a skull with a pop bumper on the forehead, but I'll wear it. He loves it. Of course, Brenda's seen Beetlejuice. You know what I have not seen? She watched it. I have not seen the sequel to Beetlejuice yet. I don't know. I don't know. I love that this game is all Beetlejuice 1. I love that this game is all Beetlejuice 1. I can't wait to call up my daddy one day and be like, Daddy, Daddy, I need a little money to become a pinball dealer. He's like, how much you need, bro? How much you need? I'm like, how much you got, Dad? How much you got? Come on, all these guys borrowed money to make their companies work. I don't know. I'm not borrowing from banks. Rate Beto Juice from 1 to 10. It's a good question. No, Bill. Bill, we'll talk. Bill, my plan is not that because of map. My plan is not about map pricing. My plan is about you'll see, I'm not going to give away Bill my idea. It's going to it's going to it's going to change this industry. It's going to make people nervous because I mean, you think about it like I mean, a lot of these dealers have been smart. They've just been making a lot of content to get orders and get their name out there. But they're they're also like They're all playing the same game. Some are just playing it better. But now we're about to play the game smarter. Because it's like, it's obvious what's happening. People are making money for nothing. And I get that every once in a while there's headache shipping issues. But no, this is not where we're going to win. On a 1 to 10, where do I rate Beetlejuice? That's a really great question. It's not a 10. I mean, I haven't shot it, Cengiz. It's like just from an overall game and theme integration, I give it a nine and a half. I think it's nine and a half. As a theme integrated pin, it's as close to, I think, perfection. Brenda's coming through the door. Okay, we're going to get Brenda in this seat. Okay, she's with Cass. Brenda, I need you, Brenda. What? I need you real quick. For what? Well, they've all been hanging on here for a while. They want to see your reaction to the game. You can bring Cass into this. I think Cass is – she's giving me a look that makes me think that this is not a good idea. But, like, she also understands how much this community means to me. And, you know, when the time comes, I think you guys are all going to feel good about supporting this family the same way you feel good about supporting the spooky family. So let's get Cass in this, too. Let's get Cass in Brenda's initial. Here, she's coming in. She's coming in. She's coming in. All right, this is, she's a little disgruntled. I won't lie. I won't lie. Hold on. We got Kelly and something else? Hold on, hold on. Let me determine. Where's the download? No. Here we go. Okay. Trailer. All right. Okay, hold on. Okay, everybody, let's do this. Okay, hold on. Raymond, you got to come here. You got to come here. It's very loud. All right, watch this. Okay. All right. You guys are going to see for the first time ever the world premiere of Beetlejuice. And we want to get your opinions, like be fair about this. Cass, watch over here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Let's get this going. Ready? Okay. Ready, Brenda? Let's go here. All right. Ready? Hello. Hello. You've got to say my name three times. Yeah. Beetlejuice. Attention, K-Marshal. Get out of here. Get out of here. Get out of here. Oh, sandworms. You hate them, right? I hate them myself! Nice. Want a cigarette? No, thank you. I'm trying to cut down myself. I'm the four-year-old. Butter party. Beetlejuice I can't believe it I would rather talk about Oh my god it's moving into him too It's cute though yeah That's so cool Nooo Beetlejuice you know i because if i tell you you tell your friends your friends are calling me on the horn all the time i gotta show up in shopping centers for openings sign autographs and shit like that that makes my all right what do you think should we get one um yeah we're getting rid of guns and roses yeah okay all right say bye-bye cash bye-bye oh flip it out to the house every Zach how you doing brother I gotta watch the feature in a little bit let's see we got here yeah the the the sand worm mmm It's funny that like I didn't realize is that like Dunes got a sand worm and so does beetle juice, but the beetle juice one is so much more fun but I mean it like I barrels got the worm right, but it just feels like it's kind of like a Just a little slow this one's much more like One pin household Spooky Luke still hanging out here everybody how you guys doing how you guys doing um all right i think this is like a really fun this has almost been like it's been a hour and a half of this any questions any questions concerns how's everybody doing how's everybody feeling i'm about to go watch the featurette guns and roses man i like guns like guns and roses still and like i i just want to say this on behalf of guns and roses though it's still an acid like glorious pin like it's just the problem is they made so many it's everywhere like nobody cares it doesn't shoot great how's the color palette it's insanely good it looks so good war meets ball force magnets strong in our okay um can i pre-order from canada inc yeah it would be fun to maybe use these five games to kick off my new my new company more to come on that not on this game future games coming gang I've already got stuff lined up yeah the topper is the Beetlejuice Snake any other questions I'm here like gang I'm at your disposal only one pin for Cane Dew I can fit about three pins in this house. Where can you fit three pins? I think I can fit two upstairs and one in the garage. Where would you fit them upstairs? If you look at, like, I could not angle it. I could just go side by side. I don't know. Is the butter cabinet on the trailer? I mean, it looks amazing. It looks amazing. Beetle or Evil Dead? Oh, man. Let me go look at Evil Dead. I uh Beetlejuice for sure I I just like Evil Dead to me is like I just evil just like I just don't have the same level of uh yeah I know you're gonna make a smoothie for your brother all right let me read you some of these inserts on Beetlejuice till death head shrink let's play charades singing in the stairwell Day O' Dinner Party. These are probably the modes. Grave Dig. Otho Seance. Inferno Room. Showtime. Showtime. It's just a beautiful game. It's just a beautiful game. Is the house in the game? That's a good question. No. I mean, as a scope. No, the house is not in the game as a scope. If you guys want me to tell you the scopes in the game, I'll tell you the scopes in the game. The scopes in the game are the Dante's Inferno. the sculpts are uh the barn with the car going through it dante's inferno the worm uh the beetlejuice grave tombstone um there's like a say my name coffin and then there's the beetlejuice sign with the arrow going you know the the that's so cool the house is not in it as a sculpt i i yes yes wyona's all over the game like she's all over the game is the town model in it um i know you guys are thinking the little town model um I'm like... No, there's a Polaroid camera. The little town model is not in it. Oh, okay. Okay, so that's what's funny. In the upper left in the backbox is the now serving number, which is kind of funny. You know, it's like when he's waiting to get... Let's see. There's a couch. a tombstone it's really cool gang I got just uh let's see I just try not to like did I um has this been entertaining as carries I didn't even see carries what's on the top of three pop bumpers um day the day was probably the coolest like part in the video or like the okay on top of the pop bumpers are the um it looks like it's the um it's like the characters from the shop i think like when they go to the I don't know. I'm having a hard time. It's like the green, the Miss something, the green woman with the orange hair. They did a little something on the Very stern like On the I'm looking at the apron right now The armor There's like the long nose What's more a world under glass Dune or beetle juice I think they're both great world under glasses tell about the sofa area um okay this is like a like a orbit around the sofa and then you lock it in the sofa and it the sofa falls forward to unlock the balls or like release the multiball um let me go look at dune again i think dune's got like dune pinball the thing with dune gang it's like dune brenda what are you doing um dune just feels like so like colorless like when you look at it like it's just i don't know like the thing i don't like about Dune is you've got that huge sculpt in the upper right of the sand with the hole, but it doesn't do anything. What I like about this Beetlejuice game is all the sculpts are attached to something that something's happening. Dune's got a lot of sculpts on top of things that don't do anything. It's kind of trying to create a world, but there's nothing connected to that world. she's making smoothies right now um well why is one of the featured mechs a sofa though Well, the couch is where... Because here's the thing. The couch is... Isn't the couch in the waiting room? A lot of this game is like the waiting room where Beetlejuice is on the couch. So that's why the sofa is a mech because it's like you're locking the three characters on the couch. So it's the waiting room couch. Can people still get one? Yes. Tomorrow there will be 70 Beetlejuice games available. Gang, here's what I want to do. This has been fun. I'm going to let everybody go. I'm going to go watch the featurette now and then do a podcast tomorrow morning. Anything for the attic? It's a good question. There's not the attic. There's not the miniature model in the game. I don't see that anywhere. So, no miniature attic of the house and all that stuff. Gang, this is a lot of fun. 70 are from Spooky Direct Tomorrow. Okay? I just want to say thank you guys for hanging out and having a good time. This is a lot of fun and just more good vibes coming in 2026 from Canada's Pinball Podcast. For you guys out there that are not club members, join. You can have Walt's membership after he like raged. He didn't even get blocked. I don't understand. I want Walt to make more videos. I have nothing but love for Walt. I love his videos. Everybody be good. More to come. And I hope as you guys think about next year, you know, maybe throw some support to Family Canada. Because I think it's time. It's time we all just have a lot of fun. this hobby everybody good all right let's do this later later namaste come pie all right you guys are
  • “I'm going to get game number 999. I am getting game number 999.”

    Kaneda @ ~53:00 — Personal commitment to purchase highest-numbered unit; collector/completionist signal

  • “Spooky didn't even show up to Expo. They didn't even fucking show up to Expo, bro.”

    Kaneda @ ~78:00 — Spooky absence from Expo; questions show game strategy and distribution fairness

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    high · 'The game is sold out at 10 o'clock Central Time tomorrow. You guys have eight people manning the phone lines. I'm calling 80 times, bro.'

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    licensing_signal: Beetlejuice uses Danny Elfman original soundtrack and Tim Burton 1988 film IP; limited to 1988 movie scope (licensing constraints not explicitly stated but implied by Kaneda's prior commentary on IP licensing impacts)

    medium · Kaneda references 'Tim Burton's epic 1988 masterpiece' and Danny Elfman soundtrack prominently in trailer review

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    market_signal: Secondary market FOMO signal: Kaneda predicts extreme demand will exceed 999-unit production; speculates about wealthy buyers (#1,080+) discovering game post-launch and creating bidding war

    medium · 'I'm worried about that guy and the 5,000 guys after that guy that are going to want this game... I'm worried about dude number 1,080.'

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    personnel_signal: Christopher Franchi transition from Stern to Spooky Pinball confirmed; Kaneda explicitly references Stern telling him to 'pack his bags'

    high · 'Stern told Franchi to pack his bags. Now look at where he's at. Look at who's got the mojo.'

  • $

    market_signal: Beetlejuice $9,999 MSRP positioned as better value than Harry Potter CE ($15,000) despite Kaneda rating Potter slightly higher; supports market perception of unsustainable premium LE pricing

    high · 'This game is $9,999. There's more going on in this game for sure than Harry Potter... It's 50% more money. It should be a level above.'

  • ?

    product_strategy: Beetlejuice positioned as premium luxury pinball ($9,999) with show game variants (80 units) separate from standard 999-unit production run

    high · 'There's only going to be 999 of these in 80 show games'

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Community sentiment toward Spooky vs Stern has shifted markedly; Spooky now positioned as quality leader; Stern's recent games perceived as underperforming

    high · 'The games that nobody wants now are the Stern games. Stern needs to punch back.'

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    technology_signal: Kaneda criticizes Stern's Spike 3 platform as unclear/undifferentiated; implies lack of strategic communication from Stern on platform capabilities or roadmap

    medium · 'What the fuck is Spike 3? Does anyone know what Spike 3 is? I don't even think Stern does... Doesn't that feel like Stern these days?'