Pinball Omnibus: Episode 4

Cary Hardy·video·8m 11s·analyzed·May 26, 2021

Analysis

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TL;DR

Mandalorian release date, Spooky teases next game, Deep Root delays again, pinball wraps incoming.

Summary

Kerry Hardy discusses recent pinball industry news including Stern's Mandalorian release timeline (end of May/early June), Haggis Pinball selling out mermaid editions, speculation about Spooky Pinball's next title (possibly Halloween), Deep Root Pinball's continued delays, Brian Allen's new art projects and pinball wraps initiative, and emerging quality issues with Guns N' Roses Collector's Edition machines.

Key Claims

Stern's Mandalorian pinball is expected to release end of May/beginning of June
high confidence · Kerry Hardy citing official Stern release date information
Haggis Pinball has sold out of their mermaid editions
high confidence · Kerry Hardy reporting official Haggis Pinball inventory status
Spooky Pinball's next title is rumored to be Halloween-themed but company response suggests otherwise
medium confidence · Kaneda's podcast speculation contradicted by Spooky's cryptic social media post
Deep Root Pinball is delaying Raza again and appears to be hoping for more customer refunds
medium confidence · Kerry Hardy paraphrasing Robert Mueller's official statement, details promised in separate video
Brian Allen is developing pinball wraps for pinball machines and V-pins with approval from Rick (Planetary Pinball)
high confidence · Kerry Hardy stating he received official release to announce this product development

Notable Quotes

“In a nutshell, they are delaying once again, and they seem as if they are hoping more people request refunds.”
Kerry Hardy@ 3:15 — Characterizes Deep Root Pinball's apparent strategy during Raza delays
“So much speculation on our next title. Let's clear things up a bit.”
Spooky Pinball@ 2:47 — Cryptic response from Spooky to Halloween speculation, suggests denial without explicit confirmation
“It's not that we as consumers prefer to get our stuff from people that aren't actually paying license fees and everything for art it's that we don't have any other option”
Kerry Hardy@ 5:40 — Explains market gap that Brian Allen's Bally Williams wraps initiative could fill
“More than likely that episode is going to be rated R for language because I'm not happy about this either”
Kerry Hardy@ 7:23 — Indicates strong negative sentiment regarding Guns N' Roses quality issues

Entities

Kerry HardypersonStern PinballcompanyThe Mandaloriangame Haggis PinballcompanySpooky PinballcompanyKanedaperson Deep Root Pinballcompany Robert Muellerperson

Signals

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business_signal: Brian Allen securing licensing approval from Planetary Pinball (Rick) to develop and sell Bally Williams pinball wraps and decals, addressing market gap
high · Kerry Hardy announcing official release to share news of wraps initiative with Planetary Pinball approval
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market_signal: Haggis Pinball sold out mermaid editions inventory
high · Kerry Hardy confirming Haggis Pinball official inventory status
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announcement: Stern officially announced Mandalorian pinball with premium tier gameplay shown via Dead Flip, retail release targeted end of May/early June
high · Kerry Hardy reporting official Stern release date and premium tier streaming gameplay
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product_strategy: Deep Root Pinball issuing another delay statement on Raza with apparent strategy to encourage customer refunds
medium · Kerry Hardy paraphrasing Robert Mueller's official statement indicating delay and refund encouragement
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product_concern: Multiple Guns N' Roses Collector's Edition machines reported with 'tragic issues' on playfield, minimal response from Jersey Jack Pinball
high · Kerry Hardy citing Pinside forum images and conversations showing quality problems, JJP providing little feedback
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rumor_hype: Spooky Pinball's next game rumored to be Halloween-themed but company's cryptic response and side art teaser suggests contradiction

Topics

Stern Mandalorian pinball release timelineprimarySpooky Pinball next title speculationprimaryDeep Root Pinball Raza delaysprimaryLicensed pinball art and decals licensing gapprimaryGuns N' Roses Collector's Edition quality issuesprimaryHaggis Pinball mermaid edition inventorysecondaryPinball machine restoration contentsecondary

Sentiment

mixed(0.55)— Generally positive about new product announcements (Mandalorian, Brian Allen wraps) and appreciative of content quality (Haggis restoration videos), but frustrated and concerned about quality issues (Guns N' Roses) and chronic delays (Deep Root)

Transcript

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What's up guys welcome back to my channel where I talk and do everything pinball. So if that sounds interesting to you then hit that subscribe button down below. Welcome back to pinball omnibus episode 4 where I talk about a lot of things going on in this hobby in just a short amount of time. So let's get started. First on the chopping block in case you've been living under a rock stern revealed and is on their way to releasing their next game the mandalorian we've already had the official streaming gameplay of the premium via dead flip for further details on the game you have of course this week in pinball that has a deep dive on it i'll put a link in the description down below i have also released videos upon this i think about three videos one goes over shots and layout it's merely a six minute video but it's a six minute video no fluff or anything just showing you what the shots do where the ball goes when you make a particular shot that's on my channel so that's feel free to look at that. I also did a separate video going over the differences between the pro and the premium that only took a few minutes as well and then of course I have my actual first impressions video where I go a little bit more into details on my thoughts and what I'm seeing in the game. If you would like to see those videos then by all means peruse my channel. The only news when it comes to Mandalorian as of right now is that the stated release date of when Stern is expected to start pumping these machines out to the public is end of May beginning of June. That's all we've got to go on right now. Next up is Haggis Pinball. They have officially sold out of their mermaid editions. Now honestly I felt like this should have been sooner. I thought it would be but I'm just glad they at least sold all of their Also to note, over the past few weeks they've been releasing a video a week. Basically the contents vary but I want to say their most recent one as of this moment was going over the Creative Directors Restoration Collection I highly recommend this for those of you out there That really love looking at beautiful restored games This guy's collection is beautiful. As he was going over all the different plate fields. I was just marveling at all the details. And how everything is nice and clean and shiny. It was just nice to look at for those of you out there. That are into the restoring process as well as me. I'll put a link in the description down below. Now let's talk about Spooky Pinball. In one of Kaneda's podcasts, he starts to say that he knows what their next title is going to be, and he states that he believes it's going to be based on the movie Halloween. Now, that same day, Spooky basically countered by saying, So much speculation on our next title. Let's clear things up a bit. and they posted merely a single image of the side art to the cabinet for their next title. They never said it's not Halloween, but with the way they word it, it's almost as if like, let's clear things up, it's not Halloween. Now next up is Deep Root Pinball. Robert released another official statement to all the Raza customers, and it reads, I'm not reading this whole thing again. In a nutshell, they are delaying once again, and they seem as if they are hoping more people request refunds. I have more information on this in a video. Feel free to peruse my channel where I do a little bit more in-depth conversation and go over details on Deep Root via a former employee that is also on my channel. And next up we have Brian Allen, the artist. He is developing a new mashup compilation. And I'll show you the previous one that he already has done. And he's got the sketch mock-up of what he's wanting to do for his next one. Now this is obviously not going to be for everyone that cares about having art on their wall But this is one of those things where i really look forward to obviously the finished product because i really enjoy his style and his twist and just the way he puts things together it really awesome so here is what it looks like at this time now whenever this gets officially released to purchase online you can pretty much guarantee that it's going to come in various sizes and posters or giant you know things to put on your wall or I'm pretty sure he'll basically combine with Brad Hunter again for his lit frames. Now I've been in talks with Brian lately and he even sent me a sample for what he's wanting to do in the future. He wanted my feedback on how I feel about the product that he's starting to work on and that product is going to be pinball wraps. So he got my input on it the product and the style and the manufacturer that he's wanting to go with. I'm happy with it no complaints on my when it comes to the quality. So, and as of this moment, he has given me official releasing to let you guys know that he is working on pinball wraps for pinball machines as well as V-pins with complete approval from Rick. Now, what does this mean? This means that I'm hoping, because he hasn't given me all the details, at least to be able to release to you guys, but what I'm hoping is that this is going to give us another option to purchase like valley williams decals or wraps for your machines instead of having to resort to overseas like for instance retro refurbs and everything like that because it's not that we as consumers prefer to get our stuff from people that aren't actually paying license fees and everything for art it's that we don't have any other option so what i'm hoping to get from this is that he's going to have access to sell Bally Williams decals, wraps, to us that we would normally not be able to obtain And this also means that he could potentially do his own art for certain titles as well now this again is speculation on my end but this is going to be very good for the hobby and i'm looking forward to see where this actually goes and finally for this pinball omnibus i have the fact that we are starting to get a lot of guns and roses collector's edition play field issues and i am not going to go into great detail in this episode i am actually i've decided i'm more than likely going to do a dedicated episode to this because the format for omnibus is not to speculate and give you a bunch of like subjectiveness and my thoughts on it it's merely giving you the news and you take it as it is so with that being said we are getting images and conversations on pin side right now that there have been multiple guns and roses collectors editions that are seeing some pretty tragic issues i'll give you some pictures right here and the feedback that we're getting from jjp at this time is little to nothing so with that being said i'm going to be doing a separate video going further into detail on that because more than likely that episode is going to be rated R for language because I'm not happy about this either but that's going to wrap up pinball omnibus episode 4 if you like what you've seen here give me the thumbs up helps out the channel and if you haven't already smash that subscribe button ding my dong down there that way you can be notified of whenever I upload something for your viewing pleasure and until next time guys peace out Outro Music