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Kaneda JAWS 50th Pinball Live Reaction

Kaneda Pinball Podcasts YouTube Lives·video·36m 18s·analyzed·Jul 2, 2025
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TL;DR

Kaneda reacts to Jaws 50th Anniversary: praises glitter playfield & new code, criticizes red armor as jarring design choice.

Summary

Kaneda livestreams the official Stern Pinball announcement of the Jaws 50th Anniversary Premium Edition, reacting to design choices and comparing it to the existing Jaws LE. The game features glitter-enhanced playfield artwork, brass powdercoated wireforms, red armor kit, new wizard modes, and team play functionality. Kaneda is critical of the red armor design choice, arguing it clashes with the art direction and wastes the premium presentation, while praising the glitter playfield innovation and code updates but questioning Stern's marketing priorities and creative decision-making.

Key Claims

  • Jaws is Stern's best newer pinball machine as of now

    high confidence · Kaneda states this directly when asked if Jaws is Stern's best newer pin, though notes X-Men could be better if code improves

  • Jaws LE has been in market for a year and a half with significant production volume

    high confidence · Kaneda speculates that Stern may produce fewer Jaws 50th Anniversary units than the original LE, based on market saturation over 18 months

  • Jaws 50th Anniversary Premium Edition will only be available for orders through the end of calendar year

    high confidence · George Gomez states in official announcement: 'this 50th Anniversary Premium Edition of Jaws will only be available to purchase during this calendar year'

  • The Jaws 50th includes new wizard modes: Wheel Award wizard mode and 'You're gonna need a bigger boat' final wizard mode

    high confidence · Directly stated in George Gomez's official announcement video

  • Zombie Yeti is head of Stern Pinball's art department

    high confidence · Kaneda references this position when questioning creative decision-making on the red armor aesthetic

Notable Quotes

  • “Jaws has been out for a year and a half. A year and a half. So, anyone who's wanted a Jaws probably has one, right? You either have the LE, a thousand people have the LE, how many thousands of people might have a premium, and then all the pros that are out there because they sold a lot of pros.”

    Kaneda @ early stream — Market saturation analysis suggesting Jaws 50th production may be lower than LE, shifting collector value dynamics

  • “King Kong is the new Avengers. It's great to shoot. Nobody will care about it though that much.”

    Kaneda @ early stream — Comparative assessment of theme licensing impact on player engagement and market viability

  • “I don't want to have to spend $10,000 and replace anything on a $10,000 game. And I just would not be happy with that armor package.”

    Kaneda @ post-announcement reaction — Criticism of premium tier quality expectations and aesthetic execution

  • “You want me to sell that with with that red everywhere? All right. I want you to comp up what it would look like with blue and with white, and you tell me which one we're going to sell more of.”

    Kaneda (hypothetical CMO perspective) @ post-announcement analysis — Marketing critique arguing for market research and data-driven design decisions

  • “The ocean has a glitter on the surface from the sun. So, I think glitter does make sense, especially most of Jaws's scenes, you know, happening during the day.”

    Chat/community member (responding to Kaneda) @ mid-stream — Community defense of design choice; thematic justification for glitter implementation

  • “When you have red, like red font is like boom, it like it hits you like a ton of bricks. But what you don't want to do, and this is why the white armor, if you just if someone's going to Photoshop this and make the armor white and it's going to look great.”

    Kaneda @ design critique section — Detailed aesthetic analysis of color theory and visual hierarchy in cabinet design

  • “They're going to try to create FOMO. They're going to limit it to orders this year only, so you know what comes next now? The last sale. Like, this is it. Last chance to order goes back in the vault.”

Entities

Jaws 50th AnniversarygameJaws LEgameStern PinballcompanyGeorge GomezpersonKanedapersonZombie YetipersonKing Konggame

Signals

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    event_signal: Live official announcement through Stern Pinball social channels (Facebook, YouTube) creates synchronized community reaction and immediate secondary market price discovery

    high · Kaneda waits for noon Eastern announcement, refreshes Stern Facebook/website, and immediately shifts to Naps Arcade (distributor) for pricing and availability upon announcement

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Tension between critical voices (Kaneda, experienced collectors) emphasizing functional design and newer content creators offering uncritical praise; community fragmentation on aesthetic standards

    medium · Kaneda mocks: 'come over to my channel. We love everything' and 'Not allowed to say that. No. Oh, it's all in the code,' referencing younger content creators offering only positive coverage

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Jaws 50th Anniversary positioned as collector upgrade to existing LE owners through playfield enhancement, but red armor design choice potentially alienates premium buyer segment

    high · Kaneda notes: 'I think Jaws LE owners are hoping it's not that nice' because of potential cannibalization, but sees glitter playfield as genuine upgrade. Red armor creates buyer hesitation: 'I would not be happy with that armor package'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Cabinet armor design (red) criticized as aesthetically jarring and incompatible with movie poster art direction; community consensus that white or light blue would be superior

    high · Kaneda extensively critiques red armor: 'it looks a little weird,' 'too much of it,' 'unsatisfying to stare at.' Suggests it should be white/brass/light blue instead. Multiple chat participants agree.

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Transcript

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0:13
welcome everybody. Happy Wednesday. We should see this thing in 10 minutes. It's probably been leaked already. I'm going to go into my community and I bet they're sharing photos already. Um,
0:36
All right. All right. We're here. I don't think we missed it yet. I don't think we missed it. What's up? Is it There we go. There we go. There we go. Um I know. I know. You You know me in this technology thing. It's not the easiest. Uh I I think we are ahead of it. I I don't think it's happened yet. I think we've got 10 minutes. We're going to watch it live here and see what this 50th is all about. Let's share screen here. Are we going to need a bigger boat? Are we going to need a bigger game room? Is this game going to like hit like everybody thinks? Um I don't know. I don't know. I'm excited to see it. I'm excited to see it. I think that um this game is what's nice about this 50th is much like Godzilla, much like Jurassic Park, everyone knows it's a really good game. Like I I I have to say this. I just played Guns and Roses all the way through to Sympathy for the Devil. Is there something in that mode that makes the flippers change where all of a sudden like the left button controls the right flipper, the action button controls the flippers and the popup? Like it's it is that what Sympathy for the Devil mode is? It just makes the game go like all haywire and you're trying to collect the characters. I I will say I I haven't played GNR in a while, so I did the the cheat. I did the coin door opening up to ball save to get to the end. It It ruins the game. Like it it the game is all about getting to a song and enjoying a song and and rocking out. Like it's not a game where going deep through it is more rewarding. In fact, like it's stupid. Like it was like you would need like 40 minutes to see the whole game. Okay. I hope they didn't change the playfield. I can deal with FOMO with a different art package. So, yeah, for guys that have um for guys that have uh a Jaws Ellie, I think you're looking at this launch in an interesting way. Is is it out yet?

Kaneda @ late stream — Recognition of Stern's FOMO/scarcity marketing strategy and predicted sales messaging pattern

  • “How often do you see the frame on a work of art be the color red? Not just like bright red frame. Zero. And yet they frame this game in red. It's just stupid.”

    Kaneda @ final critique section — Art theory argument against cabinet design choice, invoking professional art curation standards

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    sternpinball.comcompany

    licensing_signal: Movie poster aesthetics integrated into cabinet design as thematic strategy, with official announcement emphasizing period-appropriate art direction

    medium · Kaneda approves: 'I like that they did movie poster like that' in reference to official announcement styling, but criticizes execution: 'I would have liked them to have done is make is sort of make the cabinet look more like the movie poster'

  • $

    market_signal: Market saturation analysis: Jaws LE production appears substantial (thousands of units sold); Jaws 50th may produce fewer units despite upgrade appeal, reversing typical LE scarcity narrative

    medium · Kaneda speculates: 'They could actually end up making less Jaws 50th Anniversary editions than Jaws LE's even' due to 18-month market saturation and existing collector base

  • $

    market_signal: George Gomez's announcement prioritizes minor cosmetic elements (hologram sticker) alongside major features, which Kaneda criticizes as poor marketing emphasis allocation

    high · Kaneda criticizes: 'George, you're not going to highlight the fact that this game has a sticker on it... They put a 15 cent hologram sticker on the game. Why are we talking about the effing sticker, George? Focus.'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Zombie Yeti confirmed as head of Stern Pinball art department; Kaneda questions whether creative decisions are being overridden or if department approval is misaligned with community aesthetic expectations

    high · Kaneda directly names Zombie Yeti as 'head of the art department now' and asks 'are you are people overriding you on this? Like I again I just aesthetically it's just starting to get a little mind-boggling some of the artistic directions they're going in.'

  • $

    market_signal: Premium tier positioned at $10,000+ price point without explicit scarcity justification; community questions value proposition versus original LE pricing and market positioning

    medium · Kaneda repeatedly references '$10 grand' and '$9,999' pricing while questioning design trade-offs and criticizing customers for accepting premium pricing without substantive innovation

  • ?

    product_strategy: Jaws 50th Anniversary Premium Edition features glitter-enhanced playfield artwork that is NOT present in LE version, reversing typical LE superiority and creating playfield-based tier differentiation

    high · George Gomez announcement: 'The playfield integrates glitter enhanced artwork in addition to new brass powdercoated wireforms.' Kaneda confirms this creates 'the nicest playfield' in Premium rather than LE

  • ?

    business_signal: Stern employing calendar-year order limitation (not numbered edition) to create FOMO without explicit limited production claims, planning subsequent 'last chance' messaging

    high · George Gomez: 'only be available to purchase during this calendar year.' Kaneda predicts: 'so you know what comes next now? The last sale. Like, this is it. Last chance to order goes back in the vault.'

  • ?

    technology_signal: Glitter-enhanced playfield artwork emerging as Stern innovation strategy, adopting approach previously associated with Jersey Jack Pinball and positioning as premium differentiator

    high · Kaneda notes: 'So they're stealing a page from Jersey Jack now adding glitter' and 'We're now like grown men geeking out over glitter... We're now acting like uh Yeah, 10 grand. 10 grand for an unlimited premium is a good deal because there's glitter on it.'

    • 2:51
    Um yeah. No, I understand why people would get tired of Guns and Roses because it's just like when you're in a song, it's not like really that much fun to shoot it because it's just clunky and bricky and outlane drainy and multi-ball heavy. Like none of it rock. You don't feel like you're rocking out like the game. When you watch the game, it's super exciting to watch it, someone else play it, but when you're playing it in your hands, it doesn't feel great. Um, all right. Let's see. We got 70 70 people here. Let's see like um where this is going to drop. We're going to try to watch it with me. I'm going to go to Stern's Facebook page. I'm assuming they're going to drop it on their Facebook page. So, I'm going to go there now and see, you know, Stern Pinball. Nothing yet.
    3:48
    Celebrating soon is still up. So, we're we don't have the we don't have the um I think I think it's going to be noon. Yeah, I'm working from home today. It's a holiday week. I just got a bang on ideas today. So, I just wanted to focus on creating ideas and and not be distracted, not lose two hours to the commute, like one hour each way. So, I'm taking off next week and it's a I just need a break. I haven't had a break in a long time. Uh, so traditionally it's noon Eastern time. So we're hoping this thing is launched in the next like next seven minutes. Give me one second. I got to go get my glass of water. Hold on. You see that? Casa de Canada.
    6:08
    can it is Jaw Stern's best newer pin? Uh, I think yes. As of now, it is. X-Men, if the code gets better, is a better shooter for sure. Um, here's the thing. Uh, I I keep my garage tidy because it's not that big. I just have one car and I I I like a clean garage. Uh, here's the thing about this game that's going to be funny in the next uh what, like five minutes. I think Ellie owners are hoping it's not that nice. I do. Because here's why. Think about it. Jaws has been out for a year and a half. A year and a half. So, anyone who's wanted a Jaws probably has one, right? You either have the LE, a thousand people have the LE, how many thousands of people m might have a premium, and then all the pros that are out there because they sold a lot of pros. So, I was just thinking about this. They could actually end up making less Jaws 50th anniversary editions than Ellie's even. I I you know what I'm saying? Like I don't know. I don't know. Right. The whole They're not going to be numbered, but that doesn't mean there won't be less of them. Like how many Godzilla 70th did they make? Did they make more than a thousand? I don't know. Right. It's just like it's just in the end none of the matter that much. Anyway, Jaws Ellie package. I've always been a big fan of it. I think they did a good job with it. I think there's a reason why a lot of people hold on to Jaws. It's a combo of things. It's a It's a really nice game. The code is probably one of Stern's best ever to be honest to be fair. I That's And so And then you have this beautiful game that looks like a Jaws game. I mean, it it doesn't have I wish it had more of like a wow mech in it for sure, but man, it's like if you walk up to Jaws, it pulls you in instantly, the same way Godzilla does. You know what game doesn't? King Kong. King Kong doesn't. Avengers doesn't. King Kong is the new Avengers. It's It's great to shoot. Nobody will Nobody cares about it though that much. Um, I no I I always feel like they do 11 11 o'clock central time. So, I'm hoping the game comes out in 3 minutes. If not, I'll just go back to work and we'll do this in in 45 minutes. I So, it it's it's hopefully we're at the right place at the right time. Um, yeah. There are fewer 70th in LE likely around 500. I I don't know. Yeah, dude. You You never hear people talk about Avengers. You You're not going to hear people talk about King Kong. It It's It's a It It's a day late in a dollar short. It an assetless themed game now just doesn't work. I think we accepted it with Jurassic Park because people forget to Jurassic Park was $10,000 for an Ali. Like it wasn't an assetless Jurassic Park for 13. The moment they made the $13,000 anniversary of Jurassic Park, all those prices came crashing down and then all of a sudden there's a thousand Jurassic Park less. What would you rather have, Jaws or an arcade edition Harry Potter? Uh Jaws. I think I think Harry Potter is a nicer looking game. I still don't think the Harry Potter code would excite me um the way it's coded right now. The the my my worry about Potter code gang is the exciting stuff are the multiballs and like the mini wizard modes. I don't know if those are mini wizard modes or just multiballs. The good luck getting to them. Good luck getting to them. The thing you're going to start are movies. And when you start the movies in Harry Potter, it's not exciting. And it's still stacking everything on top of the movie. Right now, as the code is, David Theal's work is buried. The movie's buried. It's like everything's going on at once. I would not buy Harry Potter because of that right now. The game shoots fine. It's not loaded. It's It's a fun shooter, but it's the code is letting that game down right now. All right, let's see what we got. Is it noon yet? Is it up? It's noon.
    10:55
    Still got the coming soon. I'm, you know, I feel like people on pin side are going to know before I do.
    11:19
    Gives me an hour more to do some real work. Um, I don't know.
    11:35
    Stern's website timed out during a refresh. Let's see. It's there. Let's see. Stern's website.
    12:04
    Where? Where is it? Where's Jaws 50th? Does anyone have a link?
    12:12
    It's Well, can someone just put a link YouTube now? Okay. Stern YouTube. Red armor. Uh oh.
    12:30
    videos. All right. Oh, I I already don't like the red armor. I saw it quickly. Hold on.
    12:52
    All right, hold on. We're going to watch it right here. I got you guys. [Music] Hey everybody, it's George Gomez here at Stern Pinball and we're excited to share with you a special 50th anniversary edition. I like that they did movie poster like that. To mark this golden anniversary, we crafted this Jaws 50th anniversary premium edition that highlights some really special Cosmo features. The playfield integrates glitter enhanced artwork in addition to new brass powdercoated wireform ramps.
    13:28
    This collector's item also boasts a distinctive 50th anniversary hologram sticker to go along with a unique translite and all new cabinet decals. I like it. The game is also outfitted with a bold red armor kit, including matching legs, hinges, front molding, and side armor. While this 50th anniversary premium edition of Jaws will only be available to purchase during this calendar year, we also have some exciting code updates across all of our Jaws. That's how they're limiting it. Our new content enhancements have integrated team play and co-op modes into the game menu system. kind of want one so that players can play with their friends, share progress, and more. This new code also introduces brand new wizard modes. The wheel award wizard mode and of course the iconic smile you son of a final wizard mode. You're going to need a bigger game room with the allnew Jaws 50th anniversary premium edition. Get connected and learn more at sternpinball.com. [Music]
    14:41
    Okay. Um, you guys you guys saw it. All right. You you guys saw it. All right. It wasn't a black screen.
    14:57
    well, look, here's the thing, gang. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. I like it. And I like the it's got glittered playfield now. So they're they're stealing a page from Jersey Jack now adding glitter. So now you're going to have the nicer playfield on the premium than you do on the LE. The wire forms are nice. I like the way it looks like the red easily. If you want to make that white, you could easily do that. Um, I think it might have looked better with Jaws blue instead of red. It's very popsicle looking. Um, but I I I was hoping they would just go with the iconic movie poster and they did. So, like let let me just pull up a Jaws Jaws Ellie pinball. Did I just I just hit my mic. I think I might have lost you guys. It's annoying when I do that. Oh, did I lose you? No, we're still here. Okay.
    16:36
    I don't know. I kind of to me this this looks less Jawslike. I got to be honest. I mean this looks I don't know, right? I don't know. But let's let's go to the uh I'm sure Knaps Arcade has everything. I'm going to go to Jason's site because he just has everything always right away.
    16:59
    No, he's not even up yet. Jason, come on. What What What are we doing here, Jason? Oh, here we go. It just went up two minutes ago.
    17:22
    Hold on. I'm just going to re refresh the site because you can see both when he's got.
    17:49
    The art on the Ellie is just meh, but the color scheme is better.
    17:58
    Yeah. You know what I would have liked them to have done is make is sort of make the cabinet look more like the movie poster like directed by Stephen Spielberg, you know, starring have the actors names. It would have been nice to sort of make it feel more movie posterlike and less because it looks a little empty, right? And you could see it like there's just something about the way our our eye tracks art where you've got the angle of the armor is a different angle than the angle of the water, right? And that's that's a jarring, you know, and then you've got the red lollipop part crashing through the blue. All of that to me is bad art direction. Like I I I just don't understand. These are like they have like artists over there. Like Zombie Yeti is the head of the art department now. Like how do you land on this being like that looks right? You know what I'm saying? Like they should have angled the the blue ocean to be the same angle maybe as the armor or just found a way. I don't there's just something it just looks a little weird.
    19:31
    yeah, because again, like I I I shouldn't have to tell these guys this, but like when you have red, like red font is like boom, it like it hits you like a ton of bricks. But what you don't want to do, and this is why the white armor, if you just if someone's going to Photoshop this and make the armor white and it's going to look great, because what you want is the only red that's pulling your eye, you want it to be the Jaws logo. When you put red all around it, you you you again, it creates a very unsatisfying thing to stare at.
    20:17
    But hey, right? I mean, I think white would work much better. Um, I'm also thinking like, you know, don't even kill me, but I don't know with like these anniversaries like I don't know like I always feel like brat would brass plating this make it look really good and more premium.
    20:41
    So, I don't know. Yeah, I think it should have been like a light blue. I do. I think if you look at the different blues in the ocean, I think if you pulled the lightest one and made that the armor color, this just ah it's too much. It's too much. It It's too fire engine red. It's now it's everywhere. I get you know you know what they were going for a fourth of July red white and blue right and blue fourth of July.
    21:20
    Um I like the glitters. That's what I'm saying. If they brass plated the wire forms, why not just even attempt a brass plated armor package on it? I I think that would have looked better too because brass again brass just will push your attention towards the art.
    21:45
    Yeah. I I mean I think it's I think it's um I think it's just all right. I I think they I think they nerfed the armor. I think the And I hate that. Like I don't want to have to again like gang I just mean this. I don't want to have to spend $10,000 and replace anything on a $10,000 game. And I just would not be happy with that armor package. This is another example of like why isn't Stern just like we know this game's coming. Why didn't they do any market research? Why didn't they why didn't they share with the community like three options and let the people vote? You know what I'm saying? Like just let the people vote. I don't think we would have landed on the red, white, and blue. Maybe we would have, right? Maybe we would have maybe the yellow from the barrels would have looked better and you had the barrel on the shooter rod. I don't know. But I'm just saying this red is very very jarring.
    22:41
    I I think everything else is nice. And look, the thing is the armor is easy to change. You just shouldn't have to. Come on, Zombie Yeti. You're the chief creative. Like are you are people overriding you on this? Like I again I just aesthetically it's just starting to get a little mind-boggling some of the artistic directions they're going in. It's okay is not the word I want to hear. Johnny Pinball. I want it should look awesome. Not okay. It feels like it's a I I think the red is a miss. I think the red is a miss. There's too much of it and it just doesn't work. Look, look at this Neo Geo here. Imagine if this Neo Geo just a little bit of red, right? Imagine if you frame this cabinet in red, which is what they've done because it's got blue and white. If you put a red border around this Neo Geo, it would look hideous. And that's what they've done. They've taken all this blue and white and they overdid the red. You don't want too much red. Sorry. It's just not a It's not The red is a very angry color. It just doesn't work unless the theme is like Deadpool or something where it blends in with all the art.
    24:02
    All right. Well, I'll share more thoughts later, but gang, um, that's, you know, that's how I feel like it's cool. Another option for people to buy. I look, the big news, the big news, gang, is they actually made playfield changes. So now the nicest playfield is going to be not in the LE. You can see what Stern's trying to do. And the other big news here was we're only taking orders through the end of this year. So, you know what that means is FOMO. They're trying to inject some FOMO into the ordering process without an ability to say it's limited, but it is limited to the to the orders they get this year. So, you know what's going to come next now? Are the last sale. Like, this is it. Last chance to order goes back in the vault. So they're they're gonna they're gonna they're trying to create their FOMO.
    25:00
    Yeah. How do you land on red after glitter and brass played it? Yeah. I I I actually think too like because it's a premium, you might as well like you might as well just put the armor you want on it and people are going to. But this is another example of like market research. Like Stern, come on. Like if they had shown this, you know, a couple weeks ago before they ordered all the red armor, we we could have like told them that.
    25:36
    Yeah. I look, I think FOMO's dead, gang. I I think in the end, like this isn't $6,500 anymore. This is nine 10 grand. And you got to, you know,
    25:47
    well, I, you know, I changed it when I look when I look, the more I look at it, the when I look at the Jason Knap, I just think the red is too jarring. That that's how the mind works. You can see something at first and be like, "Oh, I like I like the artwork." That's what I really liked. I much prefer the movie poster being carried through. So, that's what I was like, "I like that." And I like the brass plating. I like the glitter. That's what I was looking at. But when I look at this image of the armor, I hate it. I I I gotta be honest. I hate the red armor on it. I hate it. But it's an easy fix. It's just I don't want to have to fix a $10,000 game. I want my pinball manufacturer to have a better creative eye than me. All right. You're paying people six figure salaries to have an artistic eye. Nobody should be saying, "Oh, it would look better if it was this." Like, come on. And it would look better if it was not red.
    26:57
    Glitter makes no sense here. It actually It's not true. The the the ocean has a glitter on the surface from the sun. So, I I think glitter does make sense, especially most of Jaws's scenes, you know, happening during the day.
    27:16
    Well, look, gang, what what we're what the other big news is now we're witnessing Stern's going to start using glitter in playfields.
    27:25
    We're we're like grown men geeking out over glitter. This This is how gas lit we are, gang. We're now We're now acting like uh Yeah, 10 grand. 10 grand for an unlimited premium is a good deal because there's glitter on it. There's glitter on it. Harry Potter Playfield's loaded. It's loaded. Okay. Well, what's in it besides a moving staircase? It's loaded. Shut up, Canada. Loaded. Loaded.
    27:57
    Do you feel like you're playing Quidditch? Do you? Let me explain. Um, when you when in the movies when they're playing Quidditch, aren't they flying around Hogwarts on broomsticks like all the way around the world? Uh, didn't Steve Richie design a hyperdrive for Star Wars that simulates flying around the entire world under glass? Why didn't they make Quidditch that? Why didn't they steal from that amazing design and actually put it in a game where it would make more sense? You're telling me it feels like you're playing Quidditch when you just are up in that upper left playfield and you're just hitting a quick wire form ramp or loop. That's it. That that makes you feel like you're in a Quidditch match. It makes you feel like you're chasing after, you know, that that little whatever ball is really when that you get that sensation. Have you played the game, people? You haven't. Doesn't feel like you're in a Quidditch match. Never does. Can't say it. Canada can't say it because the new content creators are all saying it's amazing and they're having so much fun. I'm having so much fun watching everything crash on top of itself in this game. I'm having so much fun not really feeling any anything when you start a movie. But you know you know uh you know he's negative. He's negative. You come over to my channel. We love everything.
    29:22
    Sorry guys. Sorry. I don't know. You had such an opportunity to make more of a Quidditch feel, an opportunity to bring more elements. Is there any moment in the game where like you feel like you're casting a real spell? Like think about it like like where the magnet grabs the ball and and like you know like you know like when you're when when the wizards are shooting wands at each other and like the the the power of of a spell. Does it feel Does it feel like that? Not allowed to say that. No. No. Oh, it's all in the code. It's all in the code.
    30:01
    It's not even bias, guys. It's not even bias. It's like literally literally it is like absolute just cheerleading of stuff that is so like barren to me. Like, it's just funny to me. Sorry, I'm the grumpy weirdo. I got to go back to work though. Everybody look, enjoy your day. Like, I'm glad Stern is offering this stuff to people. The I think I like the package except for the armor. And you know, when when they're when they're highlighting for 10 grand, you know, because if they hired me as a CMO, George, George, here's the deal. First of all, if I was the CMO, we're not going with the red. Do you guys understand part of marketing's job is to make decisions that help you bring the game to market in a successful way? So, if I was over there, we're not going with the red. I It doesn't look good. It's not I You want me to sell that with with that red everywhere? All right. I want you to comp up what it would look like with blue and with white, and you tell me which one we're going to sell more of. And look, we're not going against our word with the Ellie owners, this is not limited, but we're going to make it look as good as we can because this No, the other thing is after George would record his video, George, here's what we're not going to do. Okay, George. Chris here, CMO, not not Canada, Chris. CMO Stern Pinball. I took a huge pay cut to get this job. CMO Stern Pinball. Uh, George, you're not going to highlight the fact that this game has a sticker on it. All right, we're just gonna we're gonna leave that part out. You You seem to get excited by a one-inch hologram sticker. I I'm a little Do you think that's going to put someone over the edge? They They put a 15 cent hologram sticker on the game. Why are we talking about the effing sticker, George? Focus. Focus. I we we we we we emphasize the sticker more than the brass rails. Like like what are we doing? The I is this is this what we're doing here at Stern now? Is this what we're doing? Huh? Huh? Is somebody mail this game now to like some PC review guy and let let him get 100,000 views with absolutely no influence in the pinball buying community. That's what's next. That's what's next. Okay. Um anyway gang, um just still still like as long as this hobby continues to operate without any market research, without any common sense gang. Again, like who's making these decisions? That red just just like come on, man. Like I I like it's almost like we're trying to sandbag it a little bit so that the LE buyers aren't mad. Like it just feels that way. Like we we we're purposely now making it like a little uh like you know uh like it's it's jarring. All right. My mama mama the the woman who gave birth to me is an artist. She was the head of the art department at Bristol Myers. Like that's where she met my dad. Like she has an art gallery. She has an art gallery. All right. She's more art her eye for for like taste is if I showed her that she she'd be like stop like what what is like because remember the armor is a frame. You're framing the artwork. All right. The armor acts as a frame. And I want to ask each and every one of you one question. How often do you go into a person's home, into a museum, into a restaurant? How often do you see the frame on a work of art be the color red? Not just like like like bright red frame. Zero. And yet they frame this game in red. It's just stupid. It's why I I
    34:18
    All right, I'll let you guys go to the other content creators now. They're they're they're going to be in love with it. Oh my gosh, this is so much fun. Can't wait to get one. I'm going to buy two. I I don't know. Just might as well. Just so I can look at it from both sides. Grumpy weirdos got all the followers. I don't understand. Like, he doesn't even play pinball. He Why isn't he loving this? What? What's happening here? I'm having so much fun on Potter. What? What? Really? Like, are you stacking it? Just shut up. It's fun. Fun. You're not allowed to talk about it like that. You're not allowed. I ordered it. I order I paid $15,000. All right. Just shut up. I'm having fun. Who? How dare you tell me how to spend my money? You live in a onecar garage home. You don't even have room for pinball. You don't even play pinball. You spent more over on your house than my entire pinball collection and you're criticizing me. Don't you Don't you tell me how to spend my money or make my content because I will tell everybody how much fun I'm having.
    35:30
    Everybody be good. I'm going to go have some lobster rolls later. Save that 10 G's for living life. I'm serious. Like, y'all don't need more pinball machines. Little secret here, you don't need any more of this stuff. Only if like a magical game comes out that you're in love with, get it. Sure. But the rest of it, live your lives. You're all going to die. I mean it. You're all going to die and you can't take any of this crap with you. And you know, you don't need any more of the crap. Like, cross the Rubicon and realize like you this stuff is not curing your boredom. I am. And you guys give me $5 a month. I mean, seriously. Seriously. I'm like, $5 a month? I'm entertaining you more than these damn games are. You're welcome. Canada out.