Here I stay a little more restrained, I say, and more family-focused, G-rated. But we wander a little bit in the PG-13. if you want to check that out. So all that, $5 a month. Just start for a month and see what you think, man. The feedback I'm getting so far has been great, and so I take that feedback, put it right back out there. So that's kind of where I'm at with that. The other place I'm at is playing pinball. I do it every day. I'm getting better, and I love doing it. I've been playing a lot of the new code updates that we've been getting for the past week. Stern Pinball was quick with a JAWS code update, which actually adds a lot of cool little nuance to the modes. There's a new random mystery award. I haven't really figured out exactly what's triggering that. I know it has to do with the wheel on the upper play field, but then I've triggered it on the lower play field too. And so far, it's not a thing where it's in a scoop and it traps. You can kind of look at the screen, so it's hard for me to tell exactly what's happening. But it seems to scroll through several awards and then goes ahead and awards you something. I'm getting better at learning how to use the items that you collect in-game. I'm starting to see that screen where you can cash out the items back to Quint, sell them for points. So that's fun, a little mechanism that's in there. There seems to be more integration of the night mode in the game with this new update that I'm seeing now. So there's a lot more gameplay where the lights are just way down low, and we're playing at night and, like, hunting the shark, and the inserts are really popping. So I really like that. And we're still only at, like, .87 or .88 code. So there's still even more to come to this game. I can't wait. Go ahead. and bring it stern. Also, we got updates for Scooby-Doo. I just put that one in there, finally got around to it, and they have radically changed the scoring for Scooby-Doo. Let's talk about that for a second. When I would have a good game on Scooby-Doo, I'd get like 2 to 3 million points. My GC is like 4.5 million with Daphne on Scooby-Doo. But now they've changed the scoring completely, so it's almost like 10x from where it was before. Now a good game is giving like 40 million points, which I like because it's kind of closer to where Stern is scoring now. I would like to see more standardization across pinball now because there's a whole concept now of getting a billy. If you get a billion points on a game, it's kind of like, okay, you really had the greatest game you could on there. Now, top players can put up four trillion points or something, but for me to get a billion on Rush, to get a billion on Godzilla, it was a really successful game, and so that's my goal with games to try to get there. I got a half billy on Jaws already. It was remarkable. I can't wait to get to a billy. But to get to a billion points on Scooby-Doo was going to take the glass off, frankly, from before. So now it seems more possible. You play through the multiballs. You play through the modes. Your scores are going to get up there, kind of closer in line to what's become the standard. You know, I don't want to see, you know, pinflation go too much like with Aliens, Attack from Mars, you know, where it's like every game is like 999 million points at least or something. But it was cool to see that. Also, there's just I'm noticing more call-outs, like a ton more call-outs, man. I'm hearing speech I have not heard at all before. I'm seeing more on the topper screen integration. So that's all awesome, and there's still more to come. Oh, and there's like a new mystery, too, that brings in like that evil clown where he's like doing a little hypnotism with Daphne, and then it reveals like a mystery award. That's super cool. I totally dig it. And we just got the green ghost with the last update. So, like, if you haven't played Scooby recently, make sure it's on the new code and go check it out again, especially if it's somewhere where you can hear the call-outs and things, because it's pretty remarkable what they've done. I know early on they were talking about how they had, like, you know, something like 4,000 call-outs or something recorded, and everybody's like, how in the world are you going to incorporate all of those? Well, it seems like they're gosh darn near there, because there are call-outs for days in Scooby-Doo. It was super fun playing that, so go check this game out any way you can if you haven't played it recently, and make sure it's on the new code. Make sure if it's at that pizza parlor that you bring a USB drive and be like, hey, can you open the coin door so we can update this? Because it's awesome. It is magical. We also got a code update for Labyrinth. I've been playing that as well. More callouts, more integration, and some changes with the gameplay, honestly, too, in ways that I'm not quite wrapping my head around yet. There's something about when you collect the friends, now there's a little number counter that appears on the screen. I don't know if that's like you can kind of like level them up before you cash them in. Maybe that's how it works. I need to play through it more to see about that. But there's new dancing light shows with a topper. That topper is just the greatest, man. I mean, you know, three Muppet Goblins up there on top. They're talking to you. You know, voice actor Mark Silk did the voices for. It's just amazing, just a good time. And now there's even more of it, so, like, that's fun. So that update is out. And finally, I was also able to update Looney Tunes, and I'm playing in there. There's that new cartoon mode that's available. Right now they have it where you can opt in for a setting. So when you start a mode, you can hit the action button and select which cartoon you want to play. So when they drop new episodes, which are modes that you can play, you can kind of self-select that one to kind of play through it and see the new content instead of waiting for it to randomly pop up each time. Also some more code updates and things. And there's also a mechanical fix that's available soon here. Talking to Spooky Luke and playing this game, what would happen is there's that center drop target underneath the lower left ramp. and when you hit into that subway system, it goes into a scoop and fires up around the orbit, feeding the right upper flipper. Well, if you hit it fast enough, the drop target will flex back enough that the ball will kind of wedge itself between the drop target and the stand-up target next to it and there's just no way to shake it loose. It's like wedged in there. You've got to get in there with a finger and push it through. So what is happening is if you're if it's, I mean, it's like a fast shot, like you really rip it up there before the drop target has time to respond and drop, it ends up flexing back, allowing the ball to kind of just wedge itself in there, you know, like a, like a, I was going to say a donkey on a soft couch, but that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. Like a little beagle dog cuddling up on you on the couch, you know, just like wedged in there. And then you got to remove the glass and pop it through to keep playing. There's no way to knock it loose with another ball. It gets in there. So he's devised a bracket to reinforce that to keep from flexing back enough. So we'll probably hear some more about that soon. I can't wait to put it in mine Because every 20 games or so we manage to do it So that fix should be coming The new code is awesome I love it I love the topper I love everything about Looney Tunes This should be probably game of the year And I kind of think because they've also released TCM It's going to split the spooky vote And allow Jaws to probably creep in there And really threaten for that top spot at the Twippies Not a bad problem for us to have Because it just means that there's that many great games That have already come out this year Will the second half of the year bring us as much joy as the first half did? I guess we'll have to look. I don't know if ABBA is strong enough off the bat to be able to threaten there. I don't know that John Wick is going to carry the gravitas that a Jaws does. I don't think we're going to get anything else from Spooky this year. So then eyes would fall on to JJP and their next game. Will it be Wizarding World? Surely it won't be actually a Harry Potter theme, because I don't think that's actually obtainable. Or will it be something completely different? The early kind of nod and a wink I get from people that should know of such things is that it's probably not going to be Hogwarts this year, if ever. So I guess we'll wait and see what they bring out next. Is it going to be Matrix? Who knows? Are we going to see Back to the Future from Dutch Pinball between now and the next 10 years? I think somebody will. We'll have to wait and see what they put out. Where's this Alice in Wonderland at? Who knows? There's a lot of variables for the rest of the year, which is keeping this really exciting. but I think for sure we'll go into Expo in October and we'll have some new releases to play ABBA should be dropped by then we should see ABBA April 6th it happening over in Orbal Sweden so we wait and see about that I be back to talk all about it So one other thing I did today as I kicked back and I trolled through Pinside because there's nothing but deals. A friend of mine in Ohio recently picked himself up, nearly stole it, a Deadpool premium for around $7,000. Man, the price of a pro got that premium. Now you can argue amongst yourselves that the gameplay isn't all that different with the Deadpool pros and premiums. but I kind of like that extra little ramp that kicks the ball up to the katana to get back to the flipper. And I like the full-figured dolls, and I definitely like that disco ball. I like the disco ball. I miss the Deadpool in the hammock plastic, though. I do think that's kind of cool. Maybe you could buy it and add it in there somehow and have the ultimate premium. But, yeah, definitely a cool game. Seven grand, man. Dude stole this game. I think it was like $7,200 or something. But, you know, anytime you can get a premium for the price of a pro with some mods and things, I think you should do it. So I went through and saw what other deals are listed there on Pinside. I talked last week about the Rick and Morty Butter Cabinet new in box listed for $15,000 in Southern California. Hard to say anything's a deal at that price, but maybe there's a little negotiation room in there. $13,500 would be a heck of a deal for a brand-new never-played Butter Cabinet Rick and Morty's. I can't wait to see what that's going for. Otherwise, I saw a Mando limited edition, Mandalorian. Not everybody's favorite game, but we're still talking about an LE trim level game here, the Custom Armor, the Grogu that doesn't do anything. This one with the topper, with the $2,000 Mandalorian topper, under $10,000. $99.99, Jupiter, Florida. Go check it out and get yourself an LE Mando. Otherwise, Pro Mando with the metal ramps, probably the way to go. Maybe a premium, which there's deals out there for that too. But an LE sub-10K with that 2K topper, even I'm tempted at that price point. So, you know, I would say maybe there's a little OBO room in there even, just make it a little bit sweeter since you've got to deliver it from Florida. But, man, you know, it's a game that's kind of fun. I wouldn't mind at some point getting some more time on it. I'll just put it that way. What else do we have? Do you like Fathom? If you like Fathom, do you like Merman Edition? Do you like Fathom Merman Edition that you don't have to wait six years for? Go and pick one up right now. Also sub 10K, $99.95. Somebody's got one of those listed. A sparkling new Fathom Mermaid Edition 2.0 code. You know, that little $15 light from Spencer's that shows the blue light on the floor when you're playing it. I mean, what could possibly be better? Pick yourself up an OG Fathom, too. There's one of those up there for like $6,000 or some such. Oh, speaking of crap for $6,000. Oh, man, this is brutal. Go ahead and get yourself a Keltz. We'll stay on Haggis for a minute. Someone's listed a Keltz for sale for $5,800. I don't know if that's a deal. I think we need to be around $4,200 for me to consider that because, God, that art is just God-awful, man. It's hard to look at. You know, Oktoberfest is bad, and this is like demon spawn level. You know, just grotesque. What did they do to those poor Celts in Australia where they came out looking like that? Like, just ugly as sin. Gameplay-wise, I haven't played it. I can't really comment on it, but you tell me a $5,800 is a good price for that. But how about a Star Wars Premium somebody has listed for $78.50? That's kind of close to what I paid for my Star Wars Premium, and I almost stole that thing at that price. Star Wars Premiums are being made right now, $9,700 from Stern, and that's with no mods at all. And this thing has under 100 plays for $78.50, man. And I think there's even some upgrades in it too, man. You can't go wrong with that. Star Wars license. Hook it up to an external subwoofer and play until you blow up the Death Star, and then you'll become a true believer in the Force. like Don. Love that game. Not looking to get rid of it. Love it. $78.50. Maybe it's also an OBO situation. What else did I write down here? I can't even read my handwriting. What's a Wendile LE? 9,000 OBO. Wendile. What the hell am I writing? Wendile? I don't know what it is, but it's 9,000 OBO. Dude, I can't even see what the hell I was putting down here. Maybe I'll come back to that. Mouse and Around, $3,200, OBO. Yes, yes, I am very tempted at that price point. Mouse and Around, fun game. Super fun game. I don't know how rare it is, but I don't see it around a whole heck of a lot. But when I do see it, I play it, and those ramps are fun, man. Dare I say, it is more fun than a Whirlwind Veridal. What the hell? W-E-R-I-D-A-L. Oh, that's such a stupid idiot. I'm so tough. You know what this says? Weird Al. multimorphic weird al limited edition nine thousand dollars obo this is a multimorphic p3 machine with weird al the limited edition version with that topper thirteen thousand dollars is what they were asking for it thirteen thousand dollars i think is what they're still asking for this not that you can even get the limited edition model anymore with that sweet accordion topper so assuming it works nine thousand dollars or best offer offer of 8500 come and pick it up. That's a way into a P3, I think. Look, that would be like getting the module, or the game itself, the cabinet, for $5,000, which is a good price for that. $5,000, $6,000, $7,000, $8,000, $50,000, yeah, $3,500 for Weird Al. So essentially, if you were planning on getting Weird Al anyway, this would be like picking up a multi-morphic cabinet for $5,000 or best offer right now with that LE topper. Go ahead and sell it to someone else. Keep Weird Al, sell Weird Al, but go ahead and get yourself a Princess Bride Standard Edition, drop it in there, boom! You are not paying this $11.25 for Princess Bride. Well, essentially, you'd be paying the price for a standard cabinet in Princess Bride, but it would come with a free Weird Al with the limited edition topper. This isn't a bad way to go. Plus, I think you can probably OBO a little bit on this, to be honest. Maybe this guy's got some other modules you can, like, kind of cash and swing and deal in there. But Weird Al, 9K, OBO, even me, a far from an ardent adherer to the P3, multi-morphic, new age way of thinking, is kind of like, hmm, is this worthwhile? So if you were on the fence and you were thinking about going on a Princess Bride, that's the theme that's going to do it. You're going to put down the money and get it. This might be an excellent way to get in there. Plus get yourself a Weird Al module, which of all the modules that you were going to sell, that would probably be an easier sale.