Homepin

"every single pinball machine that ends up in your home is losing money is in a location it was not designed to be... this product that was always designed to bring enjoyment out in the world ended up in a bunch of multi-millionaire, cranky alcoholic homes who have to go on pinside every day and complain"

Pinball machines losing money in homes because they weren't designed for home use

"he's making a game for buyers that don't exist, he's like I'll make him this game for the non-pinball enthusiasts who wants a pinball machine, aka nobody"

Homepin Blues Brothers is made for buyers that don't exist

"This is going to be the first and last open source pinball machine ever. Mike over at Homepin, it's an absolute tragedy."

Homepin's Blues Brothers is terrible and will kill open source pinball

"We got the worst news this week, if you're a Blues Brothers fan, Homepin Pinball is going to be open source making the Blues Brothers Pinball."

Homepin getting Blues Brothers license is terrible news

"I would have to say that Homepin is on that short list of companies that I don't think are going to make it through the end of next year"

Homepin has no mojo and might not make it through 2024

"I'm curious to see who would actually buy this game, let alone unbox it. It's just surprising to me that Homepin is still in business. I don't even know who's buying these games."

Surprised Homepin is still in business and doesn't know who buys their games

"They interviewed Mike and Mike said some silly thing like he's not making games for pinball enthusiasts. OK, he's making games for nobody then."

Homepin gets F grade - not making games for pinball enthusiasts

"Homepin is garbage. They will never make a great pin. Everybody knows that it's why I don't even talk about Homepin very much because nobody cares."

Homepin is garbage and will never make a great pin

"I'm looking at this Homepin spinal tap video and it's horrendous. If you haven't seen it, go Google or go to Knapp's Arcade and see the worst trailer ever for a pinball machine."

Homepin's Spinal Tap marketing video is terrible quality

"I called it a Mickey Mouse operation the other day. It's more like a goofy operation. This is such amateur hour and I really think these companies should be embarrassed."

Homepin is a Mickey Mouse operation that should be embarrassed

"My prediction about spinal tap is this. I think it's going to be pretty ugly looking. I don't think it's mechanically going to be that impressive."

Homepin Spinal Tap will be ugly and sell poorly

"This game is going to be bad. We know it's going to be bad... this game we all know will be the laughing stock of pinball in 2022."

Homepin's game will be terrible and the laughing stock of pinball

"these guys, I mean, they're taking the cake for the worst pinball launch of all time... they're so not proud of the product we made that we don't even want to stand behind it"

Homepin's Spinal Tap launch is the worst pinball launch of all time

"they've released maybe the worst game in the last 25,000 years which is Thunderbirds"

Homepin released maybe the worst game in 25,000 years with Thunderbirds

"We've heard more about Homepins spinal tap and the more I hear about it, it's still going to have a basic orange DMD. And the code he said is going to be as basic as Thunderbirds code."

Homepin's Spinal Tap will be a disappointment with basic DMD and code as simple as Thunderbirds

"the best way to cancel being canceled in pinball is just come out with a good pinball machine be humble about it and here's the most important part make the machine"

Homepin can overcome PR issues if they just make a good pinball machine

"Does this mean it's going to have the spinal tap music from the movie or original spinal tap songs that they made for the pinball machine... that makes me nervous because it almost feels like they just licensed the name spinal tap but this is not the movie"

Homepin flyer lacks key information about movie integration and licensing

"the problem with Pinball is it makes no sense. Buying a Pinball machine for your home makes no sense. It was never designed to be there. None of this was how Pinball was meant to be in culture. It was a toy that was supposed to be out in the world in which you put a few quarters in and you had some fun and you went home and that was it."

Pinball collecting makes no sense - games weren't designed for home use

"You get to mark my words. You mark, you mark this episode and this time and maybe one day there will be something you'll be really interested in."

Prediction: There may be something coming from Homepin in the future that people will be really interested in.

"So Homepin put up a picture of their next game and The world has come together and says and you know collectively none of us care Who who are they even talking to at this point like who are they even making pins for at this point?"

Homepin's games are irrelevant and no one cares about their announcements

"I think it is inevitable that Homepin pinball will not survive much longer. Can you really see game two coming out from these guys. I can't see it happening"

Homepin will not survive much longer due to poor decisions

"So Homepin is collapsing right before our eyes. And we predicted this. We said that this company would not survive into 2019."

Homepin is collapsing and won't survive - predicted this would happen

"My prediction is they will, they will not survive into 2020. I think this year, Mike is going to fail at getting sales. And I don't think we're going to see a game too."

Homepin will not survive into 2020 due to poor sales and quality issues

"My prediction is this and I'm not going to, and Ted again, I love that you're the forever optimist. I think Homepin is going to be one of the companies that doesn't survive. And I think they've got to be hemorrhaging money."

Prediction: Homepin will be one of the companies that doesn't survive because they're hemorrhaging money.

"My prediction is, Thunderbirds isn't selling well. And it's not selling well because of Mike. And I think a lot of people in the hobby Ted have sort of avoided wanting to get one for a few reasons."

Prediction: Thunderbirds isn't selling well because of Mike's attitude and people in the hobby are avoiding the game.

"I think Homepin is going to be one of the companies that doesn't survive... I think they're going to really struggle to stay viable by the end of 2019"

Homepin won't survive due to owner's attitude and business problems

"Mike has time and time again. Continue to be his own worst enemy. Continue to battle customers. Continue to fight people in a very vitriolic way. And he's very cantankerous."

Homepin had terrible public relations in 2018, Mike continues to be his own worst enemy

"Mike from Homepin takes my torpy for the worst public relations company the reason why Blake my rationale is he's actually trying to relate to his public where I think these other guys are like just go radio silent forever. But this guy says the dumbest stuff ever to his customers"

Homepin has worst public relations due to owner's poor communication

"what you're doing is you're taking new money and you're sending new games to that new money before you ship the games to the people that already bought the product that is a Ponzi scheme method of dealing with the company"

Homepin is failing and using a Ponzi scheme approach - taking new customer money to ship games before fulfilling old orders

"this shipping container is going to Kaneda to Kaneda orders which are clearly new orders on the game not the original orders because remember Mike wasn't even planning to send games to North America"

Mike from Homepin is making poor business decisions by shipping to new Kaneda customers before original Australian backers

"I think Mike is really really damaged his company's reputation. I think that people are going to stay away from Homepin because of him and I think it was a silly stance to take"

Homepin's Mike damaged company reputation with controversial statements

"I know that when we do see it, it's going to come out in 2018 with orange DMD dots. It is all you need to know about all the time, money, and effort that went into a game. It's like releasing a car in 2018 with no ABS brakes, no traction control, and no fuel injection."

Homepin releasing a game in 2018 with orange DMD is like releasing a car with no ABS brakes

"For Mike to use it in 2017, 2018 is kind of pathetic. How is that not pathetic?"

Homepin's use of DMD displays in 2017-2018 is pathetic and outdated

"He does have this significant advantage in making a more jam-packed game for a much better price than Stern because of the fact that he's making it in China... This is a huge advantage for them."

Homepin's manufacturing approach in China creates significant advantages in cost and mechanisms despite initial difficulties

"If it comes out at $4000 in the current marketplace, it's going to do well. I mean there's just no denying it"

Homepin Thunderbirds at $4100 would be disruptive but raises quality and service concerns

"His wife passed away. And that was a huge, huge financial and emotional setback for the guy. So cut him some slack"

Homepin's Mike deserves patience and support given his personal tragedies and small operation

"I will never buy a pin from Mike. I will never buy a pin from him"

Kaneda will never buy a Homepin machine due to Mike's racist comments