Keith Elwin

"When Keith Elwin releases a game, it is like a black hole. It is a black hole, a pinball enthusiasm. It will create a gravitational pull that will suck everything towards his pin."

Keith Elwin releases create a black hole that sucks attention from other games

"I am hearing that in the year 2024, in the world of pinball, we are going to get more than one Keith Elwin cornerstone game. Keith Elwin is slated to release two games in 2024."

Keith Elwin will release two new cornerstone games in 2024

"But I am telling you right now. You heard it here on Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. Next year expect to see two new games from Keith Elwin. New games. Not Jurassic Park Anniversary editions."

Prediction: Keith Elwin will release two new games next year, not anniversary editions but completely new games.

"Here is what I am hearing is going to happen. I am hearing that in the year 2024, in the world of pinball, we are going to get more than one Keith Elwin cornerstone game. You heard it here, first people. Keith Elwin is slated to release two games in 2024."

Prediction: Keith Elwin will release two new cornerstone games in 2024.

"the king of modern pinball, the man who can do no wrong, the man who is the new king in pinball. As I said, this man is running circles around everybody when it comes to pinball design."

Keith Elwin is the modern king of pinball design

"Keith Elwin, when he launches a game now, that is like the biggest pinball launch of the year. And he earned that right. He's the new king of pinball."

Keith Elwin is the new king of pinball and biggest launch guarantee

"everyone would rather just have Keith Elwin because he's just a level above everybody right now and that's a good thing because everyone else underneath him at Stern is learning from Keith Elwin"

Keith Elwin is a level above everyone at Stern right now

"My prediction is this thing will stay in your collection until Keith Elwin's new pin comes out, which is rumored to be Jaws."

Prediction: The current game will stay in the collection until Keith Elwin's new pin comes out, which is rumored to be Jaws.

"The only thing I will berate you for owning, and I mean it, is a $20,000 single-level Keith Elwin James Bond machine that once people unpack this thing, you're going to realize what a colossal ripoff it was spending that much money on that game."

Keith Elwin's $20,000 single-level James Bond is a colossal ripoff that shows Stern what people will overpay for

"And I guarantee you, if Keith Elwin going into this was told this is going to be a $20,000 game, I highly doubt he would run into this project."

Prediction: Keith Elwin would not have taken on this project if he knew it was going to be a $20,000 game.

"Here's my prediction on this game. I think when they make this game and people start unboxing this machine, I think the game is going to shoot just fine. It's a Keith Elwin game. It's going to have good flow."

Prediction: The game will shoot fine with good flow since it's a Keith Elwin game, but he still has concerns about it.

"This is why Keith Elwin is so damn good... when you get up to a Keith Elwin machine it just plays like nothing else in the entire Stern portfolio... his shot geometry and his design is stellar. Like absolutely stellar."

Keith Elwin is an exceptional designer with superior shot geometry and flow

"I have a lot of faith in Keith Elwin making an all original Jaws game that like pays homage to the movie scenes we like. Much like Jurassic Park, that is going to work."

Keith Elwin can make a great Jaws game without movie assets

"Keith Elwin himself has four out of those 11 games. Keith Elwin himself has the number one pinball machine of all time in Godzilla"

Keith Elwin is the greatest modern pinball designer

"this elwin pin, mark my words, we're one week away from the elwin pin, it is gonna go down like a lead balloon, once people realize that it is a greedy move, they waited too long to show it"

Prediction: The Keith Elwin pin is going to fail badly once people realize it's a greedy move and they waited too long to show it.

"when you have a series of hit games in a row like Keith Elwin, he's like the Quentin Tarantino of pinball. You don't have to worry. You'll never be nervous buying a Keith Elwin machine"

Keith Elwin is the best pinball designer, like the Quentin Tarantino of pinball

"When the Keith Elwin pin drops you are going to see more negativity than positivity surrounding that game... They just did this to put a few extra million in the bank. It's just going to cause a lot more frowns than smiles"

The Keith Elwin James Bond game will be priced at $20-25k and will create more negativity than positivity, marking a breaking point for pinball pricing

"I still don't like the fact that Stern Pinball is not showing this Elwin pin before they collect all the money on the James Bond LE's. I don't think it's a good business move."

Stern should not reveal Keith Elwin's 60th Anniversary James Bond game without showing it first before collecting money on LE orders

"And the other thing I think is going to happen is this, if it's this much money, and I mean it, if this game is $20,000 or $25,000, mark my words right now, there is no way these things are going to sell out in day one or week one or month one."

Prediction: If the game costs $20,000-25,000, it will not sell out in day one, week one, or month one.

"If you're a collector, which machine do you want in your collection? Of course, you're going to want the Elwin machine with only 500. By nature, it is far more collectible than a James Bond LE by George Gomez because not only are there a thousand of those, they're also going to make thousands of James Bond premiums."

Keith Elwin's 500-unit limited edition will be more collectible than James Bond LE, creating a dilemma for collectors

"The new rumor is the game is gonna be $18,000. Like it's so stupid... you need to make $36,000 before taxes to buy a single level game from Stern Pinball"

Keith Elwin James Bond at $18,000 is stupid and only for rich people

"I think they're going to give them to the dealers for 15 and then they're going to set the price. And guess what the dealers are going to do? Are they going to set it at 20? No, they're going to set it at like 25 to 30,000 dollars."

Keith Elwin 60th Anniversary edition will cost $25-30k at dealers

"Here's my prediction. I think the Keith Elwin James Bond game is going to be a throwback pinball machine that looks like it came from the year 1962. I think it's going to be a game that celebrates all of James Bond, but be a throwback"

Prediction: The Keith Elwin James Bond game will be a single-level throwback pinball machine with beautiful art that looks like it came from 1962.

"I feel really, really good about this prediction that Keith Elwin is working on a street-level game with no ramps that is based on James Bond."

Keith Elwin is working on a fourth James Bond variant - a street-level game with no ramps

"the mystery fourth game that is coming out from this franchise is going to be a Keith Elwin designed game... It's going to be a 60th anniversary of James Bond designed by Keith Elwin."

Keith Elwin is designing a mystery fourth James Bond game for 60th anniversary

"Keith Elwin's team is the greatest team in pinball right now and I really do think it's Jaws... Keith Elwin's Jaws is gonna be a juggernaut. Anything Keith Elwin puts out, he's got the Midas touch."

Keith Elwin's team is the greatest in pinball and Jaws will be a huge hit

"I think the team with Keith Elwin that Stern has on his games is the best team in pinball right now. They might be the best team ever assembled to make pinball machines"

Keith Elwin's team at Stern might be the best team ever assembled to make pinball machines

"I don't know any other way to look at that other than that's lame. People just wanted to see him try. People want to see what he could do."

Keith Elwin's tournament concession was lame and irresponsible to fans

"Nobody is making a better pinball experience than Keith Elwin. His games shoot amazingly well. They all for the most part have a lot of toys in them. They all for the most part when you stand over a Keith Elwin pin you see a world under glass."

Keith Elwin is currently the best pinball designer with the best team support

"Keith Elwin could sell Care Bears. Like he could sell My Little Pony. When this guy makes a game, it's going to sell like hotcakes"

Keith Elwin could sell any theme and Jaws would be phenomenal

"But I'm here to tell you that I think Keith Elwin's next pin is going to be Jaws. I am almost convinced it is going to be Jaws."

Keith Elwin's next game will be Jaws

"And I don't think I don't, I don't think Borg pulls people over the way Elwin does. And Elwin's got a fan base and a following that for some reason, right, people can't resist the way a Keith Elwin pin shoots. And that is why even if people hate Iron Maiden, they love the pin because of how Elwin designed it."

Keith Elwin has superior crossover appeal compared to John Borg

"Keith Elwin makes a new game every year. Every year. Can you imagine if Pat Lawlor made a game every year with Jersey Jack Pinball, we'd have seven Pat Lawlor games by now, not just two."

Keith Elwin making a game every year is a major advantage for Stern

"It's almost like everyone now is just waiting for Owens next game. His games have more prominence. His games are the ones that are the most exciting to see come out. And if you're John Borg or Brian Eddy or George Gomez, you're chasing after what Elwin has right now"

Keith Elwin is now the king of Stern and everyone is chasing him

"He might be carving a path to be seen as the greatest Pinball designer of all time"

Keith Elwin is the greatest pinball designer of all time

"When you look at Godzilla and you look at everything Keith Elwin put in a game, Steve Ritchie must hate the fact that Keith Elwin is the new king. He is the new king."

Keith Elwin is now the king of pinball designers, surpassing Steve Ritchie

"How are you not excited about the best Pinball designer in Pinball right now, which is Keith Elwin? I mean, without a doubt, this guy is the king of the kingdom."

Keith Elwin is the undisputed best pinball designer currently

"they know that Keith L.W.N. has the biggest following in pinball right now. Within the pinball community he is the new king of the kingdom."

Keith Elwin is now the king of pinball design with the biggest following in the community

"Keith is a little too complex over a JJP right you need a Bible and a whole handbook to figure out how to play his games"

Keith Elwin's games are too complex, require Bible and handbook

"I would argue that right now in the Pinball world without a doubt Keith Elwin is the number one Pinball designer in the world. He is designing games that excite the most people in the Pinball world."

Keith Elwin is the number one pinball designer in the world and his next game will be a statement piece

"Keith Elwin is on a design level that is just levels above people and he keeps doing it over and over and over again... Avengers is such a better machine layout wise, such a better layout, so much better shots."

Keith Elwin is superior designer, Avengers shoots much better than Mandalorian

"The only person at Stern that gets me to raise my expectations is Keith Elwin. If Keith Elwin is not making the Stern machine, I don't expect magical, oh my god, things from that Pinball machine."

Keith Elwin is the only person at Stern who raises expectations above the baseline

"imagine what would happen if you gave Keith L. and and zombie Eddie time the same time Eric had to make this game because they haven't had that time. Stern is on a schedule and that is all that matters"

Keith Elwin and Zombie Yeti need more time like Eric had

"Keith Elwin and Eric Meunier, their pinball hard stop. These two men, that's pinball nowadays hard stop. They are so far above everybody else."

Keith Elwin and Eric Meunier are the two elite pinball designers

"my god does this game shoot terrifically well...there is a lot of flow in this game there's a lot of combos in this game...the game seems to have tremendous flow"

Keith Elwin designed excellent flow and layout for Avengers

"I think these gentlemen deserve way more money and if the rumors are true about what I hear they paid designers. It's they are grossly underpaid for how much these products are generating"

Kaneda believes pinball designers like Keith Elwin are grossly underpaid compared to the millions in revenue their games generate

"Keith Elwin, which I think you could arguably say is the best designer in pinball right now. And Keith Elwin was the greatest acquisition that George Gomez and Stern pinball could ever have put on the roster."

Keith Elwin is the best designer in pinball right now and was Stern's greatest acquisition

"I do think Keith should have came out and said thank you. He should have said thank you he should have he should have came out in front of the camera because people vote for you"

Keith Elwin should have made a thank you video for winning awards

"I love that Keith did this. I've been saying this on the show for years. If you have really fun elements in your game that people would enjoy. You've got to find a way to let beginners and casuals enjoy some of that magic"

Keith Elwin's Jurassic Park wizard mode shortcut is brilliant game design

"Keith Elwin designs the game with the rules and the code in mind so everything is thought of at the very moment of inception and there's a reason why Jurassic Park is now the number one game on pen size top 100 so congratulations Keith Elwin this guy unfrikin believable what he's done two games two home runs"

Keith Elwin is exceptional at designing games with integrated code