Pinball Expo

"I'm predicting it right now. Elton John wins Expo. We're all going to be clapping for Steve Ritchie."

"I'm not saying don't order the game, but if you're gonna be at a show in three days in which you can jump on the machine, why would you order it right now? It's nonrefundable deposit."

"all right so this is podcast number one it's going to be a busy week as pinball expo drops i can't wait to see people jump on these games at expo"

"so yes stern's going to be bringing these elvira additions to pinball expo i'm sure they're going to be beautiful but again i don't think they're going to sell out i think people have been burned one too many times with all these different variations"

"that's also coming to pinball expo it is crazy how many titles are now out there in the pinball world"

"thanks for tuning in to Kaneda's pinball podcast we'll be back all week i'm most likely going to be doing a show every single day as the show kicks off at expo"

"i can't wait to see people jump on these games at expo and we didn't even talk about jersey jack pinball the pressure is on i can't wait to see elton john in like three days"

"this is podcast number one it's going to be a busy week as pinball expo drops"

"They're now going to be the game when you go through the door at expo. They can be there right away. They don't have to wait to the pizza party to play the game because they've now shown you the game."

"I'm hoping that they come to their senses and change the name of this company before Pinball Expo. I don't think it's going to happen because their deals are signed under this name."

"I think it puts extra pressure on Jersey Jack pinball. I think it puts some pressure on the pinball brothers."

"And if they would just confirm it now, it would just allow people to voice their anger about it. And then by the time they bring the game to the show, everyone sort of lowered their expectations."

"They're going to wait for the show to tell us is the theme that nobody really wants. They're going to wait to pinball expo, march in there and tell us it's Elton John, which we already know."

"I also like the fact that we're going to see the trailer for the game the Friday before expo. I think getting out in front of the show is super smart because they're now going to control the narrative."

"Jersey Jack Pinball, that's the big question mark for me is how are they gonna show up at this show? Are they gonna have multiple versions of Elton John?"

"Everybody, it's Elton John. I know someone who spoke to people at the company, it is Elton John. It is not gonna be anything else. If it is something else, it would be the greatest shock in all in the history of Pinball Reveals."

"Is this gonna be the Jersey Jack game that wins us back? Is it gonna be the game that has that world under glass? Now the thing is this, how do you even make an Elton John world under glass game?"

"There's just not a lot of love for this theme. I understand that Elton"

"Question on my mind is this, who's streaming Pinball Expo Live? Do we know where to watch these things? Like there's a Jersey Jack reveal, there's a mystery game, Pinball Party, Pinball Brothers, he's gonna roll out their remake, which I heard might be Twilight Zone, we'll talk about that."

"And then we're gonna talk about what I think is gonna happen as all of these new games just drop on us all at once."

"I don't think they're gonna bring a working Elton John to Pinball Expo. And I think if Jersey Jack Pinball reveals this game in just powerpoint format and doesn't have the game there, I think they're gonna get laughed at."

"It feels like they're desperate not to get lost in the conversation. Or maybe they think they have a game so damn good that this game is gonna make people hold on to their money and not buy the other stuff in the pinball world."

"So at a four day pinball show, we're gonna get four pinball machines revealed to the world. And the real question I have is why? Why do these companies keep making these bone headed moves?"

"There is almost like no news ever in pinball, and then you're gonna crowd all of these pinball reveals during a tiny window like this. Why would you do it?"

"And that is why I think we're going to see pinball brothers at Chicago Expo make a remake game that would have gone to Chicago Gaming Company."

"It is going to be another free for all. With all of these pinball companies trying to figure out how to dominate in the month of October."

"Everybody's going to be fighting for the attention of the pinball buying community. We saw this at Texas Pinball Festival. Stern won that battle before the show even began."

"I know they want to march into Expo, new companies at the gates of the pinball industry. And they want to drop a mic because they've put games in boxes and I think it's going to be Labyrinth and I don't know now."

"Can we talk about what's going to happen at Expo? Yeah, we're going to see a remake from the pinball brothers in old game. Is it going to sell more than Stranger Things? No. We're going to see this mystery pinball machine, which I'm excited about, but man, you know, they're just waiting and waiting and waiting."

"They could have announced this at Expo, but what did Stern pinball do? Once again, they proved to everybody out there in the pinball manufacturing space and the pinball marketing space and the pinball company space. You don't need to reveal a major game or major news at a pinball show."

"Everybody waiting to reveal their game at pinball Expo now must feel a little silly. We saw it last March. What did Stern do? As everybody was prepping to launch their games at Texas pinball festival, Stern swoops in and launches Foo Fighters and gets thousands of orders and sets the agenda."

"And then they get to rock up at this show now and have Venoms ready to go, Stranger Things ready to go, and they're going to sell a lot of them. And everyone else is going to do a panel discussion. Here's how we made the game and here's how we did this and here's a crappy PowerPoint presentation that we put together in the hotel room an hour ago."

"This company has looked at the entire industry. They've seen every mistake that every boutique has made and they are not going to repeat those mistakes. This is great."

"And I'm looking forward to Expo. I'm looking forward to getting excited about this stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing what these companies put in front of us."

"I can't wait to get back to doing the Facebook Live, the Saturday morning spectacular, during Pinball Expo. I'm going to take a little bit of a break, but as you saw this weekend, I was up at four in the morning, first person to break the news about Labyrinth."

"And let's talk about this mystery pinball machine that is coming to Expo this year. In just three weeks, this company is going to bring new in-box games to Pinball Expo so people can go to the show itself, see the new game, put it in the back of their trucker van, and drive it home and own it that day."

"I saw the news that a magic girl or two is going to be sold at pinball expo. And as someone who's had the unlucky pleasure of owning a John Popadiuk magic girl, if these games are truly NIB, I would stay as far away from these two machines as you possibly could."

"And it's still crazy to me that David Fix is promoting this game. You know, this company just keeps making every boneheaded move one after another. How are you going to promote a magic girl and celebrate its arrival at your pinball show when you know all too well what a boondoggle this game represents?"

"There's not much news going on right now. Going to take a little break. I'll be back on that Saturday morning. Hopefully with a ton of new stuff to talk about when I go Facebook."

"I'm not going to be doing another Saturday morning spectacular until October 21st, which is the Saturday pinball expo is going on. So I think that's the perfect time."

"There was supposed to be a panel discussion by Pinball Media and Pinball Content Creators at Pinball Expo. Okay, there was supposed to be a panel discussion at the show itself and the festival was going to pay for travel and hook up these people."

"Do you really want to live in a world in which manufacturers and distributors can complain to a show organizer and keep Pinball Media that are speaking the truth away from an event? I think it's un-American."

"And I was banned from Pinball Expo last year. When I tried to get an answer about why I was banned, I didn't get any direct answer."

"And then all of a sudden, Pinball Expo stops corresponding with said Pinball Content Creators. All of a sudden, the Pinball Expo schedule comes out and that panel discussion is no longer on the schedule."

"Some Pinball manufacturers said they were not comfortable going to the show if those Pinball Media showed up at Pinball Expo. This really boils my blood, people."

"Now look, I hope something great comes out at Pinball Expo. I think we're going to see a remake from the Pinball Brothers. I think we're going to see maybe that mystery game. I think we're going to get more Guardians of the Galaxy pros."

"It's the reason why going to Pinball Expo will be fun for people. It's not because the show itself is great. The show itself, you get everything you need to get in two hours. You could walk around Pinball Expo in two hours and you will be bored if that's why you go to the show."

"You're going there to meet people who can talk about Pinball. When you go into the real world, if I go into a bar today after work and I tap people on the shoulder and I want to have a conversation about what the heck is American Pinball thinking not putting a magnet protector on Galactic Tank Force, nobody's going to want to have that conversation with me. But if I do it here or I do it at Pinball Expo or on Facebook or on Pinside, all of a sudden there is a hyper-engaged community ready to tell me their point of view about that magnet, about that game."

"Yeah, we might see that at Pinball Expo. They better get these games out fast because once Keith Elwin's game gets released, everyone else is going to have a real hard time selling their machines."

"So if you're at Expo, here's your 13th chance to get the last run of Christopher Franchi's translates."