I posted in the other thread phones are more of a tool. It's like doing a pin based on a screwdriver. There's nothing inherently interesting about a phone. Cell phones were a novelty in the 90s and that seems like where this theme came from.

I think they should have focused on the City and Superhero themes. Those make me want to play it. Along with a better title like Quantum City this could have been a more interesting reveal. I get that Dialed In is kind of a pinball pun but it won't draw people in on location.

I thought the stream was a detriment to the reveal. We couldn't get a good view of the pin and Pat was reluctant to tell us the features because he wanted us to discover it. The idea of revealing the pin through a stream was pretty cool and I was anxious to see it but I think Stern and Heighway's tactic of revealing high res pics before a stream is a better way of doing things.

I like the art despite it being a departure from Lawlor's previous humorous games. I'm sure the layout and code will be good. The animations on the big screen looked neat. I'd like to play it but there's no chance I'll ever buy it.

Should people really be upset about that? It's just painted armor to help sell their remaining stock for the same price. Lowering the price would really tick people off.

The LE model is stupid to begin and people thinking that it's an investment are ignorant. It's just different color armor. You can send your armor to a guy to get powder coated a different color if you want. Is it the little numbered plaque that makes it worth more? There's a couple local shops that could make those.

I hope manufacturers quit making LEs because it just encourages flipping and I hope customers quit buying them because it just encourages price gouging. These black arrow games don't seem like LEs at all. Just an attempt to get rid of some overstock with some color options.

So you're just mad they made the armor a different color. Interesting.

Having red LEs doesn't change the fact there are still a limited number of green LEs.

Unless LEs have different features, art, and/or software then you are only fooling yourself that they are actually limited.

It seems you do care what color the armor is because you think black is "new/improved". My point is colored armor does not make a game limited. They may state it and you may believe it but in reality it's not true. It's the same tactic any other collectible hobby uses to get people to buy more of the exact same item.

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One problem is the art doesn't reflect this. The art seems super serious with the guy holding up the cell phone like he's on a movie poster.

Is that why they were showing pics of young Pat and Jack? Now that I think about it, it looks more like young Jack.

The problem I have with the art is how they recycled the same pic of the guy with the cell phone on the playfield, cabinet, and backglass. Can't someone draw him in a different pose?

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Hard to give it a chance if the only time anyone ever sees it is on location or at shows because it's too expensive to buy.

Alien is under 7k. So is Spooky's next game which is rumored to be 60s futuristic cartoon based.

I'm still very skeptical about Houdini. They have to have playable games I can see in person and games I can pick up when paid. I hope people don't start throwing money at bad ideas because of rising prices from the bigger manufacturers.

Hobbit $8k
WOZ $8.5k
Dialed In $9k

Doesn't the pricing seem kind of inline with other JJP games? JJP games were always expensive. It's not like Stern getting rid of the Pro and raising the premium by a $1000.