I don’t even know who the hosts are but one of them seemed to be expert level and he gave a quick 2 minute review of TS4. He seemed to like it and I think he played with a few other pros in Illinois.
Then Interview with Jack
Quick summary
Originally had TS 1-3 in 2014. Wonka license had a short time period and there was a lot of competition for it so it had to go first. Wonka was not a reskin of Toy Story.
While they were planning TS, TS4 movie came out earlier than expected. Turnover of Disney license people and they pushed TS4. He says Pixar is really happy with the machine.
Mentioned that JJP has over 10 licenses in the queue. Said maybe JJP 8 in 9 months.
Sorry there is a lot more but I can say it was pretty interesting to hear some of the backstory.
Oh, also he hinted he originally had Jaws and there were no assets. He said he couldn’t do a machine with only a “movie poster”. I took that as just throwing shade at competition. If Elwin does that machine, it could still be legendary even if what he said is true.