That’s pitiful

Pinside Babies, alive and well!

I enjoy listening to Chris sometimes...he can be entertaining. But to claim that he's somehow this ultimate unwavering force that holds manufacturers accountable is laughable. He's a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of person. If he truly wanted to hold manufacturers to account, he wouldn't have bought RM or GNR sight-unseen when they weren't in a box... and before any manufacturing issues (e.g. playfield chipping) were known.

He does and says whatever he wants, at his own convenience.

Also, he's a terrible source for advice on what games play well. If Chris Kooluris is your guide for deciding which games to buy, then your loss. He makes grand sweeping claims about games that he has zero experience with. So, while his comments may seem unfiltered and entertaining, he's hardly a source of reliable information in that dept.

That said, he can be fun to listen to, especially when taken with a grain (actually a heap) of salt... just as Zach and Dennis can be entertaining (more so, IMO).

If you want to follow some folks that hold manufacturers to account AND seem to walk the walk they talk, check out Buffalo Pinball. Just as entertaining, they speak their mind, and have tons of great insights.

That’s hilarious

99% of the people listening to Kaneda are well aware of manufacturing issues in the industry. It's no secret. He can voice his opinion, but I doubt that it will sway these companies one way or the other. What will sway the companies is our wallets, we the consumers have the ultimate say.

Kaneda says that his mission is to get comapanies to make the best possible products with the best worlds under glass... if his word was so heavy in the manufacturing space, you'd think that 4 years of it would have changed Stern. It hasn't. And as far as I can tell, JJP is still doing JJP. WOZ set the standard long before Kaneda got kicked off of Pinside. Same for Spooky. Spooky hasn't broadly changed because of him.

Yeah, he kicked the bear when it came to HP. But that was bound to surface one way or another, just like SkitB and others.

The constant drama and appologies wear thin... and that's what this is really about. First time something happens, an appology clears things up. The second... the third... the fourth... it gets tougher.

What I don't understand is why he just doesn't do what he enjoys and leave everyone else to do their thing? Why torture himself like this?

Does it matter? Let’s see some proof that Kaneda has effectively changed anything in this industry.

This isn’t the first time playfield issues have happened... And he’s bitched about it before. Do you honestly think that created change? Apparently not.

Buffalo Pinball has...

My point is, does it really matter what they say? Again, Buffalo, this Cary whoever, Kaneda... they aren’t driving decisions made by these companies. If they were, things would rapidly change.

And for those other pods, It’s not a disservice to people buying NIB... those people have access to plenty of information make an informed decision.

This, of course, assumes that the playfield issues are widespread. Not to downplay, because it sucks for anyone experiencing them, but the one piece of information we really need to know is what percentage is affected. Also, there’s little information on how each case is handled.

I agree that there should be very few issues... but show me where any pinball company guarantees no issues. I don’t see it in writing from Stern or JJP. It’s certainly not in the warranty. I’d assume most of us go ahead and buy anyway.

I think buyers that come and cry to Pinside are less likely to get help. The best thing to do is work with your distributor, then the manufacturer.

Since this guy is making people pay for content, I guess he needs to start paying fees to all of the music acts he's been ripping off for use of their copyrighted content?