Pinball Down Under Part 3: Home Pin?!

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and experiences of Homepin, a pinball manufacturer established in 2013.

Want to Support the Show? Visit Our Patreon at or pick up a tee shirt at Silverball Swag Check out Flip N Out Pinball for all your pinball needs! Topic begins at 7:35 Episode Summary: In the third part of our Pinball Downunder series, we look at Homepin. Homepin was established in 2013 and was born from the hobby business of Mike Kalinowski. It seems like a really smart idea to set up manufacturing in the world's largest manufacturing country, China, but it turns out to be a mixed bag. Ron and Dave play it as straight as the possibility can from a manufacturer who struggled out of the gate, overcame some very difficult situations, knows a theme is a must, understands costs are king, and whose owner went on a podcast charm offensive, which was more offensive than charming for the pinball community. Correction: In a previous version, Taiwan was mentioned as a semi-autonomous state in the same context as Hong Kong. The episode has been edited to have this reference removed to remain politically neutral. You can read more about Taiwan here: https://tinyurl.com/b7x69hbp Sources: HomePin Games List. Here The Aussie Pinball Podcast, Ep 16 – Mike from Homepin YouTube. Mike Kalinowski…

People in this episode

Hosts: David Dennis, Ron Hallett

Topics covered

• Homepin
• pinball manufacturing
• pinball community
• charm offensive
• political neutrality

Keywords

• Homepin
• pinball
• manufacturing
• Mike Kalinowski
• pinball community
• China
• Taiwan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Homepin, Flip N Out Pinball, Silverball Swag

Places: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong

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