Episode 111 - The State of Modern Operating

About this episode

AJ of Flip a Coin discusses the current state of operating new pinball machines and the business aspects of buying them.

Support the show and receive a link to the private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast AJ of Flip a Coin in Colorado is back to discuss the current affairs of operating brand new pinball machines in the year 2026 and beyond. AJ buys lots of new games from Stern, Barrels of Fun, JJP, and CGC and he's here to cut through all the marketing talk and just discuss the business side of buying NIB games and trying to make money with them on route. As always though, we might swear a bit throug...

People in this episode

Host: Wedgehead

Guest: AJ

Topics covered

• pinball machines
• operating
• business
• NIB games
• 2026
• marketing

Keywords

• pinball
• operating
• NIB
• Stern
• JJP
• CGC
• business
• 2026

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flip a Coin, Stern, Barrels of Fun, JJP, CGC

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