The main reason for the lack of updates is the frustrating blocking by China of emails and websites/FTP etc and it makes it exceptionally time consuming for me to post pictures etc. Only about 30% of my emails make it and I have to spend hours checking and resending them - a real pain!How is TAG progressing?.........
A) going to plan
MostlyB) a bit behind schedule
on some partsC) a bit ahead of schedule
on some partsD) excited - this will be great
so far so goodE) wish I never started it
you can guarantee that - more from a logistical point. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY can understand the silly little things that crop up on a day to day basis.....sometimes the smallest things cause the biggest issues. Mostly staff, accomodation for staff, delivery of things (parts etc) and dumb, time consuming things like taking days to organise the smallest thing, difficult landlords etc
Here is a pic from a very early cabinet being cut as one of our first "mules" (remember all the following pics are MONTHS old):
The die that will stamp the brass tags for coils being "tweaked" (yes, the pics show copper strip but the final parts are made from tin plated brass) - the initial order is for 20K pieces of these and we are doing an initial run of 5000 standard 23-800 coils (the coil former and sleeves will be delivered this week):
As I have said many times previously I will not be releasing any game specific artwork nor any layouts or gameplay info at this stage.
Please remember I am building a long term pinball machine factory NOT just a single machine (TAG).
