Thanks for taking the time to respond Mike, very much appreciated

Ok some feedback.

I know a Sydney company and a Newcastle distributor that will custom laminate Canadian Maple plywood to my specs - so the playfield is covered or would be damn close. TICK  
I have a cnc router so cutting is not a problem for the playfield and cabinet. TICK  

I agree with you on theme, it would be hard to get a team to agree on a theme but you never know if the right theme came along everyone could go yeah, though probably like the odds of winning lotto, I started this topic as it is a good healthy discussion instead of some of the mindless crap (not that AP goes down that road all that often) and also nice to dream and strive.    

I agree with you with the wife and baby thing, hence why I was thinking a small team

If you had a easy to assemble building block kit that is stand alone from a computer that a guy with half a brain and a bit of technical nouse could fit and assemble I will be your first customer and purchase and test - electronics just isn't my thing when it comes to innovation, designing etc - once you have a complete kit can you steer me in the direction of what you have and how it works

Maybe this will be a dream of one guy building    over a few years developing a machine contracting out graphics, programming and learning lots of other things along with making certain parts for certain items so a small special order run could be made (behind the scenes) - BTS Pinballs  

please keep me updated with any electronics side of things, especially a stand alone kit.