When Mike finishes and ships his a Thunderbirds, he will be only one of the big three to have successfully walked the walk as well as talked the talk.
It will be Stern, JJP and Homepin that have actually manufactured a proper pinball.
Spooky Pinball have manufactured and shipped machines, although not in the same quantity as Stern and JJP.
Heighway pinball have manufactured and shipped their Bacardi machine (not a full pinball) and have a their first full game (Full Throttle) on the production line (they have posted pictures) so I imagine it will be shipping by the time Homepin's first game comes out.
As for the other companies, a few are scheduled to begin production by the end of the year (Dutch Pinball, Multimorphic, etc.) but there is nothing concrete yet so I'll guess we will have to wait and see. Should be an exciting second half to 2015.
