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Offline Caveoftreasures

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« Reply #585 on: July 23, 2012, 09:36:15 PM »
No probs Vinito, I understand what you are saying now.lol   Its all good matey.  ^^^

Coon82, I have always been a collector of weird n wonderful things which sometimes have a connection to pinball and sometimes dont have a connection at all.  In this case, the first connection was to think of anyone who might have wanted to buy a really cool topper for a WOZ pinball machine. I personally havent ordered a WOZ, but will certainly look at seriously buying one later if i think its a keeper.

Re selling machines, I have sold some machines in the last few weeks already, with the list of machines that arent listed on the AP collection list being the first ones to go that my brother and I have in storage, not the 40 at my house. The storage pinball machines selling are mostly B/W titles etc.

So collecting cool movie prop stuff is just another cool thing to add to the house. Betwen having a 14 foot snake, and another snake, a pinny collection, star trek arcade machines, star trek collectables enough to fill 3 rooms, various other cool collectable stuff, a few cars, a few kids, all different electronic stuff, there is always room for something zany to stick in the house. (until the wife has a dummy spit.lol)

I will try n upload the photos tonight if i can of the movie prop stuff. I have been bloody crook all day after eating something bad me thinks.

The WOZ machine would look unreal with a full size witch head for a topper. I personally love toppersw. WOZ would be a candidate to blow people away 4 sure.
« Last Edit: July 23, 2012, 09:54:23 PM by Caveoftreasures »
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« Reply #586 on: July 23, 2012, 09:40:02 PM »
Cavey..

Why dont you list the machines in storage also if they are for sale... i must have been asked 1/2 dozen times for DMD in the last week alone..

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« Reply #587 on: July 23, 2012, 09:51:36 PM »
Gav, I will send u a PM so we dont stuff up the WOZ thread.
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« Reply #588 on: July 23, 2012, 09:53:00 PM »
Sounds like your place would be a lot of fun. Is that the thinking behind your alias???

I've got a WOZ LE on order which comes with a topper, but some of the stuff you mentioned sounds pretty cool. I'm sure if they are as good as you say there'll be a few people interested to prop a few toppers/masks in the games room. Does this guy advertise or have a website?

By the way, thanks for sharing Cavey.
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« Reply #589 on: July 23, 2012, 10:22:18 PM »
Great to hear u have ordered a LE WOZ, great move.

Re the movie guy, he has a small retail outlet somewhere on the Gold Coast but i went to his studio/warehouse. Thats where the witch heads for WOZ was.

When I go back i will take photos n get pricing. He has alot of cool stuff for around the $100 mark he has produced in great numbers for spin off sales to get people to come in and buy the $5,000 to $10,000 movie prop stuff. He had a full size (more like 140% sized) full bodied Ironman made out of very expensive metals made for the Ironman movie company plus other stuff full sized which was amazing. Thats where he makes his money but the smaller stuff he makes after the initial mouldings are done, he then sells to some markets to recoup costs when the movie people are finished with their one offs etc.

As for my Avatar (Cave of Treasures) it was originally designed to best explain what anyone would feel if they opened a garage door or walked into someones commercial storage facility and saw a whack of pinballs all sitting there, hence the cave of hidden treasures, then the slogan, "Behind every garage door could be a pinball collectors Cave of Treasures".

People always walk into a room full of pinnys and always say "Farrrkkkkk".  Only a room full of nice hotrods/street machines/motor bikes usually evokes as much emotional delight.lol  Long live pinball.

I think people will love the witchs heads for a WOZ machine. I am dying to see the WOZ machines get delivered as well.  ^^^
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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #590 on: July 26, 2012, 07:24:46 AM »
July 25, 2012
 
Greetings Pinball Fans, 
 
When you license songs from a classic movie, hire the greatest Sound Guy in Pinball, write a script, audition voice actors and pull it all together, it needs to be played over the right audio system.
 
In the design of our game we thought we had a great audio system and some speakers that were going to be manufactured specially for our needs. The speaker supplier was absorbed this past April and is no longer able to make the line of products we specified......oops....
 
A chance meeting at the PinWizards Convention in Allentown this May led to an alliance between JJP and Pinnovators. This development forced the intense design and development of the JJP sound system which will be used in the Wizard of Oz Pinball Machines.
 
Pinnovators was started by pinball enthusiasts and based on the simple idea that the audio in a pinball machines needs to be "Experienced" and not just a background distraction.  A typical machine only provides a mono mix with "ok" sound. Pinnovators is focused on providing the cleanest stereo sound to fully compliment the sound track both in the system speakers and stereo version of our popular PinPAC Headphone kit.

"We jumped at the opportunity to be involved in the overall sound system design and the chance to take a pinball machine sound system to the next level of performance and features! We are grateful to be able to work with the Jersey Jack Pinball Team and look forward to future projects." - The Pinnovators Team - http://pinnovators.com/   
 

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« Reply #591 on: July 26, 2012, 07:42:41 AM »
I like the 'SPECIAL' clip
Pity it did not include sound :(

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« Reply #592 on: July 26, 2012, 02:52:18 PM »
If JJP are still scourcing hardware, let alone finishing off double and triple checking of all finished systems, it sounds like WOZ will still be MANY months away from being fully built let alone delivery. I wonder how many people have decided to cancel due to things stretching out to buggery ?

I think alot of people are starting to think that Gary Stern has alot more brains, talent and a very very organised company, all fully set up and producing well than people have first thought.

Building a complete pinball company from the ground up, and making top quality products from it is a much bigger job than perhaps even JJP thought possible. It will be worth it in the end, but these constant delays have shown STERN to be still the only real pinball maker on the planet, with many great accomplishments under its belt.  Taking on the big boy in the game has so far proved to be a monumental task which is still nowhere near finished for JJP.   Patience is a virtue.lol
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« Reply #593 on: July 26, 2012, 04:21:21 PM »
If JJP are still scourcing hardware, let alone finishing off double and triple checking of all finished systems, it sounds like WOZ will still be MANY months away from being fully built let alone delivery. I wonder how many people have decided to cancel due to things stretching out to buggery ?

I think alot of people are starting to think that Gary Stern has alot more brains, talent and a very very organised company, all fully set up and producing well than people have first thought.

Building a complete pinball company from the ground up, and making top quality products from it is a much bigger job than perhaps even JJP thought possible. It will be worth it in the end, but these constant delays have shown STERN to be still the only real pinball maker on the planet, with many great accomplishments under its belt.  Taking on the big boy in the game has so far proved to be a monumental task which is still nowhere near finished for JJP.   Patience is a virtue.lol
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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #594 on: July 26, 2012, 04:30:00 PM »
Building a complete pinball company from the ground up, and making top quality products from it is a much bigger job than perhaps even JJP thought possible.


....and THATS exactly why people need to UNDER promise and OVER deliver ( not the other way around )

Consumers left with empty promises from non filled expectations ( expectations ALWAYS created by the 'sellers' mind you ) is what creates ANY doubt in the first place. People ( sellers ) should shut up , get on with it, get the product ( no matter what the product is ) completed and out there and THEN create the hype and market the item in order to get sales going.....

I recall hearing last September that the production line would start pumping in around March 2012, and even factory tours would be available...........its nearly September and the doubters are now out there - ask yourself why  &^&
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« Reply #595 on: July 26, 2012, 04:45:46 PM »
Building a complete pinball company from the ground up, and making top quality products from it is a much bigger job than perhaps even JJP thought possible.


....and THATS exactly why people need to UNDER promise and OVER deliver ( not the other way around )

Consumers left with empty promises from non filled expectations ( expectations ALWAYS created by the 'sellers' mind you ) is what creates ANY doubt in the first place. People ( sellers ) should shut up , get on with it, get the product ( no matter what the product is ) completed and out there and THEN create the hype and market the item in order to get sales going.....

I recall hearing last September that the production line would start pumping in around March 2012, and even factory tours would be available...........its nearly September and the doubters are now out there - ask yourself why  &^&

Why what?
It is taking longer than expected. Shit happens

I took a punt on a new pinball manufacturer.I see progress made with each update

Do you think I should demand my money back and buy a cookie cutter B/W title or maybe a half finished NIB Stern?
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« Reply #596 on: July 26, 2012, 04:53:43 PM »
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« Reply #597 on: July 26, 2012, 05:40:22 PM »
Well, we all know that the Yellow Brick road was long.
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« Reply #598 on: July 26, 2012, 07:33:15 PM »
Well, we all know that the Yellow Brick road was long.

Long and twisty with weird characters along the way.lol

It was, and will be, always worth the wait for the WOZ, its just taking longer than anyone probably thought.

It just highlights what a big job it is for anyone, STERN or JJP, to get a new pinball machine to market. Considering STERN make 4 new titles a year etc, it shows just how well Gary Stern has got his manufacturing working well.
One thing I have been thinking about, is that even though JJP get the first model WOZ out the door, they have to start all over again for the next title. Hopefully the next one will come to market quicker.

If WOZ is exceptional, no one will care about the wait, if its not a pearler, some people might jump up n down a little. I personally think it will be a pearler.
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« Reply #599 on: July 26, 2012, 07:51:18 PM »
Remember, Stern isuseing the same board set it has used for many years now
Jack is using new tech, and a whole new way to use it

Stern lamps are on or about 6 degrees of dimness
Jacks LEDs have thousands of colors that they can be