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Offline Retropin

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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1215 on: March 16, 2013, 03:30:54 PM »
Hopefully wont be long now.





Nah.. its just a box or maybe JJP fridge?

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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1216 on: March 16, 2013, 06:26:41 PM »
that machine is being sent to one of the programmers

no JJP customer has yet been notified of shipping costs


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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1218 on: March 17, 2013, 10:43:06 AM »
Looks better than the current topper. Which model is this for?
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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1219 on: March 17, 2013, 10:55:11 AM »
Looks better than the current topper. Which model is this for?

I think it is for the LE
it has been made by Laseriffic

It does sem to be one piece, and the differing colors are from the LEDs
so maybe the cauldrons will have a neat fire effect  *!@
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« Reply #1220 on: March 17, 2013, 02:23:45 PM »
something a guy made from the woz forum.

he has used multi-coloured rope light behind the translite, but you could use just white rope light.

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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1221 on: March 17, 2013, 03:07:22 PM »
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I think it is for the LE
it has been made by Laseriffic

It does sem to be one piece, and the differing colors are from the LEDs
so maybe the cauldrons will have a neat fire effect 

Very happy to see a different topper. I think like a lot of other people I was a bit disappointed with the original one.
Can't wait to see how they make it 'interactive' - A fire effect would be really cool.
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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1222 on: March 18, 2013, 10:47:05 AM »
I note that 13/3/13 has been and gone  #@#
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« Reply #1223 on: March 18, 2013, 11:14:25 AM »
I note that 13/3/13 has been and gone  #@#

Xmas is coming too

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« Reply #1224 on: March 18, 2013, 01:02:28 PM »
And still no word about cost/method of shipping

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« Reply #1225 on: March 18, 2013, 05:28:45 PM »
Jack has said they are going to aim to do 15 to 20 machines a day to start with, and then try to get up to 60 machines a day which is what his efficiency expert is telling him. ??

I doubt 60 a day will ever be achieved, not on their first pinball title, not even Stern does that amount and they have been building machines for 13 years in their current building, not to mention all the previous experience etc. (Stern say they now do up to 45 machines a day when they call in alot of extra casuals for a big run) so its doubful JJP will be hiitting 60 a day with a widebody. I mean its not impossible, its just how many people JJP are going to throw on the pinball production line. ??  !@#

So if JJP do say 15 machines day, its going to be 66 days to get things done for the 1,000 LE models.

If they run the line 5 days a week, its going to be just over 13 weeks, bar any major product or line hassles, to build the 1,000 LE models.

So if someone wants a maximum delivery date/time for their WOZ, call it a maximum of 3 and a half months from when they start the production line properly, plus say 8 or 10 weeks on the water. Maximum of say 22 weeks from production start if your order was done toward the end, versus the start. OR shave 8 or 9 weeks off that if u got your machine built at the startish period. Depends on when u ordered n payed for your machine.

if the next title, Hobbit is mid 2014, what is the JJP factory going to do for that very long vacant time once WOZ models are finished n all out the door. Its a long time empty after WOZ but before Hobbit. ?

Is anyone thinking of any cool mods to do to their WOZ machine ?
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« Reply #1226 on: March 18, 2013, 05:57:54 PM »
I just realised, Jack has got at least 400 more machines to build over n above the LE models.
I would expect he might get another 200 or even 400 more Std Woz sales minimum once people play the WOZ and realise how amazing the game is going to be.

That will give him probably another 2 or 3 months of production line time, and perhaps he will start production on the Hobbit earlier than later to keep the line going etc. Programming can be added last n everything else can be done depending on how far along they are design wise. (anyone here placed a deposit for the Hobbitt out of interest ?)

I saw an update on the WOZ programming and the wicked witch is flying around on her broomstick in the top left corner of the LCD in full colour, this looked amazing, and then at the end of the game, the witch sign writes game over on her broomstick with black smoke. How very cool.
I think these cool videos are just the tip of the iceberg as to how unreal this game is going to be. I have just become a LCD convert. Dam it looks great.
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« Reply #1227 on: March 19, 2013, 05:15:09 PM »
gee there is some complainers on the JJP Woz forum site. dont get me wrong, there is alot of great people too, but its hard reading when someone is busting Jacks balls over the most minute thing known to man. one bloke asks about a woz manual from xmas, i mean he only waited 3 and a half months to complain about it not being ready at xmas.

I feel sorry for Jack, he has dozens upon dozens of people wanting to know the ins n outs of every finite thing known to man, people pressing for exact hours of exact days n dates, why this, why that, how come this, how come that, why did some other place know something before the Woz forum etc, its a wonder the poor bloke gets any work done, he must feel bombarded to buggery.

I reckon he will have a sigh of relief the size of a mountain the day the last woz rolls out the factory, then he will get bombarded to buggery again over code questions n updates n every other thing known to man.
He must be thinking this pinball malarky is one hell of a tough business.lol with very very hard task masters for the buyers.
I now know why Gary Stern has bright grey hair.lol

Then there are the discussions about the toppers, and another million questions n people making suggestions on how it should be.
What ? ever happened to just opening the WOZ box and gettting a HUGE fun surprise.

Would u want to know every detail, or would u want everything to be a total surprise ? (me - I would want to be surprised). 
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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1228 on: March 19, 2013, 05:32:05 PM »
Well I guess that's what happens when you talk yourself up set dates then don't deliver.


   Must say the manual is nice

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Re: Wizard Of OZ Pinball
« Reply #1229 on: March 19, 2013, 08:39:52 PM »
I don't feel sorry for jack and I bet most who put money down don't either, he needs to deliver and fast.

Peter