Wizard Of OZ Pinball

[vinito]

More like "WHY did they bother making Coconut Island!?!"

Most likely they needed a cover story for why they were spending millions on all those electronic widgets. Didn't want the spy community to find out what these two top agents were really developing.
Rumor has it that microfilm is planted under the cabinet side art, but I don't know whether it's the right or left side so might as well leave it be. The Jersey faction is trying to work it out on their own though, so in time all secrets will be revealed.

I think there's a pinball theme in there somewhere - competing intelligence factions with cover of pinball manufacturers building a game within a game. The easter eggs are dangerous because it causes the machine to self-destruct, but you're having so much fun playing the game that you just can't pull yourself away to a safe distance. "Wile E. Coyote: Suuper Geenius."

[swinks]

Heres a picture for those who want to see what theintelligent1 was referring to.

The WD-40 represents the "Witch Dead" - the melting witch.

[Caveoftreasures]

interestingly, they had the whitewood running in a twilight zone cabinet. 

game looks a little easy ? but it is early days.  also, i am not a great fan of wire forms criss crossing the playfield right in the guts of the action (hides ball view a little).

early days, but i suspect the whole affair will get alot better as the weeks n months continue on.   

any competition for Stern will be a good thing. *** ( i wonder what STERN thinks of the video and the info so far since i reckon they would be watching intensely). 

[mildflame]

yea, someone said the whitewood was a widebody but how did they get in in a twilight zone cab... thats not widebody is it?

[robm]

Yep TZ is most definitely a widebody

[Pinprick]

Yep TZ is most definitely a widebody

Yeah, a Julia Gillard super-wide body avec red box

[Ant68]

Greetings Pinball Fans;
 
A lot is happening at the JJP Midwest Campus as well as JJP World Headquarters in NJ.
 
At the MC, our engineers continue to make great progress on the four major toys, the Witch's Castle, Dorothy's House, Melting Witch and the Flying Monkey. They are tweaking the upper flippers, bumpers, targets and every element of the game for optimum play action. As with any good whitewood, there are changes that are made to make the game features more responsive which add to the fun factor of the game. We are sparing no time and no expense to make this game the best possible game it can be. That's not to say we feel rushed to complete the game sooner than later. That's to say we believe we are building the very best game ever built. That's what every member of the Design Team is working passionately towards every day.
 
Greg Freres continues to work on playfield art as well as direct our Animator to create some really great effects to put on our LCD. Jerry Vanderstelt continues to complete his seven works in full vivid color and we expect them to be completed in about six weeks. Project Manager Jim Thornton is releasing parts to Vendors for sub assemblies and we have added another three people to the company which we will announce in the next coming week!
 
In NJ we will be cutting the wood for several prototype cabinets later this week and they will be assembled and targeted for completion as full prototype games to be placed on location for testing this December. We are also planning out the factory assembly lines and finished space which will begin to be built out in the next few weeks.
 

[Wotto]

i am not a great fan of wire forms criss crossing the playfield right in the guts of the action

My dear Brett  - obviously you have not experienced the excitement of obtaining a rare X-cross shot in fish tales multiball mode I assume 

Woz - my thoughts are I guess like a few others, VERY glad to see actual progress on a game , VERY curious to see what JJ has to say at PPE in a few weeks - VERY VERY dissapointed in what I think is the lamest theme EVER....I mean lets face it pinball IS A MAN'S GAME - what man wants to own anything to do with Wizard of Oz......even watching the youtube clip of the whitewood in action with that bippitty boppitty boo music going made me want to heave.

To make ANY real impact , this MUST end up a decent player with some excellent features because sure as hell the theme wont sell it.
I truly hope to be proven wrong.

[ajlaird]

I hear you.

At least this will help them work out bugs in the manufacturing process before they release a machine with a good theme.

[ktm450]

watching the youtube clip of the whitewood in action with that bippitty boppitty boo music going made me want to heave.

  Me too mate, hopefully they make something great out of such a lame theme 

[Cow Corner]

I didn't know there were that my WOZ movie fans in pinland to facillitate the making of this title.
Looks and sounds lame as hell to me but and I could think of heaps better themes and ides to splash out for a nib but I have been wrong before.

[Caveoftreasures]

Wotto, u are right, Fishtales does have that shot, and I actually scored the wire ramp by accident the other day from a rebound. I thought that was cool, landing on the right wireform from the right flipper.    I will claim it as a assy shot, pulled out of nowhere.

I thought the Wizard of Oz theme was lame when I first read it, but I have changed my mind. Some themes n titles are timeless and everyone in the world knows about dorothy n her red shoes plus the wicked witch so going for a retro theme does actually make sense. If the machine is excellent, it will be the right choice, if the machine is a stinker, then it will be a bad theme. This theme will be much more liked in the USA where the Wizard of Oz is very popular. I am dying to see the LCD screen/backglass.

I reckon everyone will be surprised by this game, and I reckon it will end up being a real eye opener. Have to be positive since I am hoping this new pin company does really well. Will be good for Pinball if they get this machine right. 

[Cow Corner]

I was talking to the missus this evening about the next Pin purchase and I mentioned this to her thinking not much would come from it.
I said to her I didn't think the theme would be that great , she said that it would a pin that she would buy for sure if it turned out to be a interesting game.
I start to sractch my head and think ok maybe I have got this thing wrong and show her photos of the playfield in development and the layout and where the toys will go etc etc( i have seen these before on my own but now we ponder them together talking about the shots and the toys and how deep the game may be). She loves it...I scratch my head a bit more not sold but intrigued..She says she would prefer this to Transformers as our first NIB.
 

[Caveoftreasures]

For interest, I just asked my wife the same thing, about a Wizard of Oz Pinball theme, widebody etc, brand new machine 2012 etc etc, and
she said "hell yes, thats a really cool idea". She then asked can you shoot the ball and smash the wicked witch ?, which makes perfect sense. It seems ladys like this theme.

I am dying to buy one of these. I reckon they will have to do a great job on it. Its not like the entire pinball community isnt giving them great feedback.   

[punter]

For interest, I just asked my wife the same thing, about a Wizard of Oz Pinball theme, widebody etc, brand new machine 2012 etc etc, and
she said "hell yes, thats a really cool idea". She then asked can you shoot the ball and smash the wicked witch ?, which makes perfect sense. It seems ladys like this theme.

I am dying to buy one of these. I reckon they will have to do a great job on it. Its not like the entire pinball community isnt giving them great feedback.   

+3,I told my wife about your comments Wotto and she said its is not all about what the blokes want as a lot of women like pinball as well,and she likes the theme ect  ,looks like you might get an earfull the next time you come over mate  .