From JJP forum , RE Texas show
Tony
I was at Jack's seminar at TPF today. Jack invited Steve Ritchie to
come sit in the front row, which SR accepted. They had a funny
exchange at the end, when Jack told Steve that he needed to do better
in his own discussion later, to which Steve said "That shouldn't be
hard." you can tell that they like and respect each other.
New music was played. Equal in quality to what has been previously
released.
3 new animations shown. One of Dorothy being captured by the Flying
Monkeys. One of the Emerald City Multiball locks, and another showing
the Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion locks.
A bit of PF art was shown, on thenHaunted Forest area. It looked
awesome. Lots of purples and blues and darks in that area. The trees
were on the pops and looked great. Jack said that the trees will
"talk" when they are hit.
The PF art hangup is an issue with the Munchkins. He wouldn't go too
far into it, other than to say that they had differing ideas on how to
go about the art regarding the Munchkins. It is not a likeness issue
with any surviving Munchkin, however.
Jack made it clear that there have been some Red Herrings tossed into
the update mix, to keep competition on their toes.
When asked if he had a target date yet, Jack said that "June or July
is probably a pretty good estimate".Oh, Pin #2 is set. No official announcement yet, but it is licensed,
and JJP has the license in the bag. Jack said that there was
competition for the license, but the license holder picked JJP after
seeing what they had accomplished to date.
Pin 2 slated for December 2013 release.
Jack said that the decision to go with the license and design team for
Pin 2 might have upset some people, but that he is still committed to
unlicensed pins in the future. Nordseth getting bumped to #3????
Jack is open to "going to the bullpen" for other pinball designers to
get into the game down the line. Everyone in the room looked at SR,
who probably didn't hear what Jack had said.
