Patience..... He has to build a factory, and he is concentrating on a quality machine which starting from scratch is a massive task, plus he is raising the bar on what Stern do in looks, quality and technology - you watch Stern will pump out the machines and then copy to stay in the game and possibly slow down to put more effort into it. And it gives you time to save those pennies.
I am sure once WOZ is in production and flowing out the door it may warrant having 2 design teams running so a third machine will come out the door much faster which is what Stern are doing (running 2 teams one delayed by 3 months after the other). I think Stern need to pick up their game with some more quality toys - swinging band and cannon - you can tell they were designed, made and tested in a week - we are in 2012 and quality needs to be a bit higher than that.
Its all still tooo slowwww but. The second title coming out in december 2013 might be because they have to wait for both the Hobbitt movies to be made and played (which i think the hobbitt title is a bit lame, because its too close to the Lord of the Rings etc, although it will sell if done right etc).
The bit about getting the licence over n above Stern because someone saw what they were doing etc is complete BS because he secured the licence well before he even started the production of WOZ, so it seems Jack is just flying his own flag there. I was told well over 12 /15 months ago about the Hobbitt licence.
* Either way, JJP will need to get this WOZ machine going very quicklly now, because people are getting very fidgetty. His next release shld be MUCH quicker than Dec 2013, thats a mistake. So far, STERN is still leading the way with everything else, except the 27inch LCD.
JJP needs to up the anti with new titles, and match Stern with frequency of releases or they will only barely dint the home collector pinny market. No use going for quality if u only release 2 machines in a 3 plus year period. food for thought. and yes, i still like JJP, but the release date of 2013 december is tooo sloowwww.
