I hope there were a lot of female purchasers 
anyway thanks for explaining some if not all the problems faced. It is a tough task. Maybe regular bulletins of problems faced might have been useful. I don't know if explaining things like this in the pinball industry is bad for business????
Delays happen. Normally you build or manufacture something that has a few dozen maybe even a few hundred parts. Not a game with thousands. That just compounds the issue :). Multiple suppliers. Each part needed for the next mech to be built. One slows down, holds everything else up. Now that everything is in place, proper suppliers for each part, smooth sailing on that front from here on out.
So why were we lied to about delivery dates and why are some buyers getting there games before people who ordered first?
I'll be the first to admit - I'm not happy about the delays. I don't believe Jack is PURPOSEFULLY lying about delivery dates (what purpose would that serve after getting so many wrong), but he certainly hasn't figured out the knack of estimating (and multiplying whatever date he thinks up by ten). And I have personal experience there. I'm at the point where it's taking so long I can't do anything but laugh at the ludicrousness of it all. But I want my game more than I care about the delays, and cancelling would only extend the torment of waiting even longer.
Also, I'm not sure you answered this - when did you order? I know distributors weren't announced for quite some time, but I'm sure the principals at Bumper ordered quite early in the process. Also, we don't know what kind of distributor agreements Jack is working under. He might be contractually obligated to provide a certain number of machines a certain amount of time after production startup, and I don't think production's ramped up anywhere near as quickly as Jack wanted.
