The following update was released by Jersey Jack late last night (our time):


July 31, 2013
 
Greetings Pinball Fans, 
 
Today we are happy and very excited to release another section of The Hobbit Limited Edition Pinball Machine playfield. This game will have several new and innovative features which will be detailed in coming weeks. 
 
As of September 1st the price of The Hobbit LE will increase $500 to $8000.00. We ask that you are current on the payment schedule for The Hobbit by 8/31/13. Those who are not current will see a $500 increase in the price of their game after 9/1/13, making their game $8000.
 
Many people are paying according to the schedule which enables us to develop the game as we did with WOZ. We need to reward those who are loyal and stay on the payment plan while others who do not pay now will pay more later. There may be another price increase before the game goes into production. We have several distributors around the world looking to increase their orders so demand is growing for the game as more information is released.
 
We will proudly show the full playfield before the end of August. This is going along better than WOZ as much of the basis of the platform is already created.
 
We are excited to reveal the top right portion of 
 
The Hobbit Pinball Playfield - Click here to view the PDF:

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1104524641178-262/top+right+Hobbit.pdf

This area shows multiple entrances into the pop bumper area which can be controlled by the game or by skill or luck. We also show one magnet and one spinner and a target above the banana shaped insert. There is a lot in this 25% of the main playfield to absorb. We will release another section of the playfield next week. The playfield is packed and the game is very different than WOZ.           

If you missed this in the previous update, click here to view the lower portion of The Hobbit Pinball Playfield:

http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1104524641178-258/Hobbit+PF.pdf
 
Wizard of Oz games continue to roll off the line. Getting through the first few days of massive orders has taken time but we are now into group shipments and we have 180+ ECLEWOZ games in the queue for August with only 18 of them as WOZ. We are also expecting another code update in the next several days.   

It has been a long road but we got here as fast as we could. We are producing the best game we can which gets better every day. We thank our loyal JJP customer base for their patience and support and we will soon announce a reward system for those loyal customers for parts and goodies at reduced cost.   

Jack definitely did not do it alone but that's the name of the AOL segment. If anyone missed this, we were recently featured on an AOL.com/Huffington Post segment called "How I Did It - Here's the link to view - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/jersey-jack-pinball_n_3504566.html


Also, here is a mock-up that pinsider "statsdoc" created showing the pieces of the puzzle so far:


 
Exciting times!