Thunderbirds - Homepin

[riverinapinball]

The game is getting bad reviews on pinside.
It is a real pity that he didn’t use a better design.
He copied a lot of mechs, pcbs, etc. But he didn’t copy a good playfield layout! Maybe he should have...
Might be time to scrap this title and move on.  Next.


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[ktm450]

Yet to play Tbag (but every time I see it I cannot think of a more apt acronym for a game.....)

[Pop Bumper Pete]

seems the first dozen games have left the Homepin factory
no idea where they are heading (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)

[oldskool1969]

Australia is where they SHOULD be going. Fingers crossed for you blokes.

[Strangeways]

seems the first dozen games have left the Homepin factory
no idea where they are heading (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)

No delivery date for your game ?

[Pop Bumper Pete]

seems the first dozen games have left the Homepin factory
no idea where they are heading (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)

No delivery date for your game ?

not a peep from Mike since May

[oldskool1969]

Isn't Highway Entertainment looking after this now Pete?
I am sure they said they have contacted people on progress/ delivery.
Might be worth a quick email if you haven't.

[Pop Bumper Pete]

hard to know what is going on

but you are right, maybe a e-mail is called for

[Pop Bumper Pete]

taken from Face Book
Pop Bumper Pete

So where is the first container going? QLD NSW or VIC?

HomePin

Now that we are in production you can imagine that EVERYONE wants their machine first. The truth is we can only build so many a day and can't materialise 100 machines overnight. We are doing our best to get all orders filled as fast as we possibly can. The factory has been working overtime now for six days a week and we have employed five additional casuals, I am unsure how long I can ask the staff to continue at this pace? We simply cannot do any better than that currently. In order to assist with all pre-order deliveries we have asked Highway Games to come on board as they have a lot more containers heading to many different destinations and so are more likely to be able to get the finished machines into buyers hands much faster than we can at this point.

HomePin

six days a week for two months!!!!! The staff need a break as well!

[pinball god]

So the answer is????  Man why can't this guy be straight with people?  If it's heading to the US then say it Is, not go on a long winded explanation of why the world is tough. Next stop for Mike is politics

[Pop Bumper Pete]

continued....
Pop Bumper Pete

Whoa, steady down. I did not demand anything. just glad production has started

 HomePin

Peter Pop Bumper Just clarifying things for EVERYONE - it wasn't meant as a direct reply to your comment.

Pop Bumper Pete

so, you meant to say, the first container is going to NSW and Highway is taking care of all Australian distribution, so you can focus on production

HomePin

Partly correct. I am focusing on getting production running as smoothly as possible. Highway are assessing all destinations and they will make the final decision on how best to distribute machines to get them into buyers hands as soon as possible. There are many factors that affect this and they are better at handling this aspect than we are from China. We also have many buyers from all over including prebuyers from places other than Australia. That's all I will say on the matter as it's now up to Highway.

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Pop Bumper Pete

you could have said that earlier, clarifying the issue

HomePin

These arrangements take time and the entire deal is not yet 100% finalised. When we finally have a firm arrangement all details will be made public. You were asking a question a little early.

[oldskool1969]

Fuxxed By Experts F.B.E.

Has Highway responded at all as obviously ol' mate has completely wiped his hands off it now.
Can not believe how this has all eventuated.
Love to know how his "talks" go int the upcoming show.

[Chad]

Highway has started a thread on AA with information on distribution within Australia. not much information in the thread ATM but at least it's a start

[Strangeways]

Heighway may be the most recent distributor, and that's fine, but the pinheads like Pete have been there since Day 1. These early orders should be treated a fair bit better than deflective and cryptic responses. The pre orders have to be delivered first. That's the whole idea of a pre order.

[Pop Bumper Pete]

Just got a reply from highway
they seem to want to take care of things, but Mike has given them a mess to clean up