Wizard Of OZ Pinball

[Wotto]

Friday 9.30am New York City.
I should be at Reciprocal Skate and Pinball later this afternoon
RUMOUR is that they have a WOZ.

IF thats true I will play it, see it and be able to make , at last, a completely informed opinion.

IF it is true I will also ask him how the game has been 'received' by the his customers, most of which I dare say would not be 60+ year old women ( that I also reckon the game is made for ).........considering he is a Skate shop , he would have a younger crowd and I can ask his opinion of how its going with that crowd, if the game is so spectacular then I reckon he should tell me the 16 - 30 year old men all love it.

IF he doesnt have it - then this post is invalid 

More later

[Caveoftreasures]

Interesting one Wotto for sure.

I wonder how a WOZ machine fits in
It will be interesting to see how many young people do play it and what they really think ?  

If they have a WOZ, a photo would be good, and I wonder what software it is running (u can always turn it off and turn it back on again to see what comes up software version wise ??)  that's a dare.lol   Dont disappoint us, or upset the shops security.lol  Say u are a pinball tech (from Australia .lol)  

 

[Wotto]

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He didnt have a WOZ - he DOES have one on order ( see my travel thread for pics etc )
So its a wait until next Thursday night ( here ) with Bert when we play at San Diego Pinball Club as they DEFINITELY already have one.

Report then  

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Good News is that we now have received the first batch of production board sets. Better news is that we are completing full production games now with all production parts and we will be shipping games after our burn-in testing cycle. Next week we will have more sets of boards....more games and that's the same for many weeks after.

JP Distributor, Abel Electronics will be at "Pinball at the Zoo" this weekend in Kalamazoo, Michigan with a WOZ. The game will have the latest code update. For more info, visit - http://www.pinballatthezoo.com/ 
 
Our Team has started The Hobbit LE and the game is on track for 2014. We already know that it will have multiple metal ramps, multiple flippers, feature "That Dragon" and be a fast paced game. It's already easier since Joe + Co. can focus on game elements and not drawing thousands of parts that need to be tooled for the first time.
 
Jeff Busch is drawing the Hobbit LE artwork and the game will incorporate all three movies and we will be able to show some playfield details soon.
 
We are happy to announce that "Two Steps from Hell" will produce the music for The Hobbit Pinball Machine. Two Steps From Hell,was founded in 2006 by composers Nick Phoenix and Thomas Bergersen. Two Steps can be heard worldwide in the ad campaigns for blockbusters such as "Oz The Great And Powerful", "Harry Potter", Dark Knight", "The Hobbit", "Wolverine", "Skyfall", "Lord Of The Rings", "Spiderman", "Bourne Identity", "Indiana Jones 4" and "Lincoln".
 
Two Steps From Hell is at the forefront of a new "Epic" music genre and have almost a billion views on YouTube and have 3 top selling albums on iTunes. The first album "Invincible" is about to become a certified Gold record. Their music can also be heard featured in television shows such as "America's Got Talent", "X-Factor" and "The Super Bowl 2013". Nick and Thomas have also worked with Hans Zimmer on two films, Sherlock Holmes 2 and Pirates Of The Caribbean 4. Two Steps From Hell will wrap up the E3 convention this summer with a concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall on June 14. This is their premiere concert and features 130 musicians from around the world.

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a few more

[Caveoftreasures]

PinballNews has just done a quick story/update about JJP and the Wizard of OZ as well.

http://www.pinballnews.com/games/wizardofoz/index38.html


The video I asked Jack to do, is still on track for today/tomorrow, so lets hope it gets shot, edited n uploaded these next few days/week.

All I have to convince him to do now, is to send me a WOZ LE for half price.lol    I wish.lol

[Cursed]

Went to bumper today with the missus and she loves it! Gotta say i am starting to like it more as well.

Bring on a JJP machine that has a theme i love!! I will sign up straight away! Resident Evil, Fifth Element or Futurama would be nice!

[ddstoys]

I'd buy a resident evil

[coon82]

Jack wants to focus on family friendly games, so I'd say if there is ever a Resident Evil pin it would probably be made by another manufacturer. The other two themes would fit the mould, so could be possibilities.

[Caveoftreasures]

yeh, he did say no guns, no boobs, no violence or anti church sort of ,for his pinball machines.

doesn't leave a lot left.lol  that cancels out 99 percent of USA made movies, but this thinking could lead to really cool licences from Disney perhaps or someone else with stuff like Scooby Doo, or something like that which is still a cool theme, even though it doesn't have realistic guns, boobs or violence etc.
I wonder if over time Jack softens that approach if he has a great licence/title on offer/in the think tank and he has to modify his decisions ??

whats a good theme without guns, boobs n violence or anti church type stuff. ???    now u have to think outside the box.lol

But having said all that, is fantasy bloodshed and weapons on the OK list, did anyone get killed in the Hobbitt movie, didn't various people carry weapons etc ? So maybe the make believe world is still OK, but not make believe violence or weapons incl real humans like Resident Evil.

Perhaps non licenced stuff for JJP could be a huge winner. I am going to sit down tonight and think of as many ideas/cool titles as I can n send them off to Jack. Ya never know, something one of us Aussies/AP members think of could one day make it into production at JJP.

[ddstoys]

Maybe he could make a Marilyn Manson pinball since music titles are the Rae at the moment lol

[Caveoftreasures]

Maybe he could make a Marilyn Manson pinball since music titles are the Rae at the moment lol

Imagine if Marilyn Manson walked into Jacks warehouse, Jack would think the anti-Christ had appeared. lol 

Marilyn Manson, last seen playing a WOZ machine before Jack shipped him off to China in a empty WOZ packing box. 

Someone shld ask Jack what his favourite bands are etc, he might look at a music pinny as well. 
 

[dendoc]

Alice Cooper - that's my vote (yep, I'm an old fart - but he is still touring)

Everything from guillotines, to bats, great music, bleeding women, jail cells.....what more could you need!

An his book is brilliant - chuck some golf in there as well and he'll come around and sign it I recon (still plays every day - imagine him turning up at your local snobby course? Plays of handicap of 4 I think)

[Caveoftreasures]

JJP's facebook page has released a photo of their new coin door, complete with audio jack for earphones/headphones and it has a really neat digital display for the volume up n down etc. Go to JJP's facebook page to read more.

Jack says it was almost 12 months in the design because it is also going to come with a note/cash bill acceptor as well as a credit card slot, and the normal coin slots etc. 3 ways to get your money. Great design for operators.

photo below

[RottyGuy]

yeh, he did say no guns, no boobs, no violence or anti church sort of ,for his pinball machines.

  doesn't leave him with many options now does it. Where's the fun ?