Wizard Of OZ Pinball

[Pop Bumper Pete]

Cave, I can see the point you are trying g to make
I would expect the first batch to go to people who Jack has been dealing with for years, thereby getting feedback
Next will be 50 to the american buyers, then start sending a container overseas, more USA games

I dare say most international games would go to either England Germany  and Australia

[Retropin]

Not everyone paid direct to Jack.. many went through distributors.
Those that did deal direct with Jack would know wether its air freight or sea i would imagine. If you chose air then its easily shipped in appropriate order, if sea was your choice then it would make sense to have containers deal with this.
Mind you, a distributor would have say 30 games or more coming and so these would all go in one container with room to spare and could be here in 4 weeks or so. If individual sea freight then it can still be sent as a single item and would go in a general cargo shipment, this does however take longer.

Theres absolutely no reason why this cant be done Cavey

[Caveoftreasures]

I am always open to learn new things, and I am the first to recant if i get something wrong, but how can he literally fulfil orders on a individual basis matching the first to order, first to recieve basis, from a production point of view...then there are the logistics of shipping seperately etc etc etc...

He will just build games in batches for each country, say 50 for each country, will send them off to the respective JJP distributors, then he will leave it up to them to decide who gets one first or later etc...so in the spoirit of things in a general basis, he can stop n start shorter production runs by couintry code etc, but individual orders running down the production line for people who ordered in exactly the first to last order is totally inefficient n practical...

will it be smarter to do say 100 USA games, then 50 Aussie, the 50 UK, then 30 for Dubai, and so on to at least get the machines out there and to have some dealers n some people happier, than JJP just doing 600 USA machines first, then the next biggest country order next etc, YES it will be smarter for JJP to do that....that puts the delivery order into perspective alot better i think than every single machine (regardless of country) gets made as per a 1200 machine order list and they have to stick to it hard n fast...its just not practical, profitable, and not something u would weish upon any production line manager.lol

Who cares who gets one first, 100th or 400th etc, as long as they come and they are quality, whicjh i am sure they most definately will be.
Anyway, enough from me on the WOZ shipping expectations..Its in the hands of the JJP man himself now...

[Olivia_jason]

Jack just posted that WOZ won the Brass Ring Award at IAAPA for the Best New Product!
Nice work Jack

Well congrats To jjp for that, I have to say only a few weeks ago I bagged out on this game because of a stupid theme but when the last lot of pictures and info was released I changed my tune and optimism about it, still hate the theme but everything else seems fantastic, go on jjp with this top effort

[Ant68]

Hi Guys , I asked Jack to please comment on rumours that have come to surface about Bumper .What is the truth here ?


Hi Tony, here is what's true.

Bumper has made payments to us and they made another substantial payment to us today.

Rob Farrell is here and he is a great guy. We are shipping him one of the games from IAAPA at the end of the show.

He is visiting us next week in NJ and we expect to be able to pack a small container of games by the end of January.

If we have a few games ready for him in late December we will ship them too.

You can put this anywhere you like word for word Mate!

Best Regards,

Jack Guarnieri

[pinsanity]

Whilst I can appreciate being kept up to date on all things FACTUAL about WOZ, I am not sure whether rumours are deserving of attention on a site of this high quality.  

Perhaps there are other forums online which are administrated or "super" moderated to a much lower standard and where rumours, potentially defamatory material (and ultimately closed threads) are a regular occurrence and where rumours like this would actually thrive?  

[Prince]

I've made a note on my calendar - Friday 7th Dec 

[Richyrich]

You guys who have paid deposits,must be going nuts

The wait for AC/DC was bad,but nothing like this

I am sure it will be worth it ,in the end

[Caveoftreasures]

most aussie buyers have paid the full 100 percent of monies.

there is no risk involved, the machines will arrive sooner or later, and in all their glory....

its not like u couldnt find Jack easily,lol, you would just have to follow the yellow brick road (boom boom)

.....and look for a bloke with a massive amount of new grey hair.....if he hasnt pulled it all out by now

(a bad attempt at comedy as usual is coming on the next line >>)
.....whats the next JJP title ? (The Hobbit...or something non commercial)....or since WOZ was made for the oldies with walkers, how about a Justin Bieber machine for the other end of the age spectrum.lol 

[Olivia_jason]

or since WOZ was made for the oldies with walkers

i think JJP have got lucky here lol

. still a shit theme however, but WOZ is just a little more relevant in 2013, only a little.

[Caveoftreasures]

I still like the theme enough to buy one later on when production is perfected.

[Olivia_jason]

 

[pinsanity]

JJP already has a WOZ based "coin pusher" machine out on location for some years now through his other company Elaut - yes a payout styled machine.

Williams gaming has released a series of WOZ slots (Wicked Witch, Dorothy, Emerald City, a couple of other titles) that are making big money in US casinos (another potential location where the WOZ pins could be sited as redemption style but payout drinks/food discount voucher stubs.)

I really don't get the whole "70 year old granny" thing. The original movie has been played on TV just about every year since I have been on this planet and has been remastered to get another run recently in the BCC/Greater Union nationwide cinema chain.

Everything old is eventually new again.  

[Retropin]

Ive said it before.. WOZ is enormous in USA. Most of the sales will be domestic and the theme is as American as apple pie.. they love this movie.
Doesnt matter if some of us think the theme is lame... how many coming here in pre sales? 60..70? Thats 60 - 70 people who want this game enough to stump up the $$'s.
Sales of this game will mushroom and with Disney making a new movie? Well it couldnt get better could it.
Like the theme or not, its neither here nor there.. game will be a run away success.
Personally, i cant wait to play one

[Pinballace]

Direct info from IAAPA, the machines that Jack has set up at the show are going to distributors.  Yes, one is headed to Bumper after the show.  They are still not 100% ready for the end customer mainly due to the software not being completed.  The distributors who are slotted to get them will have them for their showrooms so that they can be on display.  Once the software is finished the display machines can get updated simple enough and will then be ready for the end customers.  Don't know if they plan to ship any out to the end customers before the software is completed, IMHO I think they will ship to customers just so they will have the machine with the understanding that the software will be updated when finished.