Deposit sent, I absolutely love Sci-Fi and Aliens is the top of the mountain for me!

All news that is availible to the public is in this thread. I would speculate that they get hundreds if not thousands of emails asking the same questions over and over and they have to answer with the same response that is availible on many forums and that the person asking probably already knows but wants some other insight not availible in a public setting. I personally would never have the patience for what some of these manufacturers go through. The great part is, if I am nervous or not interested in waiting any longer I can very eisly get my money refunded. No offense to Heighway, PPS, JJP or anyone else for that matter but I don't put a deposit on anything with money I can't handle loosing worse case scenario. That allows me to just sit back and wait without overly stressing about it. It comes when it comes and hopefully I'll like it. If not, it goes away and I move on to the next. I don't need my hobby adding any drama or stress to my life, those are usually called "jobs".

Looks like the balls that are locked by the mouth may drop through the hole next to the left pop? That seems to be exactly where the underside if the jaw would be. Just my guess.

I just hope my order was early enough (10/23/14) to be one of the first to get it. I don't think I can take watching others playing it and going without!

The sci-fi in my DNA would probably explode....

Wire in a go pro on top feeding the 27" so your family can laugh at all the stupid faces you make while you play pinball

Very exited for my day one order to arrive. Will we be contacted to choose options or should we reach out to Heighway? Screen size, maybe chrome option like on FTH, Etc?

Is it molded into the Playfield like an insert or is it replaceable like on Creech?

That much closer to my LE#8! Day one order and I am definitely starting to get pumped. Just sold my Tron and this will definitely help me get over the remorse of selling it and the gaping void left in my line up..... stupid carpet dimples!

It's on the home page of the website, click and wait for it to start.

Tell her she gets to BE Ripley!

Even better

I like the first photo. It's green yet gritty just like aliens. Something I would imagine being on the Dropship.

This is a great idea. Mine won't ever not be an Alien and I would love extra eggs or other Alien type atmosphere on the sides as long as it complimented the existing artwork.

Would love to see the final version with the full chrome option as well as high rez images of the other two in order to help me decide. I am definitely thinking chrome for this one though.

Would there be room to recess the bottom portion into the bb so just the lenses were visible? I've never seen a HW pin in person so am unsure of their dimensions.

Tell me that's not really a thing!

Not interested in the gloss black cabinet, powder coating, le plaque/goodie bag, LE art, and any other potential bonuses in getting the LE for the $280 difference?

Gotcha, for early purchases with the price being $300 less it's basically right at your price point for the LE (minus the glass and display). Very valid point on the wait though.

The zip ties did jump out to me as well. Not sure if it was because there were so many, they were white, or what. I had a Tron pro with the ramp mod I installed as well.

Maybe the material is such that it needs much closer and frequent anchor points? Maybe they juyst went crazy on the mounts?

I'm framing mine in a light box, that LE BB art is too pretty to be displaced by my LCD screen. Of course I am assuming that I am going to still get the translate even with the BB LCD upgrade (I certainly expect to).

I'm not sure where the 4th is coming from? If the price of all 4 side blades and 2 translites are in the LE price structure then I am also assuming the bezel with minimal artwork required for the addition of the LCD display in the BB is included in the LCD upgrade price of $550. They print these in house, the plastic and printing can't be that much. Hopefully that is correct. I certainly wouldn't expect to pay $100-$150 additional for a piece of clear plastic with some eggs on it to be able to pay them an additional $550 for the LCD.

I did, day one. I'm number 8 I believe. I never heard anything about any of this because frankly it was nowhere near being on the radar then....

The 27" doesn't refer to the size of the back box, it refers to the size of the LCD upgrade in the back box.

*gasp* ohh the horror, what Alien sacrilege! How could you!?!

This! As someone with an LE on order, this makes the math not work out. I will expect a price reduction or a credit towards other upgrades (I would settle for a 28" monitor instead). I don't have the screen grabs or my numbers around anymore but it wasn't a cheap upgrade for the fiber when I was doing the math to decide which to buy.

I just want the BB screen and I'll consider it even for my LE.

Latest info I received on the dropping of the fiber optics and the compensation for the LE customers:

"We are indeed removing the fibre optic ramps from the limited edition of Alien Pinball. You are correct that there would be a disparity between the price and the features originally stated. We do not have a substitution for the removal of this feature to announce at this point in time but we will be informing customers of the relevant replacement for this feature. This could take the form of replacement parts or indeed a financial discount. We have not settled on a final decision for this issue but as stated we will inform you once a decision is made."

Something of equal cost. No offense to anyone that wants glass as a replacement but I don't want a $300 sheet of glass for a $600 upgrade. I want the $550 monitor or a $600 refund. I'd also settle for the chrome package.

You have to say it with your lunger coughing up blood voice...... Don't worry, I totally got it

10/19/14 here, still in.

I hope so, been waiting patiently for a while lol.

Day 1 (10/20/14) order direct through HP and this is the first good news I've directly received since the game was announced.

"I am contacting you today with potentially good news. We have had a customer drop out from the production schedule of the Alien Pinball LE. This means that we will be able to get a machine to you sooner rather than later. If you would like to take advantage of this situation that would be great as we can fulfil your order sooner rather than later.

If you could please contact me promptly if you would like to take advantage of this situation. The trim colour that we will be able to offer you is green as this is the colour that the machine has been produced in. We can certainly add your unique LE number to the machine. To fully take advantage of this opportunity we would require that the remaining balance be settled for the machine plus the shipping.

Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from you promptly and your decision on this opportunity."

I know this isn't the case, at least from the response I received to my reply to their offer. They are offering it to me shipped direct from them and as long as I don't want to change any options, shortly after payment. It sounds like all these emails recently received are pins on the line and ready to be wrapped up now.

The last thing I heard was them verifying my shipping address to get a shipping quote. I responded with my new address and haven't heard back in about a week.

They stated they are shipping to me directly a few weeks ago when I specifically asked if it was going to be transitioned to CT.

Not since 4 hours ago lol. I would assume my email was lost in the inbox but I'm in no hurry to send them the rest so whatever, I'm fine being lost in the inbox.

Thought for sure you were going to say "watch her chest"...... I'm always on the lookout for that with mine.

Agreed, there should be a metal sleeve with a few ribs into the plastic in the center of the gear.

If you call facehuggers scorpions, should you have to give your game up? That's got to be some sort of code right?

Yep, day one deposit here too. I knew I was gambling when I sent the payment. Life's too short to get bent over $1500. Would definitely have been a little tougher writing off the full payment though. I luckily resisted their payment demand years ago as well as months ago. Was tempted though....

Everyone knows how to run everyone else's business better than they do, it's an age old internet fact that's been around as long as the internet has. Like it or not, a hit as large as 100K plus to a small business is devastating and sometimes not recoverable from. As much as you want a small business to have that kind of liquidity sitting around for the worst possible case scenario, it's just not a reality for the majority of small businesses. Many operate very tight to the line as they try to grow their business to the point that they can be in that kind of position.

I am sure Mellissa and team are doing everything they can to get people paid back as timely as possible. As a customer who lost money to HWP and has no chance to get anything back, I would respectfully put out there to maybe retain some level of perspective on the situation and do what you can to give as much support and patience to the Cointaker team while they try to make things right for everyone else all the while having little to no recourse for themselves.

So I haven't checked this thread in 521 posts. Did someone all of a sudden come into the picture and decide they want to give me my money back....?

Assuming not, any other significant news I might have missed?

Gotcha, thanks for the update! Best of luck keeping them running 100% to those who ended up with one. I hope to play one someday.

"Top....Men"

Any heads up on who we should avoid? I understand not wanting to put someone on blast but if they didn't want to be called out, then they shouldn't steal.