I own one now.

I'd buy once I see there will be a company that can survive.

Really I'm just burnt out on the entire thing, although I was never going to pre-pay for a "new" company machine anyway.
Great theme of course but so much hype and constant talk aboot it just bored me to tears. I played one for a bit the other week and I felt like it could be a good time, so I need to get in there and play some more.
I mean I guess if they get the thing actually working and it can be updated and all that jazz I may buy a used one down the line, but I'm not a slave to theme so whatever.

I have some interest. Looks like a cool game but would never consider buying a game until I played it. Never even seen an Alien. I had no idea there were so many issues with the game or company until the thread about investors. I like how Heighway designed their games but all that doesn't matter if you cannot get working games out the door. I know it must be tough on Heighway because few are willing to take a chance on new games from new companies but they need the cash flow to make the games to serve as marketing tools.

Much more than that when they fix all the issues

Great theme, appears to be an excellent layout for a wide body. Thiel on the sound, code appears excellent

They have a grand slam on their hands IF they can start pumping them out

Pricing is more competitive than JJP and Stern for what you get so yeah 4 figures easy

When its in stock, I will purchase one

Would love an Alien pin. Just not this one.

Great theme, but not interested with all the risks. And not just talking about whether you'll receive your game. Reliability and future technical support and parts availability are very important. I'll reassess the possbility of buying a Heighway game down the road.

No interest. May be a second act, but don't blame those that have had enough for now.

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I had that run yourself ragged toy when I was a kid! It was great fun for back then!!

i am fully paid. i was sent an invoice for my pin and paid in full. never received it!

50% paid on an LE and I'm now kicking myself for doing that, but this was (and is) my #1 dream theme, so I knowingly took the risk. For the moment I'm choosing to remain hopeful that it will still work out so i haven't started the refund process yet, but that may change depending on what i hear over the next couple of weeks. That said, i really like what I've seen so far and still want the game if possible.

I'm riding it out. Nobody has made a layout this interesting since tz or demo man.

If Stern or JJP were making this exact same game it would be my #1 title to buy but there are just too many unknowns with Heighway right now. If they can get their shit together and start shipping out 100 games a month like they always talk about I would likely pick one up a bit later down the line. It really is an incredible game! I really hope they can turn the ship around and become another viable pinball manufacturer as I know they are capable of making a great product.

Does fully paid equal I own one?
Riding it out.
Bottom line with refunds is this..everyone wants one when you can't get one, when you can get one no one wants one.

Holding out with the initial deposit only, i'm becoming a little gunshy with this company. Too much deja-vu with requesting the 50% so prematurely.

My choice is different. There is one on order from someone near me and I will get to play without buying.

And I can't wait to play.

In all honesty this is why we decided to stick with Stern. JJP has previously had finance issues also. Not good signs to the marketplace. We were considering Alien, AFMR and Dialled in, bought ASLE. Would we buy an Alien ever? The answer is a definite no.

Man you took the words right out of my mouth!!! I want this title but not willing to risk all the issues with it

I have no interest to own... and that is meaningless in a poll. Alien just doesn't strike my fancy. Neither did FT. It felt kind of meh when I played it. But the best part of pinball is that even though I don't like it, there are others that do. And if they like it, I hope they get it.

Always interested that people with no intention to own the game(s) even bother with threads like this. The title of the thread is "why", not why not.

Alien looks pretty cool and plays pretty well and is an AWESOME theme (for lots anyway). That's why.

Some pretty good reasons for why not too, but just listen to Voldemorts podcasts to hear those

FYI, Gecko 157 with the Kansas Jayhawks avatar is a creepy stalker. Beware
He follows me around and downvotes every post I make.
Maybe because Kansas football team sucks?

Does anybody know this guy?

I love the theme, game looks fun, love the modular approach they took where you
Can swap out the PF, seems like it had big time legs. Can't afford to just throw out the $$ just yet, even if the game was rolling off the line right now. But I do want to own one some day...

It's in my house

If there was a choice in the poll for "I had a deposit, begged for a refund for 5 months, got a refund just before it all went south", that would be me.

For all the same reasons that people that have no intentions of buying NIB fill all the threads about new pins with their opinion. This is a forum!

Dude, your not kidding.....i looked up some of your previous posts in different threads.....creepy. However, now I gotta start downvoting you for bashing Kansas Football....whats this guys deal???

Downvotes shouldn't hurt your feelings. It's just ones and zeros bro

Gotta have it. Deposit in. I love the theme. It looks fun to shoot. ...and I suppose I'm just stupid.
Lost my shirt on Predator, but that can't happen to me twice, right? ...right!?
I guess I just love pinball too damn much. I can't help myself.

I've played it a few times and it always felt clunky to shoot. Watching others playing it in person - I saw the same thing.

Great theme, music, ambience, and code. With better shot geometry, this would be a must own.

Great thread!!!

I'm staying in for a least a few more months. I'll see how it goes with the new investors/management. If it looks like the ship is righting I'll stick it out. If it looks at all "iffy", I'll bail and probably go with an AS or Star Wars...or maybe something completely different.

Might want to add paid in full but not received game to your poll.

If it was in stock at my local distributor (like the Sterns are), then I'm sure I'd buy one.

The one good thing about being broke (my case now - hopefully not forever) is that you can't preorder.
NIB pins are out of my reach now - it was fun (really) waiting for Nemo and Wooly... less fun watching the predator debacle (I lost $4750).

I like the swappable system. Down the line, if several good games are available and kits on the market, I would probably be a customer for a used Heighway game, and buy kits later on. Hence my vote for "I have an interest to own, but used, further down the line."

I've been waiting 18 years for a kit system with multiple GOOD games. Back in '99 I bought RFM complete and a SWep1 playfield kit, only to find that Ep1 was a pretty awful game... only good for about a week every six months before it got changed back to RFM. Heighway looked promising but I never liked Full Throttle a whole lot, so was waiting on games 2 and 3... aaand I'm still waiting

No interest. That opinion was locked in when I was at Expo 2014 and witnessed Andrew announce the game & accept money with no pictures or designs shown, said it would ship April 2015, then Dennis Nordman quit the following week. I knew this thing was in for a rough ride from inception....and here we are today.

Love the theme, was excited to finally play one at a show, played one game and it didn't do anything for me, thought it was nice to look at but that was about it. I would really like to play a fully working game down the road and hope for the best for Alien.

No interest in owning, but will play on route.

Paid in full Alien LE. Dream theme.

Already requested full refund long ago, still no response. No matter what new investors say, nothing will change my mind. I'm just over it at this point.

With that said, I think its a great game & a lot of good people have worked very hard on it. But I have serious doubts at this point about reliability of their product & if they will provide support for their games long term.

If they give me my refund & prove themselves to be a reputable company with a reliable product, then they might change my mind about owning one. Not until then.

Dream theme for me. Deposit down since the beginning. If I lose it no worries, when I get it it will be pure awesomeness.
Hopefully the new cash influx will help the company turn the corner and IMHO it will

--Jeff

I have no interest in owning a new pinball machine themed after a movie from the 70s. Or 80s for that matter.