Is the Roger Sharpe video forthcoming?

is there any precedent on pinside for remakes? will MMR be considered a different game than MM?
So, if MMR is somehow better or worse than MM is it possible that MMR could be ranked #1 and MM ranked #3, for example?

Bump!

Well, I am glad that Rick is taking the time to do it "right" and not cutting corners. Frankly I expected it shipped in December so +/- one month is fine. Obviously people would rather have it sooner rather than later, but there are bigger things in life to worry about than a one month delay.

Is this a statement of fact, or an attempt at a joke?

How long has this UL certification been going on now?

So this whole thing got me thinking and three questions came up...

1. if Stern already has UL listed transformer, why not just use/buy the transformer from Stern and use that.

2. now that the transformer is UL listed, can CGC/PPS use the same transformer in any future games?

3. Does this mean the games can be produced now that it is released for production?

If the line starts in 2 weeks, lets say Dec 1 start date.
I think I read Stern can produce 250 units per month. Assuming there are about 900 orders, that means 200 people get theirs by Christmas. The last wait until mid March 2015.

Gold trim MMR under the Christmas Tree!!

I have not been asked for payment yet. When I am might have to sell something

I don't think it is unreasonable for people to be interested or guessing as to how many MMR standards are built or ordered. Although the machines are not "investments", it was originally presented as a "limited edition" of 1,000. People may have ordered speculating that their $8000 "investment" would be sound if they wanted to resell it or trade it later. If all of a sudden there are 5,000 standard machines made, then that is a totally different story and the $8000 price tag doesn't look so good.

A lot of people doubted PPS, but they came through (it seems). I think this will be a great game and the UL listing will be much appreciated years from now, even though it caused a few months delay. I believe this will be a high quality game and the start of something great. From all indications, PPS did not skimp on quality like some other manufacturers. Time will tell, but I am looking forward to getting my MMR from pinballcompany.

Read back through some of the forum posts....people wanting their deposits back, etc.

I agree its always better to give a promise date at the long end of the expectation, and please people by coming in ahead of schedule.

No one can afford for MMr to come out anything less than perfect. It would be bad for Stern's reputation and Rick wont allow inferior production methods. They will do the right thing.

This thread is getting ridiculous. People need to stop trying to spin everything that is said here and just let PPS do their work and finish the game. Too many posts trying to poke Rick with a stick about everything he tries to communicate something. In business, things don't always go exactly as planned and schedules sometimes are not met. The game is almost done. He is clearly doing the best to expedite MMr. Let it be.

I am predicting a January 14 delivery date for MMr.

The good news is that I also predict a March 15 delivery date for Monster Bash (UL is already done!)