When DP announced they would be selling plastic sets for TBL, I hopped right in on the order. Sent them something like 250 Euros for the set an shipping.

The set never arrived.

When I asked Barry what was up, he said that the package was returned as undeliverable, which is odd, since I get deliveries every day of things as small as a pack of cards and as large as a pinball machine.

Of course, did they try to get a hold of me after the package was (allegedly returned)? No.

Barry offered to (re) ship the plastics set, but asked me to pay for shipping again, which I did.

Not only have I not received the plastics, but Barry has ignored all of my emails for the past month.

Such a shame. I believed in DP and TBL. I was excited to receive mine, and I rooted for them when they ran into production problems. It seems now that maybe the problem isn't just a manufacturing partner being a dick. Maybe these guys really don't understand how to run a business. Barry appears to have pocketed about 300 Euros of my money, and he doesn't seem to have any remorse.

DP were my heroes when they took the stage at Expo a few years ago. They're now dead to me.

I just wanted some extra plastics in case one of them breaks.

Barry did get back to me shortly after I posted this thread and said my email went to his spam (uh huh) and that he would ship out the plastic set immediately.

That was five weeks ago. Still no product.

Happy update here. After more than a year of wrangling, I have finally received my TBL plastics set, and they arrived in good condition.

Though this was a particularly trying transaction, Barry made good on the transaction.

I played a few games of TBL this weekend. The kickback plunger stuck on, so that’s a headache, but I was reminded how fun the game is and I can see the love the creative team had for the IP.

Though it would be great for the value if this stayed rare, I really hope the game goes back into production so that more people can enjoy it.