I received the same email from Peter and have been tracking this project for what seems like years. I am really excited to hear that they almost ready to ship!

Peter said their vendor messed up when shooting the clear and they could not fix them. The playfields have to be redone. Not sure if that meant they need to manufacture new ones, but I think it does. He said something about being unable to sand the clear and when they tried it caused chipping or damage around the inserts. I assume the pfs were junked.

What it does mean is a delay. No big deal for me. I've been on the wait list since 2011 and can wait a little longer for them to be right.

As I said, I am not sure how much stock was ruined. I emailed Peter and asked about selling the pfs without clear. Will let everyone know what I hear back. I suspect his deal with PPS or PPS' license with WMS may dictate whether or not that is allowable.

Peter replied that he cannot send the pfs out uncoated. He did not say why. So that's that.

He also said he was almost done preparing the next batch of pfs and is hoping to be ready to start printing by Wednesday. So they are moving ahead..

Thanks Peter! Looking forward to the finished product, no matter how long it takes. Good luck with the second batch.

Randy

Same here. Peter emailed me pics as well. Looks like he is close, if not ready, to ship.

Randy

Correct. I ordered directly from Peter and have been on his list since he first announced he was doing these a little over four years ago. So I have been in line for a loooooong time. He contacted me a few months ago (before the first batch was ruined) to confirm I was still interested. I assume if I had dropped out, he would have moved down the list to find someone else to take my spot.

I have no first hand information, but I would speculate Peter was allowed to a sell a small number of playfields directly to the people he had on his list since the start of the project. As I said, I first contacted him about the playfields near the end of 2010. I have no idea how may people might be on that list but my impression is that it was not too many. My assumption also is that after Peter fulfills his commitments to his customers that all future production would go to and be sold through PPS. Again -- that's just my outsiders view of the situation. I have no direct info from or relationship to Peter or PPS.

Randy

Peter just sent me a tracking number for my playfield. It's on the way.

My playfield from Peter arrived a few days ago and I just unboxed it now. I'll just repeat what everyone else has already said:

WOW!

Peter has done an amazing job. As I'm looking at my game I'm almost tempted to go the full way and redecal the cabinet. My cab is original and isn't even faded, but has a lot scars. Installing this new playfield will make everything else look ratty in comparison.

Here are some pictures from my phone. They don't do it justice.

A huge, huge thanks to Peter for seeing this project through!

Randy

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