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Meeting is likely over by now given the time zone over there...how long till we hear any update?
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Sure , DP seems to be "moving forward"...how they are actually doing that relative to the financial side of this is a massive mystery that at face value, has no logical conclusion since all of the seed money from everyones deposits is long gone....so who/what is funding the present redesign / prototyping?
Also, we are just waiting for the other shoe to drop with ARA...they have a legitimate dispute with DP for a very large sum of money...does anyone really think that part of the story is over? What happens when ARA does file their lawsuit...then what? How can anyone expect DP to not only fund new manufacturing and redesign for games that are already paid for but now have to take on the burden of legal costs and potential judgments against them in favor of ARA at the end of the day? I want a TBL pinball more than any pin on the planet and was blown away when I got to play it but sadly I struggle to see any happy ending out of all of this...
1 year later
Quoted from irobot:Um, okay I guess.
Since you bring up the topic, I would not buy any of the existing TBLs.
First, the asking prices are way too high. I could afford it if I wanted it, and I like the game, but it's not worth that amount to me.
Second, if production did resume, then the price would drop down to the vendor's price for the new production. So the people buying them for 3x the new cost would get burned.
Third, it was not exactly Sony who made these TBL games. What's the reliability like on them?
Fourth, if something does break on your TBL, you're probably screwed. I owned (and loved) an Atari I, Robot (hence my user name), and everything on the game was a special chip or a special board or a special part made of unobtainium. I had to have a new flyback transformer made for me by piecing together several bad flybacks that I found purely by luck. I could not get some replacement parts for the monitor and had to jury rig a few things. You can have my share of that noise.
100% correct Your second point is the biggest deterrent possible. If you are willing to buy one of these now, you have to be willing to feel good about losing $10,000+ overnight. Good luck explaining that one to the wife...
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