The Godfather (CE)
Jersey Jack, 2023
The Godfather (LE)
Jersey Jack, 2023Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:I've had mine since early April. Here to say I'm loving it as much as the day I got it. Play it nearly every day and it has a "one more game feel". You CE owners are in for a real treat.
Could not agree more with what you said Nick!
Had mine for about 5 weeks now and look forward to playing it every night.
Great rules and super smooth shots. The CE is over the top beautiful.
Quoted from iceman44:I’m liking that!
+1
FOR F**K SAKES! If Nick Lane likes it, I will like it! Well ... except for that GTF game that he has so lovingly embraced. 
Thanks for your sincere input NickBuffaloPinball - looking forward to my Godfather even more now!
Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:I've had mine since early April. Here to say I'm loving it as much as the day I got it. Play it nearly every day and it has a "one more game feel". You CE owners are in for a real treat.
How’s the playfield holding up?
Quoted from Tuna_Delight:+1
FOR F**K SAKES! If Nick Lane likes it, I will like it! Well ... except for that GTF game that he has so lovingly embraced.
Thanks for your sincere input NickBuffaloPinball - looking forward to my Godfather even more now!
I'll wait for official word from Kaneda or Zach. lol
Quoted from VisitorQ:You get what you pay for. Quality wise, JJP makes a better product than Stern.
That's true, the problem is pricing is nuts across the board. $12k for a JJP LE, $13k for a Stern LE, $15k for a JJP CE, nearly $10k for a Stern Premium. With these prices the days of the value argument are long gone IMO. "For $15k a JJP CE comes with a topper". Yeah ok, it's still $15k for a damn pinball machine lol.
Are we going to still be saying this if and when games go to $14k for LE's and $17K for CE's? At some point people starting pulling back and I think we are there.
One thing JJP and Stern can do to help increase value of these games is offer top-notch code support and go above and beyond with supporting games rules wise. Stern I feel has been consistent doing that these past 5 years but not JJP. JJP used to but that consistent pattern of regularly releasing updates has stopped. GNR owners have been complaining for over a year about a lack of updates. There's beta updates but how long is reasonable for code to be in beta? 18 months seems like a long time and during that time the games value has tanked partially IMO due to updates not being released publicly. Pirates is still waiting on its final wizard mode after 3+ years and Toy Story has only received a few minor updates.
Will Godfather have good code support? Maybe, I would just be happy though with what's in the game today. Here's the entire Godfather change log...To be fair Stern would probably list a lot of these items out as 10 different bullet points lol.
Quoted from Audioenslaved:How’s the playfield holding up?
Looks like the day I got it. Scoop protector looks perfect and the goodie bag had an extra sticker if ever needed.
Audits say I have 124 games on it, which seems lower than I would have thought. Course, average game time it says is close to 9 minutes.
does anyone also have a bug with the 5 families multiball in beta version? sometimes it does not start and the ball gets stuck in the disc. the targuet rises too quickly and the ball does not have time to descend.
I’m not always a fan of a ton of stick on/screw on mods but these flipper toppers are pretty cool and I think they complement it well right along with my horse head shooter. Thanks Tilt Graphics and Modfather! Along with black mirror blades that’s about all the LE needs!
I checked the playfield. I have about 300 plays on mine and I can hardly find a dimple really anywhere at this point and the scoop is perfect thanks to that sticker. There’s also an additional piece of mylar that extends out of the scoop and down the balls path.
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I bought some other flipper tops and I can see that I like these ones better for sure. Sigh... as I watch money flush down the toilet. Oh well, the story of my life 
. I can feel better knowing that paying 15K for the game makes wasting my money on a set of flipper toppers seem like nothing... wait wut... sigh never mind lmao!
Quoted from Laithan:I bought some other flipper tops and I can see that I like these ones better for sure. Sigh... as I watch money flush down the toilet. Oh well, the story of my life . I can feel better knowing that paying 15K for the game makes wasting my money on a set of flipper toppers seem like nothing... wait wut... sigh never mind lmao!
Right! These flipper toppers are detailed and 3d printed perhaps and so far all I have seen is just the sticker type. Now where to find a topper for my LE... 
Quoted from sebseb12:does anyone also have a bug with the 5 families multiball in beta version? sometimes it does not start and the ball gets stuck in the disc. the targuet rises too quickly and the ball does not have time to descend.
I haven't run into it on beta, yet. I did on the release v1.04, intermittently.
Oh, and how often do you hear, "How's his health?"
That's gotta be a bug in the beta. It's driving me nuts!
Quoted from PanzerFreak:That's true, the problem is pricing is nuts across the board. $12k for a JJP LE, $13k for a Stern LE, $15k for a JJP CE, nearly $10k for a Stern Premium. With these prices the days of the value argument are long gone IMO. "For $15k a JJP CE comes with a topper". Yeah ok, it's still $15k for a damn pinball machine lol.
Are we going to still be saying this if and when games go to $14k for LE's and $17K for CE's? At some point people starting pulling back and I think we are there.
Unfortunately, one hears again and again how the prices and the service "updates" develop or not
Unfortunately, the manufacturers seem to have us in their hands. If only one edition was not sold, then ordered, I could imagine a rethink. In "Germany" there is a saying, every morning a fool gets up! (it's sad) this price gouging cannot be justified from an economic point of view!
Quoted from great-hosts:Unfortunately, one hears again and again how the prices and the service "updates" develop or not
Unfortunately, the manufacturers seem to have us in their hands. If only one edition was not sold, then ordered, I could imagine a rethink. In "Germany" there is a saying, every morning a fool gets up! (it's sad) this price gouging cannot be justified from an economic point of view!
Welcome to paying for heated seats in your used car, monthly. Same problem through out time…leadership & management (rulers)
Quoted from MagicJack:Does anyone ever heard of art blades being made for the LE ? Checked everywhere to no avail.
Nothing go with black mirrors, you won’t regret it.
Quoted from Bmanpin:Nothing go with black mirrors, you won’t regret it.
This will be my second choice if they never release some nice art blades for it. They're way more expensive than art blades though.
Quoted from c818919taylor:Welcome to paying for heated seats in your used car, monthly.
What do you mean pay monthly for your heated seats ?
Quoted from MagicJack:Does anyone ever heard of art blades being made for the LE ? Checked everywhere to no avail.
I think JJP will make them in time, I mean they just release them for TS4 soooooooooo.....
Quoted from VisitorQ:I think JJP will make them in time, I mean they just release them for TS4 soooooooooo.....
Yep , they will come , along with the topper .
Quoted from pinlawyer:Has anyone had trouble with their "bad guy" drop target going up and down at random times?
Did you see Pin Monks response in the owners thread .
Quoted from Rolls-Royce:Has anyone received his Collector’s?… please be kind and don’t hesitate to brag with some nice pics
Must be hard knowing the Canadian ones will be shipping last 
Quoted from screaminr:Must be hard knowing the Canadian ones will be shipping last
My 50th birthday it’s in September… I can wait patiently for this nice present screaminr
Quoted from Rolls-Royce:My 50th birthday it’s in September… I can wait patiently for this nice present screaminr
Mine's October , hopefully comes by then .
Patience-is-a-virtue
Quoted from Svente69:Da bin ich mal gespannt ob das was wird…..
For those without Google translate that reads:
I'm curious to see what will happen...
Quoted from Vespula:For those without Google translate that reads:
I'm curious to see what will happen...
danke
Quoted from Cayenne:Germany expects (with 3 weeks delivery time) the CE around mid July here according to my distributor
Just got E-Mail from my distro that JJP told them due to production shortages delivery is at least 4 weeks later ie not before August
Quoted from Makakka:Just got E-Mail from my distro that JJP told them due to production shortages delivery is at least 4 weeks later ie not before August
Interesting because we have seen a lot of international CEs on the line and I just got invoiced for my CE balance on a domestic unit.
Quoted from Insanity199:Interesting because we have seen a lot of international CEs on the line and I just got invoiced for my CE balance on a domestic unit.
pinballstar?
Quoted from K9Marshal:pinballstar?
Cointaker
Quoted from screaminr:According to Willy bill the CE will come with both Big Mike and Furious Floyd .
That is so cool
Very cool. Hoping to hear where Willybillwill got this info from.
Eric hints at getting both all the way back to the original video featurette!
I’ve always expected to get both since then.
Quoted from Wariodolby:Eric hints at getting both all the way back to the original video featurette!
I’ve always expected to get both since then.
Yeah. Hope so, that would be awesome!
Quoted from VisitorQ:This is the first I am hearing this, that the game will come with both figures. Although that would be really cool, I would be shocked if that is the case.
Sorry guys for the delayed response. Here's the screenshot from their Facebook page, it's under this post where they replied to someone's comment. Stoked when I saw this, cause I like them both as well!
JJP (resized).pngJJP Post (resized).pngQuoted from Willybillwill:Sorry guys for the delayed response. Here's the screenshot from their Facebook page, it's under this post where they replied to someone's comment. Stoked when I saw this, cause I like them both as well![quoted image][quoted image]
Thanks!
Quoted from Willybillwill:Sorry guys for the delayed response. Here's the screenshot from their Facebook page, it's under this post where they replied to someone's comment. Stoked when I saw this, cause I like them both as well![quoted image][quoted image]
Nice!
on the flipnout pinball stream, it is indicated on the video the code 1.05 .... any information on this code? is this the beta version?
Quoted from sebseb12:on the flipnout pinball stream, it is indicated on the video the code 1.05 .... any information on this code? is this the beta version?
I was told there is a Beta code out for GF.
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