1.) An unlicensed theme is still a theme. It's a sure bet more people care about (and have nostalgic attachments to) Oz & The Hobbit. I love Road Show, but I can't tell you how many people I've heard say "Construction!?? What a stupid theme!" ...just because it's original doesn't mean everyone will like it.

2.) Now that we're going into the Color LCD display, an original theme stands to be MORE expensive than a license. Jack's done a lot of custom animation for WOZ, but using the movie footage as a base. Imagine if EVERY piece of animated art had to be done from scratch. You'd need a team of animators and artists to make that a reality. That would be a time consuming expense entirely new to pinball production.

You start a new company and make new pins. Sell them to us for $5k if you can do so and stay in business.

You've got a lot of dough down on games that don't exist. Why not buy some real games to enjoy?

Wait...you drop 10k on BHZA, a game that doesn't exist and prob won't be finished until 2015/16, preordered Hobbit, another game that doesn't exist ....but a fully functioning prototype P3 "doesn't look good" and you're giving someone crap for pre-ordering that one!? A little hypocritical, no?

P3 is *AMAZING* on a technological level, and the gameplay felt FANTASTIC. Really excited to see how it turns out when it's past the proto stage and turns into a "real" game. Hope the price becomes more reasonable, though.

Purely a tech demo.

Still - more than you've seen of BHZA & Hobbit GIVE THEM MONEY!!!!!!

No way. I've spent stupid money on pinball, but I gotta draw the line somewhere...I'd never spend 10k on a game. It's "A GAME". I love P3 and look forward to seeing more, but I have enough pinball in my life - if I never bought another new game, I wouldn't lose sleep.