Quoted from Aurich:Who in the world thought the release date was Dec 17th? I honestly don't get how that would be surprising. I know there's this rumor that the pin must be released with the movie, but I have no idea where that even came from, it's just repeated like a fact with no basis.
The game has just been shown still unfinished, how could you think they'd be shipping them in 5 days?
Well, you might get that idea from the website:
http://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/about-us/
It says shipping mid december.
In case they change it after I post this:
"There is much more to come as we roll out the second JJP game slated to begin production in mid December 2014, The Hobbit in three different models. Each one has the same exact play elements but each one has a bit different “flavor” for collectors and commercial operator."
And this was obviously posted after expo as it references the multiple versions, so as recently as 1 1/2 months ago it was stated as mid December.