I think the manufacturers should have protected territories for selling games, just like the good old days.

I remember how that prick Hank Heiser of Empire/Bally Midwest actually had his parts counter guys call the front office when requesting parts for certain newer games to verify if he sold the machine to the buyer of any parts. When there would be a mismatch, he would toddle out and yell at us, the low-level flunky technicians, that he is not selling us a part for a machine we bought from someone else. Mr. Big Man.. LOL So, as I relayed that info to one of my company's owners, a call was made to Williams (Martin & Snyder had just gone out of business so Bally Midwest was now the Williams distributor). Within an hour I was paged on my two-way to go back and pick up the part. I recall it was a weird flipper base or coil stop for a Time Warp but it may have been something else.

I popped in to Mr. Nutty's office and said "Thanks for selling me the part after all". If looks could kill, I would have been dead.

He was a popmous ass because his daughter studied acting and supposedly dated Bruce Springsteen. Up until then, she had a few roles in some B movies. Eventually, she had a role in LA Law with the character name Allison Gottlieb. I imagine the Gottlieb name was related to pinball but who knows and who cares.

The protected territories were for machine sales, not service parts. It helped that one of my company owners was a Lawyer. He made the call to Williams.

If you have ever made love to a female on a beach and did not have a good blanket or beach towel between her and the sand; all I can say is the post above brought back some painful memories.

He needs to learn to keep his word. His track record for buliding a pinball company that will deliver working, reliable, fully coded games is not good at all. How is the parts department running? Can anyone buy spare parts yet?

I'll also add that Jack himself promised (at the MPE in 2012) a WoZ would be placed at a Jersey shore arcade by Memorial Day, that year. I delayed a trip to the area to see the pin. Alas, more words unkept.

Panzerfreak, I think I figured it out, JJP accidentally sent an Operator's pin to Abel for you which is why yours has worked flawlessly. Good for you!

The 3600 sq. ft. Midwest Campus (sign says office) where The Hobbit development is taking place these days.

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Arer there any physics majors here who can help with the whole light & invisiglass thing?

I stand corrected; JJP (I didn't know they sell direct, I thought as a minimum it would have to be sold to an individual through Jack Guarnieri Service Company dba:Pinballsales.com) accidentally sent an Operator's pin to you which is why it has worked flawlessly. Good for you!

Yep, unlike some, he is NOT doing it "for the love of pinball".

Maybe the video COmpaNy will call it the Ruby Red Limited Edition.

I pointed this out two years ago on WoZ threads. The real pinball companies (Bally, Williams & Gottlieb kept everything under wraps until about4-6 weeks prior to release. At that time the title was leaked and maybe some special feature. Once Bally bought their own distributor network, they may have leaked out stuff a few weeks earlier. This was around the time the fanboys proclaimed that WoZ will be the best built, highest quality game ever. When I asked how could they possibly know that; the crowd with pitchforks came after me.

They can't disclose that at this time.

It's a process.... LLLLLLMFAO!!!!!!! I wonder if this process is QS or TS rated?

Never let the facts, get in the way of a good story. Kinda like print and teevee news. Yes, the comma is there on purpose.

Hopefully a Disney-like Animatronics device. That would be cool.

Maybe a replica of this new Hammacher Schlemmer product will be the Smaug toy...

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Remember, nobody on Pinside knows more about powdercoating than........ never mind.

Not necessarily, it would depend on which manufacturer was making the machine and who the competition was.

If not at Expo, perhaps at at the Pinball Life bash?

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Mybad, I thought Pinballsales.com sells in Florida. Does JJP have "protected territories" now?

Not cranky in the least bit Alex. Quite happy as a matter of fact. Never heard of Curly Distributing. Guessing you mean Little Shop of Games. However, they are not on the list of official JJP distributors on the JJP site. How was I supposed to know this? Is there another list somewhere or perhaps a secret list out there?

<<<We have had many inquires about purchasing a second Smaug™ Toy so the customer has both Smaug™ colors if they wish to interchange them in the future. If you would like to do this, the 2nd Smaug™ Toy will ship with your game for an additional $200, but will NOT be installed. This applies to both LE buyers and Smaug™ Gold Buyers, both have to option to purchase the additional colored Smaug™ Toy.>>>

Fair and reasonable service parts price.

Since JJP did not meet their "contractual obligation"; I wonder what the penalty is?

Are you guys saying that someone may have been fibbing about a contractual obligation?

Near Harrisburg; the Capitol of one of this nation's most populated states. Pretty good in my book.

What about all the TOYS?

What is a "Tolkien"?

These days it's a Ventra card. I still have a few NY Transit and CTA tokens laying around.

You mean: OHIO.

One of the proprietors of the Ohio show always addresses it as the OHIO show.

Very near-ish.

I agree.

Don't forget that JJP needs to keep service parts on hand for future parts that wear out. Unlike previous pin manufacturers that had stocking distributors who bought service parts and sold them, the JJP model has primarily ships service parts from the manufacturing plant as needed. This is also thanks to modern shipping methods that do not require a lot of "mini warehousing" of these game-specific parts.

If all parts are used to build games and then a Winkie target breaks for a guy in Salem, Oregon, now what? JJP has to buy a minimum quantity and send one to Oregon and sit on the rest. Plus there is the delay in the supplier getting that minimum buy shipped.

In 1978, Bally sold over US$9,000,000.00 in service parts. That's over $30,000,000.00 in today's dollars. As soon as sold, the payment from distributors was due in 30 days. Slot customers upon sale of full orders of slots for the casinos that came online in Atlantic City were given terms of 180 days.

We now have the "Quote Police".

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I wonder if Metalink will ever donate to pinside again?

Post 16,239 in the JPop thread is one of the places it is posted.

Stern may not have to do this for a sub-$5000.00 pin being sold to route operators for use in taking in quarters and dollar bills.

What language would you like it translated to?

Those could be for Canada. Look for single coin slot doors in the background

Love the "improved" Pinside that does not show that you successfully posted so you re-post over and over.....

Duly noted.

Can I get by without having to sign an NDA?

Still supported by Jack G. Service Company, DBA Pinballsales.com.

Don't forget TH's current feature: "Delayed Introduction".

I wonder if the breach of the "Contractual Obligation" has any financial ramifications?

What is the "Credit/Delete" fee one receives for this choice?

JSUK: Route Operators love the fact that Stern is cutting corners and costs. They are lowering the prices of the machines they sell to operators. Simpler machines have fewer service calls. They are selling more of them to Operators than they did in the last several years.

JJP is also selling more to Operators.

Could there have been another SECRET EMAIL (like with the LOTR new run) that threatened order cancellation (with a full refund of what was paid) if you dare to post one negative statement on any public forum or social media site? Email addresses will be checked and no doubt gullible pre-orderers willfully gave their user names out in hopes of "priority service" if they post enough positives about the game etc.

Is this where we get to see a picture of an R&L Carriers Bill of Lading for at least one Hobbit being shipped during 2015 for a customer that prepaid?

Don't forget to take Leap Years into consideration; Divide 26 by 4 and you get an easy to deal with 6 1/2 years.