The reverse of that is… it’s quite easy to NOT drop the AU$6k.

There you go, you’re welcome. I’m a glass half full kinda guy.

I’m going to start practicing my Tap passing right now!!

It is NOT tied to the amount of games being sold or the pin # at all. It is tied to every sale they make on their website, as you were asking… which at this point is mostly just Haggis club memberships and Mermaid editions.

Just speculation… but buying the package of all 5 puts you to the front of the line for build order and delivery. It’s possible that it also puts you at the front of the line for number choice, in which case they’d wait til their 3 week order time period is up and start assigning numbers… with package purchasers getting assigned first. Also possible that they are waiting for previous Celts owners to have a chance to order (3 week order window). Again… just speculation.

UPDATE: WRONG ON ALL COUNTS. But sounded reasonable. Haha.

I wonder if they’ll load them all in the same shipping container in the order they were placed also?

So… Mermaid edition orders open for 3 weeks, right? Only making 250. Serious question… what if they don’t sell out and someone already asked for and received confirmation for #250. Will the game plaques say #250 of 175. Haha. Or will they make all 250 either way. In which case, the 3 weeks is meaningless other than to drive FOMO.

I’ve never tried it with a Tim Tam, and I’m sure it’s better, but I was doing an American version of this with Keebler Deluxe Graham’s since the 70’s. Didn’t have a fancy name for it, but I definitely have to try it with a Tim Tam now.

Makes me wonder if I should order one… I mean, if the 4 week window runs out (unless I read it wrong) they won’t sell them anymore? So if they only sell half, would it make it even more rare?

I would suspect that as the numbers dwindle down to less than 30 if there is any left at the last hour, somebody like Planetary Pinball would step up and buy the remaining lot and just resale them. Haggis wouldn’t have lied that it’s the last day to buy from them, but technically they’d still be for sale (and wouldn’t last long after they start shipping I’d guess).

Curious how many are coming to Minnesota…

On recent podcasts, I’ve heard Ryan C, Martin Robbins, and other notable Australians joke about the history of Australia as a prison colony, so I suppose going on lockdown is just in your genes and doesn’t phase anyone.

Awesome update!! Excited to get mine later this year hopefully.

Well, I guess it goes right along with our larger than average jock straps also!

@punkin, I don’t always agree with what you write. You can be controversial and brash and generally not nice sometimes (imho). But like you said above, nobody is owed niceness from you and nobody is owed anything from Haggis except a final product once ready. I read this thread daily and keep my mouth shut time and time again as the pitchfork nation rallies behind the call for more updates or else. Here a a few thoughts that run through my head (as a patient customer with an early deposit).

1. Putting a deposit down on anything that is not ready to ship immediately comes with risk. If someone wasn’t ready to take that risk, they probably should have thought about this before sending the deposit. I personally believe the risk is extremely low at this point that everyone won’t receive a pin, but I certainly can’t say it’s zero because until they’re built and shipped, anything could happen.

2. Some people are trying to tell Haggis what their next move should be (to provide an update). But imho, if Damien were to provide an update, the pitchfork nation would only tear it apart and find something else to complain about. They’ll do this because ultimately what they want is their pin. Thus, the only logical move (and sound business decision) is for Damien to make his next move be the actual shipping of pins… a lot of them. This is what I’d do if I were him, and it’s really the only move that will shut people up and satisfy the majority (or vocal minority, you pick).

3. This has taken longer than many of us had hoped, including me. Big deal… see #1. The world doesn’t operate on my personal timeline. I adjust and deal with it. Teaming up as a mob to somehow coerce the timeline to act differently likewise has no effect. Let’s all go play some pinball and be happy today that we’re not getting bombed out of our homes and land.

Check out the deeproot auction pics and tell me if it would have relieved any pressure seeing lots of parts and machinery to manufacture games.

Or we could just look at the pics of delivered Celts still happening as we speak.

How in the world did everyone in this thread, including me, miss that yesterday (March 29th) was International Mermaid Day??

Happy Belated IMD to all the Haggis staff and all my fellow pinsiders!!

The signal to noise ratio of the thread should be much better now. Yay Haggis!!

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Hope the seas are calmer once haggis fills a shipping container.

Also waiting… paid in full for several months now, so at this point taking the container option seems to be the best bet.