Curses!!! Foiled again!!!

I was hoping to be one of the FIRST to purchase a Wizard of Oz LE. I had emailed Jack a long time ago asking him to let me know when I could be one of the very first to sign up. And then I see all you folks on here who have ALREADY beaten me to the punch!!! Well . . . I'll get you and your little dogs TOO!!!

I may have to go see the Wizard about this injustice! I'll bet that Wicked Witch of the West did this to me . . .

Anyway, I'm going to try and contact Jack again.

Brokedad . . . I'm glad to see you are finally getting to buy a NIB!!! KUDOS!!! I'm a 'Broke Father' too. Know the feeling . . .

And Sealclubber . . . I'm going to miss you most of all . . . oops . . . gotta stop talkin' the movie crap. I had to laugh when you said your wife would kick you in the nuts for trying to buy one of these. As I have told you before, my wife thinks I AM NUTS for loving pins!!! But hey . . . I bought me a nice refurbished TZ this afternoon and it comes in this Friday, and she will be furious. I get a kicking in the nuts for that! Then, when she finds out I'm making a deposit on this new WOO, I will get another kick. But . . . our nuts will stop hurting and we will have our PINS!!!

Thanks for all who made comments on here. Seriously, I was a little hesitant (thokennedy) to put out such a large amount of money for one of these. But when I saw all you people jumping on the balloon . . . er . . . band wagon . . . I just had to leap into this with all the excitement of a bunch of drunk flying monkeys!

I have almost a year to worry about how to pay for it and to try and avoid a divorce. I hope my wife doesn't leave me, take me to the cleaners for doing this without her permission, and I don't end up sleeping on a park bench moaning in the shivering night: "There's no place like home . . . there's no place like home . . . there's not place . . . .

I did it!!! At 4 a.m. this morning, I received an email from Jack. By 7 a.m. I had made my deposit for the Wizard of Oz Emerald City LE pin!!! Mine will be #149.

Whew! I'm pumped!!! I've got to work really hard for the next year to pay for this thing. I fell for the hype and I have a lot of hope that this new pin will indeed be VERY different and LOADED with goodies. Jack told me that they will be using Bally/Williams parts. That is amazing . . . after all these years these parts are still being sought after . . . . being used in a new generation of pins!? I guess what is under the PF doesn't matter so much as what is on TOP and what is in the computer guts! THAT is where the new technology should show up. He said the pin will have LCD.

What say we keep this thread going and everyone post their pin number as each person signs up. That way we might be able to track the progress and continue to feel the excitement. We are all either set to be a major participant in pinball history . . . or . . . we could be 'taken' and just get a new variation on a Stern product! It's a gamble, but some of us have gone on and put our chips down.

Here is a suggestion to those who cannot afford to shake out the $6,500 in one lump sum. There are a TON of credit cards out there now at 0% interest for 15 months. You want one of these pins but can't figure out how to come up with the money or get a loan? Then pay for a pin with one of these credit cards and take the 15 months to pay it off without incurring massive interest charges . . . plus, it will be much easier on you. Just a thought.

Here's hoping that Jack and company makes a FANTASTIC pin that turns heads all over the pinball world.
Cheers!

Hey guys. Was talking with Jack today and I posed several questions about how a purchase and payment is to be made for the new Wizard of Oz Emerald City Limited Edition.

He told me: So that nobody misses out on this game at the Pre-Order price, the $250 refundable deposits must be converted to real orders within 60 days. Before that time, many more details about the game will be made known.

On March 1, 2011, Pre-Order customers can convert to be Special Order customers and be guaranteed a game for an additional payment of $1500. Full payment will not be required on 3/1/11.

I know a lot of people have been wondering about this. I hope this helps!!! I think it is encouraging, and that means a lot more people will be able to afford to jump in and say: "We're off to see the Wizard . . .