If JJP put some effort into exactly matching the trim to yellow on road of cabinet, it would have looked 100 times better. These two yellows clash or at the very least do not ‘pull’ from each other. And if yellow was matched to playfield, then update cab art.
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JJP is supposed to be our ‘boutique’ pinball company and this looks amatuerish. You just know HEP would never match like this for example.

Poor effort here JJP and this is your elite edition.

I agree. Maybe I’m just old fashioned though and prefer plain metal finish. I don’t care what color they are, but they always remind me of a dishwasher rack when they’re painted

This is how they should’ve done it, and I’d have to believe they still could change it. As it stands now the yellow is ridiculous.
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The more I think about it the more I don’t know that I can bring myself to buy one.

Remember Seinfeld where George double-dipped a chip?

Jack has dipped 4 times.

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the darker yellow on the decal is more appropiate.

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Updated Mech's or Deleted Mech's. I guess the Monkeys flew the coop. I'm a JJP fan and have a WOZ RR but boy looking at this machine make me want to grab a hotdog with mustard.

Forget that updated lights to ver 2.0 sales pitch bullshit too, I have the ver 1.2 7.5v buffered boards and never had an issue.

I think it's a miss IMHO, but wish them well. Here's to looking for the next title.

Just take one dip and end it.

This hobby is out of control and will soon eat itself alive.

I’m waiting for the Wicked Witch edition.

I would’ve colour matched the cabinet yellow and put in a nice gold flake to really make them pop.

That actually would be pretty cool! Dark colors and new artwork

$15k by Christmas

Sounds like a ton of hate out there for the YBR on the price, removing the mech, color,.... Well, the good news is for all the owners of the other limited versions, they still have a great machine that isn't out dated.

JJP needs to switch direction. Now. There is no one within the Pinball hobby who’ll defend this.

It’s a gouge of non Pinball fans, because, well, they haven’t produced a pin since WOZ that has sold well.

Make it up with YBR and start GNR and WONKA and make some real pins?

Double, triple, quadruple dip. But then get on with this. We know.

Kaneda on fire. I couldn't of said it better myself. His latest podcast perfectly summarizes what just happened.

Love this company but what an absolute car wreck. They really need to step it up when presenting.

Re matching the yellows... Exactly! Why the f&@$ do we hobbyists have to point out these most obvious of all obvious f&@$ing things to JJP! A building filled with pros who do this fulltime with decades of experience.

‘memba when WOZ was $6500? I ‘memba!

‘memba when LE actually meant “limited”? I ‘memba.

‘memba when JJP released their 12th LE variation of the same title? Oh, that’s today.

‘Memba when JJP existed

Agreed. I suppose the "good news" is that it's possible to do that on your own. It would be a lot more difficult to add glitter to the playfield! LOL!

I work with paint and colors almost everyday, but yeah you don’t need a degree in colorlurghy to see that the yellow they showed is horrible.

Might happen. You never know.

Wish it was April fools. You gotta be kidding me.
Now looking forward to WW milk chocolate color trim elite edition!

I'm not sure that matching the cabinet color is the answer, though. It looks a bit too "orange" to me. I'd be trying to match the yellow brick road on the playfield. The yellow they went with is definitely too bright.

Oompa Loompa Edition
Verruca salt edition
Charlie and grandpa edition
Etc

To be clear, I was referring only to the glitter on the playfield. I'm in agreement with everyone else as far as the yellow legs and trim goes. It's garish.

Why does jjp take mechs out of games and charge the same amount or more? The potc thing was a nightmare and tonight looked like amateur hour. Very awkward unveiling. Why not hire someone to handle this for you???

Or order a nice black velvet sheet off Amazon.

JJP should wrap it in garbage bags again.

Ok, I don’t care about a lot of things, but this one I do take exception to. I owned WOZ for 2 years. The LCD in WOZ is the best designed pinball display ever done. You can tell exactly where you are in the progression with a glance. You can tell exactly what to do. The game communicates status perfectly once get used to reading it.

Good news is for those who don't like the look or price there are plenty of huo and even some other nib models to purchase ...

Someone correct me if I’m wrong; but did i hear Jack say that they were limiting the YBR to 200, but they may make more if they sell?

Yes limited to 200... but then will make any amount at any time in the future as they see fit

Ok thanks. Just wanted to be sure because some distributors and people seem to be selling this off as a Limited Edition, not Latest Edition.

What really kills it for me is the black coin door and those wire forms. No question it could have been done better to match the
YBR on art. It’s just too damn bright.

LOL. You can't make this stuff up. What a clown show.

And the more I look at it I don’t know if a matched yellow powder coat will do it any good. It would be better than the bright yellow as shown at the show though. But yellow is a powerful color that is too much on a pinball machine more often than not. I don’t think that any shade of yellow will ever look right with the cabinet artwork.

I just perceive this as a slap in the face. People were legit excited to either see what game is next or possibly a less expensive version of WOZ.

Instead Jack comes in and “unveils” an 8 year old game in a different color with apparently more reliable yet less mechs than previous versions and charges more money for it! Gee thanks Jack for doing the pinball community a solid!

I also like how it’s limited to 200 unless it sells well then of course they will gladly make more for the fools rushing to buy it. What a joke.

Hopefully it looks better in person because it looks horrible in pictures.

Ugh.

Yes no doubt about it. I can’t see this sitting among my collection like this.

I am a big fan of JJP and own a WOZRR, removing the monkey and adding 2k to the price just doesn’t make sense at all.

2000 games later I have not had any issue with the monkey and wouldn’t mind having to fix it anyways it is such a good toy.

Plus this version is obviously not made for opertors, it’s a collector version so it just makes no sense at all.

If you want to make this game fine. It’s clearly just a cash grab. Just don’t bring it to a pinball show full of pinball hobbyists whom spend thousands of dollars for these things and act like it’s a good deal. Don’t spit in the face of those who support your company.

Make 100 of them and peddle those turds at high end car shows or some other event where people with way too much money attend and sell them there. The uninformed buyer with money to burn is the target audience for this pin.

The ruby red and emerald green are gorgeous machines. I think theyre scewing around and are going to make it gold not yellow.

Another thing...

Reliability is important... but for heaven’s sake IT’S NOT MORE IMPORTANT than having the damn mech working!

The mechs are what is cool about this machine!

Removing the monkey is not a feature - it is not something that any collector or lover of the pinball artform would rave about. What we want is the mech to work reliably.

Now, regarding the flying monkey mech... I’ve never had an issue with mine in my RR. But I’m assuming there must have been some issues.

Now why the fark, in 7+ (8?) years that this mech has been not reliable, can’t JJP just fix it? It’s a magnet that slides up a rail.

There is not a single collector or hobbiest that wants this mech removed from this machine and to have it marketed as an improvement is a insult.

Think not just about making a few more dollars JJP, think about your reputation as a company - please because we continue to root for you despite this ridiculousness (but it’s getting harder).

I was thinking it might be like a Pro version of WOZ...stripped down easy to service mechs at a lower price point. That’s normally how product life cycles work...start off with the top end luxury models then keep stripping it down at a lower price once all the fixed costs are amortized. Last model is the budget value model. Not sure what JJP are trying with YBR. The final run is a Luxury model but still stripped down. And still no guarantee it’s the final model. Very strange.

Pinballs.com still has Emerald and Ruby versions with 2.0 light boards Nib for $9,500.

And a monkey to boot!