Keep waiting, I believe you will disappointed, there is little rhyme or reason to this edition other than a cash grab for a few suckers.

Aaaaand would you recommend a collectors edition for an extra $3,500. What if Pat Lawlor gave you a back rub wile you played. Jack maybe holds your drink next to you with 10 encouraging words/game(limit 3 games of course for each CE buyer)?

I like the game a lot too and excited to get this thing out but to stay on topic there is jack s$*t to justify this extra price on CE still. I honestly hope they sell none to get these stupid ideas out of manufacturers heads that these ridiculous priced Super LE or CEs is even remotely a cool idea. Total nonsense that is taking the already sketchy idea of LE games to a new level of greed and stupidity. Just my humble and totally accurate opinion of course.

Comparing other "stupid" ways people spend money and pinball does not really do much for me, it's all relative. It's all a stupid amount of money and I will continue to make my focus as it relates to pinball as this is a pinball forum and a discussion on the CE in particular for JJP. I respect you and everything you've done in this hobby and obviously your opinions are your own but I hold little respect to people bringing in outside comparisons as they don't really apply to this discussion. There are obviously 1000s or more of comparisons that can be made to outside things we all spend money on, I'm keeping the focus here, on pinball and the greed that is taking over with respect to new manufacturers.

Limited edition CE key chain of which only 1000 will be made and later distributed to everyone else who buys an LE and a standard, so they'll make more to cover the shortage.

I'm fairly certain I have not seen a thread of someone trying to convince themselves of their decision being a good one and looking for someone else to root them on. I have said it blatantly I think you're crazy and it's a waste of money for suckers but here's to hoping I'm wrong and if you feel good about your decision at the end of the day, more power to ya. I refuse to continue to enable these manufacturers from sucking more an more money out of these already expensive games and not giving even remotely close enough extra to ever justify it. I'm excited to get a Dialed In but less than thrilled with the recent BS of manufacturers and these super LE or CE, blah blah editions. Getting stale.

Not to mention now on both previous titles JJP has released ANOTHER limited edition(Ruby Red and Black Arrow) after the original ones to further throw dirt at the limited aspect of any of these games that were already hardly limited to begin with. Just crappy practice in my opinion and I don't trust anything "limited" from JJP as they've now shown again they don't care even after they got roasted the first time over it, they did it again, no reason in the world to think it won't happen on Dialed In as well.

Except he started the thread asking people's opinions and thoughts, I guess that's why they call it a forum.

I continued to hope for a lot more and didn't see even close to enough to justify the price for me. I'll likely be sticking with my LE unless some more news comes out of tons of additional offerings related to the CE. Not looking like it tho.

The thing that's less awesome is....get ready.... people still will and convince manufacturers it is a good idea to keep putting out these ridiculous offerings and continue to raise prices on the "limited" editions of games. It's bad for pinball in general, just my humble opinion

This was a list I threw out to a distributor off top of my head awhile back:
My opinions on what would make me maybe buy a CE:(My general opinion is I hate the idea and all the t-shirts signed items and little stuff in the world means next to nothing, if I am paying $3,500 more, there has to be some meat to make it worth it):

1. All their stuff about Expo and lunch and .... all a bunch of fluff to me. If they were paying for your admission to Expo and a room at hotel for the next JJP reveal and and you got some special lunch with them at that time to see and play the game well in advance or something of the sort, ok now we are getting a little value out of it. Saying you'll get in the room an hour early for the reveal and lunch with Lawlor without any details of when or how or where. Just holds no value to me, in fact it's almost insulting.

2. Adding a "frequent buyers club" or something of the sort for future games. I've now been through the ringer and stuck with them the whole way buying a WOZLE and a Hobbit LE and now one of the Dialed In LEs likely, adding some kind of discount or loyalty to their customers who stuck with them thru the first 2-3 titles and want to beyond. Discounts are #1 thing that would be nice. Free Radcals, who knows just give something back to the people who have been loyal customers. Maybe they get a massive discount to be in on this CE version or future LE versions

3. Obviously getting something more with software would be cool, just hard to be specific on this only having a handful of games on it and it not being completed yet. This one is dangerous to me though, i HATE manufacturers that give more of the game to higher paying customers. Stern flirted with that awhile back and I think it's horrible practice. An LE buyer should have the same playing game as a CE buyer in my opinion. No additional modes or mutiballs or added gameplay or really different playfields(obviously toys may change slightly but doesn't affect core rules). People paying premiums for games should not get left out from someone paying a lot more.

4. Free white glove delivery of the game. Again the much higher cost with what little is added they need something with meat, this carries some value at least of $300-$500.

5. Maybe an incentive to get code updates earlier than general public.
6. Really cool topper, not a cheesy one, something that has a WOW factor to it.
7. Custom pinball cover/protector.
8. Upgraded speakers?
9. A rug, I really enjoy my Big Lebowski rug I got from DP, obviously that was very central to the theme and the movie but it was a really cool addition that I love having in my gameroom.

True that and I am still kicking myself I didn't get that LOTR of yours.

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WAIT, DID I MISS THE DEADLINE TO BUY ONE??????!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh man what am I gonna d.....................
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Oh man I just figured it out with you saying that, it costs that much more because it now has one of the cooler Acronyms out there(next to WOOLY and BIBLE)

I call BS, I can't imagine they even sold half that many to people. No way, no how.

Why do so many people take Xanax? (Especially those in on the CE)
Alprazolam is used to treat anxiety and panic disorders. It belongs to a class of medications called benzodiazepines which act on the brain and nerves (central nervous system) to produce a calming effect. It works by enhancing the effects of a certain natural chemical in the body (GABA).
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Are you admitting to being a DI'CE' owner? If I bought a CE, I'd coat it in gold so it would hold it's 15K value.

I'm in on the LE and I vow for my home use only machines I am never putting a playfield protector. These things get treated like kings anyway, dimples happen, pinballs are to be played, I'm not going overboard on them. If I had a game on route, might consider it. That's just me, I didn't freak out on the BM66 and mine was fine after 100s of games. I think you might know firsthand about that tho.

Enough with the level headed comments, lets get MAD!!!!

LOOOOOOUUUUD NOISES

I wouldn't count on that

If I was, which I'm not, I would 100% expect a powder coated coin door for the extra $ on CE. Not to mention many other things that aren't going to be given which is why I just decided to go LE.

Well said I bought Batman 66 LE and regretted it instantly falling for their cash grab. Irritated me and when the game came out with the usual code layoff from Stern I sold it within a month. Never felt right and I didn't feel it from the start,just jumped on a hype train with a new flashy toy and didn't enjoy it, ruined it for me.