Who is it a problem for? At most for the folks who are afraid of missing out and stress themselves. That‘s their choice and choice is good. I see a choice of new machines I can buy if I want to. Or a used one. Prices are high, sure, but that’s supply and demand. Too much cash in people’s pockets? - a problem? Pinball manufacturers seem to be doing well - that’s good - right - unless maybe you are going for bankruptcy closeout deals.

And if you feel the risk is too high the game will not give you all the pleasure you feel you’ve earned with the money spent then don’t buy it - it’s your choice. Where’s the problem? And you can even increase your pleasure by telling us here on Pinside you think the risk is too high.

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that sounds like an interesting story! Can you tell us more or have you described it elsewhere? Ordinarily I would think switch issues are pretty straight forward.

let’s hope not. I’d love to get a new JJP, but there are limits.

I would argue that GnR LE is loaded - especially with the lighting, moving spotlights and with the new switch technologies they used. Fewer mechs, I agree, but that upper playfield is pretty fancy. So I think the trend started with Wonka won’t be continued. When Wonka came out, the official price was even lower than DI so they were following a different strategy. Now, they have to justify the higher prices and they have to uphold the claim they allow their designers more creative freedom - which I think will generally lead to larger BoMs. That’s my hope, anyway.

I kind of like custom callouts - it’s something you can’t get frpm the films.

a spaced theme pin with humor. I could get into that. I generally don't watch animated shows, but the animations are pretty impressive.

if only there were other pins we could play to fill in the time until the next JJP is introduced…

All yesterday’s news. I played Steve Ritchie’s new JJP game. It’s nice, I liked it. But it’s a big secret, so I can’t tell you about it.

Why? You can get all the info you need watching videos and reading the ruleset. After that you just need to convince yourself you made the right decision. And if you can‘t do that you sell it.

Oh wait, now I get it, you‘re hoping to convince CE customers to wait so you have a better chance of getting a CE yourself. Clever…

No need to worry about me, though, I won‘t be getting a CE.

You say this like there are some rules regarding „limited“ or „collectors“ editions. Is this really true? I suppose a rule could be if they say an edition is „limited“ to a certain number of units, then they should stick to that, but I reckon there are ways around that - like introducing a further limited edition. I interpret your remark „bastardizing“ the whole process as irritating the customers (maybe to such an extent that sales decrease). Is that a danger? Honest questions, I do not know.

From my point of view, I see the „limited“ editions is a way to maximize margins on sold units and to optimize (probably maximize) number of units built. Ideally this strategy will delight customers and minimize the number of frustrated customers. It‘s a balancing act. What is the best strategy when you consider the interests of the manufacturer first?

Great idea - put 3 pops between the slingshots for some serious ball action. I‘m in!

that makes sense - JJP has again gone into new territory - it keeps reinventing pinball…

non pinball people play differently - I‘ve seen balls getting stuck in places pinheads would never experience.

I thought JJP ran on Unix - so it clearly can‘t be MS or Apple - let‘s just call it a workstation.

that‘s kind of the elephant in the room isn‘t it? Owning and playing pinball machines is a lot of fun, but is it 10, 12 or 15K fun? That’s an awful lot of fun to be expecting. In the last few years I just haven‘t seen anything to say yes to. Or maybe I‘ve just been seduced by Visual Pinball. I think Toy Story was the easiest new pin ever to say no to.

I have. I need to spend more time with it.