Where is @richiewrench? Joe (@PinballStar) - I think you should text him at 6AM tomorrow morning and ask if he wants you to send him the assembly drawings ahead of time to study. He always wants the info upfront.

I should send him parts that don't even assemble a pinball machine - have him work on this for months then he ends up with a shitty end table or something...

Candy paint an IKEA dresser

Well ... at least the drawer fronts.

This'll keep him occupied for while...

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When we were all young and looked at Playboy, Richie ooh'd and aah'd over this...

(I'm going to pay for this little ball busting episode with 5,000 text messages I'm sure)…

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Let me remind everyone I did eventually get Richie his powder coated coin door last year at Expo at the DI CE owner's dinner - and I had Jack and Pat Lawlor sign it for him - not sure what he's still griping about...

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Joe, make sure you leave one crucial small piece out that will not allow him to ever complete the machine! Kind of like when you build that 3000 piece puzzle only to find one piece is missing.

I think the funny thing here is the fact that Rich (Richie, come on how old are we) made a huge ordeal about this game and was giving his machine up not too long ago. The pinball addiction is strong with this one, better get him to rehab!!!

He's no different than the rest of us... We are all nuts aren't we ? Wouldn't trade him for the world (ok maybe a cookies and cream ice cream, they're REALLY good)...

I'm thinking no start button... That'll piss him off...

I would also recommend that you sign the apron as well. Make sure you use a different color marker and sign over all the other names!

I hate to say it, but I can't ignore the Warner Brothers Bugs Bunny style aesthetic of Gene Wilder here.

"That's snozzberries folks!!!".

Speaking of.......

https://www.foodbeast.com/news/ouch-our-childhood-roald-dahls-snozeberries-are-an-innuendo-for-dicks/

Can I unread that?

Last year is over. Two games have come out since then.

LTG : )

Just send him a powder coated toilet seat! Sadly I suspect he already has one....

Vacuum-metalized chrome or gold.

I hoped they would come up with a kick ass topper that teaches a lesson to every other topper, but it looks like JJPOTC CE will still hold that title (and probably for a while).

Richie please do the following worksheet and return to me.

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I don't know.... I felt so disappointed with thr reveal. It just doesn't seem like a true CE compared to Pirates. I kept hanging in there but for that much money, I don't see the value in getting this particular model. With sadness, I requested my deposit today . Hopefully Jack realizes for him to sell 500 CE's, he's going to have to make it uniquely limited from the other models offered. Hopefully he does so with guns and roses.

I guess there's a silver lining here - I should be able to get a CE for less than 12.5, so there's that.

-wonka owner #08742206, play field #105, clear coat case #5107

Grab a le.. its a really beautiful and awesome pin...

I have faith in Eric based on his jjPotC work. Pre-release, he got bashed so hard with discgate and chestgate, but it turned out to be one of the most amazing debut efforts in pinball EVER. It's PACKED with great ideas. Like I've said a few times, the last few pins (Wonka most of all) have shown that Lawlor is out of innovation gas. Eric has a tall hurdle to get over to beat his jjPotC effort, but jjGnR has the potential to be fantastic if he does it.

Your opinion but i much prefer my wonka le over my potc le. I perfer the way wonka shoots and the rules more. Not to take anything away from potc as its amazingly awesome and has some neat stuff /toys but wonka is just more fun for the family and i... but those and dile are probably my favorite pins ever as of now.

Fair enough, how come no one talks about Dialed In CE? What extras did that end up having? Was it worth the CE tag?

If those are your two favorite pins, sounds like you're a lawlor fan. Nothing wrong with that, he has a genius-level portfolio. I'm just tired of the same or very similar Lawlor over and over NOW. He's been doing some of the same things since the dawn of the 1990s - precisely because they WORK. But it just feels stale to me 30 years later to see the same recycled design elements or little tweaks. Give me crazy. Outlaw the italian bottom. mix it up. Make these designers work to make some truly new elements.

That's what I'm thinking of doing. But I got burnt on my Ghostbusters LE with ghosting in several inserts on my playfield. So when I see people having issues with the clearcoating, I'm very hesitant to purchase one at the moment. When I feel that they rectified the problem, I will be a buyer... Unless JJPGNR changes my mind

I've been out of the loop for a while so I totally missed the boat on JJPPOTC. I feel like I need a good kick in the ass for not paying attention to what what's been going on cuz I would have been all over that CE. If he can put together anything like pirates with new innovation, rules and flow I'm all over it!

Keifer said last night on Flipnout strea to expect some surprise from JJP at expo!
Want to speculate?

Am i remembering correctly that in twitch streams, JJP employees were telling us that the CE was delayed because they were waiting on final approval of playfield artwork assets by the license holder?

6 months to approve the same picture of Wonka in a circular outline, story doesn't check out.

I wonder what the real reason was.

My "guess" here is it had to do with the topper and the signature plate... The original topper was so much better than what JJP ended up with (3D Wonkatania with motion). I think they finally got to a point where the Wonkatania topper was too expensive to produce or they had reliability issues or something along those lines.

Again, just guessing but based on what I'm now seeing in the CE package whats what first came to my mind. One has to wonder if the topper was neutered due to additional cost pressures from the playfield issues and JJP just ran out of coin...???

Jeff

Considering he's been dead for more than 3 years, I'd tend to agree with you.

Also don't remember seeing a Wonkatania boat with motion ,that would be a great topper though

Really? Face palm... LOL I somehow didn't know that...

Jeff

It was part of the original package release... "3D Wonkatania lit topper"... From what rumors I had heard it was really cool... But... Nope...

JJP has had a really bad habit lately of over promising and under delivering...

Jeff

I guess I missed the early info release I guess JJP is trying to stay in business.

I think JJP is trying their best, but they have a lot of issues controlling costs, and expectations...the Wonka CE topper is crap.....they should farm out topper development to CGC....

omg That would be awesome

So what were the new Julie callouts like? Does she replace dying grandpa entirely, or just add to?

Hey I didn't know these came with steak dinners. I might have to reconsider...

He had to work on Joes plumbing to get the dinner. Kidding aside Joe is a stand up guy nice to see how he takes care of his client/friends even if they can be a pain in the toilet. Lol

Can someone send some CE pics or videos from expo?

JJP is seriously slacking with this topper.

Sterns BK Topper and MM topper just blew JJP out of the water. For $12,500 They seriously need to step up their game.

PS i just heard the new voice over and omg cringe. On a game with a already bad sound package that just made it worse.