Yup, and my son is one of them. He's going to BYU in Rexburg. I love that state. Potatoes and all.

Lol, now that was funny....but hey, why not!?

Hey, now you're onto something. Somebody was saying weight should be added to the game, because the boards are lighter, to keep the game play the same.
Problem solved...jelly belly ballast!

Well you got the wacky mayor part right. Prescription drugs were cheaper. I think some new trade deal with Europe is going to stop that.
The other idea about importing it is a little wacky. Come up here. You can run for mayor!

Actually I think Rick has been working too hard! Go have a beer Rick!

Umm, seems like you brought a politician into the conversation. Set the example bud?

Wow, great support Rick. Thanks for listening, (within reason of course). I'm looking forward to hearing what you think about the gloss black.

Hey, that could be cool. I would suspect that if it went off when you hit a troll, it actually changes a bit of the game play, as the shaking may alter the ball a little. Could make the game a little interesting. Maybe there will be a game option to turn it off, to replicate standard play, or on for 'new' play. Hmmm...

Well, from what I have been reading here the max capacity of Stern is 70 games a day. That is 350 per week. 4 weeks in August= 1400. I have my doubts that can be done however, and the actual production will be much less, because it is dependent on all cylinders firing, and it depends on different suppliers and a different game than Stern is pumping out now. My guess...maybe 35 a day max, but that is just an uneducated guess. Too many factors to determine. I would think everyone will have it way before Christmas.

That sounds plausible. I'm only going from what I read on Pinside. It will be interesting to see what happens when Stern moves, and if it changes the ability to increase game production. Even if they produce 100 a week they will have production of the MMLEs done before Christmas, which is great. Start in August and have 1500 done by Mid November.

Happy wife...happy life.

Nice picture Rick. Thanks. This has me rethinking my gold preference. Is there a similar photo with the gold trim?

After hearing about JJP going through the UL/FCC testing, I wondered how the boutique pin mfrs were going to do that. No testing- no certification = opening a company up to litigation if a house burns down. Yikes. A necessary evil.
Looks like maybe a few delays?

It's awful quiet right now regarding the PPS MMr.
Kind of eerie. Maybe that's the quiet before the storm.

Relax. I just hadn't seen anything in a couple of days. You guys are way too sensitive and reading into this way too much. This is not a negative post. I'm just excited to hear news is all. I'm buying a MMr.
Geeesh, everybody around here is way to negative, so everyone assumes the worst when they read a post. It's all good guys.
How about this ...Go Rick Go!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Yup, the analogy of the storm, is the trucks bringing a column of pins to happy customers...soon.
Great times for sure.

Yeah, a day and a half earlier. Guess I was fishing, but I landed a shark!
I can't help but think, if you read between the lines, that there will be a post by Rick, say in a few weeks (I can hope can't I?) that the assembly has started. This is assuming of course that all the testing and parts logistics problems are resolved.

It will certainly be a very reasonable wait, from first deposit to delivery. They have certainly executed this well so far.

Well, if Rick pulls this off, (which I believe he will), he will have shown he is a very skilled and talented businessman. Buying up IPD assets, remaking games.....awesome for the future of pinball. I can support a guy like that. Looking forward to Monday.

I contacted Adam at Starburst. If I hear from him tomorrow I'll report back here.

I got the same email. I chose gold as well.

The reality is, I will end up putting coin mechanisms in even though I won't be using it in the machine. I hope I have a few sitting around at home or I'll be buying them. Not a deal breaker, but kind of surprising.

I may take you up on that offer, if I can't find any in my basement. I'm local too.

Wow, kind offer. I've pm'd you.

And how. I picture Rick banging his head against the wall.......and not stopping.

Well, I have a friend with a WOZ and I have one too. We both have factory settings, but my voltage at my house is different than his house. His WOZ plays snappy, and mine is kinda lame. The beauty part is, I can adjust the flipper coils on my WOZ to make it snappier. Problem solved.
This sounds like the same thing. I'm grateful I can adjust my MMr to compensate for poor power at my circuit.
This whole topic of lousy flippers is getting ridiculous. Set it to what you like. In my opinion it's better than the old Bally Williams with no adjustment.

I think as soon as we hear the pins are on the assembly line, and a few get delivered, this is going to scream past 200 pages in a heartbeat.

Kids these days...They can't ooooh and aaaah about the new machine. Until these pins get delivered and every body can focus on the positive things, they have to find something to do. Pinside. It's one crazy place. I think Rick figured out that half of us are crazy and the other half are just past the age where we jump into the second childhood. I'm not telling you which category I am in.