Exciting! Is it an ECLE? It'd be nice to have someone who can answer a few techy questions about final production models.

Something I'd like to know is if the LEDs that light the topper are RGB LEDS or not. Just because we might see the topper being used interactively as part of the lightshow. I suppose it could still do that even if they were single colour. Also is the Wizard hole plastic lit by an RGB LED too?

Be useful to have the final production game documented with lots of close up photos and a video tour. Always more video is good.

But mainly, have fun playing it!

YES AND FIVE TIMES AS MANY POSTS WHINGING ABOUT IT

You don't say whinge in America?

It looks so good in the dark though. Hope someone can film it using a manual exposure camera.

Only 93 updates to go!

Nice pics. Are these then first actual unboxing pics of a normal customer delivered proper ECLEWOZ?

I notice there is no 'picket fence' under the RAINBOW plastic like was hinted at a while ago; just playfield edge. I was wondering if there'd be any other extra bits or even changes to the playfield from the prototypes but it looks identical from what I've seen. Not that there is anything obviously missing; it's a packed game, but Jack kept teasing there'd be things that we wouldn't know about until we unwrapped the final machines so its hard not to be slightly disappointed.

I know that thread all too well of course. I think I was mixing Vyzer's machine up with that other guy's machine which was a 1 of 1 special standard prototype or something so I was thinking this was the first ECLEWOZ unboxing.

There was a similar outcry aaaages ago when some of the first playfield pics were released. It's just a reflection I'm sure. It's that white looking patch of wire in front of the Lion's shoulder right?

I think the layout could work once all the shots are rewarded and if they sort out the magnet for the upper flipper which I think will serve a similar purpose to the gate on Spiderman which just grabs and slows it down enough to make the shot easier. I'd like to see someone hit the skill shot on the left wall through the bumpers. There are plenty of shots when you count them but it does seem to just bounce around hitting the Wicked Witch, Good Witch and RAINBOW targets a lot. I don't see many people going for the orbit shots or even the spinner very often. I'd also like to see if the flipper return lane shot is reasonably gettable.

Jack personally told me a while ago they'd be clipped on and removable. Obviously this was technically far too advanced and they've resorted to glue. Bit rubbish that.

Hopefully someone will do a nice glittery ruby red flipper if they don't already exist. That way they still represent the slippers so the witch artwork still makes sense. I actually think they should've just done that in the first place. The slippers look bad.

Translucent red flippers with metal flake or simply glitter would look great IMO. Maybe with yellow rubbers to accent the 'magic glow' off them as seen on the playfield behind.

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Oh there ya go!

God yes! You'd be crazy to remove the slippers. If you're even vaguely considering selling the game one day the new owner will expect the game to have those slipper flippers. Swap them over if you don't like and keep the originals safely sealed in a plastic bag.

Man, all this WOZ talk is making me want to play it again. Not enough to shell out £5k but maybe when the software is finished and I've played one that feels dialled in unlike the test machine I played a while ago.

Hopefully my incoming FT will help me control these urges.