Anyone know how they went with the 180 machines (I think that was the number) they were planning to build last month? Did they make it?

Thanks for the update, that's good progress if it's correct.

You do realise that your post is now number 666 for eternity?

As far as I understand it, the original Australian distributor went bankrupt and so the people in Australia who ordered through them and were in the queue never got their machines. The machines that had been allocated to these Australians then went to the next in line, most likely people in the US. Later, JJP found another Australian distributor and has so far has shipped about 30 machines to them which arrived a few weeks ago (the first machines to be shipped to Australia through a distributor), with no more expected to ship until the middle of next year.

I believe the number of orders with the original Australian distributor was many more than 30, so if things had happened the way they were originally intended, I imagine the people who are waiting for their machines in the US and Europe at present would be getting their machines later rather than sooner.

What I'm saying is this: according to my information, people in the US and Europe who are waiting for machines have actually experienced a net benefit from the situation with the Australian distributors and jumped ahead in the queue rather than having the delivery of their machines delayed as some have alleged here.

It's hardly surprising that the new Australian distributor has a couple of machines from the first shipment left to sell on eBay as many of the people who wanted one in Australia lost their money with the original distributor and would probably be hesitant to buy again.

Great to see the LEs are moving again!

Seems like games are rolling out now, curious as to whether the newest games have the light boards with the lock-up fix?

Did everything work once you hooked up the wires?

How long did your friend have the game before he opened it?

The Australian distributor currently has games in stock so I don't think they would be rushing to produce more Australian versions at the moment.

Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think there has ever been any real evidence that JJP is in trouble financially. The contrast between the rumours thrown around on Pinside and the information one gets from JJP's website, Facebook page and the private owner's forum is pretty striking at times. It seems that some people on here have had personal grievances with Jack in the past, which may or may not be justified, but nevertheless has motivated these people to add to the misinformation which surrounds the company at present.

What we do know is that games are being built slower than expected. I guess many on here thought that JJP would quickly ramp up to match Stern's rate of production but, for whatever reason, that hasn't happened. They seem to be sending the games out in batches, with relatively long periods in between. From the pictures it is also clear that they have a relatively small number of workers, which, it appears, has not increased much over time.

Jack has, at times, explained that there have been delays with vendors and that their way of building games is different in that the work is outsourced to a much greater extent, with many more vendors involved.

Perhaps they have decided that this is the most efficient way to produce the games for the moment, to start small to avoid risk and ramp things up when the kinks are sorted out. Maybe they are training their workers to work different parts of the line so they are more flexible, they might have the majority of people assembling cabinets one week and playfields the next. I don't know, it would be good to get more of this kind of information from people who have visited the factory.

Whatever the case, the impression I get is that they are slowly plugging away at making the games. Jack has a lot of experience running large companies and has some very experienced people working for him. It seems reasonable to assume that they know what they are doing and a running the company as efficiently as possible.

This made me laugh, great post, thanks.

I wonder if they will have all the LE's made by the time of the open house on August 9th and have some kind of ceremony to commemorate the event? Probably not enough time.

Haha, that's great!