I told people Jumping was a biiiig mistake 
There is even more to come.
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Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:Im panicking right now! Cancelled my order last month and now i want this thing bad...God i hope that mistake didnt just cost me $1000.00...Calling Jen now to reinstate my order...
Good luck with that.
Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:Im panicking right now! Cancelled my order last month and now i want this thing bad...God i hope that mistake didnt just cost me $1000.00...Calling Jen now to reinstate my order...
Good luck. I think if I'm right , the Smaug Gold SE is $9000 which is higher than the $7500 deposits put down at preorder.
Considering one could cancel at any time cancelling before the final product is revealed is kinda...well...you know...no need to say it.
Quoted from ronlisa:Good luck. I think if I'm right , the Smaug Gold SE is $9000 which is higher than the $7500 deposits put down at preorder.
Feeling real good about my original $7500.00 investment now although I had little doubt JJP would not produce a gem!
To cancel (quit) before the journey was over should mean you can't order a game from JJP, ever. After all this game is about dwarves and hobbits that didn't give up, even when all hope was lost. If you lost hope in JJP, you should lose your game, for life! MOOOOHAHAHHAHHA!
I keep thinking the LCD book would be so much cooler if it were a real book and somehow real paper pages would turn. Is that possible? It does look like we're starring at a 1980s gold CRT television. Not a book
Quoted from Bostonbuzz:Feeling real good about my original $7500.00 investment now although I had little doubt JJP would not produce a gem!
+1 Same here.
I feel like I done something right for once.
Quoted from heni1977:I wish, would love to own one. Just to pricey for me at this time. Will wait ten yrs then get one lol
100k by Nov 18th 2024 
I checked out the pictures this morning and my socks shot off my feet and into the lit fireplace. Good thing it was early in the day, so there was no explosion!
Seriously, congratulations to the JJP team that made these changes - you transformed this game into something VERY special. It must have been six weeks of hell. Thank you!!!
Bravo, JJP. Greatly improved. I'm reminded of the less than stellar review I posted when the first playfield was revealed (here: http://creditdotpinball.com/2014/06/16/news-jjps-hobbit-playfield-a-lament-for-hand-drawn-artwork/). Many were not impressed with the original design due to a variety of reasons, and others were just luke warm about it not inspiring emotion one way or the other. The team really pushed the envelope with the new version and produced a playfield art package that reaches out and grabs you, and looks less cut 'n' paste while doing so. My wife, a non-pinhead but avid Hobbit fan (literature and films), once described the original effort as a "child placing cut-out stickers in a sticker book". Now, she's as impressed as anyone. Smaug is there in all his largeness, dominating the "landscape", as he should be.
Rob
creditdotpinball.com
Quoted from spiroagnew:Bravo, JJP. Greatly improved. I'm reminded of the less than stellar review I posted when the first playfield was revealed (here: http://creditdotpinball.com/2014/06/16/news-jjps-hobbit-playfield-a-lament-for-hand-drawn-artwork/). Many were not impressed with the original design due to a variety of reasons, and others were just luke warm about it not inspiring emotion one way or the other. The team really pushed the envelope with the new version and produced a playfield art package that reaches out and grabs you, and looks less cut 'n' paste while doing so. My wife, a non-pinhead but avid Hobbit fan (literature and films), once described the original effort as a "child placing cut-out stickers in a sticker book". Now, she's as impressed as anyone. Smaug is there in all his largeness, dominating the "landscape", as he should be.
Rob
creditdotpinball.com
Yes, there is so much more hand drawn artwork now. Bravo
Looks better
Just a pity that it takes JJP so much time to fix things
You only get one chance for a first impression
Less than 6 weeks from original display to changes is a long time? You must be joking or trolling. Which one?
Quoted from Pinchroma:Less than 6 weeks from original display to changes is a long time? You must be joking or trolling. Which one?
I think he's talking about how Jack publicly showed off WOZ when it was "a box of lights" or how he showed up to expo with Hobbit and said "Ta - Da!" only to have the public collectively reel back a little bit and then JJP makes reactionary changes. He's wishing what you see on the second and third showings would be the original product -- I think.
/or maybe I'm way off
Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:Im panicking right now! Cancelled my order last month and now i want this thing bad...God i hope that mistake didnt just cost me $1000.00...Calling Jen now to reinstate my order...
Another new account made just a few weeks ago. Seriously Robin you need to make it so that people at least accumulate some Karma before they can post These fake accounts are getting plentiful.
Right Alex?
Quoted from SilverBallz:Another new account made just a few weeks ago. Seriously Robin you need to make it so that people at least accumulate some Karma before they can post These fake accounts are getting plentiful.
Right Alex?
Check out his posting history (especially his first post which explains his Pinside name), I think he's legit, and not afraid to drop large bundles of cash on pinball machines.
Quoted from Pinchroma:Less than 6 weeks from original display to changes is a long time? You must be joking or trolling. Which one?
Kiss me cutie pie
The blue/Greg art has been public for more than six weeks
Quoted from Pinchroma:Less than 6 weeks from original display to changes is a long time? You must be joking or trolling. Which one?
If I got a dollar for every time you cried troll...
As I said previously, great job on jjp's part. Smaug is bad ass looking now. Menacing even. Like, "I dare you to get high score bitch."
Quoted from SilverBallz:Another new account made just a few weeks ago. Seriously Robin you need to make it so that people at least accumulate some Karma before they can post These fake accounts are getting plentiful.
Right Alex?
So that previous account you were referencing was yours? Were you Full Blown, Craz4Pin, and Old Pinster too?
Quoted from Pinchroma:Less than 6 weeks from original display to changes is a long time? You must be joking or trolling. Which one?
That must have been six weeks of hell. But under that kind of pressure Jack gets to see who the real stars on his team are. This game is now astonishingly beautiful! I'm mighty glad I have a day one order paid in full.
Alex, do you know if the wireforms and ramps will be getting any powder coating or other kind of treatment? I think the game is looking great. One thing that sort of looks out of place though is the big expanse of silver on the ramps.
Quoted from txstargazer3:That must have been six weeks of hell. But under that kind of pressure Jack gets to see who the real stars on his team are. This game is now astonishingly beautiful! I'm mighty glad I have a day one order paid in full.
I suspect the new playfield artwork was already in the works before expo. It's hard to believe they could have produced the artwork, gotten all the approvals and fabricated the playfields in only 6 weeks.
"Check out his posting history (especially his first post which explains his Pinside name), I think he's legit, and not afraid to drop large bundles of cash on pinball machines."
I think he's legit too. The post I posted was a quote from Alex crying once again about a new pinsider speaking negatively about JJP, calling it a fake account (copy/pasted from hobbit update thread).
Quoted from Jvspin:Alex, do you know if the wireforms and ramps will be getting any powder coating or other kind of treatment? I think the game is looking great. One thing that sort of looks out of place though is the big expanse of silver on the ramps.
Wireforms yes. Ramps no. Can't powder Ramps. (Technically you can but don't want too). Powder dimples like wood. Powdering the ramps would cause ball trails and tram lining. It would cause the ball to do weird things. Wireforms are a different story as the ball travel is pre defined. The ramps have a much different area of ball travel.
Quoted from rvboarder:I would like to buy a Hobbit Le position . I can buy it outright or trade a mint HUO TRON LE for the position +/- cash .Thanks
Contact Abel Electronics. They have some left.
Sydney
Quoted from Pinchroma:Wireforms yes. Ramps no. Can't powder Ramps. (Technically you can but don't want too). Powder dimples like wood. Powdering the ramps would cause ball trails and tram lining. It would cause the ball to do weird things. Wireforms are a different story as the ball travel is pre defined. The ramps have a much different area of ball travel.
Perhaps anodizing?
That new playfield (I assume for Smaug version) is worlds better than the other. The blue/orange color contrast between the areas alone is so much more pleasing to the eye. +1 JJ. This should be the PF on all of them.
Quoted from cooked71:I didn't mind the first edition, but have to admit the new one looks much better. Not sure about the Gold Smaug head in the other photos. And the LCD looks like a bit of an afterthought thats just bee stuck on there.
I would guess whatever Smaug turns out to be, some people will be hand painting it to their personal preference and others will be offering it as a mod. Like Sparky.
Quoted from Pinchroma:Done in aluminum only. Ramps are steel.
Ah. Got it. Do you know what process is used on Stargate to make the ramps gold/brass colored?
Quoted from thedefog:This should be the PF on all of them.
It is for all of them. I'd rather have this one.
colors.pngQuoted from Jvspin:Ah. Got it. Do you know what process is used on Stargate to make the ramps gold/brass colored?
Not sure? Electroplating maybe?
Quoted from SilverBallz:"Check out his posting history (especially his first post which explains his Pinside name), I think he's legit, and not afraid to drop large bundles of cash on pinball machines."
I think he's legit too. The post I posted was a quote from Alex crying once again about a new pinsider speaking negatively about JJP, calling it a fake account (copy/pasted from hobbit update thread).
Ah, couldn't tell you were quoting Pinchorama there, and I'm obviously not following the ongoing Hobbit drama closely enough to be following this conversation!
Quoted from Pinchroma:I told people Jumping was a biiiig mistake There is even more to come.
What about the windlance thingie? Is that coming?
Quoted from Goronic:What about the windlance thingie? Is that coming?
Look at the art. The windlance is in the left outlane.
--Luke
Quoted from HighNoon:Look at the art. The windlance is in the left outlane.
--Luke
I'm not a scientist! I'm not a scientist!!! (ooops wrong pin) 
Quoted from PopBumperPete:Looks better
Just a pity that it takes JJP so much time to fix thingsLess than six weeks
You only get one chance for a first impression
Not always
Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:oh im legit...somebody say something about a bundle of cash on a pinball machine?
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This is my impressed face. 
Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:oh im legit...somebody say something about a bundle of cash on a pinball machine?DSCN3294.JPG 174 KB
Posted in the wrong thread?
Quoted from kvan99:Sheesh, dude the machine takes quarters...
Yeah and he's using women's hair rubber bands on that stack. Lol. Real ballers have a bad ass money clip made of pure ivory and poor folk tears. (Chris rock joke)
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