Quoted from vdojaq:

I am starting to think my apology was for not.....why is some guy(Nicholas) from Denmark concerned with anything to do with American Pinball? Secondly , Kim M. was on A.P.'s facebook page asking for the $23K owed to him for MG & RAZA. This Nicholas guy tells Kim to stop trolling the page? Whawhawhat?!?!
This is all completely unreal..... He may not be Kaneda, but there is a connection between them
somewhere and he is just as much of a tool!

Quoted from MinusWorlds:

Yeah agreed. Regardless this is nuts. He'll be texting me pics when it's unveiled. Should I just add them to this or start an official/unofficial Houdini thread?

Quoted from hardware:

Thanks! Pinballlew PM'd me a similar answer, but provided a link to Kaneda's podcast. Is Pinballlew Kaneda?

Quoted from PinballManiac40:

At least more of Houdini has been shown than BM66. Bazzinga!!!

Quoted from benheck:

Notice all the similarities between unplayable box of lights KISS and Houdini? Right down to the banners hiding the fact LCD isn't properly mounted.
I wonder if John knew Stern had the license and did that as a "job application"? One thing I have no doubt of was he wanted to get bought out. (The goal of all business but usually after they've built something)
But Stern acquired Zidware the smart way - by hiring their artist.

Quoted from 27dnast:

Anyone giving any kind of preorder money to any pinball company has zero room to complain. Checks are sent at your own risk.

Quoted from lowepg:

Let's assUme someone at this company actually has the ability to produce a working prototype (something jpop couldn't seem to do even when his entire company/career was on the line counting on it).
Ok, now who is going to actually manufacture these games?
I look at the learning curve JJP had to go through- and they had a building full of people who actually have a clue about pinball- and can only wonder at the ability of this mystery company to deliver.

Quoted from Fulltilt:

But Oh Contraire.... allow me to retort. You are leaving out the 4+ years of deception, lies about advances and production to his buyers, excuses after excuses for the delays and lack of anything playable... We were willing to provide him our faith and cash. The captain knew the ship was sinking and continued to let the orchestra play.

Quoted from Fulltilt:

I definitely agree. He thought he could pull it off... by himself. Alienating the talent that could help him succeed. Refusing to listen to anyone with a different opinion. Never recognizing his true limitations. I think he could have definitely "pulled it off" if he had been willing to let go of the paranoia and fear of having his golden ideas stolen from him. Even at the very end of Zidware, Jpop continued to talk about his NDA and believing his golden ideas would somehow prevail.
In retrospect, it is kind of sad.. It "could" have been and had the potential to be great. Now I'm afraid that people are willing to accept whatever can be provided to complete the circle.

Quoted from pinfarmer:

If the artist was never paid for his (amazing) artwork than can Jpop or anyone else for that matter claim ownership of said artwork? the theme yes but the actual images?

Quoted from CaptainNeo:

I would love this as a large vinyl banner. I'd buy one and hang it up.

Quoted from spfxted:

I still say they should forget about all the other machines. Offer everyone either a Magic Girl, Houdini or their money back.

Quoted from Baiter:

I agree with all of this.

Yes! Pinball only gets reasonable at some economy of scale greater than 16-100 customers per title. I figured JPop knew this going into it with MG, but he dug him self into an impossible hole once he made the same mistake 3x over. At this point the only way to make something work financially is to uncap the production limit on MG and get more customers. If that works, uncap the also ridiculous limits on RAZA and AIW, finish the games and sell the crap out of them too.

Quoted from someoneelse:

I don't see the connection between "appointment" and "preorder"?

Quoted from InfiniteLives:

maybe to discuss your options regarding JPOPs thievery?

Quoted from Masaru:

For a bunch of non millienials you all crack me up. This game was announced recently yet you feel entititled to see a full working game at expo. MG issue has allegedly been addressed and people who put down (0.01% of posters) will get the game. For price point (as jjp and stern have raised prices) how about in lieu of complaining and whining everyone takes a back seat and sees what happens. Everyone was ready with pitch fork and torch when game was announced and attached to jpop, yet how many of you actually put in on a magic girl?

Quoted from cait001:

Really? No way to hit that target?

Quoted from iceman44:

It's simple.
AP will and should forget MG, RAZA and AIW, pins that weren't engineered to work in the first place or ever had a prayer of being delivered.
Focus on Houdini and give previous Jpop victims a rebate of some kind if they want to buy a Houdini.
Onward and upward. Forget the past and let it go.

Quoted from Pimp77:

Didn't they claim to be delivering a MG to someone at expo?? Cointaker I believe? What happened with that?!

Quoted from snakesnsparklers:

I don't think they had to say much at all. The head of expo stated that he had absolutely no clue about the Jpop fiasco when he booked American Pinball!

Quoted from desertT1:

If MG runs on something that can be programmed by an outside party, somebody will take it on as a personal project. If the physical is there, the code will we done by somebody.

Quoted from TecumsehPlissken:

I'm betting he means just those two ....... I saw in person that Houdidn't playfield & it had shots that were impossible.. or if ever made had no plan or way for the ball to go back into play , take a close look at that left clear ramp on it

Quoted from Tigger64:

That post does deflect back to Zidware. But I think all along they should have made it more clear where that division or responsibility between AP/Zidware (Jpop) is.

Quoted from vdojaq:

AP officially has nothing to do with the builds of these games. AP did not build these, JPop did.....BUT.....he had help.