Good morning all,

Just an engineering update for everyone!

The next batch of panels are assembled and tested. We've got over 100 display panels and 110 controller boards in stock and ready to pull off the shelf for assembly. At this point, we're just waiting on our new batch of cable assemblies. Our batches thus far have shipped with IDC ends, but our new cable design is all molex and they're no longer made in my garage, so they should look and perform great.

We're hoping to get the current batch out tomorrow morning, but EOW at the latest. It just looks like the cable shipment got delayed in customs.

Just figured I'd keep everyone in the loop! After this batch goes out, we'll be back on track!

We are also working on our next game, to be announced in December.

-- Jimmy

Thank you so much! I'm extremely humbled, and 86Pixels looks forward to shipping more and more of these TZ backboard mods out!

If you've enjoyed yours, feel free to drop a line on the TWIP website as well!

Good morning!

We're still working with our EU based distributors and are in a bit of a holding pattern right now. We hope to have an update shortly.

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Stark and Pepper tested each and every display/board, and the holiday batch has shipped! The next round of customers are being contacted as we go grab more wood for the CNC!

Thank you again to everyone who voted us Mod of the Year in the preliminary TWIPY vote! From me, Alana, Stark and Pepper, we're all humbled! We put a lot of love and thought into our products, and we're excited to share even more with you!

-- Jimmy

Thank you kindly! We definitely aim to please, and we appreciate the patience from every single customer as we figure things out logistically, mechanically and in software.

As you make your way through the installation, feel free to leave any feedback you like. We stand by our products 100%, and if something's wrong, we'll make it right!

Best,
Jimmy

Gotcha both on the list! Will reach out with details, though you're looking at about 6-8 weeks.

Thank you for the kind words! I'm very proud of this mod!

Oh yikes. Feel free to DM me some pictures. I'm curious if the backboard wasn't centered and snagged on the cabinet when the playfield was let down? Depending on what's broken we'll either send out replacement parts for whats broken or send you a return label and we'll swap everything out. Let me know, we'll get replacement parts out!

-- Jimmy

Good morning all!

An update on all fronts here from 86Pixels HQ (better known as my garage in Austin, TX). We're continuing production through the Christmas holidays as best we can for TZ mods. Some of the ToM magic mirror parts are delayed, but we're getting things teed up for shipping after the new year when things calm down.

We currently have about three TZ packages somewhere in the bowels of USPS (likely on a trailer that hasn't been unloaded). Those are from the 12/2 and 12/10 batches. If we don't see any movement on those packages this week, we'll start the insurance claims process and ship those units out UPS. Our only request is that buyers remain honest and if you get two, let us know so we can provide a return label (or you can buy both, sell for a profit and make fat stacks).

All upcoming batches are going out UPS, we're still seeing a 3-4 day delivery schedule for everything we're sending through their network.

Regarding international fulfillment, at the request of our customers, we continue to monitor the tariff situation and should be shipping those units just after the new year.

On a much happier note, a few crazy folks that call themselves the Pinball Mafia on Twitch decided to stream their TZ with the mod they bought. We didn't have any sort of sponsorship deal or anything, so you can believe that any feedback on their side is honest! Go check it out, it appears after their trivia segment. (About 55 minutes in). The thing I have to say about these folks is that they just seem like damn good people. You see a lot of streaming styles for sure on twitch/in pinball, and these folks are about as unscripted as it gets, and everyone is just having a blast. Check them out, give them a follow! https://www.twitch.tv/thepinballmafia

Development on the next game is also well under way. We have test parts in and mounted and are working out software glitches. That announcement should be in the next 1-2 weeks after filming some test videos.

Back to dry aging this standing rib roast for this week! Then back to CNC work.

-- Jimmy