LOL. This is going to be fun.

Damn, Canada got lumped in with the US, lol.

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION!

He didn't include mexico though, must be a huge fan of donkey shows.

Ok, that almost made me spit out my drink.

Voltron would be killer.

I don't think Thunderbirds is a bad theme, even though I've never seen the show. I think homepin himself will do more to kill it than the theme will, which is a shame.

Haha, I love how he changed his website reasoning to this. Sure chargebacks are the reason.

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And just so everyone sees the original reason, here is his original post in case he decides to change that too.

Adding Homepin and Thunderbirds as text here so google can index it easily too.

This is a great example on how not to run a business.

I'm not sure what is wrong with saying: "Due to issues in the past, we require that all shipments to the US pay for tracking numbers, which is an additional $10 fee."

Instead, everyone of his customers from the US and Canada must be con artists out to steal his stuff. That's obviously the logical choice.

Oh god, I have to hear more about this. Please do tell.

I'm down for a trip to TJ.

I've gotta at least give Homepin credit for hooking me into thunderbirds. I still think the theme will stink on a pinball machine, but I've watched some clips on Youtube today and it got me to laugh a few times.

It'll get me to re-watch the really funny version, team america, again as well.

The whole kit thing is going to be such an epic failure if he keeps his current attitude.

If he is too scared to tell his international customers that they have to pay X dollars more for tracking, then I can only imagine how he will react when things with a kit go south.

"You people are too stupid to assemble my kits, I'll never sell them to morons like you again. I will be putting an IQ test on my site."

I've been trying to come up with a short joke formatted in the "______, australian for ____" format that fits this situation, but I just cant nail it down.

I know there's a good one there somewhere.

I have stuff that is simply not available in the USA so it's their loss not mine. They just haven't realised that yet because they are all too high and mighty about me being an upstart - well, we will see won't we.

If anyone needs a board he would have sold, I'll be willing to offer up free design/board layout for that part and release the design openly to the pinball community. Just let me know, and figure out how to get me a sample and/or schematic of the original.

Ill even set pinball life or someone up with a board house that will manufacture them.

I'll take a look at this board in particular over the holiday and see whats up.

It's so awesome that the name of that file is tea bag.

I honestly don't see the "lumping aussies into the same bucket" stuff.

I personally just think Homepin is nuts, not all aussies.

LOL

It was a good move on his part, it would have just escalated. Both JJP and Stern take a ton of abuse/criticism, but they just ignore it for the most part. Internet rule #7.

Nobody saw that coming...

I keep thinking about this... JJP hit the market at a really good time. Releasing a game right now capitalizes on pinball being a hot trend right now. Jack's timing couldn't have really been better.

Will pinball still be "in" like it is now in 2015/2016 when this machine comes out?

Cool.

You see a lot of "boutique" pin makers popping up lately, I just wonder if they will have the same hot market to sell to in 2-3 years. A lot can change between now and then.

Awesome. That's one of the only bbs games I registered.

It was quite a feat for a young kid with nothing but a paper route. I registered my BBS software, RemoteAccess as well.

One of my best modem upgrades was a Courier HST dual standard. I had to save up like $400 at the time to get one, lol.

He is designing a new phone too?

Is that Aussie slang or an autocorrect typo? Lol.

Like Alex, I've been on forums for a long time, back to my own BBS in the mid 80s. Never seen a black cock attack.

I've seen tons of shit go down on 4chan, I've even been brave enough to investigate space dicks, lol.

That's hilarious though.

ROFL!!!!

The plus side is now I can watch things like 2girls1cup and japanese eel porn like they were sesame street.

Are we going to start a pool on what micro he picks?

Too early in the morning for this silliness. I'll be back after I use my teethbrush.

Any updates about the machine itself?

Thanks for the info!

That dude has one hell of an ego, Lol

"What’s happened? “It’s absolutely been harder than expected – partly it’s the sheer volume of parts involved,” he says."

LOL, that's like the 5th new pinball company that's said "It's harder than I expected".

Ease off man.

Homepin was so bullish I'd normally enjoy watching him get roasted for missing his deadlines, but not this way. Losing someone like that is no joke.

That's a cool effect!

Y'all crazy.

Homepin, thanks for sharing everything you do with us. It's cool to see an inside view of how things are progressing.

Is there anywhere to order those cool pops with the new lighting that you've come up with? Those would be sweet as hell in Spaceballs!