Thanks to Aurich's great idea on this thread:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/how-id-fix-the-jjp-potc-disc-issue

... there was a very inspiring post...

I think this is a fantastic idea. Making it more a part of the gameplay perhaps even improves the coolness of this hardware! And issues with being too loud - gone. Issues with reliability - gone. Pissed off buyers - probably gone. Need some more ball action then put in some magnets. Even improves upon the fact that you couldn't see the disc when it was spinning fast - can look cool all the time. Another advantage - can ship game now and code for this can catch up later.

Please vote for your preference.

For those wishing for the original high-speed use of the design I get it. But, if the real reason is that it's not reliable at high speed, then something has to be changed and this is the closest thing possible. It's a compromise.

These ideas we are all giving are an attempt to offer alternate paths for JJP to take. Nothing is done at JJP if you look at the past and they can turn this around tomorrow.

The slow-moving, 3 disk alternative is a bit of a compromise allowing the original hardware to be used and can even improve upon the gameplay. IF the real reason that it can't be used is that it's not reliable at high speeds then here is a solution - done.

The issue with having the pizza disk image on the playfield and the spinning disks on the screen is that you would see two different versions of the same object from the film that look completely different. Strange to my eyes. JJP have not fully thought this out. The proposed solutions are better.

Ok, well that is better than pizza for sure. What do you think of keeping hardware as it is and just have them move slow and add to gameplay?

Well at this point still hoping that JJP wouldn't lie to its customer base about the real reasons behind this cut and run move. Still giving the benefit of the doubt.

My understanding is that the discs can report what position they are in (optos) - this was needed because the discs were designed to stop at any specified orientation. Regarding speed, if they can move fast, why wouldn't they be able to move slowly?

Yeah well getting them to stop on a dime at an exact orientation I could see being difficult at high speeds. But if you have optos and just slowly moving a ring to the next position on the ring, this should be easier. So if the problem is that this is what was unreliable, then again, this is a fix for this.

Thanks for all your votes everyone! I thought it might be a joke at first but by the looks of yesterday's video JJP seem adamant to proceed down this ridiculous strip and rush path. At least we left a record of what we would have actually wanted from a company commited to reaching the potential of this pin.

Thanks again to Aurich and TheFamilyArcade for caring so much to give these great suggestions but you can only lead a horse to water they say. I wish everyone would understand that it's because of our love for JJP and pinball in general that we criticize and offer suggestions but in the end it's clear that they don't care what their devoted fans want.

And looks like Jack can't even show his face - this is definately a first and a sign that all is not well at JJP with no sign of leadership to be found. He'll probably show up in a few weeks after Eric had taken the brunt. What a difference a week makes - how quickly you can flush what you've built up for years.

Anyway, still hope everything works out well in the future for everyone but I am so out that I can't even read about this anymore or watch videos that seem like funeral processions.

To those of you still in - thanks for helping float this ship until Toy Story but you won't see me compromise like this for a 9000 US toy. The other side is that you may be supporting being treated like this and send a message that we just don't care and buy anything. It's like buying a new car, finding out they couldn't figure out the air conditioning, buying it anyway and then driving around like some chump for years - I just have enough self respect that I will run from this like I would from a house fire. And what does it say that they care so little they can't even close a trunk.

In summary, if I pay that much for a pin I want a full realization of a dream not a permanent reminder of failure in my row of pins.

Anyway I'm done with this - wish you all the best. I'm off to play some pinball and have some fun again