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Quoted from mipinballexpo:I hear they are going to ride in on these.
Easily the ugliest motorcylce I have ever seen. LMAO
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Skit-B Pinball, 2013
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Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:Making a topper with the predator or something else that would point a laser at the player would be sweet. Or even a laser worked into gameplay (on a Predator toy) in the playfield would be pretty cool. Not sure what type of safety concerns there would be maybe someone else can chime in on that. If you do need a waiver I would get it in writing before you ship it out and then a statement on the additional parts "by installing this...ect".
Waivers don't work every where. Waivers are attune to "assumption of risk" . . . that theory of law is only recognized in some states (usually states with skii resorts or beaches).
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:I wasn't implying they work everywhere. I was merely suggesting they add a step to what they were already thinking about doing which can be seen looking at my statement in context. I dont think coming up with an alternative to a 'laser' nowadays would be too difficult. Either way I think it is a great idea that would really be a cool feature if they were able to pull it off.
I agree fully with everything you say above. I was more of warning Skit B as I think they might have misunderstood you based on their response to your post.
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Quoted from SkitBPinball:I say we shouldn't sticky this thread, in particular. I'm going to make a new thread with all the relevant info right in the first post so people don't have to dig through this monstrous thread to find information. That being said, what information do you guys think is relevant enough to be included in the post?
I second this. Let's start over fresh with a clean thread.
2 weeks later
I agree with everyone telling these guys to take their time and get it right. There is a lot of work that goes into these machines, look at jjp and he is at least getting deposit money to help fund the development. My biggest request is to make sure the game has an awesome soundtrack. Music in pins is huge to many. I'm pumped to be on the list for this one!
Quoted from The_Dude_Abides:Thanks for putting it in the database for us Robin. I hope the art on this pin turns out to be wicked!!
If there is hand drawn art that looks like that . . . wow . . . talk about epic artwork!
Quoted from iceman44:Great for the buyers, no doubt....and yes its much better for the buyer than JJP, but there is a reason people have ponied up all that dough......
I agree with this . . . I'm in for Predator and happy to be in, was a huge fan of Predator and collected some Predator stuff back in the day, but my one fear here is whether it will prove financially feasable as a project (especially without deposits), even as a non-profit project. One thing is for sure, these Skip guys love pinball and are putting their best effort into the project . . . and that is great.
Quoted from Prkchpsndwiches:Got my number! #60!!!!
Congrats to No. 60! No. 37 here. 
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Quoted from Betelgeuse:Well, they did originally say they were planning to have a completed prototype at the beginning of June. If there is some major roadblock I would rather know about it so I can budget accordingly. I don't want to pass on other machines because I'm saving for a game that won't come out or will be a year behind schedule. That's all.
They said that but I always thought it was going to be early 2013 at the earliest before they had this completed. I thought that was the general concensus. I'm sure their problem is on the PCB boards, chips, and programming . . . that is where every project gets held up. It killed Kingpin sadly. These guys will get through; just give them time.
Quoted from playboywillis:Dammit, I hope there's a preorder left. This is the only pin that could be my first. Got to the preorder party way to late.
I think they still have room; also, since they did not require deposits there will be a bunch of drop outs of the people who pre-ordered so you will have your chance without question.
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Quoted from toyboy6:Build order isn't based on your pin #, it is based on the order in which you signed up. So even though you are #192, if you are the 50th person to sign up - your pin will be built 50th.
Scott
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Well, that is weird to say the least if they are going to skip machine numbers that people don't pay for, which I thought someone on here said was the plan. That means some numbers may never come into being so the numbering is not all that important. Cool with me though.
Quoted from navajas:EDIT 2: Also, I am so late to the party, but, for a quick drain, "Not a thing. Not a fucking trace. No blood, no bodies... We hit nothing!" would have been awesome.
That would a great cut down line for a quick drain. Perfect actually.
Quoted from navajas:God I hope the game doesn't suck. But even then, right? I mean, it's still got the bells and whistles of Predator. If Oz ends up sucking you've got munchkins and flippers that look like princess shoes.
This made me laugh so hard I woke my wife up . . . who is now making me shut down the cpu and go to sleep. Nite all!
Quoted from Drano:I also suspect more than a few of the preorders will fall out once this becomes real.
I think getting in on this project is still a safe bet... for now
This. With the no deposit rule they followed, I think as many as half the pre-order people will not pony up the cash when their number is called. That said, if there are games being produced they will easily sell out all 250 if the game is merely decent. They will not struggle to fill orders once people see the final product.
Quoted from Jetzxi:30 more teasers since yesterday.........man I love this thread!
Chris #4
Yep, I thought for sure there must be an update of some kind. Oh well, I am in no rush.
Stay patient everyone. SkitB will provide an update when they have one. I'm sure development has slowed during the summer months as is common in many industries. People have children out of school and go on vacations and what not; suppliers can be harder to interact with in the summer as well. Things will pick up again soon, BBB was not delivered in the day but it eventually made it.
Quoted from rai:Ok let's not bump this post any more unless it has something to do with the actual Predator pinball game.
Who's with me?
I gave this a thumbs up but feel like a hypocrit due to my early stage participation in the XMen thread . . . which was very similar to where this one is now.
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Quoted from Prkchpsndwiches:Ahhhh all these posts and no update! Duped!
Same. Its been two weeks since I opened this thread. Looks like they did assign out numbers to more people, so we know they are still kicking. This is a very complicated project for these guys and takes huge amounts of their time and capital (that they are fully fronting)...this project may take a while. I am in and will be buyer when it is ready, but I keep reminding myself to be patient.
No top movie list is complete without the inclusion of Highlander. Highlander would make a great pin theme to. You could have a power ball painted to look like a head.
Quoted from SPeD66:Email them & hope. Tell them you don't care what number the machine is. Expect to wait several weeks for a reply though... if you aren't too late. The reply I got stated there were still slots left but they weren't specific.
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A bunch of people will drop out at the first sign of putting up any money . . . my prediction is it will be over half. That is the problem with putting nothing up front; I think they should have charged at least $100 up front to make sure they had people willing to pay something; of course, that discussion was had many many posts ago and I conceded on the point then so I do not know why I am bringing it up again.
Quoted from MMuller:Not me baby i can't wait to get it home #10 for me
Same here. I'm in for the long haul on this project.
Quoted from BLACK_ROSE:I haven't read Every Post in this Giant Thread , but How much does the Predator cost anyway ?
$4,500 was the rough guess estimate at the beginning. They are trying to keep it under 5k; I think that may be tough (given the challenges JJP has seen with parts venders and he is buying in higher volume) but who knows.
Quoted from spfxted:Figure between $4500 - $5000
Weren't you suppose to be calling it a night after that last epic GIF in the other thread? Now you will have to top that one. Ha!
Quoted from rai:I think there well be a hellalot of drop outs or people who try to sell their spots in line. Which I'd rather not see. If it only ends up being a 150 production pin that would be ok with me.
Oh, I'd be sickened to see people try and sell their spots in line. Hopefully the Predator guys do NOT allow transfers. If they were taking deposits different story.
Quoted from frolic:Any idea why? Is it a safety thing? or cost?
I actually did some r&d into laser tag some years ago. 3mw lasers are safe for eyeballs. Most pen lasers start at 5mw, so shouldn't aim them at eyes, but 3mw are used in laser tag type games (not the toys, the places where you go battle) and are still visible to us.
Seeing those 3 dots hunt around the playfield would be so badass its not even funny.
It is for legal reasons more than anything. Even if the laser is technically safe they would still get sued by ambulance chasers just because of the perception of lasers being unsafe. Also, you know the pinball community...if the game were to be laser compatible we would dump the 3mw laser and replace it with a 10mw bad m f'er cause we can...
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Wow. Big update. You guys are further along in your coding than anyone expected I believe. I had no idea y'all were this far along. Glad I'm in on this project!
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