Quoted from Aurich:

I just don't understand why anyone would stay in this long, through all the bullshit and garbage, through things that had the whole team just vanish from the public eye (when was the last time you saw any of us comment on anything, and now all of a sudden we're popping out the woodwork) and now that there's finally some good news this is when you pull the cord?
You have no idea how many things I wish I could say that I legally cannot. But this is the most hopeful I've been about this game for a long time. So it just sucks to see that this is the catalyst for anyone to decide it's over and done.

Quoted from Aurich:

They're the same people who injected a ton of cash into Heighway 18 months ago. I know that money was real, it's why the company still exists. I talked to them then too, same people. They're real, I'm real. You don't know me I guess, but I would hope after all this time I at least have a rep as a real person who's provided personal service to hundreds of Pinsiders.
They didn't want to advertise the fact that they're the same people as before on purpose, because inevitably it would lead to "if you're so smart and have been around why are things so shitty?" questions, but since Andrew already blew that up there's no point in hiding it.
The answer to that is they they didn't have control over things before. Now they do. Will they fix everything? I don't know, I'm not Nostradomus. I know they're going to try, and I'm going to help as best I can instead of walking away from the whole game like I was basically doing.

Quoted from jlm33:

I understand all your points Rob, but you have to understand that most, if not all, HP employees (or contractors) had to sign an NDA with Andrew. This put them in an impossible situation in a public forum when things started to be tense.

Quoted from Frax:

How many times do we have to see this scenario play out guys? The only smart ones on either side of the aisle are the ones that are leaving the building with their money intact, or that have already recieved games (I guess this is debateable given the number of HP-specific parts that might be left in the lurch if it goes belly-up). The dream of "new pinball era of prosperity" is dead, dead DEAD. It's dead? IT'S DEAD!

Quoted from Astropin:

Unless Pinside had inside information (always) this would be near impossible to accomplish.
Like Heighway. Old Heighway - bad. New Heighway - who knows?

Quoted from Methos:

Months ago there was a pinsider who researched Andrew's past enterprises and posted it one of these threads. He faced criticism from a few pinsders and even Andrew himself explained that it was not relevant and you need to have failures before you can recognize a success.

Quoted from taylor34:

It's somewhat hilarious how it works:
In normal life ( fictitious example):
friend: Jim, I found out that the mutual fund you're in is actually a ponzi scheme, they could fail if the market goes down.
Jim: THANK YOU!!!! I could have been wiped out. How can I ever repay you?
In pinball ( fictitious example):
friend: Jim, I found out that the company you preordered that pinball machine from has major financial issues, they aren't paying suppliers and you may not get your game.
Jim: GO TO ?!&!!!! Stop making up viscous rumors, what do you know? Have you actually seen these bills? No? So stop with your lies.
That's the way it works, lol.

Quoted from icust298:

Don't ask for a refund or the price could go up if you want back in!! Sales tactics right out of the shitty salesman playbook. Maybe the prices will go up in the future, but they're telling you this for a specific purpose and it's not to be courteous about price changes.

Quoted from Astropin:

Good Lord people! Speculation, speculation, speculation.
I've decided I'm only going to pay attention to posts made by current investors and current employees of Heighway pinball.
EVERYTHING else is just speculation or shit that happened on the old watch.

Quoted from Astropin:

That the papers have not been signed yet? Well that did come straight from people who spoke directly to the new investors.

Quoted from Toads:

My fear and true belief is once the papers are signed and the company is rebirthed, it will have a new (similar) name.
Anyone after a refund from the original heighway that Andrew was running will be told by the new company, and in your words, "Andrew is gone so he can't refund money"
That's just how I feel.

Quoted from Wickerman2:

Unless the lawyers involved for both sides post here, I'm going to go ahead and be skeptical of who is liable, who has the license blah blah. Nobody here knows. Period.

Quoted from Aurich:

You know, speaking of patience, and the Expo machines, I just want to say that everyone at the show was really amazing. I mean, those games were rough at the time. Anyone who was at the launch party can tell you how bad it was, we had napkins stuffed in the airlock scoop because they weren't ejecting properly, which meant you couldn't even start a mode! It could have been really depressing.
We were all doing whatever we could to get them up and running when they weren't on the show floor, they just weren't solid enough yet to have the public bang on them. Well, when I say we I mostly mean everyone else, some of the team can tell the story about how I never came back the first night when I wandered off to find a soldering iron.

Quoted from RobT:

Nope.
Alien is dead in the water at Expo and isn't currently playable.

Quoted from Razorbak86:

Rob wasn't lying. He posted that last night, after the Alien pins had gone down due to technical problems and had been removed from the vendor hall. They were back up and flipping today.

Quoted from Aurich:

Not that it really matters, but just to correct the record nothing was pulled for technical problems, the Alien games were taken back to the private room because there was a media crew filming them and Andrew for a few hours. Gotta be careful with how rumors fly around at Expo.
Carry on with the pitchforks!

Quoted from RandomGuyOffCL:

We decided to go vegan recently for health reasons
so many ailments of mine have subsided, bp dropped, minor chest & joint pains stopped..don’t have to pee in the middle of the night anymore, headaches stopped, breath and bowel movements no longer smell of death.
Not trying to get political here. Just thought I would share the health benefits I experienced

Quoted from Astropin:

Humans are not meant to be herbivores...end rant.

Quoted from Methos:

The digestive benefits are due to fiber and the best thing you can eat are leafy greens. The impact can't be overstated.
There is an easy way to validate it for yourself. Ask for a full blood test -liver function, platelet count, cholesterol, the works. Go plant based for 3 months and then ask for another blood test. Rinse and repeat. I do still eat meat, but only up to 12 oz of grass-fed organic beef. Stay away from chicken and pork and ANY processed meat. It's damn near as deadly as tobacco is.
And Andrew Heighway sucks big time.

Quoted from Honch:

I haven't been following any of this until today and had no idea Heighway folded. But seriously, how in the Hell does this keep happening?

Quoted from mcluvin:

I just don't know that I buy into this notion of a "dream theme" driving this shi*. I know a lot of folks say that, but I think many get some thrills from the sense of anticipation, excitement, and being "in the club". It's kinda worth it to them even if it doesn't pan out.
I can't buy a pin just based on the theme. I've got to enjoy the play. That and I'm not willing to pay$6K+ for a pin will save me from this crap.
It was refreshing to play TNA recently. I just did not think I was going to like it. It was actually a lot of fun to play. It's cool seeing the demand for it, not because of the theme, but because it's fun. I think the hobby needs more of that kind of excitement about a pin vs. this "dream theme" notion which mostly seems to suck a lot of money out of the hobby and create bad will.

Quoted from gweempose:

This was certainly the case with RAZA for me. Being a huge zombie fan, I always thought it would be so cool to have a zombie themed pin. That's why when John announced the game, I immediately jumped all over it. This was well before Stern's TWD, so I was thrilled that a pin with my dream theme was finally being built.

Quoted from spfxted:

Did anyone confirm this with CT??
$108K can sink a small company!