If a second run is made and more people get to spend time on one, I think if you are player that loves deep, challenging games that you will love it. It's like it was said previously, there was backlash when they nixed the triple disc and opening chest. Because of that, people didn't jump on it out of the gate and many cancelled orders thinking they would wait to try it out instead. For many, that opportunity to play never game because the game was so scarce. For instance, normally we have 12-15 of any new Stern pin on route locally here. With JJP Pirates, we had 2...and that's because Lloyd at SS Billiards does tech support for JJP so he had one, otherwise it's one...total. People didn't get the opportunity to play it and by the time they did it was too late. Lawlor wanted to make sure Wonka had the full spotlight and with everything else from the big BOM to the complexity, it was a perfect storm to keep JJP Pirates in the shadows and move on to the next game.

I think JP and TZ are fantastic games and I would certainly buy a JP for the right price, but this just shows you how much I personally love JJP Pirates. I've had 29+ pins come and go over the years. I'm thrifty, I've never paid more than $4300 for any pin before and even $4k+ is a rare exception for me. I'll wait until the deal is right for me instead of jumping the gun and overpaying. All that said, I went out and spent almost double the amount I've ever spent on any game on a JJP Pirates. I loved it from the first time playing it on route, it was instantly a top 4 pin for me. It's that good and even better in a home environment where you can really explore it without spending a fortune on coin drop. I could easily make a lot of money on my JJP pin, it's hard for some to simply overlook thousands in potential profit on a game they've already got to own and play, but I have zero interest in selling mine. It never gets old to me and with a code update still to come, I am extremely excited to see how the best can even get better.