Steve left Atari for Williams.
Steve left Pinball for Video games.
Steve returns to William's pinball.
Steve quits Willams.
Steve hires for contract Stern games.
Steve joins Stern full time.
Stern Fires Steve.
Steve returns to Stern.

So It's not inconceivable at all that Steve might want to join a company with a larger BOM, to finish his career on a high note.
JJP does need another designer if they want to ramp up.
JJP needs to get their playfield bullshit in order first though.

Steve is my favorite Designer, would love to see what he could do with a larger BOM.

Steve designed Strange Brew JJP Widebody!
I'm in.

Exciting news, good for Steve and JJP , congratulations.
A new adventure for Steve, pretty cool.
Can't wait to see the results.

Iceman, there are some of us NIB buyers that won't think about a JJP NIB game unless they publicly address the playfield issues.
The pics of playfields are horrible.

It took me 8 years to make the leap for my first NIB, I'm not a gambler, I have to much respect for $$.
I'm not gambling on a known , ongoing JJP defect.

It CAN be fixed.
Spooky has proven this.
But the JJP radio silence is disturbing, it's still a small hobby, with a loud, and informed base.

Would you order The next JJP if it was announced next week?

I would not, even if was a Grail theme.
There might be more of us than you think, mayby not......

Cheers.

And don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for JJP to flourish, and give us more options.
The Steve Richie move could be great, if they fix the issues, and ramp up their cadence of games.

Double Cheers.