Milestone day for me because I simply reached the “end” of this thread after dutifully starting at post #1 LOL.

Anyway, I put my deposit in with Melissa mid September. Out of money from Christmas stuff so hoping I have several months before “the call”, anyway.

One question I saw asked a couple of pages back and didn’t see and answer to, is the question I have. Sorry if I missed it earlier. Is there a way for those of us with deposits in to get on the NSN distribution list? Not the end of the world to see them posted here but just curious.

Congrats. Glad you handled the shipping disaster well.

Many bonus points for sneaking Bunny’s toe into your post.

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Is it concerning that during all of the time that orders are slowly being fulfilled and parts are hard to come by, that there hasn’t been any sort of code update? Seems like this would have been the perfect time for DP to sit down and really crank through that.

Yep, he must have forgotten that span of...years, lol

Thanks. Strange, I keep up on this thread (one of the few who honestly read it from page 1 all the way through over several weeks), and I didn’t see anything about a recent code update, nor an option relating to the sound/voice choices. Was it here or on a different thread?

My deposit was October 2020. Spoke with her there yesterday and got the “should be 60 days” answer. We shall see.

Received invoice - deposit 10/28/21. I'm only 2 hours from CoinTaker so hopefully that speeds things along!

Now I guess we receive an email or call about it shipping?

Also curious if these are arriving on the latest code or if they need updating. Hopefully the whole proc issue thing that I tried to read and understand is cleaned up on these machines.

Anyone have the florescent plastic protector set vs the clear? I see CointTaker has clear and florescent listed, but the pics aren't really great at all. Imagine that clear is the way to go but curious if anyone has the florescent and if it works with the theme?

Nothing on my end yet. Just got the invoice yesterday and paid this morning, though.

Nothing yet… wish I’d hear something soon!

Got my “Order has been shipped” email from CT! (9-18-20 deposit)

Question for you guys…does that mean it got on a boat and is making the journey, or does that mean it left the CT shop in Pennsylvania?

Interesting, thanks. I’ve actually read this whole thread over the past 6-8 months and swear I saw that the crates were filled with X number of machines (10-20?) and then shipped off on a boat. Thought that at one point in time, CT was offering air freight for an extra charge.

Anyway, maybe someone else who recent got theirs or knows what’s “shipped” means can chime in as to whether it just left NL or if it’s out from Coin Taker.

Oh jeez. Wonder why they didn’t send any sort of tracking. Probably a delivery that someone should be around for, when it arrives lol

Good news and bad news.

Got a call at 7:30 this morning from FedEx. Which I didn’t pick up because that’s the time this Dude is trying to get some rest.

Just checked voicemail and was mad I missed it since it was the call to schedule delivery.

Called them back and they said “well, your shipper didn’t approve a lift gate truck. Can you get this off the truck yourself? It’s 375 lbs. our drivers are only required to lift 50 lbs.”

Ummm. No? The Dude doesn’t abide. This aggression will not stand.

I explained how CT ships these all the time. Very expensive machines. Very long build time. Very far shipping. And how I don’t think it seems normal that it’s a tactic of “good luck, lift this sucker off the truck and enjoy!”

Something seems odd. So FedEx said they’ll reach out to CT. So frustrating since it’s few miles away sitting there!

I have a pickup truck but probably not a smart move to try and go get it in case there’s shipping damage, God forbid.

Well, I have clarification.

Melissa was awesome. Called her and she said “nope, FedEx is wrong and they didn’t read the info. Tell them to look and it’s “basic by appointment” which includes residential and includes lift gate” ”

Called FedEx back and sure enough they said “oh yeah you’re right. That all is included”

I asked if he just drops it off the lift gate and that’s that or if he’ll bring it around my yard to my walk out basement and he said the driver can usually do that but talk to him when he calls.

Anyway. A+ Melissa. And TOMORROW MORNING I will be going bowling!!

Interesting, thanks. The hard surface to my basement French doors is about 300 feet of lawn lol. Worse case I’ll just put the machine on my dolly and pull it around if he won’t.

Cool, thanks. I have a truck so that’s an option. When I bring games home myself, I just back right up to the basement doors and bring them in with a helping hand. Heard these machines are beefy!

Hopefully will have pics in a few hours!

Yesterday was a fun day.

FedEx arrived on time. Guy looks at my property and I show him where I want the game to end up. He said he’ll just take the skid across the yard to the basement doors for me…awesome!

Then he tries to get the forks into the pallet and realizes the pallet is too narrow and only one fork goes in. So he said he can unload it from the truck but can’t transport it across the yard on one fork.

So then we put it on my dolly and strap it and he has me pull it across the yard while he supported the downhill / side hill parts. Got it into the basement and that was that.

Started to inbox it and noticed a huge area had plain brown tape over it. I peeled that back and sure enough it was a gash in the box about 24” long and 1” wide. You could see right in. Wanted to puke knowing what was likely coming next.

Went about opening the box the correct way, and when I got to where I could lift the sides away, I saw it did have damage but AMAZINGLY whatever punctured through the box just BARELY touched the backbox left side. I mean it came so close that it tore the decal but zero damage to the wood or structure.

I wrote SP and Rens wrote right back within minutes. He agreed I was super lucky, and was kind enough to get a new decal sent out. I’m thankful it wasn’t real structural damage or a whole shipping insurance claim etc.

Sounds like from the above posts that FedEx is a disaster with these things. I’m surprised they aren’t shipped with a private shipping company.

Anyway, I took a good 4 hours to assemble it, inspect and learn what’s what and how things work, installing plastic protectors on the plastics where I didn’t have to do major dismantling, and installing my bowling ball and Donny can mods.

Then fired up the machine and all was glorious. Made sure it worked and then went and got the new code file and loaded that on (shipped with 0.56 and I could hear the annoying power clicking. To a newbie it sounds like the game is breaking and something isn’t right at all in the backbox!). New code cleared that right up.

I chose to fold my rug so that it fits under the machine, to avoid foot traffic wear and tear.

Finally, I grabbed my bottle of Absolut, bottle of Kaluha, and a quart of Half n Half, and some greasy burgers and fries (sadly can’t get In n Out on the east coast), called friends over and we played the hell out of it til 1:30am.

Everything seems to work 100% with no adjustments or anything needed. Game is gorgeous, the speakers are AMAZING, and the music and call outs are fantastic. We were commenting that the game seems more chill and non irritating to have the song versions without lyrics. Easier to just keep playing without the words over and over and distracting you.

A+ job by Rens for quick responses to my newb questions and the damage help.

I’m super excited to see what the code updates bring, and eventually have the Wi-Fi Live capability and all. More importantly I need to now learn what I’m supposed to actually be doing in each mode and all.
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