Whoah, I must have missed some mention of this previously. Those look brilliant. What are they made of, and where did you get them?

oh, and p.s. -- Who-hoo! I'm on the next container. #48 FTW

Ten days in and we're getting to know the machine pretty well. It worked great OOTB, and the soundtrack is a pleasure to experience.

The Mrs is gushing over this title like no other. That was an unexpected bonus.

So far the only thing odd about it is the fact that occasionally the ball in the lower playfield doesn't release when it is supposed to and pressing the ball launch button again doesn't do a thing. Everything seems to be on hold indefinitely when this happens so I've taken to opening up the coin door and manually pulling the plunger on that coil to release the ball. After that it works normally. Wondering if this is software as opposed to hardware. Anyone else?

Getting back to the .48 delta update for a minute...

I just installed it on my machine and on the first game I played, early into ball three switches stopped registering and eventually when I shot the ball into the scoop it just stayed there, never a ball search, etc. After a couple of minutes to make sure I wasn't just being impatient, I powered it off.

I'll go back to .45 and make sure it isn't a mechanical issue, but really, if it was, that would be a rather big coincidence.

How did it go for other folks?

I am really surprised that CoinTaker is going to be involved at all, in any way, under any circumstances.

Are we absolutely sure we have all the facts straight?

a) Somehow DP will be selling machines for $12.5K and we believe they're selling to new buyers who will buy through CoinTaker.

b) The EAs aren't in line for a $12.5K pin unless they create a new transaction.

c) Somehow DP has games to sell... or is it will have (games to sell), and if so, then when and how will they have them?

All I saw in the letter Kim posted was that if DP pays off ARA then ARA will return all they're holding onto that belongs to DP. It seems like somehow we've leapt to a few conclusions here, that's my point.