I've followed (not backed) a LOT of kickstarters. The reward tiers for this are not well thought out at all. Hopefully they succeed as it would be great for them to get up and running, but $3k for an invite to a release party? $5k for "part of history", but no machine? Eek.

Good luck to them, though.

You know what would be nice? If they released the VP table for us to try similar to how WOOLY did. That might actually help sell people on it. I mean, I won't be in at $6.5k no matter what, but for those that are at ALL interested, it would nice to at least get an impression of how the table may play.

Curious what VonnieD thinks right now. He's been on the site according to his page...I'm guessing he and the guys expected Pinside to be more receptive than we have been.

But honestly, this was a pretty poor announcement. Nobody wants to shove money to a startup in these amounts with nothing to go on. This sort of startup money is best funded through an investor or something...Too bad as new stuff is always welcome.

Amongst all the other major complaints people are presenting (that I entirely agree with), it's a bit insane that VonnieD hasn't upped his community relations game. With all of us speaking out about our feelings on the project, maybe he could step in and start going back and forth with everyone. Not a new thread that only sort of addresses some questions...Followed by going back into hiding.

While I don't think it would necessarily sell more people on the KS, it would (hopefully) give us reason to keep an eye on the guys and reconsider a possibly purchase later down the line (when things are more clear and there's something worth getting excited over).