Ya, I ordered day 1 and was told I was the last one in the first run batch from the distributor and expected for October. October passed and I checked back in my order and was told his allotment was one short by mine, and that it should come "any day now".

Still haven't heard anything. In normal times I would have canceled a long time ago. Still holding out hope I'll get it in March.

I ordered on day 1 and was told that I was the last one in the initial Premium run and should get it in October. October rolled around and no word from the distro. Reach out a few times and was initially told "Any day now" and then when October passed and no word. Contacted again and heard that their allocation was short by just 1, mine.

Most recently heard that he can't even guarantee me for March. Starting to get a bit frustrated

Ya, I would be much more worked up by now, but I got a Halloween also and been busy enough that haven't been able to play that all that much recently so that kept me tided over for a bit, but I'll be drifting into freaking out if I don't get Godzilla in March or early april if the march batch is delayed across the board.

I think the situation would bother me less if there was a bit more transparency.

Even if it boiled down to "we have no real eta, but we're held up by x" or Stern even giving a rough production schedule albeit with estimates and unknowns. The over the top secrecy is pretty obnoxious.

I'm closing in on half a year waiting on a day 1 godzilla premium order and I know some people have been waiting way longer than that for other Stern games like Elvira.

I even considered canceling my Godzilla order and swapping to an Elvira order, but no guarantee have a chance with that with what sounds like a lot of backlogged orders, and a vague "late 2022". They might make a few games, probably not enough to fulfill existing orders even.

Agreed. I'm surprised there isn't more activity here, but I suppose everyone is in the dark so only so much that can be said. I'm out of patience waiting for my day 1 Godzilla Premium preorder. I keep checking back here for any shred of possible good news. lol

Good luck! Getting really anxious for mine as well. I've been trying to minimize my nagging check-ins with the distro I bought from, and while they have been responsive when I've reached out; albeit with no hard info which I understand and dont fault them for, seems rather surprising they haven't volunteered a single update since my day 1 purchase.

I'm still pretty new to the pinball world in a relative sense, but seems in most industries if someone was waiting for half a year for a preorder the business would be providing periodic updates on status. I'm sure some people do constantly spam them, but I think I've been pretty restrained, I inquiring 3 times in a total of 6 months wait.

Anyway I'm basically just rambling and venting, but really hoping to get my game in the March batch.

Do distributors usually share where someone is in line in their list? I was initially told I was last one in the original run, then that their first run was just short by mine.

Last time I checked they still wouldn't guarantee me a March game and just said that I should get one this year. Maybe I'm reading into it too much but this seemed a bit off given that shouldn't I be first in line and be a lock for March if I was just barely bumped from the initial run..

Feeling pretty grim for people waiting on Godzilla. Haven't heard anything myself, but would have expected a bit more activity if any significant numbers were getting out there.

Has anyone hopeful for a March Godzilla Premium heard from the distros they bought from either way? I think only saw a single person mention being confirmed for a March Premium so far.

Ya, I'm in the same boat. My day 1 order was bumped from round 1 and have heard no real info since. I was just guaranteed to be sometime this year. I'm not feeling too good about March.

I probably would have cancelled by now, but there isn't much available to get any other machine in the foreseeable future.

Ya, I wouldn't be surprised at all if in the current situation with shortages and NIB games going for well over msrp that some of the distros are telling people they got short allocations just to turn around and sell on the side for scalper pricing. Some even seem to be openly be doing so.

Ya, I'm REALLY kicking myself for not getting an Elvira during the initial launch. I was pretty strained financially at the time, but considered an Elvira LE. In hindsight it would have been a good move, but who could have known. Now Elvira HoH Premiums are going for way more than the LE did at retail MSRP. I really want to get one eventually, but I think a good chance its too late to get on that next and likely final batch, and if I want one i'd have to pay through the nose on the secondary market.

I had almost given up hope on getting my Godzilla Premium for the March run, but finally got the call this morning that it should be shipping soon!

I was starting to get really ancy about it. Had ordered on 9-14. This thread was a good outlet for venting in the meantime. Good luck to everyone waiting on games.

Got a call from FedEx freight today that my Godzilla Premium will be delivered next week. Shipping directly from Stern.

Maine Home Rec. Ordered on 9-14-21

I'm interested in this game and asked around at a few distributors and none seemed to have any idea what was going on with it beyond a small run in late 22' or early 23'. It sounded like most of them had long waiting lists or already took it down for preorders some time ago.

I'm not optimistic about being able to get it at msrp unless already have been on a list for many months.

Arrived yesterday. Was a long wait, but excited to get some games in.

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Thanks! Ordered day of reveal on 9-14. The machine shows a March 30 build date.

I learned the hard way, but just make sure to inspect before signing the bill of Lading. I originally only thought would do that if the box looked thrashed, but when I got Halloween the box looked perfectly fine, and the tip n tell looked good. When I unboxed the machine there was massive cabinet wood damage. It looked like the game had been dropped on the pallet from a forklift.

Luckily I had bought the game directly from Spooky and even though I had signed for the machine and accepted delivery and didn't discover the damage until a few days later they went above and beyond in helping me out. They covered return shipping and ended up building me a new machine. That said they didn't have to do that, and if they weren't so cool about it I would have been screwed

So definitely at least do a cursory inspection before accepting delivery and signing the bill.