That’s interesting, I ordered early December. I was originally told august possibly/doubtfully March but that was before the extra production runs. I’m hoping for the may run now fingers crossed. I’m interested to see what other dist. Have told other Godzilla buyers because mine has been silent. (This is my first NIB purchase)

That’s scary to here… considering I was told the same about receiving in august I really was hoping since they skipped on a new game I’d be getting it sooner not later. It doesn’t make sense to me but I know nothing about manufacturing and even less about sterns process. I’m just excited and want my game lol. I even bought an old original TOHO movie poster to put up next to it

I get the frustration, Godzilla is my first NIB and I’m newish to the hobby. I’m tired of waiting for this thing to come in but at the same time I don’t want to buy anything else in the short term because for all I know it’ll turn into JJP pirates or medieval madness and they’ll cost 20k+ on the used market. I can barely afford it now as is lol. So here I sit ever so impatiently waiting for a mystery date of when my machine gets here. I’ve asked my distro for updates and I get politician answers every time LOL lots of words, lots of promise and positivity but nothing actually gets said concrete. I feel like getting a straight answer is like nailing jelly to the wall for everyone it sounds like not just me.

Same dude…I think at this point we could make a support group for Godzilla premium Pre-orders just looking for a shred of hope anywhere, and to echo many others yes stern please give us and the distro SOME news, any news, some vague words would probably be enough for some. I try to remember those poor Deadpool owners waiting over a year to feel better. Then my brain turns it around and I fear I’m next To share their fate LOL #firstworldproblems

My guess is that, and they’re banking on it getting more attraction when the topper comes out soon that is supposed to be better than black knight, code name “black knight killer” per TPN. Im sure the Star Wars License is a pain to have/work around. We all know the firm grip Disney holds on its assets

Wow I am so sorry that’s rough

This thread can feel a bit gloomy at times with very little info out on what’s next, and wondering where we all are in line ect.
With that in mind I hope we will all remember to post on this thread. What game did you order, and when you pre-ordered it. Just for some good news to be on the thread and maybe give others in similar situations with said game a little hope.

If kieth Elwin drops a masterpiece of back to the future with some cool mechs and has call out by the doc himself I will sell every pin I own and cancel every order I have to get it LOL

I’ve got a premium I’m waiting on I was originally told august, possibly March. That was before the extra runs in may,July were added, so I’m hopeful for it coming in may, just in time for my birthday

No runs scheduled at this time I’m very confident that one is done

Love to hear the good news! Enjoy it!

So I was told back in December I would get my GZ premium in august, but that was before they added the may/July run. When asked if that moves up my arrival date (makes sense to me) my distro still firmly tells me I’ll get it in august. Am I missing something here ? Maybe they cut his allotment down?

LOL true, I hope for everyone (including stern) that as the machines come in that all the duplicate orders cancel and everyone moves up in line. MAYBE….when all the duplicate orders get weeded out we find that they aren’t quite as far behind on GZ as we all thought. Just my theory and a lot of wishful thinking

Sorry slightly off topic but does anyone have experience with Joystix games in Houston, TX ?

For a first time buyer waiting on a NIB what is the process. You get the email from the distributor, that your game is on the way? Maybe a tracking number? How long is it (typically) from the email of hey your game is coming to the game being in your home ?

I think the free shipping should always be an option coming straight from stern. I’m paying $350 for shipping coming from my distributor that is local which is wild to me BUT to his credit He has his own moving crew of professionals that take it up stairs for me and unbox it and assist in setting up/installing accessories. Some of you may hate that but as a first time buyer it gives me some peace of mind I won’t do anything stupid on my first game like drop the back box LOL

Oh yea no way I’d pay that money to have it dropped at the front door. That’s insane when free shipping options are out there.

Wow that’s really eye opening….I ordered my GZ premium 12/1 with my dist. And was told probably may run/ poss. July. So I’ll count myself very lucky. I get the different distributor thing but it still seems wrong for me to order 3 months after you and possibly receive our order in the same run. Especially considering the huge amount of orders for GZ premium

That’s awesome, enjoy that GZ

I really want to know how many duplicate orders are out there and how that will effect the backlog/ wait time for the rest of us? How many people pre-order form multiple distributors but are just trying to see who gets the game faster and cancel the rest? If that number is high then it could be good news for a lot of us. I wish there was a system to stop that from happening. Falsely inflating all the numbers is a problem

Also it’s really frustrating

Omg dude for real I’m actually in the market for a C8 and I swear the market for that car is twice as crazy as the pinball market lol

I love playing GZ so much but a back to the future or jaws done right by Keith Elwin would immediately mean my GZ is for sale and I’m on everyone’s list for an LE

Maybe a dumb question (which is why I don’t want to ask my dist.) but I hear you guys talk about bank transfers for payment. They do take credit cards right? I’m sure some people do it differently but I just assumed all this time that was an option for me…. My anxiety is getting the best of me lol

Thanks for the info

The flippers to me are the most frustrating part of this. I can understand people making multiple orders to get a game to see who gets it’s first. That’s fine… at least they cancel the orders elsewhere when they get it. But the flippers….that’s just wrong I wish there was a way for it to stop and like you said they’re entrenched where they buy them. New machine? Guarantee purchase of possible multiple machines. As a distro they’d be crazy not to take their business but it’s wrong and I’m sure I’m a way it’s helping sterns argument to drive the price up as well. They have eyes, they get on pinside… they see those LE’s sell for 15-20k that new premium going for 12-15k. It wouldn’t be hard to look at that from sterns perspective and go hmmm seems like plenty of people are still willing to purchase at that price why are we shorting ourselves profits ?

If the new stern is supposed to go on the line last 1/2 of august when would we have news of release? I’d love for everyone to jump the GZ train for something else and move me up in line LOL

When queens gambit was popular on Netflix they reported chess boards saw an increase in sales of over 1000% in a single day after release.

Ok so can someone make sense of something I heard on the TPN podcast? Zach said people were asking since they added more runs of Godzilla pro/premium if that moved up their time of delivery. To which he says absolutely not. I’m honestly so confused by this….and maybe there is a simple answer im missing. I was told to expect my GZ in august, back in December. How are they going to add 2 extra runs and my expected delivery day not move up ? Maybe im just sad because all my accessories/mods are here now and no game to put them on lol

Considering what we’ve heard of the last run in March having to stop short because there wasn’t enough parts that makes a lot of sense.

Congrats on that! It looks beautiful! Always good to see people actually getting their pins on this thread!

When did you order?
So hyped for you!

Is it common to have damage when receiving a game? This will be my first NIB should I be nervous of it showing up in pieces ?! How often does that happen?

Not to derail the thread but a vault of a DMD game with new assets and a LCD screen on a game like lord of the rings or kiss would be super cool and would definitely take my money lol

The last few runs on the Line when they change to a new game they run the pro week 1 then premium week 2 so it’s possible! Hope the best for you!

I ordered my GZ from a less popular dist. In early December. I was told august when I ordered possibly/doubtfully March…I’m hopeful for may with the extra 2 runs added in.

I heard some dist have spots available for a premium in this run happening this week if you still want that premium Zach at flipnout said he had a couples spots available. You’ve waited this long give it another week and get that premium!

I don’t think it’s going to sell all that well in comparison to its competitors right now. They are just not getting the scoop problems fixed for I think the 4 or 5th time…now they’re finding other things wrong with the game like board issues, Ramps falling apart ect. After only a few hundred plays. I have several on location around me and they have been destroyed in under 2 months… meanwhile the GZ that gets played a lot more still looks new, just sayin…

I think rush is going to disappear when a new cornerstone releases.

I ordered from a smaller dist in December and I was told august so not all the small ones get the machines sooner

I know I’m nervous about that, I was told august before they added the extra runs. Initially I was hoping I’d get my machine sooner but after hearing about the struggles in the March run I’m not holding my breath

I hope they don’t have the same supply issue on the may GZ premium run they had back in March, I know that run got cut a little short due to a couple pieces being missing.

That’s my understanding as well, I think the 2nd line is a “lesser” and it is where games get finished from the last run that may have been cut short do to part shortages, or repairs of things damaged from shipping ect. They had to finish a handful of machines that ran out for GZ back in the March run, and we’ve heard a couple people receive those machines after the fact a little later than expected

Ohhhhh I thought they were short some parts! Yikes I hope they got that settled

I don’t like it either but you got a point. It’s a pretty flawed system

LOL good one

I get it from a dist. Perspective, but That’s so frustrating as an average customer just wanting 1 game and even more frustrating if it’s a scalper

yes august

Whhhhhaaaaattt??? Are they already working on GZ ahead of schedule ?!
Fingers crossed this is the run I get my premium

I have a hard time believing that’s the last run of the year for GZ. I didn’t think they’d released all the runs for the rest of the year yet? And even still that is always subject to change. I do wonder how much steam GZ will lose on orders though when the next pin comes out in august. I guess rush came out after it and that didn’t slow it down much either

Going by the last update they run everything for 2 weeks at a time and Deadpool is on the line now, so they’ll start GZ the 3rd week of may so sometime after that depending on when they make your particular game

Congrats! Fingers crossed I get that call this run myself

That’s funny but it just made me think how fun a futurama pinball would be lol

Yea I thought it was Deadpool and GZ this month??

I know nothing about manufacturing but it only seems like a very light amount of water on a concrete floor. Unless they’re putting playfield directly on the floor to put it together I think it will be ok. If someone wants to educate me on why this is a big deal feel free… they did say in the post it wasn’t slowing them down. I hope that’s true

Is that why not all pinballs games play the same? Like the same game plays differently is what I mean

Getting back on track with the thread…. Does anyone know whats on the line right now? I thought this would be Deadpool 2nd week and Godzilla would start next week…. But I’m hearing Godzilla premium’s are going out to people based on recent posts here.

Next week was supposed to be Godzilla

That is so sad I know so many people have waited so long for this Deadpool run

I mean they had to have built some because people on this thread has said they got the notification it was shipping. Maybe they didn’t/aren’t making many but definitely some.

I just got the update from my distributor that I’m 2nd in line for GZ premium. He is only getting 1 machine from the may run and 3 from July is what he’s told at this time. The guy in front of me is still waiting for his house to be built to have the room for his game so I he might pass so I get my game later this month. (On my way to go Sabotage some house in construction) LOL

From what I’m being told they’re shipping out next week

Typically they do the pros first and then the premiums from what I’ve learned on this thread. My dist. Told me He’d have a premium come in this month but didn’t give me a date

I was told I’d have my GZ premium this month very recently so I’m going under the assumption that some at least are getting pushed out this month. I’m also very interested in the toppers that they are so far behind on. It’s been over a year now for mando and with more games coming out in august they’re getting waaayyy behind on those

Congrats!! And congrats on your first NIB!! Enjoy it! I’m in a similar boat Should be getting the call any day for my GZ and it’s my first pin ever. Love seeing all these updates of people finally getting their machines!

I feel bad for all these day 1 orders for GZ that haven’t gotten their games yet I find that so wrong considering all the other people including myself that ordered much later that are getting their machines this month. System just seems really flawed

Premiums are being made next week per my distributor

Congrats on both! I’m surprised you haven’t heard about your GZ pro though I thought those were getting made last week? I was told my GZ premium would be getting made this week? I know sometimes the shipping is delayed though. That’s probably all it is

Maybe they have info on the episode about the new title and they have to wait for the official announcement from JJP to release the episode ? Just a theory

Haven’t heard anyone posting about getting their GZ I wonder if it got skipped?

Anyone else confused by the production update on the pinball show podcast yesterday? Zach said DP premiums last week, JP premiums this week, but also GZ pro and premiums and mando premiums…then the regular scheduled stuff in June/July? Sooooo are they supposed to run 4 different games this week?? I’m confused. Maybe I’m hearing it wrong…

That makes much more sense thank you. I hope the GZ start rolling in I’ve got my fingers crossed it’s finally my turn.
All the JP and DP stories of not making the cut are so sad! I can’t believe they aren’t having another run of either the rest of the year. I also can’t believe there is no news on toppers for any of the newer pins. I figured the profit margins on those were so high they would be overjoyed to make tons of those and get them out the door before more new pins come out and the market for the topper as some-what passed.

That’s wild!! I’m new to the hobby, waiting on my first pin. Good to know for next time!

That was such a rude thing to put in this thread. If you want to put it on marketplace, cool do that. But to put it here where a lot of people didn’t make the cut for this last run with no ETA on another run. That’s just salt in a wound and as stated by others already….part of the problem. Like I said go to marketplace with this… do you. Make your money or trade or whatever but don’t do it here….not cool

That cracked me up, good one.

I’m not here to start a fight, but I thought your post was helpful and in good spirit for the community of this thread and even though I’m not interested in a DP I appreciate you sir!

Sounds like the pro’s are on the line right now and the may run of premiums are next….not sure if that’s the last 1/2 of this week or next week, the JP premium run being thrown in messed up the schedule a little I think. I’m right there with you I’m right at the cutoff line with my dist for the may run so I’m keeping my fingers crossed

I bet they wait to see how many orders change from GZ to the new title, whatever it may be. Then add in more GZ runs if orders hold true. That’s what they did after rush released. Originally GZ was going to be March and august runs, but after rush announced and they didnt have orders change over they added the may/July runs so I think after the new game announcement They’ll re-evaluate. I bet they add in an October and December run

Wahoo!!! GZ premiums let’s gooooo

Zach said on the last pinball podcast that run they just finished was supposed to replace July. They MIGHT make a few more in July but they likely made all the machines allocated for the July run

I get that shipping is a thing and distance matters…. but why do some people get their game the same week they in production. Then others getting it 2-3 weeks after production ?

Ohhh ok that makes sense I know my distributor does the same. Thanks

This is a joke right?

There’s still so many people that have still not got day 1 orders on GZ premium. I hope you’re right and I hope any day 1 orders are finally fulfilled with this run, but honestly the demand is so much higher than any other game and there are soooo many orders out on this game. I mean they’re still getting new orders in all the time and telling people 2023 or 2024 possibly and it’s not detecting new orders… the other games my slow down and get caught up on but I think that GZ premium is going to stay high for quite some time.

Lol good one

GZ premiums for a few weeks?!?

That’s awesome. Game room goals for sure

Ok I’m really frustrated, I talk to my distributor because he had said I might get my GZ premium. So I call today just to see if he had any updates, I’ve called him maybe twice in the last 8 months. He acts like he doesn’t know when the game is being made, doesn’t know when he gets games in or how many. All of those things I know he knows. If I’m not getting my game this run just say so. That’s fine I don’t care I’ll get it next run but don’t give me this run around of it could be any day it could be 2 months let’s just see what I get when I get it. Like I said I don’t care that I’m having to wait, and I really try to not pester him. This is the last game I buy from this dist.

Someone said a while back on the thread that their dist. Said GZ premium would be ok the line for a few weeks can anyone confirm/deny this?

For real though! Let’s get a whole month of GZ premium

Why would they waste time on this?!? There are so many games people would love ran one more time and these are the 2 you chose??? Let’s take those 2-4 weeks out of the schedule entirely and just run a game they can’t make enough of GZ premium instead…just saying

LOL at all the boxes stacked up behind him in the picture, I hope those are empty props and not just games laying around to be shipped

I do wonder with the most recent GZ premium being cut short yet again, and JP premiums being done early if they’re gearing up for a big batch of premiums to go Out during the July run. Since that would also be the last run before the new release and some (not all I’m sure) jump ship to the new title release. A last big push on the large backlog before the new shiny thing comes out. I would be very impressed with GZ if another 2 new games and I assume a new release of JJP came out and GZ backlog still held firm because of its wild demand

Getting back on topic….does anyone have updates? Pins coming in? Mando’s are on the line right? I saw on flipnout fb page they got a shipment of Deadpool toppers…seems they’re making some toppers now which is new I can’t remember the last time I heard of them actually shipping out toppers. I hope that’s a sign they’re finally preparing to make some of the backlogged games that are topper less atm

The toy story release have anything to do with that? Or is it just genuine frustration with Waiting ?

Since they already did the JP premium run for July early back in may that leaves an extra week in July unaccounted for. I hope they take that extra time to run GZ premium for 2 weeks straight. Hopefully July is a good month for GZ premium owners… myself included.

GZ premiums? That’s surprising.

With the big jump in price of a JJP on toy story I imagine the next stern will jump up in price too. I bet a pro will be 8k premium 10k and LE could go to 12-13k

All the more reason I’m praying I get my GZ premium in July before the new release

Finger crossed for all my GZ premium gang out there waiting for your pin we get a big haul in July before the price increase (I assume)

But on the price increase I think it would be HUGE if stern stuck to the same price while JJP made their price increase. I think it would really ostracize JJP and be a lot of good will for stern. I’ll take 2 pro’s over any 1 JJP any day but to be fair I don’t like the feel of JJP anyway

That’s wild! It sounds like there is still a lot of day 1 orders out there. I’d really be interested to see the numbers on how many day 1 orders their was on this game vs others. Zach on the pinball podcast keeps saying all his other orders combined don’t equal the number of GZ premiums. I hope one day they release those actual numbers of how many were ordered/sold by when. It must be an unprecedented number, I wonder if it will be the greatest selling game of all time?

So if they’re on rush premiums last week, would they be doing the pro’s this week? They normally do pro’s first though….
Next is either GZ pro/premium or JP pro.
Fingers crossed for my GZ premium to finally show up in July

Yes, last update from the pinball podcast and Zach meny said it was still slated for a July run and my distro also has told me of the July run

So far yes but I don’t think the 3rd quarter details of production have not been released yet, or at least not to the public

Just got word that my GZ premium IS HERE! Finally! I ordered from Joystix in Houston 12/9/21. My hype is so real right now. Not sure if this was from the may run with late delivery or if this is early July run coming out…I’ll be sure to post the build date when I get it delivered in a few days

So I guess they did make the premiums first this time around and now they’re making pro’s