Based on the response so far they should all be shipped out within the next week or two. If everyone wanted a lit option it would be longer since we only have a handful of those ready. The v2 witch will be longer, we need to produce them. The lighting is a slow process.

For sure, you'll be getting a shipping email/PM with tracking information as soon as they ship. We are planning to have them all out this week.

If anyone has placed an order and wants to upgrade there is still time, but we will be shipping out the plain witch without lighting for anyone who did not reply.

Weekend in still in this week! They are starting to go out, tracking numbers will be automatically emailed if you purchased on our site or we will update the order here if you purchased on pinside.

Head down, assembling the last bits and boxing. I would love to show video of the witch lit (psst, it doesn't just stay solid lit the whole time... ) but I think people would rather us spend the time shipping. Soon!

Hi Jeff, we are a small company who make things by hand. We aren't going to rush stuff out to make a specific day. I try to give best estimates, things happen, we can only do so much in the day with a few people. Your order is the last, other people have been waiting much longer, and it was 10 days ago. I tried to make it clear on our home page that these products take time to hand make one at a time, I believe I note up to 2-3 weeks which your order is well within. I hope you are able to wait, if not let me know and we will cancel your order. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you.

As you can see the wiring in the witches (red wires) are like threads next to the brown wire which is like 28 gauge (still tiny). We have to be very careful, testing multiple times along the way so we don't pull the tiny pin head of a light off the tiny hair wires that connect them, all while not affecting the finish that we spent hours hand painting.

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Everyone should be getting a tracking number. I will check on yours and resend.

Ah yes, it was still getting packaged in a larger box than all the rest. It is updated on your pinside order now.

Btw, installation for the new version is relatively the same as the old. Please note that there are two identical plugs for the optical sensors. One plug and one socket are painted with a pink dot, those go together. If the witch is working weird, swap the plugs. Of course watch the installation instructions and then when I'm not coherent enough or I skipped a step, feel free to post here.

The only difference in the install with the lit witch is that you have a 2nd lighting connector from the witch going to the controller. One connector on the controller is labeled FLAMES and the other is generally unlabeled. That unlabeled one is for the witch lighting.

Any questions let me know!

Full Witch 2.0 details coming shortly.

Hey Mike, thanks for the feedback. The alignment with the original bracket would make sense, that's part of why our bracket is thicker. There should have been two silver screws for the bracket. Happy to send those out so you can mount properly.

For the opto alignment, it does take a fine touch. I've installed and tested something like 20-30 bracket designs. Tweaking the metal holder for the optos (it can bend in 3 directions) has allowed me enough play to get them lined up. I tested with the alignment guide but it's a bit of a concern because the rod can get caught up even with a gradual curve.

But, I agree that it is tough. And that is why we are working on a solution for this (and other mods coming out soon) which don't need additional optos. I hadn't posted yet because we're still refining. I'll share more soon and we can look at upgrading existing opto/switch installs to this new method.

For power, there aren't a ton of other 12v fused lines. But it would be odd for the witch to reboot without the fuse blowing (I mean, 12v is 12v) and the controller of the witch only uses 5v (it has a step down board) so even weirder. What you might want to do at this point is get an independent DC power supply and use the service outlet to power some of those mods. You could measure the amperage draw on that circuit (it's F713) but in my limited knowledge the fuse should blow if there is too much draw.

You're right, I can't believe we never did a real finished video. But we have been busy working on the v2 witch that has the option for the lit hands and eyes. We're in the final part of development of the code and have started producing them already so we'll have some ready to go. There are a few other upgrades, tweaks and fun things added that should make it for a nice upgrade. I can't promise a time but we are working on them actively so I think it should be this month.

I have a video in the works for the new one and I'll post that as soon as it is ready.