Thanks for the video. The no hold flippers are very clever, is that a first?

I hate to be that guy, but man it's hard to see in that video with the GI ...

You know, it's possible to admire what JJP has done without actually wanting to own the machine. The music alone makes it certain that I'll never shell out that much cash for one, I was going slightly nuts just watching that video. The call outs get really old too, basically the whole sound package is pretty irritating. I played it at Expo, and I'd like to play it more, I wish someone I played with regularly owned one so I could mooch. But it's not for my home.

That doesn't make me a "hater", can we drop the labels?

I don't mind the theme. I think the slipper flippers are clever. Anyone who thinks Wizard of Oz isn't manly or something needs to get a life.

But none of you can talk away the sounds. I've played it. I played it last Saturday, dunno if the Expo machines were 1.21 or 1.22 code, I sucked at it and didn't get very far. Would I like to try more? Hell yes, definitely. But I'm just not paying eight thousand dollars for something that plays that music and to listen to the Scarecrow telling me to make haste all the time, it's just not for me. Sound is a super important part of pinball for me.

Frankly I kind of hope I don't like the Hobbit too, because I'm afraid I'll want it and I don't even want to know how damn expensive it will be by the time it's released. I can't justify these prices for games. Once you pass the low $6k it's just too much to swallow, whether or not I have the cash in hand.

Yes. It's not girly, it's a classic movie set in an awesome world and backed by a lot of great books. People who think otherwise, and I especially mean the mouth breathers who make gays jokes, need to get. a. life.

Find the girly movie: Spirited Away, Labyrinth, Wizard of Oz, Dark Crystal.

I'd take you up on that if you didn't live on the wrong side of the country!

The GLM post light board looks pretty sweet, but they're selling the LEDs for $10 a pop, Cointaker has them for $6. Adds up fast when you're doing slingshots + other areas, I did 10 on my Shadow.