Yes stuck at the door. Once the flying monkey brought the ball to the top playfield the ball would get stuck in that corner and you had to shake the machine quite hard to get it unstuck. It happened 6 or 7 times when I was watching people play.

Happened on both machines, multiple times. They were blaming the switch for being too long to allow the ball to center itself in front of the door that releases it.

No way this game is at 80% complete, yet. They mentioned that they are struggling to get the crystal ball's "light show" to work the way they want.

I hope that wasn't 80% finished. Very little animations, no good sound effects really or animations with the spinning house or witch yet. It seemed very incomplete so far. But I think the final game is going to be quite entertaining.

Wow!! I'm an op and I had thought of asking him if he'd consider doing this, but I never had it in me. I figured I'd get shut down. That is really great news.

Hmm. Probably not very hard to fix that switch problem - use a slightly smaller actuator, or maybe change to a magnetic switch (don't think there's room for an opto up there). Odd this wasn't an issue on prior prototypes, even the one at Comic Con - I guess it's one of those things you find out as you start using production parts.

And yeah, from what I saw on WGN this morning, programming is still a ways off. Although, there's nothing that says that what we're seeing is all that's been programmed - just all they're ready to reveal (although I would have hoped for maybe ONE functional traditional mode).

Video from Expo (that I found on the tubes)

Exactly why the game needs to be play tested, tweaked, and then play tested some more!

Thanks for the nice video. It looks like a few more video segments were tied into the gameplay.
It will be nice when all of the inserts are working in gameplay, instead of color changing attact mode.

The game over is very clever ( Witch writing in smoke ) Looks very nice indeed .

Only thing i can see that looks a bit iffy is the upper right flipper shot looks like you don't have time to see the ball coming from under the house / rainbow area .

It's amusing to see all you guys getting your undies in a bundle over an unfinished game. Sorry, had to say it. Some of youz guys need to RELAX.

This site is about fun. Anticipation is a big part of fun.

There is a magnet to catch the ball above that right flipper to set up the shot. That magnet catch does not appear to have been put in the code yet.

Looking forward to hopefully playing a game on WOZ tonight. To be honest, I wasn't too keen on the theme when I first heard about it, but it looks like its fun to play. JJP has done a great job on the design from what I've seen so far.

End of ball bonus screen needs some work.

For sure. I love RS, and it is very far from being a speed demon!

I'm just wondering what the pitch is at on WoZ, because those levelers look like they are almost all the way down. Will be interesting to see what pitch they recommend for it (based on the bubble level).

Exellent stuff , thanx for clearing that up .

The game sure looks like its progressing along very nice indeed

I have to admit I am seeing progress.

Maybe there's a lesson here about not showing games too early.

The game looks amazing, gameplay is pretty good, obviously no real code and scoring on the test games. Even with that being said its fun, the two upperplayfields need some work still, the ball gets stuck a lot on the castle PF, and it's supposedly a switch design issue and both upper flippers seem very weak. Not sure if the power on those will be turned up or not, but seems real weak. Other than the code that thing is pretty well set. Build quality on the games looks to be top notch. I recall someone commenting on the cabinets look bettern than some newer play fields do.

criss, this is the first time i've noticed your avatar, and it is straight up awesome.

are they letting any one walk up and play it or what?

I am very excited, but am begining to get worried that there will not be enough stop and go. Can anyone at the show comment on this? There seems to be more flow that I thought there would be.

Thanks

Yep just wait in line and play a two ball game on one of the two machines they have there.

Mike you are worried about too much flow, most guys are worried about to much stop and go...i think if there is a debate on both sides JJP might have gotten the balance correct.

Thanks for the feedback. I would be happy with balance.

LOL, that's good material.

I didn't know until I watched the video, I'm the first guy playing when the video starts.

Agreed. I was hoping for something reminiscent of TZ, but will be happy with a nice balance.

I found another video

The question to Chris Granner during the Jersey Jack Pinball Fireside Chat was "Tell us about the Wizard Of Oz sound system."

Hey Bobby, what a coincidence. I was in Omaha yesterday and saw a large box with your name on it ready to be shipped.

Another Video

Got to play it tonight. It is very beautiful, for lack of a better word. Feels solid- and very expensive. Obviously it isn't finished, but the shots felt good.

Raul has done so much for pinball , at the very least he deserves a fan club . membership is always open to all

I was there Friday and helped set the angle and level the game. We set it up at 6 degrees. I also got to look into the bottom cabinet and see inside the brains are. The game was beautiful before it was turned on and unbelievable with the lights on. I didn't play it as I want to play the finished game at home #47. Also went to the dinner with other owners of the game and Jack and crew. Great time!

Why is this still the case after PPE!?!?!?!

Played the game last night. Got 17,000 points on two ball. I had to do a lot of ball traps and had to make sure my shot were lined up. Got multiball, got the monkey to pick up the ball twice and carry it up to the castle. One was successful the other ball dropped from the monkey before it got to the upper playfields. Was able to get the ball to the upper playfield twice via the vuk and opened the castle gate both times. Was successful getting the ball through the gate once. Was successful getting the ball around Dorothy's house 7 or 8 times. Vey easy and fun to do. Right orbit shot is easy to shoot and has good flow. Game is well built fun to play, but the flipper strength was weak. I like the game but JJP better do something about the lack of power in the flippers. right far ramp was hard to make. 50% of the shot came back down the ramp

Not sure why it wasn't been addressed yet.

Looks great!When finished and all the bugs worked out,I believe that the ones that pre-ordered will get a pin worth a lot more than they payed for due to the quality of materials,craftsmanship and innovations that went into this pin! In the housing market I call this instant equity.
Good job JJP...

Glad to see some comments about how the shots felt. From earlier video, it looked to me like the shots were hitting the posts a lot. Keep them comments coming!

Can anyone who played it on Fri (or later) tell me if the ball was still getting stuck after the monkey dropped it off? It happened about 15 times while I was watching/playing on Thurs. and I wondered why they wouldn't just fix the switch instead of open the glass and free the ball each time... ???

It happened on both machines.

It's very quiet here. Are there not more opinions from people who could play it at the expo? What do you think from the layout could it be fun with decent rules? Is it just for kids or could a pinhead have fun with it? There must be more people that played it.

You could PM me if you don't want to say it open here. Just want to be sure buying it.

Wait until it comes out next summer and play it first, yourself.

At this point, there is no hurry to order one. They are not going to run out.

At this point it's like playing a beautiful machine with bare minimum rules. The machine has a long way to go on code and rules. There is no rules for the witch, both mini playfields, the wizard, the crystal ball, toto outlane, the left outlanes, no hurry up, woz top lanes and many more features yet in the game. I am sure this is what is being worked on now by Keith. It was nice to try out the game at expo even if it was in a test state.
Getting to your question I think with Keith's rules implemented that this game will be fun to play given the layout.
JJP had the playfields on their table and the playfields looked absolutely amazing. The cabinet on the 2 games looked stunning as well.

Yeah the only time I could make the ramp shot was when the ball had some velocity behind it. Here's hoping they increase the coil strength. That's probably why the game's angle was so low.

All in all, I found the game very nice to look at... but kinda "meh" to play so far. We'll see where they go with it. I didn't understand the rules at all (yes I know they're not finished yet), so basically just batted the ball around to get a feel for the shot layout. Got a pretty decent score, over 12 million on 1 ball!

Opinion so far: Sounds great, looks great, plays too slow for my liking (but then I didn't buy one). The only thing I really don't like the look of is the wooden plaque on the LE aprons. That's just a personal preference thing though.

The scoring is super low in this game. Are you sure it wasn't 12,000 on one ball? I didn't see anyone get near a million points myself. It was funny seeing scores like 'total Bonus 412'.

I thought it was a fun game. The low scoring was neat as well and different. Looks amazing, you can tell it is well made and a beautiful machine.

Are you still talking about WOZ? I do not think 12 million has been achieved at all.

I think the wood plaque gives the pin a "warm" feeling. I am actually a big fan of woodworking so that might have something to do with it.

(prefaced to say... unless I win the lottery; I will most likely never ever spend more that $2000.00 on any pinball machine... new or used)

Stood and watched several games be played at Expo.
Nothing made me drool with desire to stand in line to play at all. Nothing made me go "Wow! that's cool! I gotta try that!"
(As opposed to other machines around Expo, which I would have my interest peaked enough to wait for the person to finish and jump on.)

Yes... it looks beautiful. But I still walk away scratching my head at why anyone would pick WOZ as a theme for a modern day pinball machine. If there were thousands of family-style arcades around the world with pinball in them... maybe... but for the handful of bars & gas stations that still have machines on route? Just doesn't make since. Obviously... pinheads will be buying the bulk majority of the machines, but I doubt most of those collectors have kids who will leave their X-Box/PS3 to play a pinball machine.

My 2 cents.

Greg