A lot of the assembly is done elsewhere. The cabinets are built elsewhere. The coils are pre-assembled because that is the way Jack wanted it. The wiring harnesses are probably also made by a supplier. The lighting should be much simpler to assemble because they will be with circuit boards instead of individually wired light sockets.

I am pretty sure Stern builds their own flipper mechanisms and coil assemblies. Jack is having the whole thing ready to install when he gets it.

Didn't they say that they would have 8 games at IAAPA?

Ok, I think this kind of crap is enough to test the new suspension process Absocountry.

Also, anybody that wants their money back can simply contact JJP. There are plenty of people in line for the LE's that are sold out.

Thanks for posting this Jim. It really helps clarify what we are seeing in pictures of the manufacturing. I would guess that Jack would like to have some of these machines be used for test locations eventually. Jack mentioned a few days back in the WOZ newsgroup that they would likely place some of the first test games at unannounced locations. That would lead me to believe that they would like to see how a game or two holds up with somewhat light traffic at first.

Also, there have been rumors that there could be 4 to 8 machines at the IAAPA so they will need 15 to 20 to cover that plus route test and shop test games.

Getting a little more excited but will still keep it in check. It will get much more exciting when we see those pictured dozens and dozens of cabinets filled with LCD screened backboxes and equally as many playfields that are populated.

After looking at the pictures, it certainly seems feasible that a few could start shipping as early sometime in December. It just depends on how much software is done, fixing mechanical design issues, finishing touches such as the crystal ball, and whether all of the parts are available yet

Please stop posting consecutive posts. The moderators have stated that you are supposed to use the edit option and add to your own post when you have something more to say before others have posted rather than have a train of posts only by you.

They do show much more than we have seen before. To get this thread back on topic since it was sidetracked quite a bit by one poster, here is the link to the pictures again:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.367314930020240.86855.191145517637183&type=3