Take my money!
(Topic ID: 28763)
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Riot Pinball, 2015
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Quoted from Rob_G:The game looks great! Although the mini playfield doesn't seem to 'shoot' well. Is it too wide and too short?
I was fortunate enough to play one of the Wooly prototypes. I had the same misconception before testing it. The upper PF is surprisingly enjoyable - no problem there. I could spell all letters at least twice. But the real challenge is to get there! You need a perfect shot from the upper right flipper, and that's not an easy one as the ball tends to be fast moving there!
Saint Paul, MN
Hello WOOLY Fans!
I have some exciting news for everyone. In March I decided to move forward with finalizing my bill of materials and locking down exactly what it takes to get a few more WOOLYs made. After a deep dive into vendors and discovering what parts were available and in inventory, I found that I would be able to build 4 more WOOLY’s. There are a handful of game specific parts that simply are not being manufactured anymore and I bought the four sets that remained (to go into a full scale production, these special parts will need to be re-engineered and manufactured new). I reached out to four of my first and biggest supporters and we decided to move forward with plans that two of those supporters (also good friends) would physically build their own games alongside me as I built the other two. There are probably many people reading this that may be frustrated in the last statement or wondering why they weren’t included in the build - my only answer for you is that there just simply were not enough parts to cover for everyone, while I would have loved to include more, it just simply was not physically possible at this point and I’m sorry if anyone feels bad because they weren’t included.
So the journey began – ordering parts, managing suppliers, sending updated files out for fab, planning, planning, and more planning. It literally took from March until now to get all the parts in. I will say this once more – the most tedious, time consuming, pain in the ass, dreaded part of pinball building is dealing with parts (ordering, inspecting, managing, and dealing with low stock, out of stock, slightly different stock, etc.).
Last Saturday was the big day when production on the prototype WOOLY’s began. Three guys working in a 300 square foot space on 3 different pins. Quarters were cozy, but was useful to help demonstrate the build and to be able to inspect each step along the way. After 5 days, 3 games were built with an amazing build quality – cleaner wiring, better cabs, better playfield population, etc. These prototypes still used the prototype ramps and fragile 3D printed parts. There are still many things that probably need a tweak, adjustment, production tooling, etc. when moving into full production.
I would like to thank all my suppliers for their help, especially Spooky Pinball for another round of incredible playfields and plastics, Virtuapin for our incredibly well built and precise cabinets, and Multimorphic for top of the line electronics and engineering support. Lastly, I would also like to personally thank my rock star, guru programmer – Frank Gigliotti – who continues to amaze me with updates and enhancements on a weekly, if not sometimes daily, basis that continues to polish and refine our beautiful game.
Anyone interested in licensing the design from me for manufacturing and production should email me at [email protected]. I would love to see more than 6 WOOLYs in the world.
Q: Why the hell did you do this?
A: To prove it could be done. To prove I have a design that can be produced in a reasonable amount of time. To understand completely what my small prototype build costs are. Most importantly to complete my documentation so that I can potentially hand this off to anyone or any company to build WOOLY’s on their own.
Q: Why did you build only 4?
A: I physically could not build more than 4. There were only 4 sets of parts.
Q: Is the music still the same?
A: No, we have brand new, unique, kick-ass music. We have secured a music license. Under our agreement, we cannot disclose until October of this year.
Q: Voice call outs still the same?
A: Voice call outs continue to be worked on and improve with each update. Many have been resampled with better audio. Since expo, an additional 100 callouts have been added.
Q: Why wasn’t I one of the four, I’ve been one of your first and best supporters?
A: Only four games could be made and I had to make hard choices on who could be a part of this.
Q: Are you going to make any more?
A: It is not very likely that I will ever do a small run like this again (no parts), but that remains to be seen. It would be wonderful if a large company that knows how to manufacture pinballs decided to license the design from me and produce them on their own.
Q: Will WOOLY be at the Chicago EXPO this year?
A: To be determined.
Quoted from T-800:I have some exciting news for everyone.
Gee, not sure that is exciting news for everyone, more like exciting news for four people 
Regardless, congrats on getting more of these built, I'm sure the new owners will be psyched to have one of such a limited run of this awesome pin.
Edmonton, AB
This is good news as long as these pins make it out to events and such. Such a shame to lock these away
Quoted from lordloss:This is good news as long as these pins make it out to events and such. Such a shame to lock these away
This is a good point. Maybe one of the new owners will bring it to EXPO in October, hint, hint.... so happy to see the games built.
Quoted from lordloss:This is good news as long as these pins make it out to events and such. Such a shame to lock these away
one of them will be at Mad Rollin Pinball later this month
Quoted from mof:This is the BEST pinball news of the year, I don't give a F*** who disagrees with me.
-mof
Let me know when you want to come visit and play buddy! Would love to hang with you and play some Wooly!
Since this is my first New game ever, I wondered if I should put it a box just so I can remove it 
Wow! A stunning accomplishment, Scott and Frank. I wish you both the best convincing a manufacturer to take on this build.
Fantastic work, 
Ryan
Quoted from Whysnow:one of them will be at Mad Rollin Pinball later this month
That deserves another round of applause!
Awesome news indeed! Impressive that you guys were able to get all that done in 5 days!
Can't wait to see and play one for myself soon and hope this will get one of the big companies interested in building a much larger run!
Very impressive, great job.
you can always make 4 in a row.
So thats payable. It would make it a litle more expensive.
Quoted from Whysnow:Such an amazing thing!
Who said you could not build a pinball in 5 days
Awesome you got and built one. Can't wait to play one again!
Quoted from pinballwil:you can always make 4 in a row.
unfortunately there are no longer enough off the shelf parts available anywhere to build more 
Quoted from T-800:Q: Are you going to make any more?
A: It is not very likely that I will ever do a small run like this again (no parts), but that remains to be seen. It would be wonderful if a large company that knows how to manufacture pinballs decided to license the design from me and produce them on their own.
Quoted from Whysnow:unfortunately there are no longer enough off the shelf parts available anywhere to build more
But... why won't anyone say what part is the one with only 4 left?
Quoted from lordloss:But... why won't anyone say what part is the one with only 4 left?
brass #6 3/8 hex heads...
bummer they are all gone
Quoted from T-800:Ever stop to think that maybe that's confidential information?
Yea then someone could for sure make it never happen again.
Lets keep that info on the down-low. A Need to know basis........now can I know?
J/k smart move.
Quoted from Whysnow:brass #6 3/8 hex heads...
bummer they are all gone
Funny. 
I got a crap ton of um.
Quoted from kaneda:Who's gonna be the smart one and sell theirs for a ton?
Seriously? Possibly the coolest game to be made in the last 20 years and all you can add to the conversation is what's it worth?
Dude, pinball is more important than money.
Friends are more important than money.
Family is more important than money.
You are one shallow dude.
Oh, that was free. No charge.
Quoted from rosh:Gee, not sure that is exciting news for everyone, more like exciting news for four people
it is for everyone, because everyone would be excited for these guys.... i certainly am.
Quoted from mrgone:Dude, pinball is more important than money.
Agreed, but developing / Producing a pinball machine is about Money.
I wish I were rich enough to invest in Riot Pinball - with a Patron like Bill Brandes this game could see Production. JPop was beyond salvation while this game is 100% ready and screaming for investors.
Quoted from Baiter:Hopefully more games lead to more exposure
Definitively the plan for mine.
Quoted from Baiter:Hopefully more games lead to more exposure which lead to more games?
This exactly. There are those who will buy a game based purely on seeing videos or a recommendation, but there are far more who will not put the money down for a machine unless they get to play it first. AMH sales started out slow, but picked up steam once people got a chance to check out the game and see for themselves how cool it is. With luck this will lead to tons of people bombarding Riot Pinball's e-mail with requests to get this machine made, which may mean there now are enough committed people out there to do an actual production run. I am looking forward to finally being able to check this game out at Mad Rollin'.
If a batch of 300 were made, do you think it'd be more expensive than a JJP pin?
Quoted from kaneda:Who's gonna be the smart one and sell theirs for a ton?
$22k by xmas. And that'd be one heckuva drama-filled thread.
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