Is it fair to compare one pinball manufacturer's history to another? Especially using hysterical theateractrics to make a point?

Haggis Pinball has had and continues to have, growing pains. They're still way behind schedule but they are shipping games, slowly but surely. Thats kind of how Jersey Jack started out, isn't it? We could even draw some comparisons of Haggis to present day Dutch Pinball, couldn't we.

But did anyone compare Haggis to JJP or Dutch Pinball during the dark times? No they didn't and just a few months ago the redundant cry on Pinside and podcasts was, (paraphrasing) "It's another Heighway Pinball scam!!", "Panic everybody, its Deeproot all over again" “Haggis has gone silent just like Heighway Pinball” “Red flags everybody, disaster is imminent!”

Cherry-picking items and jumping to conclusions based on scant evidence and hearsay, does not support your theory. Each company is unique unto itself and should be evaluated as such.
And you gotta love those people that so confidently say, "You have to study history". - OK, which history?, the failures or the successes?

Here's an warning thread from 8 months ago associating Haggis with Heighway.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/is-haggis-the-next-heighway-pinball-poll-inside

You mean like Stern, Chicago Gaming, and many others?

Dutch Pinball is the furthest behind when you think about it. Even today they are several years behind for some of their customers. 8 years?

On the failure side I count,

Zidware
SkiB
Heighway
Deeproot
Vonnie D - No customers lost money
Suncoast
(Please feel free to add as I'm sure I'm missing one or two)

On the successful side I count:

American Pinball
Chicago Gaming Company
Dutch Pinball
Haggis Pinball
Homepin Taiwan Co. Ltd. (Ha ha)
Jersey Jack Pinball
Multimorphic Inc
Quetzal Pinball
Spooky Pinball
Pinball Brothers

Edited: I took Stern Pinball off

I've been talking about modern day, but you go ahead and present your evidence. And my comparisons are for scam type companies which Haggis was accused of being.

And BTW. Bally, Williams, Gottlieb, Midway, Capcom all closed their doors and would not be included here.

Nobody is happy about the pace of Haggis at making games, including Haggis. But that large shipment to Europe recently put many people at ease.

Will Haggis make it to completion and continue on after that? I don't know.
I'm hopeful and optimistic for them but anything can happen.

Thanks, I've added it to the list.

Yeah, I gotta agree with you, that's a little over the top for that thread. But on Pinside in general and even in the Haggis thread we felt unfairly hogpiled on.

No matter, I will edit my comment. Thanks for keeping me straight.