Kingpin

Bertl · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Austria

...any news, updates or just stories about KingPin?

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Norbert
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marspinball · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 5

jadziedzic · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 9

Interesting. Last week I spoke with the person who is loaning their Kingpin to Gene for him to use in the production work, and was told Gene had not picked up the game yet.

underlord · Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 1

I actually played THE KP that Gene will be picking up over at Mike's place, since he lives 10 minutes from my workplace. Groovy game! I had signed up for the remake before even playing it.
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Bertl · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Austria

I think Gene has got all paperwork (plans, drawings, whatever..) when we bought the rights from Capcom, so he just needs the machine for the assembling.

Correct me, if i'm not right.

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Norbert
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jadziedzic · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 9

I seem to recall someone saying that Kingpin did not have as many "final" engineering drawings as Big Bang did. If that's correct, there is probably more "measure and re-draw" work required for Kingpin than for Big Bang.

BBB94 · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 48

http://www.robertwinter.com/pinball/kingpin/forum/viewtopic.php?p=212#212

It is my impression that the Kingpin design documentation is not as complete as the BBB stuff was.

tmc · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 4

any news? getting sick of waiting and wondering. tempted to spend the deposit money on a spiderman instead. How long should we wait before giving up? If it takes too damn long how many that signed up will still actually put down deposits?

Tim Rudland · Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Pickering

Latecomer · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 22

I'd love to be picking my game up tomorrow, but I'm also enjoying thee wait and anticipation, just like I did with BBB. Having said that, would be nice to hear that it was green-lighted, here's hoping.
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Bertl · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Austria

Maybe it will be a long way, but i think it will be worth waiting.

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BBB94 · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 48

I'm working on getting an official update.

In the mean time, it sounds like they have one major hurdle that they are still working on - an obsolete chip needed to complete the board-sets. I *think* this issue is being worked from several angles, with the hope that at least one will pan out as a viable solution. I *think* it could be a few months before they have a verified answer on that chip. I *believe* that once they know that they can make all the boards and stay within budget, then things will proceed rapidly. If not, we'll be told that it is a dead project unless and until a solution becomes available.

Since the entire KP project will be coordinated/handled by the guy that (probably did the lion's share of and) finished up BBB, I *suspect* that KP will get done rather quickly once it is green lighted. 8-12 months from deposit to shipment would not surprise; longer than that would surprise me.

Just to make it clear, the above are my opinions and hunches.

When I manage to get something more official, I will post a new thread.

tmc · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 4

thanks for the info. I'd be happy with a date to submit deposits

tmc · Joined: 09 Nov 2010 Posts: 4

any news how the board problems are going? does it look like the problem can be rectified or will the project be terminated?

Bertl · Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 29 Location: Austria