Episode 92 - Zombie TBLs

“Following this awful news, Yap and I discussed what we would do with Dutch Pinball and his involvement as an associate. We decided that it would be in Yap's best interest to step away from the company to avoid a complicated situation in the future.”

“I contacted the person directly involved without attorneys and after a long discussion and some negotiations we have for the first time in years reached an agreement.”

“Because I'm not sure they have the information on who all is an early achiever. And it's not really on them to ask for that information. And the reason why I'm noting all of that is because Barry is presenting this still pie-in-the-sky notion that everyone who pre-ordered is still going to get their game for the $8,500 that they paid. This is not going to happen.”

“Like we've always said, like I've always said, Dutch is done and the early adopters are getting f***ed again, continuously.”

“they're getting the machines done from random Joe China company that has never made a pinball machine before. And who knows what kind of quality is going to be rolling out of the factories.”

“I don't know if Zytec will even deal with them because they aborted working with Zytec once the lawsuit came from Aura. And so Zytec might be a bit pissed that they did all this prototyping and probably didn't get paid for it.”

“I think this is false hope, and it strings people along, and I think it damages them more emotionally later than it would. It's the rip the Band-Aid off, don't slowly peel it, and we'll get to experience every little hair coming up with it sort of thing.”