It's on their own board set.
That's a shame. I think we've all seen how buying start up / low quantity machines with proprietary boards can pan out. At least if it was P_ROC they'd be available.
It's on their own board set.
I don't "want you to invest" in anything at all - not sure where you got that idea from?
The investment comes from buying your machine.
If you don't like any Homepin product nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to buy it - simply don't buy it - it's no big deal.
Always wanted a Tb pin (see Issue 1, Pinball Today and the VPin recreation). Won't buy, see Alien as to why not.
Our boardset will be in stock at all dealers before any customer receives finished goods, it's just how Homepin operates. Our boardset will also be incredibly inexpensive.
And if you go out of business with 1 pin made they'll be unsupported.
There isn't any need to get all worked up about things.
Not getting worked up, Pointing out a lost sale to Pinball heaven and ultimately you because of your choice.
So I guess you won't be buying a new Stern either as they use a custom boardset?
Stern make thousands of games and there's already several machines using their board. Whilst not a fan of spike they have proven not to be a flash in the pan.
Excellent that you like P-Roc. There are quite a few reasons why a manufacturer such as ourselves would choose NOT to use it, when you start your own manufacturing venture you might find some of these out for yourself.
You like P-Roc, many others don't for many different reasons. No need to get all hissy and upset about it.
As above, your decision. Home users like me who are forking out a small cars worth on each pin, don't want to end up with a brick.
I'll consider TBL and Houdini even though they are start up companies because I know I can run them even if the comapny goes under as I can get boards (hell, I can even reprogram it if needs be).
I wish you all the best with your P-Roc adventures.
EDIT: Added the following.
It wouldn't matter what our system was, there would be those that didn't like it. We could use Stern boardsets and someone would complain, a PC and there would be complaints, our own and some don't like it.
Believe me I have heard it all over the past four years and your comments are not one tiny surprise to me at all, your angry attitude isn't a surprise either.
Out of interest, could you PM some of the major points to me or post them here? I ask from the perspective of someone that wants to use one of these boards for a 'one-off' in the future, so perhaps the considerations may not apply - but if they do, every little bit of wisdom helps!P-Roc has many issues and problems that I won't detail here. It certainly is not the "be all and end all".
We have started full production although there are still numerous little things slowing us down at the moment. We will polish things up as we go and get better.
Here are a few pics I took today and posted on the Homepin.Factory facebook page:
People have been knocking this machine, but look at how its been done, everything I see would fill me with confidence as a buyer, open and honest about why things have been done and shipping something with support.
If people were willing to throw money at HP - then I imagine the interest in this to be huge.
and Joe 90 and Stingray (the new Fathom!). There, that's the first four machine themes nicely sorted, all exactly the same cab size for the OCD types to put in a lineI loved thunderbirds as a kid, and captain scarlet even more so,
and Joe 90 and Stingray (the new Fathom!). There, that's the first four machine themes nicely sorted, all exactly the same cab size for the OCD types to put in a line![]()
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