Andrew Heighway
person"for those of you new to pinball you don't remember the days in which Andrew Heighway lied to all of us and said that Ripley wasn't available he was lying he just didn't have the money because he didn't know how to run a business"
Andrew Heighway lied about Ripley licensing for Alien pinball
"Anyone who followed Heighway Pinball over the years, if you pre-ordered with him, you were basically investing in his startup. I know you thought you were buying a game but it was clear very early on and if you listen to Kaneda's Pinball Podcasts, we were following that company from the very beginning and we saw red flags right away."
Anyone who pre-ordered with Andrew Heighway was basically investing in a startup and should have expected to lose money
"only one pinball podcaster called him out. Only one pinball podcaster was asking the tough questions and a lot of people came at me. He threatened me. He was coming at me. And guess what? I was right."
Called out Andrew Heighway as scammer when other podcasters didn't
"Andrew Heighway is most likely going to get a knock on his door from the police He is going to most likely end up in court or in jail for what he did"
Andrew Heighway will face serious legal and physical consequences for his actions
"it's not it's not my fault that any of this happened and I think he sort of thinks that we created a run on the bank but the person who created a run on the bank was you Andrew"
"You saw me accuse as being one of the people that was on a mission to sabotage the company"
Andrew Heighway accusing Kaneda of being part of a sabotage mission against Heighway Pinball
"Good luck, Andrew Heighway, trying to sue me or this podcast or anyone on Pinside who is calling you out and saying that we're slandering you or what we're doing is libelous because it is not what you did was wrong and you have no evidence."
Telling Andrew Heighway he can't sue the podcast for slander
"Dave Sanders is a really, really nice guy. He has worked for five years on Andrew Heighway's games, both full throttle and alien pinball. And Dave Sanders was paid nothing. Let me repeat that. He was paid nothing."
Strong criticism of Andrew Heighway for not paying Dave Sanders for 5 years of work
"the irony of the it's not the customers who lost all their money. He is in fact owed money. He's the victim of his own creation. Did you see the lunacy in saying that you created something that failed. You took people's money and didn't get them their product and then you're owed money."
Andrew Heighway's statement claiming he's owed money while customers lost everything shows narcissistic victimization
"People pulled money out of Heighway Pinball is because you lied. You failed to deliver when you said you would it's not my fault the fact of the matter is this this man continues. To not accept the blame for all the terrible business decisions he made I did not make Andrew Heighway make full throttle."
"this man is coming back on to Pinside To say that it was my fault that his company hit hard times Are you F-ing kidding me? Is it my fault that magic girl and raza and like zidware collapse?"
"You failed to deliver when you said you would it's not my fault the fact of the matter is this this man continues To not accept the blame for all the terrible business decisions he made"
"Andrew Heighway is blaming me that people want it to pull out of his business"
Andrew Heighway blaming Kaneda for Heighway Pinball's failure
"You will not be Back in this hobby. Okay, because I won't let you return because men like you don't deserve a second chance"
Andrew Heighway should be banned from Pinside and doesn't deserve a second chance in pinball
"Now this is a good segue. Well before that, the Andrew Heighway podcast, that will remain because Andrew is a clown and I can't believe he came back and tried to get sympathy. That's never going away. I'll make him a deal. If they ship 200 aliens between now and the end of the year, I'll take down all alien podcasts."
Kaneda maintains his attack on Andrew Heighway and refuses to take down alien podcasts
"To say that it was my fault that his company hit hard times. Are you F-ing kidding me? Is it my fault that magic girl and raza and like zidware collapse?"
"Taking people's hard earned money because he didn't deliver what he said he was gonna do and it wasn't my fault. Have a great weekend people who knows how many more podcasts I'm gonna put up this weekend."
"Andrew Heighway was lying to you. He might have meant well. He might have tried things to save the company. But he lied to you. And if the rumors are true. That he's going to show his face at Expo this year. And walk around the pinball world again. If you want to shake a man's hand like that fine. But just remember. He almost lost everybody's money"
Andrew Heighway was lying and almost cost everyone their money
"That everybody was lied to on a certain level. When you were told back way back in October, November of 2016 that the LE artwork was submitted and they were just waiting for Fox approval and a hundred LE's were going to ship in December or January. That never happened."
Everyone was lied to about Heighway Pinball's Alien LE development timeline - the LE artwork wasn't created until April 2017
"He should have the same fate that John Popadiuk cares, which is he should be an exile. He should be ashamed himself and he should not show himself anywhere near pinball shows"
Andrew Heighway should be exiled from pinball like John Popadiuk for lying and losing money
"Instead of, I'm sorry for taking your money, driving this company into the ground and continuously lying to you about the state of the company. And that's the part that I just don't think you should be able to walk away with, hey, I love pinball and I tried and it was my dream"
Andrew Heighway should apologize for lies and driving company into ground instead of clean goodbye
"Andrew Heighway might love pinball, but Andrew Heighway learned the hard way that making pinball is really hard. It's not easy."
Andrew Heighway doesn't know how to make pinball machines and needed to step down
"Andrew Heighway once again has not paid Brian Allen for the work Brian Allen has done. He's stiffing him once again."
Ongoing feud with Andrew Heighway over business practices
"I've seen a lot of people on the different forms have a lot of sympathy and compassion for Andrew. I don't feel that way. I really don't."
Andrew Heighway deserves no sympathy and should apologize