Haggis Pinball

"They told me stories about how stubborn Damien is. They told me stories about how there was so much fighting going on behind the scenes over at Haggis Pinball... I see nothing but red flags with Haggis Pinball but I'm tired of talking about them."

Calling out Haggis Pinball and Damien for poor management, fighting behind scenes, and slow delivery

"How is that not a red flag? A company that built itself on transparency. We are going to open our doors to you every single day and show you Keltz manufacturing. And someone shows up to pick up the first game ever they built a Fathom mermaid addition. And you have to wait in the parking lot because they won't let you see what's going on inside."

Haggis Pinball showing major red flags by not allowing factory visits

"I've never seen a more staged video in my life of a company trying to convince us that they have manufacturing figured out. When we saw them that video was staged they clearly don't have manufacturing figured out"

Attacking Haggis Pinball's manufacturing video as fake and staged

"I talked to someone who makes games at one of the top three pinball companies out there and they said, Chris, after looking at this video, there's no way they're making money. The bomb on these machines must be so much higher than they're charging for the game."

Fathom games are visually stunning but may not be profitable due to high production costs

"All I'm asking of Haggis Pinball is this, just give us the same level of transparency that you did with Celts with fathom. Is it unfair of me to ask for that?"

Haggis Pinball should provide the same transparency they showed with Celts production

"My question still remains though, like has production begun or is this video more of a staging of the sizzle of the game? And yet we're not seeing a line of playfields being assembled. We're not seeing a bunch of playfields go into cabinets."

Haggis Pinball's Fathom production video appears to show staging rather than real production

"these games look sexy AF. I mean the amount of chrome, the amount of bling, the amount of attention to detail in these products... I am not seeing this level of attention to detail in any other machines out there in the world"

Haggis Pinball Fathom production quality extremely high

"I heard the reason why people have left the team is that Damien really wanted people to build these games without paying them a lot of money and so people departed and so Haggis pinball has like a skeleton crew trying to grind it out"

Haggis Pinball is in trouble - skeleton crew, radio silent, missing deadlines after taking full payment

"Both of these companies are in a quagmire... They're both facing different challenges that I think are eating away at people's confidence in both institutions."

Haggis Pinball is in a quagmire with no production updates and missing deadlines

"I think they're going to get the fathoms built. I think the cost for each one they build is going to be so much greater than they anticipated that this company financially is going to struggle."

Haggis Pinball will struggle financially due to cost overruns, not inability to ship games

"I think something is fishy at Haggis Pinball... Why would you send money until you've seen that they can manufacture these Fathoms?"

Haggis Pinball's invoice timing for Fathom is suspicious and fishy behavior

"All of this goes away. All of this negativity and all of this back and forth. That's not good for this company. It all goes away. If Damien just gives everybody an update, which is something he still has failed to do... The owners want to create an owner's thread in which you have to prove you're in on the game and only those owners can get together."

Criticism of Haggis Pinball for lack of communication and owner-only threads

"They all take premature victory laps. They all start to talk about how they're going to be a company that brings pinball back."

Haggis Pinball is making the same mistakes as failed boutique companies - taking premature victory laps

"The silliest thing he's doing is coming to TPF. There is no reason to be there. There is no reason to spend the money and go to TPF to put people's fears at ease. Here's why. Because Damien, all of your deposits are non-refundable."

Haggis Pinball shouldn't waste money attending TPF since they have non-refundable deposits and need to focus on production

"Damien just unfriended me on Facebook, right? I'm Kaneda the unkind. I get it. I get it. I'm throwing some jokes their way"

Damien from Haggis Pinball unfriended Kaneda on Facebook over criticism

"I tried to get Damien on the show. I offered him a chance to come on Kaneda's Pinball Podcast and he rejected the offer with one word. He said, Kaneda is unkind."

Damien from Haggis Pinball called Kaneda 'unkind' and refused to come on the show

"I am shocked. I am shocked how little uproar there is over at Haggis Pinball by the community, by the buyers. What the hell? Like you can go nine months and miss every deadline"

Haggis Pinball's extreme delays are unacceptable

"I don't think Haggis Pinball is going to make it. I'm not rooting for them to fail. I'm not. This is all on them. And I just think they bit off more than they could chew. And I don't think there's any way to make money now."

Haggis Pinball will not make it as a company

"What would I do if I were them? If I was Haggis Pinball, here's what I would do. I would stop trying to make Pinball machines. I would make Pinball playfields. That is what I would do if I was Damien."

Haggis Pinball should pivot to making only playfields

"I have not been satisfied with the delays over at Haggis Pinball. I still don't believe a word they say. And the reason why I don't believe a word they say is they've said stuff month after month after month. That has not come true."

Kaneda criticizes Haggis Pinball for delays and lack of transparency with Fathom remake

"My friend Kelly Daniel hit them up and asked for a refund... They didn't even respond to him. They didn't get back to him. At least get back to him and say there are no refunds, but it was radio silence."

Haggis Pinball ignoring refund requests and providing no communication

"We've seen this movie before. You take pre-order money, you tell people their games are going to go into production on a certain date. Then you miss that date. Then you come up with excuses why you miss that date. Then you come up with a new date."

Haggis Pinball following familiar pattern of failed boutique companies - taking pre-orders, missing dates, making excuses, showing empty factory videos

"I'm here to tell you right now that Kaneda is betting that we will not see fathoms ship by the end of January. If they do ship by the end of January... I will promise that the only game can a to plays a T. P. F. I will not be allowed to play anything else. The only game I will play at T. P. F. is Celts."

Betting that Haggis won't ship Fathom by end of January - willing to only play Celts at TPF if wrong

"Here's the scary part about boutique pinball that's figuring it out as they go When you invest money in them Is your money going to the parts they need to build Fathom or is your money going to them learning how to figure out manufacturing"

Haggis Pinball is repeating classic boutique manufacturer mistakes with over-scaling and poor planning

"It looks beautiful. It absolutely looks stunning. I think this is a good move for these guys. I think it's a smart move."

Haggis Pinball's Fathom remake looks beautiful and is a smart business move

"if you bought Celts, you're embarrassed to show that game off on some level. I mean it. I mean it. Come on."

Celts is embarrassing and almost nobody wants it

"this sort of seemingly indestructible playfield method"

Haggis Pinball's indestructible playfield method could revolutionize the industry

"I want to talk about what I think has been the biggest news, the biggest innovation, the most important thing we've seen with our own eyes in all of Pinball that happened over the past few days"

Haggis Pinball's indestructible playfield technology is the biggest innovation in pinball history, more important than any manufacturer advancement

"I think Haggis pinball should stop making pinball machines and go into playfield manufacturing and take down Mirco and become the go to company to supply playfields for these companies"

Haggis Pinball should abandon game manufacturing and focus on becoming a playfield supplier to major manufacturers