Heighway Pinball

"it just seems to paint this pattern where they're sort of making it up as they go along. They're sort of just figuring out. They're sort of building the LE slowly. Like it's not done. It's still not done."

Heighway Pinball is making up development as they go along, shown by PDI glass situation and missing features

"I think at this point it has to be pencils down. When I heard Brad talk about how Andrew is like we should could do this we could add this we could add that. He needs to stop. He needs to stop. I feel like Andrew Heighway would add a microwave oven to the pinball machine if people told them they also want to warm up their fucking bagel bites while they play."

Heighway Pinball needs to stop tweaking and ship Alien

"I think both these companies are in extreme jeopardy of collapsing at any day guys, any day."

Heighway Pinball and Dutch Pinball are in extreme jeopardy of collapsing any day

"I've joked in the past that Andrew Heighway always says two weeks. He always uses two weeks as when you can expect things to be fixed. It's always like his go to for the solution will happen in two weeks"

Heighway Pinball constantly uses 'two weeks' as misleading timeline and lacks transparency

"there's just been a lot of communication by Heighway Pinball and they frequently failed to deliver what they said they were going to deliver on certain dates and also deliver people's refunds"

Heighway Pinball has poor communication and repeatedly fails to meet delivery promises

"I think most people on the thread are in on it and they're seeing what they want to see and they're believing what they want to believe"

Heighway Pinball's factory tour video shows concerning signs rather than confidence

"I agree. I agree. Where are the updates on Heighway Pinball? Andrew Heighway said, he said the second week in January, this is his words, we'd start shipping, I think 20 games. So that's Monday. The 16th is the day he called out when 20 games would go out. So I don't know. I hope so. I really do. I know that Andrew and Orrick and team over there, they want the game out. Nobody wants it out more than them. I still am head scratching as to why we can't see the early artwork. And yes, I don't think they're doing, it's like, I don't think they're doing a good job in terms of getting the game out."

Heighway Pinball isn't doing a good job getting Alien out

"I'm boggled by the the past that people continue to give Heighway Pinball and how if other pinball manufacturers were pulling the same thing they're being army at the door expecting some answers"

Heighway Pinball gets unfair passes while other manufacturers face scrutiny for lesser issues

"if they don't get alien LE's into customer hands by February I will predict that this company is in serious trouble"

Heighway Pinball will be in serious trouble if Alien doesn't ship by February

"I really think Heighway Pinball and Andrew and Orrick need to both just shut up at this point stop asking for feedback stop taking feedback stop telling us what your intentions are every like other day in December and just finish the pinball machine"

Heighway Pinball needs to stop asking for feedback and just finish Alien

"Andrew Heighway grabbed me a side at expo accused me of sabotaging his company. Oric sent an email to my boss trying to get me fired"

Kaneda had personal conflicts with Heighway Pinball including accusations of sabotage and attempts to get him fired

"I will bet you right now that a hundred alien pinball machines will not ship out by the end of the year... if Andrew and team can ship 100 games by the end of the year I will give whoever gets game number 100 I will give you 1000 dollars"

Betting $1000 that Highway won't ship 100 Alien machines by end of year despite their claims

"How exactly are your payments working, guys? People don't even know how to give you money now. It seems that their payment mechanism was hacked, that all these weird emails went out, that were putting people's private information in jeopardy."

Heighway Pinball (Alien) has major business and marketing issues

"I think alien and highway and angel would be best served To just stop asking the community all the time for feedback feedback. especially like when I see the Threads about the armor. It's like you should do this you should do that"

Heighway should stop asking community for feedback and just make quality decisions

"I really hope that Andrew and Orrick and Highway and team come clean And put a realistic date in people's head about when they can expect it... Just wait to send your money in until production actually starts"

Warning people not to send money for Alien until production actually starts

"I wish Orc would just realize he's a member of the highway team and and just behave that way"

Heighway Pinball and Orc relationship is problematic

"that thick bezel is just got to go I mean look at the picture it's got this like sort of light gray bezel. And it just it just looks off it just looks totally off"

Heighway Pinball's thick bezel design is aesthetically poor

"If you did not know or secure the proper elements of the license to make the alien pinball machine that you wanted to, why would you announce that you were making an alien pin... seems like amateur hour going on right now guys"

Heighway Pinball mismanaged Alien licensing and shouldn't have announced before securing actor likenesses

"my hunch now is it's gonna be more of a game inspired by aliens than a game where you're playing the alien films"

Highway Alien will be more inspired by aliens than actually playing the alien films

"For real. You've been working on this thing for months. You've been waiting for Fox approval on the assets for months. You now know you have approval. Get your shit together on how you're going to launch it."

Heighway Pinball fumbled the Alien pinball playfield artwork reveal with poor coordination and communication

"It's interesting when you look at the fact that Alien, a huge major property, is now in the hands of someone who's never done this before... highway knowing that Alien is a little bit make or break to put this company in the map."

Highway taking a gamble putting inexperienced Orrick on major franchise like Alien

"the highway cabinet and the way the artwork looks on the side, it just always looks really awkward. And I think if they used more of the real estate on the side of the cabinet for that artwork package, it would just look much better"

Highway cabinet design looks awkward and doesn't use real estate well

"If you take someone's harder money and say to them, if for any reason you want your money back, we will give it back to you within 30 days. You are promising them a refund timeline."

Highway/Andrew not honoring refund timelines is a red flag

"Why would you not ask for a refund? If these gentlemen are so good at business and they're going to turn highway around, then let them do it with their money."

Heighway Pinball investors should ask for refunds rather than stay invested

"Good luck trying to make a pinball company when you're starting brand new and nobody has experienced manufacturing pinball machines."

Manufacturing pinball outside established regions without experience is extremely difficult

"Andrew Heighway is offering alien pinball for $6500 and when you look at alien pinball the standard game the game he brought to TPF looks great when I look at that game I mean I do think it's a full featured pro... and I also think that at 6500 dollars that game will bankrupt Heighway Pinball"

Heighway Pinball's pricing is unsustainable and will bankrupt them