Quoted from Thunderbird:Name one pin that has gone out the door complete by Stern? Never has happened. We have years of Stern history and the interview to tell us it is not done. We all know it needs work. Why do people keep denying that here on Pinside???
People also keep saying buy a pin based on what it is...well if we did that, no one would purchase an LE or any model for that matter for at least up to 3 years latter. GB was not done, even though indicated code number wise, for many years on the extreme side.
Dwight knows that we have been somewhat cheated by the lack of code/TV show material depth on Munsters, which none of us knew when $9k was dropped on a Munsters LE. If what you’re saying were true, “code is basically complete when it goes out the door”, LE sales will stop in the future. There are so many examples to back this up.
If Dwight were not to finish Munsters, he knows how bad his legacy will become in the world of pinball. If it were coded to the standard of all his other machines, people would not be dumping it at low prices. Dwight is a top notch coder and knows how good Munsters should and could become. He’s not done with it by any stretch of the word, nor should he be. He stated well in his interview, how important to us home owners a deep and satisfying game is and that if Stern does not take care of Munsters, this will send a signal to all of us to stop buying Stern’s. But Stern is a good company and wants to please us their customer and will deliver, based on years of Stern history backing up what I’m saying.
Everyone should listen to the complete interview. While I agree that Dwight did say people like deep code at home he also mentioned in another part of the interview Munsters was mostly done (near 100% at release).
I am sure they will add a bit more at some time (more clips); however I would not expect more modes, etc. If that happens it would be a game changer.
I used to say people will remember this or that and not buy Stern (like releasing 600 Munster LEs or playfield issues)....but...:people keep buying sight unseen on most LEs if they like the theme.
If Dwight was worried about his reputation OR if Stern was worried they would not have put Dwight as lead on Turtles! So that does not hold water - people signed up for Turtles regardless of how good or bad you think coding was by Dwight on previous games.
Also, I did not dump my LE at a low price. I got same price as the sale of my DPLE and I got more for my Munsters LE sale over the sale of my GBLE and Guardians Galaxy LE.