Reading all the posts and having no information about the game for months combined with an outrageous price was enough for me to bag out on the SLE. Then for some weird reason I was starting to feel like I made a mistake by reading too much into these posts and bailing out on the SLE. Now that I have actually seen some game play video I'm feeling much better about saying "Thanks, but no thanks". Maybe once they update the code like they did with GB to 1.11 it will transform the game. I'm willing to give the game a shot, however I will wait until I can physically see and touch the game in person and even then spending that kind of money on an incomplete base model probably won't happen especially with an incomplete KISS sitting at home.

I don't understand it, maybe it's just me I simply just don't like the game. The artwork looks like a lick and stick, the music is week, the so-called interactive play with the LCD has been overstated IMO and the play field is too dark. Like I said early maybe future code updates will make the light show better like it did with GB. When I first got GB it looked like the play field was lit up with over the top "whites" then when I updated it with 1.11 it turned into an awesome game with bright colors and call outs. So maybe there is hope for this one, but I'm still out even for a premium just on the layout alone..

That's right, and I would of gladly paid for it too if there was something to look at and it was an amazing machine to play which I'm sorry to say is not IMO. However, I will say that I bought 3 NIB machines right around the time I put that video in for the BM66 and learned a lot. Getting to know those machines and learning what I like and don't like played a big role in whether or not to pull the trigger on that SLE site unseen. That combined with the opinions of this forum helped educate me a little bit about Stern and the industry in general.
Now all these lesson will play a role in how I choose my 4th pinball machine. I will not get sucked into the hype of these dream themes if this is how they will market new titles going forward. I will just simply look for code completed NIB machines or as close to NIB as possible for the next one for the game room.

Those of you that have spent the money, I hope you enjoy the game.. Let's hope BM66 is complete in a timely manner.. I would hate to see a "Where is the BM66 and my damn KISS code" on this forum a year from now after spending 15K... lol

You are right, KISS is still a fun game to play. I just felt it was important to point out that since it's become a pattern to throw games out there that are not complete even if the incomplete game is playable we as consumers still deserve a premium product if we are going to be expected to pay a premium price. As far as my situation is concerned Stern could not demonstrate to me beyond the hype of the theme that it was worth the $15,000 and now that we have a game play video I feel much better in my decision to stay in the market for that 4th machine and from what I am hearing it appears 2017 might be a good year with some nice options to choose from.