Quoted from jar155:I have a Dialed In on preorder, but I'm almost expecting some sort of issues with it. The Hobbit was nowhere near "the most ambitious pin ever created," and it had all kinds of crazy issues with balls falling off ramps, ramps breaking, pop ups getting stuck, and plenty more. Eventually they got worked out, sure. Side note: WoZ wasn't the most ambitious pin ever created, it was just the most ambitious for a while.
All that said, Batman '66 is supposed to be a premium machine. All the fine details should have been aggressively obsessed over. Testing should have been doubled or tripled up. It's pretty obvious that the game didn't get any extra level of care than any other game. That's a shame.
I really hope that Dialed In and Aerosmith buck the trend for problematic game releases. This is getting ridiculous.
Honest question to not just you, but other preorder collectors out there; but why continue to punish yourself believing in a 'scent of Hope' that the next new pin won't have issues. GBLE, Woz, hobbit, BM66, MMR, the list goes on...
This is not something new in pinball. It's been going on for as long as I've been in the hobby (10+ years). LOTR, TF, TRON, XMEN, MET, avengers...all of them had their issues from the start. Some more than others.
My best owner experiences have been with pins that are proven rather than believing that it will be a proven game based on a 'scent of hope' that the theme, design, support, and even increased price would equate to a good game.
So why must we continue to punish ourselves in believing that we must have the next new pin before out neighbor gets it believing that it'll be the next big hit. Why not wait and find out that it's the next big hit first then get it? Save yourself the torture? Or are we at a point in the hobby where getting kicked in the nuts is not just a privilege, but an honor?