Quoted from LesManley:I think he is referring more to the build standards. Between the ghosted playfields, separating cabinets, chipping playfields, pooling clear coat, single use coil stops, flickering sling / ball return GI and glaring widespread individual game build issues out of the box (Stranger Things lock post / one way gate, Munsters Spot optos, JP upper flipper post, etc...) along with the much debated cratering / dimpling playfields...I think anyone would be hard pressed to argue they have raised any standards there since TWD.
Since i've purchased just about all of them and seen the progression and regression from game to game, I'd say yeah, I damn sure don't want to go back to TWD.
Every game has issues. If YOU or anybody else thinks you can build em better, knock yourselves out. Until then, I'll enjoy what i see and purchase.
As for caring about quality control and fixing warranty issues, i was also right there in the middle of the GB pf mess. Did i get a new one? Nope. I've got some minor ghosting, no big deal to me.
A ton of people got repopulated PF's.
IF it really mattered that much, Stern would have never sold another game after GB. Think about that one.