Quoted from BrewNinja:Weight does not equal better quality. I mean, if that's the case, I hope you are driving a 70's car still. Those things are tanks, but I wouldn't call them better quality necessarily. Technology and manufacturing advance and give us better materials and ways of doing things
Yes, but todays CC is not better apparently and playfields are still made of wood. Also metal parts are thinner and break sooner. Also less mechanical devices are the norm. The only tech that's really changed is the LED lighting and LCD displays and computer/electronic tech and software to drive them. Also the deeper rule sets. None of which are a problem. And thinner wood and thinner metal do equal less weight.