Surely, they could have bounced this off of some folks in advance to get some feedback. This can't be the first time they're hearing real feedback about the game. It's got to be a joke, right? I'm so stunned, I'm bouncing between threads waiting for the real reveal.....

I know, who would have thought, right?

Exactly right! Also, BM66 has consistently been marketed as a special 30th Anniversary pin, hence the low production numbers and no pro, despite Sterns other terrible mistakes of their own marketing and pricing this pin. I don't think that scheme will be repeated with Aerosmith.

For me, I'm sour with JJP on this game because of how amateurish the whole thing has been. From reveal, to game title, to 6,999 LEs not to mention the CLEs, and the shocking prices for something unlicensed and without a licensed speech package that is clearly a game focused more for routes than collectors. Who has routes where they can get a return on investment for this game? The whole thing is such a fail that many folks are rationalizing with ideas for a new title to save it, or trying to sell themselves and others that the game play alone can save this monstrosity. I don't think it will and that'll sadly have bad repercussions for the pin community.

Now, back to the Iceman show.

At $2k to $5k per pin, I'll agree that game play is nearly all that matters. But in the new weird $9k world, the game has to have some curb appeal and in the LE world something that really makes the game somewhat limited to attract collectors with fairly full game rooms. Dialed In has a terrible name, confusing theme, poor art, irritating sounds, and would seem to be aimed at younger people to play in arcades, yet is priced not like a route game but like a collectors game. Fun game play will be enough to sell some people, but i can't see this game selling many units. For instance, the Pinside rating system has more than a dozen rating areas for a game, more than just game play, though that can be broadly interpreted.