I like games when they are new, but I also realize as a "day 1" customer that the game I get is still not complete, and there will be a year+ journey for software, and possible hardware tweaks. So I've never been disappointed with any of the games.

I can recall games like TWD took a good year for some significant updates, like the lightshow on the LE was pretty basic for most of that first year. But since I have so many other games, I can be patient and enjoy the game as it moves along.

My biggest concern was Full Throttle, since it was a brand new platform, but that game has never had significant problems, never sat dark.

As long as I feel confident that Stern will "finish" a game, at some point, I can be patient. That my Hulk got its update, finally, shows me that Stern will come through, even if the game is out of production and the programmer is not Lyman Sheats, so I can live with that.

I agree that Dwight seems to front load his releases. There are no missing modes, or anything that is on the playfield that doesn't do anything (even on LE). The LE lightshow is also very polished, for something that has only had it's 1 initial release of software (no LE updates since 1.05 was released in May).

I do hope that GB might be made easier, with some easier multiballs added, etc.

Sweet. I think a 2 ball MB that most people can trigger during any game will make a big difference.

I caved and looked at my inserts yesterday. No signs of ghosting. I did not look at them with a microscope, but I did lean on my glass and gave most of them a good looksee.

I'm trying not to get too worked up about it, one way or the other.

I don't know if the air balls is the cause, but on day 1 I immediately turned my game flipper power to soft. It plays fine, but less airballs. Not sure if that has anything to do with anything with the inserts though. I would suggest all GB owners play on soft power.

My GB has gotten a ton of play. Without checking the audits, many hundreds of games for certain. I've had people over, and its gotten played hard many times for hours at a time non stop.

The game is going over well with everyone that plays it. Plays fast and mean, but it stands apart from all my other games. I am looking forward to the next code update and seeing what happens with the game as the LE has only ever had the 1 release version.