Not only are prices sky rocketing to prevent us mere mortals from purchasing NIB, what I also see it doing is making older machines more desirable, game condition and title dependent of course. I'd love to purchase WOZ to play but thats impossible.

Recent modern pinballs to me have TOO much going on in the PF. We live in a world full of computers, complex video games, etc, I think Pinball needs to strip itself back down to simple playfield layouts, interesting themes, with modern tech. WOZ looks flipping amazing and the hype is good to get interest in pinball to come back...but I don't think you need to load up a machine with huge LCD screens, lots of toys, videos, etc to make it compete with a computer or video game console.

What happened with the less is more approach? Why reinvent the wheel? Give me a simple (but interesting) layout, solid set of rules, good sounds, plenty of lighting to catch my eye, thats the magic of pinball right there I think.

Absolutley not! Just a mere mortal who dreams of buying modern NIB pinballsIf anything Stern to me is the exact reason why modern pinballs are too damn complex. I can't imagine they are too happy of JJP entering the market, thats what the industry needs again to make it fun...healthy competition and more buying choices. Hey, if games were simpler, wouldnt that make the price cheaper than the average NIB MSRP?? I don't do mods either, not a fan, its borderline re-theming a game from its original. I'm shotgunning an Embryon from the ground up on artwork and electronics, not only do I have a bond with the game from my childhood, but even more so repairing it myself, learning as I go!