Quoted from Bublehead:

I don't know how you could be more far off base than with this statement. If one were to ask any rando on the street to play both an OG and a remake and ask them to judge which was the original and which was a shitty copy, I can tell you they would not be doing anything but tossing a coin and shouting "heads" because there is no real difference to the average rando on the street. I can guarantee if you ask them which was better, an OG MB, or a MBrCE they would shrug their shoulders and look puzzled. That's all CGC really wants with their remakes, that the average person dropping coin in one gets to play a game that makes them feel good about what they got for a buck. They are not out to please the top end of the market as much as they are just providing a game that others may not have played before. Your frustration that they play differently, have different quality issues, or are electronically and physically not identical to OG equipment is non sequitur. There is a market for remakes, even if they are shitty remakes, because CGC sold every one of the 1250 LE's of MB, and who knows how many CE and SE's on top of that. If they suck so bad, why did everyone want one?

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

I'll ask again and as others have requested, can an original AFM owner please post top down perspective photographs of the flippers at rest and fully extended. This way us remake owners can compare the amount of throw and if there is indeed any difference (would be even better if they could lay a protractor underneath to show the angles. Both at rest and fully extended flipper pics are required because different people start with different alignments.

Quoted from mbeardsley:

Maybe it's because of your missing bushing, but your left flipper seems very strange.
The back part of the flipper seems to be out of alignment with the inland guide.
Also, are those original flipper bats? They look very thin compared to normal. Maybe it's just due to the angle of the picture and the flipper toppers.
I'm not trying to be super-critical or anything, I just want to make sure that we are looking at the correct stuff.
Thanks for posting the pics. Unfortunately I don't have an AFM, but I will post pics of my MBr soon.
Hopefully some other owners (original and remake) will post pictures of theirs (MM, AFM and MB) for comparison.

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

And here is the throw on the remake - LE with a couple of hundred plays (I think my left flipper may be slightly lower than the right at rest (not intentional).
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Quoted from Chrizg:

Your right flipper has more worn out parts and has a longer range of motion than the left. Shorter plunger or coil stop strike plate or bushing screw is worn out. A plastic broken white through playfield bushing will not cause that much difference.

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

No, it is not the nude version of the playfield (that would have been a deal killer for me when I bought it), but I do have that area illuminated with UV lighting to react to my Titan GITD rings, and I also have Pinstadium lighting (set to a cool white color). You can also see that I've replaced the red star posts with florescent green and illuminated them.[quoted image]

Quoted from FarFromHeaven26:

I'm so sorry. Gameplay in the re-makes is vastly superior. Sorry about that.

Quoted from Zablon:

Be realistic, the flow of every single game off the line is different in some manner. Of course it's going to feel different it is 30 years later with different material made by a different company. They are still great regardless.

Quoted from Zablon:

Doesn't even have to be new to the hobby. I've been in the hobby for over 25 years, and I never played MB at all, or an AFM or MM that wasn't trashed. If your only experience with some games (especially those 3) are heavily routed trashed games who's flippers barely work, rubbers broke etc....these are amazing by comparison.