I watched the stream because I wanted to see what the fuss is about... It was a bit amateur-ish and having your game covered with garbage bags was a horrible visual. Not a fan of the yellow but it's ok I guess.
I think they really undersold the cabinet, new light boards, all the electronic changes (ie optos, board changes etc) and the increased reliability changes. This was likely what added to the cost and sadly they just glazed over the most important things...