If you already have an MMR paid for, I would just keep it. Even though prices for the original have come down, I doubt you will be able to get one in comparable physical shape for $8k or less.

It is unfortunate it has come to this. Rick has had multiple opportunities to clarify the ownership/relationships but has yet to take one. At Expo 13 it was very clear this was a PPS project (the translite was originally going to have the PPS logo on it) and they dictated a very clear set of requirements to "their distributors" to try and avoid some of the problems that others had (heavy hints were directed in JJPs direction). It's very clear that CG developed the platform. The original story was they did it for PPS. Now we are to believe that CG is calling all the shots. I absolutely guarantee that if most in the room at the time thought this was a CG project it wouldn't have sold out anywhere near as quickly (can you say "Vacation America"?).

At the announcement, it was all about PPS. All that stood in the way of MMR was Roger Sharpe's approval on WMS behalf. The coin mech brouhaha was the first time we hear that this is allegedly not a PPS game - It was CG that made the decision a few days after the non-refund deadline, not PPS. It was CG that did not understand what the UL process entailed. It is CG that is using non-traditional project management methodologies despite the fact that Rick was supposedly this hot shot former mid-level corporate manager with all sorts of PM and production experience. So much so that those of us who had similar experience were told not only did we not know what were talking about, but couldn't possibly begin to understand how complicated it was to manage a project like this.

Rick made it clear he was in control - until something went wrong. Then he took his Pinside marbles home, set up his own private sandbox forum, so that MMR customers could get direct, unfiltered information directly from PPS (it's not on the CG website) without all the Pinside noise. Which worked fine for him until the UL delay. Then the "CG didn't understand Stern's requirements to start production" delay (twice) and now the questions and apparent position change on colorization.

OP - Rick NEVER said that colorization would be free, only that it would likely be free as a perk to LE buyers.

Mine does.

That's not fair. Rick only posted that this afternoon. A few days ago, he said he had no idea what was going on with colorization after there were a number of related questions on the PPS board. Then it was that the production delays caused a resource delay in having work done on colorization (very odd and still unexplained how they could be/are related).

NOW he reports there is someone from CG working on colorization (and presumably the tearing issue). But if there was anyone working on it before today, Rick was downright foolish not to say that when he punted to CG on the issue.

Old depreciated equipment? Who cares? Most hobbiests can't depreciate their machines.

Problems with originals may be inevitable. But fixes to those problems are already known.

If your AFM and MB machines are crap, maybe replacing them with repros makes sense. But if they are nice, why bother? We have no idea how reliable the new electronics will be in the remakes or even what the remakes will cost.

You sound like a shill for PPS.

I'll give you "valid opinion", as I think any opinion is valid.

But to say AFM and MB owners should sell their games and "upgrade" to new remakes is pretty far out there. If you can do it with no net additional costs, maybe. But otherwise, the concept has shill written all over it.

Answering questions that many have here is far more efficient than having multiple phone calls on the same topics.

That's the right answer!

Everyone should have a Medieval Madness. Pros/cons for either version. My original plan was to have one of each.

Ok. How about "any opinion is valid except yours"?

Welcome to my ignore list.

Are you familiar with the word "shill"?

Yes, it's what we call you.

Don't quit your day job.