Quoted from whthrs166:But do they play simular. What im hearing is they do not by people you have had both.
They play same. It doesn't "feel like a Stern" -- it feels solid and you won't mistake the flippers for a Sopranos or whatever.
I am not sure how anyone can even claim it plays differently, considering every MM on earth now is running on either reproduction parts or 20 year old parts.
Obviously some people prefer original for historical or abstract reasons, and that's fine. But in terms of gameplay, there's no objective difference.