We have yet to see results of that.

Not true, many of the so called Stern bashers were the same people that bought NIB in the last couple of years and were Stern supporters. They were let down by the trend towards overall decrease in quality and stripped down playfield while simultaneously increasing prices. Need proof of that? Take a look at pros of the past like FG, POTC, Simpsons and compare them to the LEs of today. I was personally in on a BM66LE and was turned off by Jody's stupid marketing scheme where you are to put a non refundable deposit on an LE for 10K unseen. Don't get me started on that SLE send Stern a video acting like a jackass begging for one fiasco.