My guess (and only a guess), is they do not give a crap what you do with it in the privacy of your own home. However, when these machines end up being made public with non-authorized assets, I can see their concern. I'm sure it's an uncomfortable conversation if Disney calls up and says "hey...we didn't license you to use Avengers movie footage in AIQ, yet it's all over the internet with it playing on your machine". Probably not easy to explain that "well...those darn enthusiasts figured out how to hack our system." Sure, the odds of Disney surfing Youtube looking at pinball machine assets might be low, but I know licensed assets is serious business. As much as I love the ability and work some of the modders have done, I can completely understand why Stern is trying to lock it down better.

Plus there is always a bigger concern over how far modding can be taken. Sure, now it is only A/V assets, but if we can go that far, it's only a matter of time before people figure out a deeper level with solenoid controls and power levels, etc. If someone starts tinkering around, fries something and burns their house down, where are the liability lines drawn? Again, probably very low chance of it happening, but it only takes one incident to cause serious damage.

Sure, they do not have the right to tell you what to do with your property, but that doesn't mean that they should leave the door open to make messing with this stuff easy either.

But do not get me wrong...I do agree it's a bummer that the days of Cleland codes and the like may be over.

They kept blowing it off by saying Keith set it to extra hard, but there was clearly a reason he did that. You do not just ignore a major selling point of the game for no reason. I'm guessing there was either something wrong with the mech or code for it that they didn't want it to be seen. It seemed to work the one time they hit it, but really, there is no reason you wouldn't want to make a big focus on one of the huge features of the prem/LE unless something wasn't quite ready to show yet. Whatever it is, I'm sure they will get it fixed up and ready once they are shipping, but I'm not buying the "we set it hard" excuse.

OK...off topic I know...but I'd like to use this opportunity to remind everyone that BK:SoR pro has MORE spinners than the premium. LOL

Back on topic...GZ pro looks packed and will not be lacking in any way. But the prem/LE sure does add some juicy upgrades this time, and the extra money appears to be well worth it for those able or willing to upgrade. Nothing wrong with the pro though, it will shoot pretty darn similar. Nothing truly game changing here...but damn cool mechs for sure.

Those look great for your own use! Because I'm sure you wouldn't be intending to make a profit off of Zombie Yeti's artwork.

As I said, great for your own use, and glad to hear you are not making money off of them. They are truly beautiful...well done!