Cost cutting on cabinet materials (using cheaper wood), placing power button in head of cabinet, zero or minimal cabinet corner support brackets. There's no excuse for these items at today's prices and Stern does all 3.
For JJP it's no longer offering a high quality powder coat on their LE games. You now have to pay extra for a CE to get the same type of powder coat quality offered on WOZ ECLE and Hobbit LE. BS.
The only cost cutting measure I have liked is Sterns's new lockdown bar design. The traditional Bally William's lockdown bar mech is just a pain in the ass at times. Securing a lockdown bar should be easy and Sterns new mech does just that.
