Agree. A lot of Stern games these days have lost the theatrics and the sense of accomplishment of progressing though the game. Gotta love those old-school Williams multi-ball start sequences TAF and TZ.

I agree with many of your posts (and I've noticed this myself) that all the songs are available to play at the very beginning. There is no progression (like in GNR) to accomplish tasks in order to "earn" the privilege of hearing a song. I like the way in GNR that while you are grinding to earn a song, you hear GNR music in instrumental form. In this way, the sound design is much better in GNR. Additionally, the songs in Rush are interrupted by other songs as you progress, but I suppose this is better for game flow and keeping this interesting and chaotic. That said, excited for this title.

I agree. Having snippets from songs as "Sound effects" especially in a music pin would make the sound design a little more creative than simply playing the music tracks. JJP's GNR is the perfect example of this: When you spin the record "toy", the "Sweet Child of Mine" guitar riff plays; or different GnR inspired musical sounds play when switches are hit in the game.
Of course all this requires more time and effort therefore ultimately increasing the cost of production.

Agree! That "squelch" is an unfortunate cost-saving feature of modern pinball and I think really cheapens the experience. That along with the removal of the outlane return kicker.

Agreed!

For a topper, how 'bout Dice in a dome similar to board games like "Game of Life". Everytime you hit the "Roll the bones" scoop, the dome will "pop" and bounce the dice. This of course would be contained in the time machine with the mechanical flipping numbers that would flip to the appropriate year when you hit a special multi-ball mode.

Yeah! ...and why is the AMERICAN flag shown during the animation sequence in the Subdivisions multiball? Of course thrilled that this machine is being made, but man, absolutely no Canadian references.

Suppose you're right that Rush's audience is North American and this is a terrific Canadian/US collaboration. However members of Rush (Geddy and Alex) choose to remain living in Toronto, b/c this is where their roots are and Toronto is an amazing city. If owners of this machine are fortunate enough to get an additional song like YYZ with the purchase of a topper, then the animation sequence has got to include Toronto landmarks.

True! But the typical East Coast Canadian stereotypical lingo (not that I don't appreciate it), but Rush isn't from the East Coast and probably don't actually speak that way. I do like the nod to Canada however in the call-outs.

These Rush flasher caps from Diddy's Pinball Mods are very impressive in person. Glad I ordered them and can't wait for my machine to arrive.

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Hey check-out this unboxing video of the Rush LE featured on "The Lonely Rocker"...

Yeah! You're 100% correct! I fixed my mistake later and cleaned the balls with glass cleaner and a microfiber cloth.