Well, I'll say it then. I got my hobbit yesterday. I was on the fence about buying it, but took the plunge. It came with old code, so I played that for about 20 or so games. It felt..meh. Kind of disappointed. Ok, but not so much fun. I plugged in the new code, then played about 20 games on that. I had the game set at 6.8 degrees for both early and new code, with increased flipper power. The play went from meh to really fun. I can see it has a way to go, so it will only get better from here. I was blown away at the difference in play, with new code. I came away feeling like I had made the right decision. Very satisfied. I shouldn't be so surprised though, as I saw this play out on WOZ too. Woz got better and better with code. It was pretty..meh.. With early code you aren't really experiencing Hobbit.