I have never been too excited about playing anything less than a commercial game, but this particular game is fun to play. At the pinball showdown it received as much love as any other game on the floor. The captive ball feature is a novel idea, I like it.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:It looked like a toy, and was basically priced the same as the Iron Man. They did not have a SMVE but I couldn't think of a good reason why someone would buy this thing.
The reality is there is a whole set of people who will only buy NIB and for those people this game is significantly cheaper than a Pro. As yourself why would someone would pay $6700 for a SMVE when you can get a 2007 SM for $2k less? Answer is the same: NIB. People love to pony up hundreds or thousands of extra dollars for a nearly identical game as long as it comes in a cardboard box. Once you are comfortable with that, you will be a lot more comfortable with the price point on this SM variant.