Quoted from Nokoro:I was actually almost expecting a bunch of thumbs downs instead of thumbs ups, but this is exactly why I wanted to start this thread. It is great that this thread has stayed largely positive. There is too much bashing of this pin as of late because people are understandably frustrated with how long the final code is taking. But the reality is that this is a great pin that deserves way more praise than criticism.
I completely agree. Nice to see a positive thread on ST for a change. I have owned this pin since December 2013, and it's still the one I play the most. While LOTR is still my all time favorite pin, I definitely play STLE more, mostly because I've had LOTR longer and the long ball times on LOTR.
The 1.5 code update was great, but there are are still some bugs that need to be quashed.
The look of the pin (I have the LE), the bright playfield lights, the callouts, the music, the number of modes. The Steve Ritchie design. It's fast and fun. Just a fantastic pin. Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion, and expressing opinions is what this forum is for, after all, but I truly don't understand all of the haters that bash this pin. To each their own, I suppose, but I think it's great. STLE and LOTR would be the last two pins to leave my collection.