I see where you are coming from, but I don't think that's it. They are still a (luxury) lifestyle brand so they can't cheap out too much otherwise they will lose their core audience to another expensive hobby.

I think they are going after a different market, the younger people (30 and under) who will be able to buy a Home edition game on Amazon (with free shipping and freight because its so much more lighter and the ability for it to be assembled like a piece of IKEA furniture) with the pay checks they get from their first professional jobs. Its the kind of pin I would have loved to own when I was in a dorm in university, or living with flatmates after getting my first job, or even in my late teens if I begged my parents to buy me one if I got straight A's on my report card. Its not for us. It's for a different market.

That's a lot of game for 4k! Its not the best game ever but the new code makes it passable. Apparently its deep and very hard to get to wizard mode still.

Not joking but have you tried Pinbox 3000? Its actually pretty amazing and I have a Maker Faire set with slingshots, orbits, physical ball locks, a gobble hole, ramps, a jump ramp, captive ball, and multiballs that I still play a few times a week. The fun-factor is off the scale and perfect for getting kids (or even kid-like adults into pinball)

Nice!!! I like the bagatelle design you went with.

Here is my pinbox3000 with the classic layout booster-pack template I got from their website!

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I agree those are interesting details, has Stern ever done a ramp that leads to a stand-up target? Its an interesting concept that they may add to a future game. Maybe not for a main ramp on a Pro/Premium/LE game but a secondary ramp would be awesome.

Also the captive ball lock is so easy and interesting to do, they could easily add another one somewhere on the game for either a proper three-ball multiball or another multiball entirely (that can be stacked with the other captive ball multiball!).

Imagine a game with a drop-target at the top of a ramp behind a one-way gate that feeds to a nearby wire form, once you hit the drop-target and it drops down, you now have access to the rest of the ramp pathway!

Can anyone confirm if the Death-Star opens up at all when hit, like the Premium/LE? (I don't feel like watching the 8-hour Dead Flip stream haha)

Ah yes I see it! Is that a proper drop-target? This game might have something going for it! Would I buy it? No, because its waaaaay to expen$ive for what it is.

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Hmm no never mind, the storm trooper target a stand-up target, not a drop target and its just behind plastics. I thought it hid a new laneway :/

Still wonder what it does though?

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oh cool have to check that out now