We've been clamoring for more affordable pins - this seems to be Stern's answer, whether directly targeted for "us" or not.

Honestly, I like what I see, minus the super basic code. There's basic code, which I can appreciate in some settings and titles, and then there is literally doing everything in the game multiple times on ball one. This looks like the latter if I didn't overlook some nuances...

The price would be tempting at something like $3500 msrp imo. As it stands, pending some play time, I could see considering a used one in the future, in the sub $3k range. Either way the code is going to need a good more depth though. But I don't think Spider-Man Home really ever got any depth beyond this same basic ruleset did it?

Oh, I don't think I saw - are the force targets individual stand-up targets, or a garbage mono target ala Munsters?

I could perhaps agree on individual stand-up targets vs drop targets, drops feel more interactive, etc, but at least it's 5 targets to shoot for either way for instance here.

But respectfully I don't see how you can say a mono target functions the same as a bank of 4 or 5 individual targets where accuracy to hit the particular target you need is important (or at least the adjacent target in some circumstances, with many rule sets).

The end result may be the same, but the skill required and risk involved is significantly different with a target literally the size of 4 or 5 individual stand-ups or drops vs hitting the correct target. I couldn't possibly count the number of times I've needed a critical target bank completion and yet struggled to hit the particular target I needed - which is fun imo... Where is the challenge in just merely hitting anywhere on a 4-5" long mono target?