- cabinet is made of quad walled cardboard
- playfield is still mdf, but now has a nascar window peel-off adhered to it to keep the art from chipping
- pinballs are 3D printed
- runs on 6 D cell batteries

did they shorten the flippers? in the stream, it appears that everyone is having issues with attempting to trap balls and they are "walking" right up and off the ends

or this

and they were so close to using the trademark symbol 10x. missed it by 1

but we're now entering the era where the people with money are also tech savvy. unlike 10 or 20 years ago where well off parents didn't question and bought stupidly expensive items for their kids. yes, I'm sure that those people still exist, but I'll wager that they make up the minority of the wealthy these days

agreed. the problem isn't china, it's the companies that produce goods with parts where the specs just good enough to pass their testing but keep the bottom line down