Got this for Christmas. The bowling bag is surprisingly high quality and the Blu-ray transfer is great!

It’s good that the games won’t sit forever or be destroyed. But this is very different from Zidware in that the original TBL buyers get nothing out of the resale of these games. I don’t mean to derail this owners’ thread, but it sounded like you might not know the full story (which can be read in the TBL preorder thread).

Love it! Maybe a new “Rug Pissers Edition” plaque is in order.

This was a controversy a few years back, DP claimed they had full original songs and posted a pic of Roger Sharpe “certifying” that their IP agreements were in order, then had to walk it back and replace with instrumental covers.

Luckily it still sounds pretty good!

TBL plays and feels very much like a classic BW. Many of us like that about it, but if you're expecting modern Stern/JJP depth you'll be sorely disappointed. If they ever do anything more with the code they'll no doubt add some polish and maybe a few more nuggets of gameplay, but it's hard to imagine TBL transforming into LOTR or SW. That was just never what DP was aiming for with this game.

Meantime, if you're buying the game buy it for the code it has today. Given DP's precarious situation, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment if you assume that more significant code changes are coming.

Yes, the Stern-style metal protectors screw into the cabinet. They become a permanent fixture but keep the upper leg from ever contacting the cabinet and scuffing or wrinkling the art in a visible area. It is a mod that puts screw holes in the cabinet (in never-visible spots), but it works well enough that professionals like Bryan Kelly put them on all the games they work on. Which is good enough for me!