No game can please everyone. Says a lot when MET has been in production so long when so many other games came and gone. I don't even care for the band and love my pro. It just plays great and I love the rules. Much more going on than just smashing targets.

Same here except it was 2 years ago. LOL. Pretty smart on Stern to not say anything about production plans. You always thought the next run could be the last.

I get the wood chopping criticism. In some points of the game, you are having to smash something multiple times. If you are just going after mb or collecting hits for CIU, it can be a grind. When you really learn the rules, then you start paying attention to the inserts and collecting hurry ups. There are other things to work towards as well. Once you start thinking ahead and planning your shots, you will find there is always something to shoot for and you are never stuck in a mode. I sold my ST because of that. You were always in a long mode and you had to do a lot of work just to get to a wizard type of mode like Kobayashi Maru. Even when you got to the wizard it was more of the same - shoot all shots.