What I think happened with the Jetsons is not that it was a miss, but more of a direct hit on a target that missed the secondary (some would say primary) market. Jetsons is simply a generic pinball game applied over top a recognizable and family friendly theme. It is a “professional” grade piece of equiptment, that is, it is not a cheap plastic Crackerjack toy on stilts. It is a serious, expensive, game room device designed to make the kids of your arch enemy drool with envy and jealousy. This is a “I spent a fortune on a professional grade piece of equiptment for my children’s amusement...” statement all balled up and delivered, white gloves and all.

This was not a pinball machine conceived for the pinhead masses, or for those in the know, but more for the rich and wealthy who don't have clue one, could care less, and just told their personal assitant “Oh, and get my son a pinball machine for his birthday, I think they tried selling me one when I bought the pool table...”

I heard this was not exactly what they TPC were looking for, but it is what they got, and so it is what they sold. On their second attempt, maybe Scooby Doo will get a nicer treatment? Time will tell.

+1 on the -1 on Scrappy-do. It think I have actually ripped the knob off our TV once when I was young because I was lurching to turn the channel before he even spoke one word on screen. I didn’t mind a semi anthropomorphic great dane, but a full on nasal voiced anthropomorphic puppy with a Napoleon Complex was where I drew the line.