For a pin with a ruined playfield and backglass, that's not worth fixing, yeah I can see doing this to it. But if they're gonna do it they might as well do it right. They need to use a taller building, so the stuff will smash much more spectacularly.
Also would be fun to drop stuff that's plugged in and lit up, on a long extension cord. Worst that can happen is it will trip the AC breaker upon impact. And it probably won't even do that.