I played 3 or 4 games on two of the FT pins at Expo. Both the large and small display machines. IMO: They played fast, seemed to have good flow and my absolute favorite thing about them was the screaming bike engines that came with the skill shot. The quality of the build and components looked as good or better than current Sterns to me. The theme did not grab me nor did the gameplay. But maybe a few more plays on them for me to fully grasp the rules, etc could change my opinion. It looks like it can be quite successful to the right client(s) and locations. I'm really looking forward to Alien which would fall more into my preferred theme of a game.
I believe Heighway is here to stay and quite possibly help breed better new pins by bringing more solid competition into the game of pin building.
~Steveo