I don't buy the "monkey is unreliable" line from JJP. WOZ has been out for 7 years and all of sudden the mech is unreliable? Come on. Maybe for some route owners with 50k plays on their games but YBR isn't targeted to be a routed game. The decision to remove the mech doesn't make any sense unless it was a cost reason. Same goes for YBR not coming with a mirrored backglass.

If anything I think the removal of the money mech from YBR may signal the shift to future JJP pins being slightly scaled down back in terms of features.

I don't see JJP ever making Ruby Reds using the older style cabinets. At TPF Jack didn't say that RR WOZ's would be made again but rather said "never say never" which was what he said with Pirates as well.

I seriously doubt JJP will go back to the old cabinet design as it requires a lot of hardware components to be in a large aluminum cabinet under the playfield. The new cabinet design is likely cheaper and makes service easier.