Dr. Evil & Iron Monger?

Granted, Iron Monger is designed better....but clearly Borg pulled out his Austin Powers design and augmented it into Iron Man. Toilet shot became a kickback. Scoop became a magnet & target area. Time Machine went bye-bye and now feeds to the pops. Magnet divertor & laser beam shot went bye-bye. NBA Jam's design was dusted off and augmented into NBA. Borg was the only designer at the time and had a short schedule & low budget. He had to do what he had to do...good thing that IM & NBA turned out to be way more fun than the games they were based on!

Yeah, I've never had any massive problems with Sterns, even old routed ones. Sure, the routed ones look and play like crap - but you can get them back into HUO condition and playability. No different than B/W in that regard. I had a routed MB and a routed Elvis that looked like they came out of the tar pits and played horribly. After a bit of work, repair and parts, both look and play great.

Sounds like it was getting tons of play...with old/bad balls perhaps?

My routed Elvis had 40,000 plays on it. Not one shred of wear on the playfield. Granted, the dirt probably protected it.

I've seen more B/W Diamondplate games with wear than Sterns.

STEEEEEERRRN!!!! ...oh wait.