I have been a member here since 03 and don't post a lot. But I'd like to chime in. I use rating as a guideline. I always go with my own experience with the games I'm interested in. I hated Addams Family and Indiana Jones at first because all the ones I played were so beat, once I played ones that worked I knuckled under and got both in restored form and love them. Cost is relevant to me, if I love the pin I'll pay more for a good example, the above mentioned Addams and IJ for example. I personally like Medieval Madness, but don't love it so spending 10k plus for a 15 year old routed pin seems high to me, especially when new pins are under 5k and high end new pins under 7k. I'd pay 4 to 5 k though. Would I rate it a 3 no. I would however rate any EM under a 5. The main reason is I don't care for EM game, others love them. Since this guy rates other games from Wiliams and Stern pretty high, he may simply hate Medieval Madness or spiderman.

I guess my point is I don't take any rating personally, even on the games I own. All that matters is that I enjoy playing the game.... And of course it doesn't hurt if the wife likes them too!