Stern does it better!
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Quoted from Tranquilize:Up until the cost cutting and nodes, you are correct!
The only Stern I have had any quality problems with is Jurassic Park and Stern stepped up and is swapping my pf.
I called them about a year ago with an issue with my AC/DC. Chaz spent prob 20 min with me on the phone and ended up hooking me up with a replacement mpu board for cost. That game is almost 10 years old now and they are still offering support.
Quoted from Tranquilize:Composite Plumb Bob
You prob quit driving when cars came out with plastic bumpers?
Quoted from Tranquilize:If the plastic bumpers fell off the cars when I drove them off the lot like the Plumb Bob fell apart in my hand the first time I touched it (in a $12500 machine), then yeah, I guess I'd quit driving them. You make a good point: Stern's QC is even worse than American car manufacturers. Now that's impressive!
Innovation has to start somewhere. You think in the 90’s WMS/Bally was pumping out games with perfect playfields and no QC or design issues? Ya those guys never did any cost cutting. Lol
Quoted from Tranquilize:Are we talking about innovation or cost cutting? Sometimes they mix well, most times not. Here's a list off the top of my head:
Lockdown latches: upgrade-ish
Power button: downgrade
Convenience receptacle: downgrade
Power supply: downgrade
CPU board/node boards: downgrade
Backbox lighting: downgrade
Knocker: downgrade
Potholes instead of sewers: massive downgrade
Service rails: temporary downgrade until people bitched enough
Leg brackets: temporary downgrade until people bitched enough
If I took the time, I'm sure I could remember a bunch more. Great innovation, right?
Enjoy 1990 bro 
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