The saving grace for the Nellie is that it uses the new Stern SPIKE system. IMO that is a good think - forget looks or game play for the moment, at least it should be a reliable and repairable platform into the future.

The refake MM uses a hobby/toy controller board and it is a complete joke that they are asking the idiotic money for it.

The controller in the MM was designed for HOBBYISTS to learn about microcontrollers and then use that knowledge to make a REAL PRODUCT!!! It was NEVER intended to be used in a finished, commercial product. This is an insult and demonstrates a complete lack of ANY electronic knowledge by the people responsible for this abomination (not Stern).

It certainly cements the value of the originals and the originals will be repairable LONG after these POS are junked.