The holes picked in Stern machines aren't a real issue... it used to be the quality of artwork with the crappy printing they did. They've upgraded this but the recipe of cut and paste floating heads still remains because its what they do... useless large toys is my biggest gripe along with captive bumpers. But the games have on the whole improved these last few years. The positives outweigh the negatives and the push for better games will always see a critique on each new title.
Im told Stern listen right??... Ok - well go and critique cos then they'll make better and better machines.
Stern were never in the league of the big players.. now they are really the only players but they remain as Stern.. always a few marks short of what could have been.