I am not sure why people who were interested in KISS games didn't go ahead with a purchase when a one off case with a Walking Dead title really had little to do with KISS playfields.....

If anything, this thread proves Stern stands behind its product & warranty. That should entice customer confidence, not the opposite.

People getting scared off buying brand new in box Sterns seems to be a massive over reaction to a one percent or less problem if it's even that. I have more than 6 Sterns and still not a single issue.

I note, I haven't seen any other negative feedback from anyone else who has purchased any of the other recent titles.
Still seems to be very few & far between.