Those that decide to grab the Medieval Madness remake, best of luck - I can appreciate why you would. To this day one of the greats, and probably will stay top ten for a long time to come (if not No. 1). Simply a brilliant game. Even has complete code, which for coming off the Stern line, is excellent! 
Last year I bought an unmolested Aussie delivered original MM for well under $10K. They are around. This was not a special deal, or knowing someone - it was off ebay.
These new games are remakes - refakes is a term that has been used to describe the creation of an MM from a different game of that era - usually NBA Fastbreak. The term is used politely when a hobbyist does this. Maybe less so if done by a dealer......
Unfortunately, there are a lot of issues with the remake that don't appeal to all. I personally do not like the electronics, and wonder how robust they will prove to be. Then there is the damage done on a lot from slings being in the wrong place, and the issue with ink quality on inserts such that the words cannot be read when the lamp is on...Quality issues now hopefully being sorted. Surprising given they are coming off the line of a long time manufacturer, and with a 20 year old design.
But with the desirability of this title, and the lack of supply which was pushing the prices to ridiculous levels, I for one am really happy that the remake will give more collectors access to the game, although the price is pretty high as noted.
Excellent feedback.
I don't understand when Planetary/Chicago Gaming sourced their own playfields, why they didn't see the ink issues.
I have read Stern only assembled parts that were provided to them & everything was supplied incl playfields that came from a company that is not who Stern uses. I think there is something In the PinballNews article about this from memory.
It would be good to see the MM remakes come down in price.
