Looks like I have stirred the pot 

Pinball is going through a new cycle
in the past, Stern released one good machine out of every four they produced, sure there was some excitement that maybe this would be the next LOTR, never was, and so we went back to talking about the Bally/Williams (or older) machines. but older games need love and attention to keep them going, so restore and maintenance threads are active

now Stern have started producing better games, and the technology is there that even a couple of guys in a shed can do a small run of brand new pinball machines.

As somebody posted in the 'the commentary has changed' thread, it is better that there is something new happening in pinball, rather reading pinball's eulogy


As for Aussie Pinball, the site is good. That it is active is a good thing