They didn't go ahead with the Premium purchases because they didn't want to risk a $10K pinball machine looking like TWD LE playfield. It is not an isolated case. Proof in my experience is the replacement playfield - that is even worse than the playfield in the game. These are the facts. Stern's solution to the problem was for ME to replace their defective playfield with an even worse playfield ? Instead of Stern selling 4-5 KISS Premiums, APR have been asked to restore their Bally KISS games (3 games). Not the outcome we were hoping for.
It is like handing over a paint tin to a Ferrari owner and asking him to repaint his NEW car because the paint is flaking ?
Not a massive reaction at all. A educated decision based on the facts before them. In the past 6 months we have had several collectors ask to trade in their late model Sterns for fully restored machines. It is an alarming trend.
Personally "I" did everything I could to promote sales of KISS games to friends and KISS fans. We pinball people are the ones in the bubble, accepting QA issues. When someone "outside" views what we assume is "normal", we are the ones that need the reality check. That's why APR and HRP approached Stern with a solution (at our cost). The reply was ;
But other manufacturers are listening intently.
My KISS LE is STILL perfect from a playfield point of view - it is still a sheet of glass with 6-10 dimples after 500 games. The lack of code for this game is very annoying. But I digress..
