Preach! I've vented that same rant dozens of times over the years. "They added all this crap but didn't even bother to get X working?" It's become a dollhouse hobby. Incidentally, TZ was the start of this whole mentality, back when Tom Wible pretty much singlehandedly created the cottage industry of modding games with happy meal toys and whatnot.
This one had me thinking. I do like to put a little something custom on each machine I do, but it must compliment the machine and generally at a glance you may never notice it and they serve a purpose/have a functional use. They aren't there to just be screw on happy meal toys. Also it must be easy on easy off, that way if the owner doesn't want it they just remove it. That said I think even that is probably a bit much for Chris and that has me thinking. I do think there's a happy middle ground and that's what I try to shoot for. Still I do appreciate a game restored to it's original glory, but I'm not opposed to tasteful mods.
Who isn't a bit envious of that selection of on-hand parts and the wall of wire and the tools and space... However as Chris said, it's not any of the above it's the skill and experience. You would laugh at our parts bin. It's one, about to be two Plano parts boxes and another box for connectors another for electronic parts and another for screws so a current total of 4 Plano boxes. 😅
I like mods, but I like them to be tasteful, that compliment the machine. I also like them to be easy on, easy off. I try to put a little something something on every machine I do even if you don't notice it.
I'm all for a little polish, and maybe a few warm whites in the GI. A mod or 2, hmmmn.. ok. But it's clutter at the end of the day. I get the feeling, the client had more money then sense. Charge them for every second.
Invisiglass, it's nice but I think it's a waste of money. People keep asking me if we use Invisiglass because they couldn't see it. I was like nope. It's just unscratched and clean glass. If you keep your glass clean and unscratched it can in many cases be just as nice as Invisiglass. What is more I can get a new glass for $50. Invisiglass is what ~$250 and once scratched it's trash? Nope, what a waste of money.
