when mine turns up ill make my mind up, if it isnt to my liking ill simply ebay it - there will be many people not associated with forums like this one who will jump at the chance of having one - esp with the sound effects.
mattel should not be ignoring the forum questions and peoples concerns, but perhaps there silence could mean they are looking into some aspects of it and they could make an annnouncment and reveal proper images and info on what the final board will be looking like nearer its delivery time. all we have seen is sdcc based images and videos. ill reserve final judgement until its in my hands
it seems to me the revealed sdcc board is pretty much the finished item in terms of molded plastic and components, but as many have said the adhesive side of things, velcros etc is such a simple thing to alter, change and update to make it more authentic to what we all expect.
my fingers are still crossed but at the same time im not too excited about it anymore with all its alleged innacuracies.