I'm in your same boat. I want to get one, but finding that they are $$$ and games are not easy to come by. The games have a security SIM-card (like the dongles on some wms and bally alpha games). So just making your own CF-Cards wouldn't work, it's only 1/2 the battle. My biggest caveat on this platform is the lack of game availability. It would suck to pay the $7K to just play 1 game. The WS veridians have dynamic button panels, they are full color ones, so sometimes it is hard to tell unless you see the game up close. I have also seen ones with just inserts in the buttons, but more often than not, they have had the dynamic color lcd's on them. The only reason I want to buy one is to play Sky Riders, both versions. I also like Moon Maidens and Storm Queens.