I don't think the warrior thing is a scam so much a marketing ploy. They had a win a table contest a while back (still might.) In the letter declaring the six winners, they said there were a limited number of factory seconds that had minor flaws that wouldn't effect play for a discounted price. Think about the foosball market. What do a lot, if not most of us do? Go on CL and similar sites looking for cheaper, quality tables. What better way to turn people on to Warrior than to be selling them where foosers look for their tables. I could be completely off base, but that seems to be logical enough to me.