User blog comment:O Raz3r O/Did Series 7 really have an issue with Flippers?/@comment-3048006-20171015160906

It's a decent argument to throw up, and I'm surprised there were only 8 flippers in Series 8 to be honest. I always did think that flippers were becoming quite common by Series 7 with on average three per heat. This is lessened by the fact that none reached the Grand Final, but certainly we were reaching a point where OotAs were cheapened, it was no longer that rare iconic moment that it was in Series 3-5. I think it is better that there weren't too many OotAs in the reboot series.