I was either told or imagined someone telling me mid to late february they were shipping. It might have been the distributor that told me, but at this point I can't remember.

I don't see why Stern would limit the run. If this sticker sells better than another sticker, then why not. It's not an LE, so there is nothing limited about it. For selfish reasons, the more limited the better, maybe for resale value, but I try not to think like that, because if that was the case, then I wouldn't have one on order now.

Supposedly shipping as early as Monday according to Gex

The standard premium with the Helen translite looks pretty awesome. Especially with the Helen topper.

$6800 shipped is the going rate. $7199 is the minimum advertised pricing.

Yeah, I'm not so sure no get why a lot of people think you just need to "suck it up" or whatever. Who runs a business that way, or expects to be treated that way from a business. If you go to McDonald's and they mess up your order they will fix it, and burgers are $2. I think with more competition stern will ultimately have to address it, or lose market share.

Regardless, I got my Luci and it seems great but looks like the lower playfield is low. Not a big deal, but should someone really have to drive to home depot to make a 7k purchase usable? That's really acceptable to some of you? What about people who aren't handy? So odd...

I've received my Luci a few days ago, and have been slowly installing cliffy's. Just don't have much free time these days. Anyone think it would be a good idea to replace the brand new rubbers with Titans? I'd have to order them so that might put the game out of commission for a few more days, but I figured since I have half of it apart....The other half of me says just finish up the cliffy's and play the game.

I mean, they would have to be aware of it. The height differential is so drastic. It's like playing on a haunted machine. The ball just will hit and edge and change direction. Honestly it looks like they just looked at the machines and were like.
Lower playfield too low? F*** it
Canon scrapping on plastic? F*** it
Top lanes too tight? F*** it.

I love my machine, super fun to play, but I would only buy a new stern at a discount price from now on, because they build them like discount products.

To me it seems like they are getting ready to sell the company. Make the bottom line look real good. Because this can't be an effective long term strategy with all the new players in market.

I had some really weird issues with my Luci. Basically the same issue with the cannon. It would auto fire and say that I never hit the button. Then miraculously started working again. Then both ramps were not registering, then also like a miracle, started working after a few days. Has me worried a bit as it doesn't seem like a mechanical issue (switch).

Good luck. Some people say to clean the opto switches and that will solve the issue. Mine corrected before I had a chance too.

Yep, same thing happened to me with cannon, then ramps. Not very comforting because there must be a fault somewhere.