Limited 500. Mirrored back glass. Signed Playfield, Extra Clear On the playfield, Pre wired for Shaker Motor

Did I miss anything?

It has the code for the shaker motor.
Also, the figures can be added.

If you can find em.. Stern no longer has them

JJ

the backglass is a downgrade as well. for one, the way it looks. And two, you have to worry about breaking something that is not replaceable.

great price and i am sure jj will gladly help with any issues if they arise. he is a trusted and well respected seller here.

I actually like the effect, but I agree about the major downside. If that thing breaks, you're going to be a very sad boy.

Not sure, but if you can prove you have an LE (ie send the broken glass to Stern) if they have another they will sell to you.. I had a customer break a LTBR glass and I got it replaced.

JJ

I have been selling sets of them. The main problem in finding all the figures is that the Uruk Warriors are fairly rare.
I presently have a partial set that does not have the Saruman and Dark Rider figures. Those are easy to get. I just have not bothered to order them.

Humm, I might have to order some at some point. What do they cost?

Op, looks like a great deal from a helpful seller.

The sets usually sold for around $220 shipped. All the figures are NIB.

Here is an old link I had quite a while ago showing what they look like:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-original-nib-lotr-complete-figure-set

I have one, its awesome, get it…...

Here are the factory changes that differentiate the LE version from the original version:

• The backglass is real glass (not a translite) with a mirrored gold effect.
• Extra clearcoats on playfield.
• 'Armies of Middle Earth' plastic figures were not used. Therefore, no mounting holes exist in the playfield plastics for them.
• Playfield is signed by Gary Stern and George Gomez.
• "Gold" trim. The lockdown bar, legs, hinges, and side rails are plated and polished. Gold trim around the backbox.
• Game has the option to add a Shaker Motor.
• Leg bolts and hinge bolts are brass plated.
• The speaker panel has a "500 Game Limited Edition" plate and gold painted grills.
• Certificate of Authenticity signed by Gary Stern.

This game has the option to add a Shaker Motor which had not been the case for the original LOTR game. Lonnie Ropp confirmed to us that he added the Shaker Code to the original Code and it had been 'secured' with a new PAL chip version.

MSRP when new: $6,499.00

it's not hard to add a shaker to normal version if you want it. I've had it. Shaker isn't that impressive in LOTR. About as impressive as it is for TF.

I agree, shaker is ok, but gotta have it for Balrog. Now RS, that's some major shaker implementation!

No. You got it backwards, but the LE just needs the toys added on.

It's one of the few where the LE isn't clearly better than the standard model (it's not really a "pro") because the standard had some features the LE didn't. Personally I prefer my LE and wouldn't go down to a regular one without adding gold armor and a shaker, at least. I actually really dig the actual painted backglass over the plastic translite.

I think it would be a great machine. You can add anything your heart desires. Missing a few figures is no biggie. Doing mods is half the fun.

Here is one set of the figures:

ebay.com link: LORD OF THE RINGS PINBALL GENUINE REPLACEMENT FULL PLAYFIELD FIGURE SET OF 12

disclaimer: the listing is not mine

There you go. Not sure I can justify buying them myself. Mine appear to be missing the weapons in their hands.

Get the beard dick Kaneda, get it! You know you want that beard dick!

Nice Spider-Man JJ!

Most of the figures don't have the weapons on them, guess Stern figured they'd just end up falling off during gameplay. I bought the ones that were missing weapons from Ebay and added them in, they look much better with the weapons.

What is your malfunction.

Spiderman Sold to another Pinsider today =)

I'm going to buy the LOTR LE from JJ just to be a dick.

Yeah I guess I'll have to swing buy the local magic the gathering/ d&d shop and grab some weapons. Thanks for the motivation Buckman.

It wasn't secured that well lol...plenty of us have shakey regular LOTRs. Shaker code is great...game rumbles with the Balrog and in tons of other places, too.

This is a very good point. I found all the Play-Along figures. Added two than gave up / lazy. If you have the will and like to tinker. I do not. Than the Limited Edition is were it is at .

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Ugly gold trim, no figures and a huge cock in the middle of the backglass. Yeah that is the model for me.

Damn I wish I wasn't in the uk - would love that le. Is it low plays and huo?

I think LOTR makes a great first game. It was one of mine. I have had the standard and the LE. I paid $6500 + shipping for my HUO LOTR LE that already had the figures, shaker, mirror blades and the POTD mod. I think JJ and GEX are great.

I personally like the LE more than the standard, but then again my LE is all modded up and my standard was a nice routed one so that may account for my preference.

I did not read anything in your other post that you are getting flamed about, so here is my biased opinion. Go ahead and jump in the water. If you have that kind of cash to spend, spend it with JJ since he has the LOTR LE that you are looking for. While you are at it, go ahead and get a Star Trek from him also. They will compliment each other nicely and you will have a blast. You will have two top-10 type titles that will be working 100% so you can play more than fix. You will pretty much know what you are getting and not get screwed over buying something under false pretenses.

If you don't take that advice, another pinsider who will lead you right and not dork you over is doughslingers. He is a standup guy who will help a newb a lot. He has nice pins and is a pleasure to deal with.

I hope that helps. Pinsiders truly are a very helpful bunch of folks. Don't over think this too much. Make the decision today and by the end of the week you can have LOTR LE and unbox your first NIB.

My $.02

Darin

no need to be rude about it.

Ah man, why did you have to point that out? The backglass has reached Game of Thrones status now...

We are not mean...You take any pics of games lately?

It's a little bit of a pain and especially hard when You games are sandwiched in.

Now You're on to LOTR. Your last flavor was IJ and I decided I wasn't going to take the time to take recent pics when we PM'd.

Heh heh heh.....

You tease!!!

Next week's game is...........?

If you were paying top dollar for a game I wanted to sell, sorry, but until I saw a better track record, I wouldn't take the time to respond, as of now. I could see countless emails, countless phone calls, countless pics, countless I'm in, I'm out, I'm in, got to talk to my spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, family, friends, why can't I send a check, wait while you check different delivery guys, give me more time, discussions that yes $250-$450 is what it costs to ship, different delivery dates and times, legs on, legs off, pallet, no pallet, insurance yes or no, hey I found the game $100 cheaper over here, what should I do, give me more time, can you come down, I changed my mind, etc........

Might be an exaggeration, but seriously, turn the table, what would you think?

Good luck in your "hunt".

Next.

LOTR LE = $6600
Being a dick to an internet troll = Priceless

JJ is an internet troll?

No, I was referring to the guy who started the thread.

When the F did IJ come up?? How did I miss that?

What a way to start the day!!! LMAO!!!

I know a guy with a cast signed (translite) Data East Star Wars. Pinballwizardz. He last signed on March 2

Still have the game, it has not sold yet.

JJ

What a shock!

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I was thinking the same thing, it seemed to me that Kaneda was determined on getting an "LE"....... and there were no "LE" IJ made. Unless someone just writes LIMITED EDITION across their pin to make him happy. But who knows what on earth it will take to make happen.
What we need to do on his next thread, bacause there will be another thread, is ALL agree with whatever he is looking for at the time. If it's a LOTR, everybody pump up the LE. As soon as one person says "the standards are better" or "that model doesn't have the playfield figures" we are all doomed to read another thread. You can actually see the flip flop in this thread as soon as someone turned their nose up at a LE model.

NO BRO, the overwhelming consensus is that you need to just buy something and stop "shopping"