Although I haven't seen anything official from Stern, I did see a Batman 66 topper come up on the Marco Specialties website. It says it is out of stock, but it identifies a 502-7020-00 product number (rather than 502-7027-00 that was for the LE) and it state that it is compatible for the Premium. Price would be $599. Anyway, this might be an indication that Stern is going to release something soon and that it will be the same type of topper as that made for the SLE and LE rather than some lame alternative.

Well, it might cause a shitstorm if he doesn't. I think a lot of people want that topper and didn't have the opportunity to get an SLE or LE (or couldn't justify the cost of those machines just to get the topper if they weren't really interested in the other features).

Agree . . . a sad day.

I really liked that bat cave lock shot too until it stopped working. The ball now flies through and down the left orbit to the flippers (I feel like I should be awarded a "combo" like in TWD). I've experienced several problems with the turntable (batmobile falling off, stuck balls, etc.) . . . I'm going to look back through the thread to see what others have done to address the "common" problems so far. This may warrant a new topic in and of itself.

It is the gate at the top of the turntable that no longer opens when it should to lock the balls.

Thanks . . . I wasn't aware Stern made another one with rivets (didn't see a service bulletin like I've seen them do on occasion for other identified problems with other titles).

I have an Episode #92 LE and it came with the flap over the left wireform (balls get stuck there a lot), but no metal guide on the left Batgirl plastic.

Agree . . . that's probably where my other Batmobile screw that fell off went.

I think I would have been happy with that topper if I hadn't already seen the one for the SLE and LE. I'm glad I found a LE and will be picking up the bat signal whenever I can find a distributor selling them. I've had good experiences with Kurt at Hemispheres Amusements and will be contacting him first.

Also interested!

MK6PIN . . . I anticipate there will be much more than 10 of us here that will want one . . . and powder coating of the right ramp too.

Add me to the list too . . . thanks!

Yet another home run by the Mod Couple . . . count me in too!

Yes, that's the fix. That happened after only a few games for me, but Stern replaced it under warranty. Still never found one of the screws though.

I would be willing to pay more for this too as it seems the mod could also be designed to lower the speakers, which would allow placement of the bat logos a bit lower (better balance) and the left one would not be so close to the badge.

I didn't get an email from Comm. Gordon yesterday, but received an email today about the new code from John Buscaglia, Chief Revenue Officer.

Also agree, but this is HUGE, low-cost improvement until someone can sweet talk David into making an alternative that replaces the entire spinner (likely with batmobile for those of us with the riveted one).

Willing to pay much more Doc if it doesn't have globs of silicone and scratches on the lens, which was a pervasive problem with Stern's version.

Here's a photo of the SP48 version's innards.

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It attaches to the mating connector already in the LE topper.

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Yes, it's under the metal cover (which is replaced by the SP48 projector) behind Batman on the LE topper.

I'm interested and would prefer the batmobile version (option 2).

I had a similar freeze during my 0.86 update. I just turned the machine off and started the process again and it worked. Had no issues with the 0.87 update.

That's thundergod76's photo.

I totally understand. I was late to the BM66 party and wanted an LE because of the topper and it was uncertain at that time what the official Stern topper for the Premium would look like. I almost bought Vireland's SLE because of that damn topper, but was able to find a NIB LE for MSRP (thank you LevelUp Arcade in Oregon!). Anyway, sometime ago I did see someone selling the LE topper on eBay and I asked him whether he was including the node control boards and he said no. He sold it for close to what you are offering I believe, but without disclosing that it would not work (well, would not be integrated with game play anyway) without the associated boards. IMO, your offer isn't that crazy, but I agree with Vireland that it will be difficult to get the topper from an existing LE/SLE owner . . . it may be easier to get an entire LE.

You need to complete a minor villain for each of the 3 seasons.

Looks I’d we have to PM him to pre-order, but I don’t do Facebook. Anyone have Christopher’s email address?

Munsters will be going next to mine.

For the rest of us, we could just use “Buddy” for the personal call out.