probably the least value bump LE there is.

Mirrored backglass, black cabinet, chrome armor and limited edition plack. That's it.

But each of those is worth an extra ~$750 each, right?

Playfield is identical to a normal red SM. BSM is a giant waste of money imo.

All I can tell you is, it was a $500 upgrade NIB over the red games. That was in 2007.

also a shaker motor

Trust me, I remember

Pffft.... Fully featured NIB games for ~$3500 is so.... 2007

And then what happened?

Unless you also view your machines as collectors' pieces or enjoy them on display (in addition to frequent playing I hope) go for a CQ HUO Red, already with the great mods (including a shaker so now gameplay is identical to the black) for around $5500. With that being said.. I had a BSM, like an idiot sold it three months ago, really regretted it, and just bought a BSM back. They come up once in a while in the $7-$8K range (always available at a higher price). If you enjoy the bling of the chrome and backglass being glass vs. a translite than for $2K more I think it's worth it, but only if you value that stuff.

I just bought the glass and put it on my red,best of both I think.
Mine is for sale as well

Just curious, where did you find the glass? Stern only made ten extras I believe and no one reproduces mirrored back glasses sadly (that I have found anyway).

Sorry to go off topic. To OP I would say the anser is no. BSM is a collector piece only, if you are collecting then perhaps it is to you.

Some people just prefer black.

Don't know where Pingod purchased his, but 3 of them sold last year, 2 on eBay, for $225, $260, and $245.

Unless you're a collector like me, go for the red.

Only collectors get the LE black version.

Well, there you go OP. Just get the glass.

I wish I only paid that,you won't get one for that anymore.
The glass does make it look better than every other red one
Plus I have it next to AC/DC Bible,and Metle with mirrored glass as well.
Looks good

For me, I could care less about "the glass", on any pin, but then the WPT translite doesn't bother me!

Unless you are just in collector mode it's RED all the way, and btw, to me, when you factor in everything a pin can offer, it's possibly the best pin eva for my $$$.

What does worth mean? Every individual values things differently, for me, I am a pinball player, but I am also a collector that likes the best of everything. I like to show off my machines they are like an art piece that is really cool to play, best of both worlds here!!!

So IMO the Black SM is worth the premium and the only one I would personally purchase if I was interested in this title.

For many others who do not value this they will have the same playing machine for much less, and IMO probably a lot smarter than I am lol...

Used to have a HUO black, sold it, purchased a HUO red and still had $4000 left over. I like the black backglass as well, but it's just too much $ difference between 2 versions that play exactly the same.

Up until Stern started doing the pro/prem/le stuff and adding to, or leaving off, (depending on your perspective) playfield mecs, the LE or alternate versions of games were just cosmetic. Also the draw of these were the limited production run or 'rarity' of the particular version.

Eight Ball Deluxe vs Eight Ball Deluxe LE
Fire! vs Fire! Champagne
Centaur vs Centaur II
Addams vs Addams Gold (there was a software update and different fliptronics)
Monopoly vs Monopoly Platinum
LOTR vs LOTR LE
Spider-man vs Spider-man Black
Many others I'm sure...

Eight Ball Deluxe LE and Centaur II actually have the "high tech" condensed display half-backglass red numeral thing (no idea what it's actually called), which a lot of people think is ugly and ended up making them cheaper than the standard version. I guess it's still just cosmetic, but a pretty significant physical modification to the machine.