im not a stern hater,in fact i like many of their pins that are not well liked by many pinheads. that said, i will not be buying a nib stern until the quality improves. with tron and now transformers having many quality issues i think stern needs to take a long hard look at how they are doing business. if they dont get their shit together pronto it is just a matter of time until jjp takes over as the worlds only maker of real pinball machines. just my opinion.