Hi everyone,
My first post on Pinside. And what a post! My EHOH 40th was delivered and set up today. I thought I'd share my unboxing pics.

I'm the owner of #142. My machine is dated December 29, 2021.
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I've been lurking the thread trying to keep up with the various issues other people have been having.

I made sure to check out these two bolts on the diverter near the back door, only to find that mine are Phillips head screws. I'll be keeping an eye on them after a handful of plays.
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My turret was also ever so slightly misaligned after a couple plays, so I took it off to investigate. Here's the extra black plastic part left over from manufacturing that another user mentioned. I haven't adjusted it yet, but I will once I get around to feeling a bit more comfortable tinkering with my machine.
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Also, here's my contribution to GlitterGate. Personally I don't see a meaningful difference between my left and right bars. If anything, neither of them are as glittery as I'd hoped. I don't find this particularly bothersome but I'm happy to file a complaint with Stern anyway if we're trying to band together.
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Here's my trading card. Very happy with it. I definitely feel like I got one of the more risqué ones.
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I was also curious about where the book would be, and it turns out it was just inside the box somewhere - the setup crew just handed it to me mid setup halfway through the process. I'm an enormous Elvira fan and already finished reading my other signed copy, but as another user mentioned this one is signed Elvira and the one I got from a book seller was signed Cassandra Peterson. That's cool and unique enough for me to be very happy owning both.
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Some comments from the distributor (who was half of the 2 player crew that delivered and set up my machine) were that he set up plenty of Stern machines in the past year and this one was the nicest by far - after setting it up he said he understood the price tag. He was excited to see it set up since the only other one he was given had to be shipped out. He also said that he had never seen the protective plastic covers on on the artwork like that before. This is my first machine, so his comments have me wondering if I'm gonna be spoiled forever now.

Anyway I'm absolutely in love. My older brother has 3 machines that he's had ever since I was a kid (Hot Tip, Joker Poker, and Gottlieb Monte Carlo), so I'm thrilled to finally start catching up to him.

After about 100 plays I'm realizing that my trunk isn't working as intended - balls are getting stuck in it, and it's 50/50 as to whether or not the ball search will find it and kick it out without locking it, or trapping my ball for long enough to just end my game. Either way, I haven't experienced a fully functional game yet.

I've scoured the Owner's Club thread and have seen that I'm not the only one with this issue, so I'm wondering if any other 40th owners are having this problem, and if there's some kind of universally accepted fix I can implement or if I need to do something that's unique to how my specific trunk isn't working.