you clearly are nice. you've had plenty of opportunities to call me an a$$hole, and you'd be well within your rights to do so, but you've taken the high road every time. serious respect for that.

and i'm honestly not calling you stupid, despite how it sounds. i'm calling what you did stupid. look, i do stupid things all the time (maybe sticking my nose into your for sale thread is a perfect example) yet i wouldn't consider myself stupid by any means. and i'm sure that's the case with you. just look how many people are vouching for you. as a matter of fact, we'd probably get along great if we meet in person, have a beer, and laugh together at the dumb-$h!t we've both done in our lives. so i get to poke fun.. and you get free bumps in your ad, while showing you're a man of integrity.

i'll stay out of this now, but let's leave it at i'm sorry that i was rude. but we both love pinball and i honestly wish you luck w the sale. it's the best Stern game ever made, IMHO.

Never said it was cheap or quick to do a PF swap. Just pointing out to those who say he ruined a LE that it's not true. I would be more concerned if the cabinet or backglass was ruined since those seem much harder to replace.

I actually missed the issue being discussed the first time. Op have you looked at seeing if a cliffy could be bought for the VUK hole? I had one once in a TAF that looked that shape.
GLWTS.

I feel the apron is the bigger issue, not sure if that's available but if buyer likes it no problem.

The playfield swap is not a big deal for many here. Not many SM blacks out there for sale. Much better game than many of these new LE Stern's.

The 40-80 labor hours is less of a big deal than the apron?!?

Man —to me it’s crazy to buy this game if you care that much about a little missing wood to make a shot work correctly that you would replace the damn Playfield. If I wanted to make the shot reject again I’d just come up with a work-around or buy a different game.

Regarding the apron — looks great to me, don’t get the hate on it?? The obsession over minute details on here sometimes is just over the top when the game plays exactly the same with a stock apron or not.

Regarding the hole— no issues with chopped hole, if it’s your game you can do whatever the hell you want to it. Some things are more advisable than others if resale value is s concern of course- but that’s up to the owner to decide.

I wish you were close enough for me to make a trade offer.

Crazy, I remember when BSM was something over $8000 bone stock. Can’t believe that this near-invisible functional mod is calling for such a big discount. You could slap a Cliffy on it and come out way ahead, if it bothered you.

What’s a bone stock nice BSM these days?

The days of $8k BSM's are long gone. When the VE's came out, the price on all SM's dropped a lot.

LE prices are down in general on older stern's. A BIBLE with a ton of mods recently took around a month to sell for $9500.

I’ve played this at ATLpb’s house. It’s simply the most beautiful SM I’ve ever seen, and the scoop mod is not even noticeable. If you prefer the original art and call outs (like I do), I can’t imagine a better example to snag. Plus those original SAM boards that you can actually work on.

No comparison. Damn that's a sexy spidey.
Yet another wish I had more money.

This is so tempting.

Wasn’t knocking your decision at all op, hope my post didn’t read that way. Game looks beautiful and if I was a spidey guy I’d be super interested in this. I think it’s crazy how much shit you got for that adjustment, and was just saying I support any owners doing whatever they want to their games. That’s why they own them. To enjoy as they see fit. It’s not like you set it on fire for a vintage look or something.. although if you had wanted to, also your prerogative lol

I have a chromed out BSM as well and the pictures don’t do it justice. They’re beautiful in person. Great game, great price. GLWS.

3 offers at 6+

but yet its still for sale cheaper than all 3 offers!!!

3 offers at 6+

Best way to look at this...imagine it’s a $5k BSM with over $1k in mods, most of them “must have” like ColorDMD, upgraded speakers, etc...and honestly I think the chrome is amazing on this pin.

Congrats on the sale. I regret not pulling the trigger.

I’m glad it stayed local. Congrats to the buyer!