reverse whitewood. Extremely rare and no doubt will command a premium price.

I should also mention that I too have access to many reverse whitewoods - if you are willing to pay the premium. Just let me know the title you are looking for, and I'll sand it down (oops, meant dig it out of storage).

In all seriousness (which this thread contains none of so far), a whitewood is a fully functional machine built by the design team early in the process to test the layout, toys, etc. etc. It's called a whitewood because the playfield doesn't have any art or lettering on it - it's just a slab of raw wood. It does have all of the inserts and usually the raw toys if the machine has any. It may contain some differences in design from the released machine.

They only built a few whitewoods of each machine during the design process, and most of them were thrown away once the design was finalized and the team went on to the next project. So a "real" whitewood is a pretty rare item, and that creates demand among some collectors.

I like the art, so they are of no interest to me, but I understand why some people are drawn to them.

I'm starting to wonder how many people thought I was serious when I called it a "reverse whitewood".......

But I'll still sell you one. I can get you a new Stern reverse whitewood in about a week. Only a $2k premium over what you would pay direct from a distributor.