This is a thread-hijack. This is not a complaint about stern quality control. He has a pin from 2004 - 8 years later. He is not even discussing stern quality control. We are pretty sure this problem didnt ship this way. It's too bad you have issues on your new in box pin. Sounds like you got a lemon. I have 7 sterns and none of those issues you have on any of them. Perhaps I'd feel for you if you started your own thread with the issues, but coming here with this propaganda on a totally unrelated thread is both irritating and unwelcomed.

Ok. My mistake. I did totally miss that. I don't believe this was a QC issue 8 years later. These things happen all the time on older games and I've had to fix several of them (usually on B/W games).

I think if that were my pin I'd try to get a new part ordered. I'm not sure if you'll ever get it bent perfectly. Although its not impossible. If its really a 2011 run maybe it's still under warranty.

My auto plunger makes it into the tower sometimes and around the orbit other times.