Hi all, joined the club yesterday; first Stern NIB and only second ever Stern I've owned. Haven't been able to play yet as I get a "can't locate Node boards 1, 8 & 9" message on startup. Not real familiar with the spike system, but thinking it should be similar to my BM66, which has been rock solid. Dutifully checked all connections to no avail and hoping for some simple overlooked fix. I've got a call into my distro, but thought I would ask here in case any Stern gurus have advice. Thanks in advance; game is beautiful!

Winner, winner! Thank you, wasn’t being fully actuated by the coin door. I’ve been conditioned to fear the phrase “node board” by most Stern threads on Pinside.

Always loved the Avro Vulcan jet in Thunderball. Seems so futuristic even though it’s a 1950s design. Thinking about honoring its place in the film by placing one on the upper loop diverter. This model’s camo pattern is nearly identical to the film jet.

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My balls were pretty chaffed. Only had some Ninja balls around and tried them out. Bond on a Wand still picked them up no problem.

This game needs some Felix Leiter. Always liked that guy.

I think that moon buggy lost around 6 hubcaps in that scene.

I'd also like to hear, "If that's his original ball, then I'm Arnold Palmer" on a ball save.

Got update done last night and now spinner doesn't register. Just wanted to see if others had a similar issue before I have time to investigate more fully this evening.

Closer inspection of my spinner looks like the opto emitter took a hit. Does anyone have a shield suggestion or fix to prevent future friendly fire?

Took it out and tried to reflow the solder points to no avail. Stern is shipping me another emitter board sometime this week.

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Never Say Never (to a topper) Again.