And now a full member :p Picked up premium monsters yesterday. 8 hours of bonding time (new rubber, plastic protectors, powered sub, cliffy stuff, replacement diverter etc) and finally my poor children who patiently waited went nuts like Christmas morning. They've played it more than I have
No shipping issues, took pics of everything for reference later in case anything starts peeling
Ironically Nothing Else Matters was blasting in freight warehouse as I pulled out.
NIB checkpoints, no issues:
Ramp flaps- no burrs underneath
Magnets - incredibly they r level! Wasn't looking forward to battling blue nut goo for 3rd time this lifetime. Thank u stern assembly workers!
NIB checkpoint issues (minor but a little preventative action needed):
Autolaunch: One reason balls may turn to sht so quickly is the fact that the autoplunger mech was quite burred. Quickly smoothed out with sandpaper.
Apron/playfield gouging: the metal apron front edge, over time, will gouge the pf art underneath. Mine only had staining from black paint on apron at this point but a sign of issues come later (see pix) Solution I came up with was to trim a couple of lexan washers and place beneath apron posts. (See pix) easy if you're installing trough kick out protectors anyway. Now apron sits a washers thickness above pf. (I don't pinside much, sorry if this all has been covered before).
To do list:
Lollipop side rails from pinball life (hopefully arrive today)
Home made backbox LED lighting (save a little $)
Color Dmd: next Christmas :p