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Ordered a Stern blue DMD to go with my STLE which just arrived. I had ordered the blue dmd before the colordmd announcement, but having gone through the process I do not think a colordmd will fit in a STLE. The blue dots though are a match made in heaven with the LE.

Some modification had to be made to the dmd, here is the process:

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The red screen overlay and blue ones are not the same size. So I cut the blue screen to size:

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Then added screw holes by melting them in with a soldering iron:

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Once this was done, everything assembled plug & play.

Here is my lineup, with a nice variety of blue/green/orange/red dots:

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It is not a cheap mod, but for a AAA game like the STLE I decided to indulge to really put it over the top. It is a shame Stern didn't do this like with Hulk and just included the color for LE.

yes, you will have to cut the overlay like I showed above. the rest of the swap is plug and play. really makes the game look beautiful and different.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the game so far. I just got it today. First impressions are amazing. It definitely feels like a 2013 pinball machine.

I special ordered it through the Playdium parts store. It's the official Stern blue dmd.

just used a regular x-acto to cut the blue film, it is nowhere near as thick as the factory red plexi-glass.

So far loving the blue a lot. Loving the game too. A lot of "game" there already.