I just hope Mr. Elwin does another off the glass demo for the pin. That information alone was gold.

It'll sell for that. I had someone offer 11k for mine.

Technically MAP is only the minimum advertised price, thus distributors can sell it for whatever they want to. Unless these distributors have entered an actual agreement, they're free to not follow the policy. They just do so knowing that if they violate a company's MAP policy, they're at risk for having their source of inventory opting not to sell to them anymore.

I'm sure others wouldn't mind, but I wouldn't buy from a distributor if this was their common policy. Thus I certainly wouldn't be happy if this happened when I'm not expecting it. In my opinion, taking a machine out of the box and testing it outside of the factory automatically makes it used and no longer NIB. I know I'd either be asking for money back or for them to send it back for a NIB pin.

Yes, I do. And it has worked every time.

Finally got my LE in. The pin is beautiful, but I'm dealing with several issues out of the box. I'm hoping it's the code that is causing most of the issues as it's still .94, but soon to be updated. The sarcophagus is not reading and a ball search ensues every time. Whether the ball comes back after is a crapshoot. The songs are also picking themselves, which is odd. No idea how that's happening. The ball has also gone under the middle ramp but completely goes flying out the bottom of the playfield and hitting the cabinet. Little frustrating, but such is first world problems. Anyone else having similar issues?

That was pretty much my face when I heard the loud clunks inside the cabinet. Last thing I expected to happen.

I just checked this. Oddly enough the leaf switches had enough of a gap to where the ball isn't even registering hits. The mechanism was misaligned as well as you noted.

This is my 4th NIB Stern. I'm pretty shocked at the lack of QC that has happened here. I'm convinced this pin did not go through any of it as there are multiple issues that start as soon as the start button is hit with the songs automatically being chosen. Now that I've been able to take the time to play myself and test everything out there are multiple game breaking issues. Mechanisms that aren't anywhere in working order or registering properly. I'm at a loss at the moment as my sons and I have been eagerly waiting to play this pin. Hopefully a few calls to my distributor and Stern can get it playable.

About to call into Stern now to address a few other issues. With the start button, I'm pretty sure that's what is happening. Easy enough fix.

I'm about to downvote myself. I just heard a "thunk" sound in the cabinet. Appears something has fallen off from the playfield itself. Interesting Thursday morning so far.

Edit: The thunk was a bracket falling off the bottom of the playfield. Checked and found part of the sarcophagus mech dangling. I'm not even sure if it was in place this entire time. Explains why sarcophagus would enter ball search and not auto-launch another ball.

Nothing a morning beer, some patience, and a little cussing on the side won't fix.

I'm thinking I was just one of the lucky ones with a pin that got skipped out on basic QC. I just looked at the entire underside of the playfield because there have been various little thumps in the cabinet, etc. Some of the screws are falling out and I'm actually missing 6 screws completely from the underside of the playfield. How this has happened I have no idea. Turns out this is why the sarcophagus wasn't working. The ball lock keep out bracket is supposed to have 2 screws to attach it to the ball lock trough switch assembly. It only had one and the other is completely missing. Not in the cabinet or anything. It eventually shook loose and caused the whole switch assembly just to dangle at the bottom of the playfield like a duck fart in the wind.

Ah well, first world problems lol. On the bright side, the pin came undamaged so it's still pretty.

Got #142 rocking and rolling now. Added a Polk sub and pinstadium lights. Both of these are must-haves for this pin in my opinion. The light show along with cranked up music is a crazy fun experience.

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Edit: It's not purple...the pics above are literally split-second pics of the pin in attract mode with a UV+Glow function. For whatever reason people have lost their all common sense and believe this is what the pin is left on during actual gameplay. Thus I've added a series of quick snaps that show different variations.

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As it was established, it's a simulated UV. To answer your question, it's because I have children that love the look of it and their opinion of what makes pinball fun for them is my priority.

My game room isn't well lit resulting in a massive dark patch in the middle of the playfield. Pinstadium lighting is a must for my room conditions. That being said, Iron Maiden concerts are known for their lighting. Growing up with the music and seeing the shows, the theme easily goes hand in hand with it in my opinion.

Nope. It just means your opinion is different than an early 30s man and his 7 and 8-year-old sons. Different opinions happen, it's no biggie.