That's the main reason you should never, ever, ship games standing up on their legs!!! They should always be blanketed and wrapped and strapped to a pallet. Sure, they can damage it that way, too, but it's much less likely.
I will move a pinball machine with a pinjack across a room, but if it's going to another floor or another location, the legs come off and it gets dollied around safely and securely.

I have several games including a TZ and a Road Show that both need new leg reinforcing plates because the old ones are all stripped out from the previous owners MOVING THE GAMES ON THEIR LEGS!!!

I think that's also the main reason cabinets split at the corners, on newer and older games. Nobody tilts games hard enough to do that kind of damage. It happens because the game was moved around everywhere with its legs on.

Friends don't let friends ship pinball machines with the legs on!

It's "perfectly fine" except that it causes hidden damage to the machines that eventually causes problems. Someone else in the future ends up having to deal with it.

I'm sticking with my slogan - "Friends don't let friends ship pinball machines with the legs on!"

The "Direct Drive" system...LOL

That should have been a Bally Vampire! Stake right through the heart...

Wow, excellent redirection back to the topic!
I love the Lucas jokes - heard many of them in the 70s when there were a lot of British bikes around. There's a great place to continue that conversation - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinside-car-club.
Now let's see some more horrifically abused pinball machines!!!

What the hell is that stuff? It looks like FM antenna wire...I guess you use whatever you have lying around.

That's how any heavily-modded game looks to me!