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Should you buy a NEW Stern Pinball Machine?

By RGR

6 years ago


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    #237 6 years ago

    I've got a Star Wars Pro en route, and I've been kind of concerned about playfield issues based on the posts here.

    So today I went to a pinball arcade where I played Ghostbusters, Game of Thrones, Star Trek, Metallica and Aerosmith.
    I was examining each one critically for ghosting, delamination, flaking clear coat, etc.

    The only thing I noticed was dimpling on Ghostbusters, and even then there was so much that it was near uniform and not distracting.

    These were pins getting a lot of traffic and use.

    Maybe these issues are a little overblown?

    #242 6 years ago
    Quoted from Manic:

    It's overblown until YOU draw the bad card. At least Stern came through with PF replacements, etc...
    Imagine opening the box of your $8000 MMr and finding it has faded inserts... and knowing you're fully stuck with it.
    But to someone else...even THAT would be "overblown".
    It's just human nature - of course people tend to talk about it endlessly because they don't want to get stuck with a headache on an unnecessary toy.

    No I get it, I’m sympathetic to the people with problems and I certainly don’t want to take away from their justified frustration.

    I’m just saying I think (hope) the bad ones are the exception not the rule.

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