Got mine last night too.

The title of this thread is spot on. It *is* incredible out of the box!

STLE is simply incredible to see in person. It is the best looking pin that I have ever seen in terms of the overall package. It comes together incredibly well.

The new inserts and RGB lighting is incredible! No other Stern looks anything like this. This is a big step beyond anything that they've done yet. Attract mode is gorgeous!

So many things on STLE look better in person: the PF, the powder coat (super nice blue with the most noticeable flakes yet in any Stern), the laser etched backlit Enterprise is sweet. So is the metal speaker panel, nice brushed aluminum look.

The side LED strips, inside and out, gives a really nice effect too.

And game play is excellent. This thing is a flow monster! It has a definitive Ritchie feel to it that I love. This is my type of pin.

Sounds are simply superb. One of the main reasons this theme appealed to me was that I knew that there were a lot of cool sounds that they could implement. They have done a great job on that, and it will only get better when we get Urban's custom speech.

Haven't played enough to comment on code/rules, but man, so far this is the best first impression that I have ever had after playing a pin for the first time (it has taken over the prior top spot from Iron Man in terms of first impressions).

Pin is bad ass.

I won't speak for him, but from my perspective the initial/first impression out of the box is even better than AC/DC. Both in terms of overall appearance (this is the best looking pin, overall, bar none in my opinion) and game play (in terms of how it flows and shoots).

Code is a different story and remains to be seen, but it will be hard to ever beat AC/DC in that regard.

I'm not getting carried away at all.

You screwed up by canceling!

Seriously. Order one before its too late!

You should see it in person Ice! Pics don't do it justice, especially things like the powder coating. The overall package just looks sweet in person.

Yeah, I think eventually I'm going to have to get the blue DMD as it would look sweet on this title!

This is my 4th NIB purchase, and in terms of overall quality and things not working, STLE has been the best experience of any of them. XM was terrible, AC/DC was definitely in need of some tweaking, and my MET had a bad board and the drop target assembly needed to be replaced.

The worst thing that has happened on STLE so far is two loose LEDs in the GI.

Try having him over to your house to play pinball!

You get to see him do things like get to Portal on Tron on his third game ever played.

Or get to Valinor when he game over to play a couple games on LOTR before buying it back, then deciding he didn't want it anymore because he just got to Valinor.

Or put up his initials on my MET that he's played a handful of times, that I've had for months.

So if you think *you* hate him just a little, or a lot, how do you think I feel?!

Honestly, I think it is pretty darn good compared to most other Sterns this early in the game. It's a real good foundation, just needs plenty of additions still to really take it to the next level.

Only you can answer that. For me, yes it is. I love the extra bling on the side rails. The backlit Enterprise shooting red photon torpedoes is sweet, and the mirrored backlass is very nice, and I personally like it by quite a bit over the premium and pro. Backlit Starfleet Insignias on the head are also cool. I have my STLE in the middle of an entryway going into the living room, so it is prominently displayed by itself, with no other pins blocking the view of the sides.

Nero is my favorite mode, mostly because of the cool sound effects.

Yes, it's super lame and boring!

Don't buy this pin. It's not for you.

The chase lights need to be implemented much better. I almost never notice them when I hit the warp ramp, I have to specifically look for it because they go off so fast

I hit five in a row yesterday. Never noticed the chase lights once.

I probably need to go in and check it with the glass off to make sure that they are working consistently.

I paid more attention today. The chase lights do go off every time I hit the warp ramp. The reason that I don't usually notice them is because they come on way too late. In other words, by the time that they come on, the ball is already near the top of the ramp, and I'm already starting to look to the upper right portion of the orbit to get ready to hit the ball again with the upper flipper (so my eyes are looking away from where the chase lights are).

So this cool effect is mostly lost on the player, at least in my case.

I agree completely.

This is exactly why I don't notice the chase lights when they go off. It's similar to how I don't see what is happening on the DMD when the ball is about to hit the flipper.

Cut him a break why?

Are you saying that he doesn't understand what he did? He does. He gave a shit rating to a game he hasn't played, just because he thinks STTNG is "better", a statement that he made long before any version of ST was even released.

He also previously admitted that he rated MM something like a 1.5 because he thought TZ was the better pin and didn't want MM to be ranked number 1.

So there are two occasions where he has given completely bogus ratings to a pin for the simple purpose of trying to manipulate the rankings.

Zero credibility to say the least. And believe me, I'm actually holding back here.

Whatever. He is clearly part of the problem, and should be called out on it.

Those are the exact opposite of what you should be using.