Real Good Pin and really fun. Fast play and comparable with some of Sterns best TRON and AC/DC

More code coming out over the next couple months will make this a top stern for sure. Very happy with my purchase

Haha ummmmmm uhhhhhh ....there's always tonight? If I don't turn the game on

I also think it's the best pin to date, but agree that the modes need more personality. I think they can fix that with more callouts and sounds.

Glad I am not the only one

Hey different strokes for different folks, everyone is entitled to their own opinion... If you don't like it I know there will be a lineup of people who will be willing to take it off your hands for sure... This game is simply outstanding and deserves all the hype cause it is a great out of the box game... Let's hope this is now the standard that Stern is putting out cause if that is the case we all win...

Being a big Star Trek fan to begin with might make me a little bias in my opinion and the Star Trek LE is my first NIB pin and wile it took me a wile to warm up to the JJ Abrams vision of Star Trek being a diehard fan of TOS I must say even with the disappointment of no LDC with HD video, doomed with a red DMD I will say Stern with Steve Ritchie knocked it out of the park with a home run. After playing STLE for a few weeks now I still cant wait till I have some time out of my day to get in as many games as I can. I also have owned STTNG for about 13 years now and I never thought anyone would ever top that title. Don't get me wrong, I love my STTNG but I fired it up to play a few games wile my brother was playing my STLE and it was strange as I found it rather big, slow and klunkey playing. STLE is my new #1 pin with STTNG a close #2 and my Bally Star Trek #3.

Ritchie did deliver on AC/DC, but what makes the game one of the top games of all time is Lyman.

Will the new Star Trek recieve the same level of time dedicated to code?

I hope so, and I don't even own the game.

I was in from the beginning on a STLE and haven't regretted it for a second. It's a fast, beautiful machine and is only going to get better with updates. I can't top 100 mil. on it yet, but am really enjoying it. I'd say it has more than lived up to the hype.

My best score on the pro is 67 mil. on a location game.

It's a very fun playing pin no euphoria in that opinion. Great layout and fast as all get out.

Fantastic game. Had a party with a bunch of non-pinball people Saturday and it was definitely the most popular game of my collection. Time will tell, but so far it's a great, deep game. Incredibly smooth shots. It's definitely a keeper and the LE is gorgeous.

Here's my long review (scroll down to the bottom of the page):

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-i-got-my-stle-and-this-is-what-i-think-thread/page/9

MIne is still in the box in my garage. I should be opening it within a week or two.

WHAT!?!
How can you hold back Man?

Mine's at Pinball Refinery. I won't see it until my game room is finished in early March.

Building a new house. Just got power. Carpeting for the game room to be installed soon. I will move in soon and then the new game room will come to life.

True. I had a chance to play pingod's LE on the weekend (thanks pingod!). Beautiful looking machine. From all the hype I was expecting to plunge the ball and have my brain explode out of my skull. That didn't happen (imagine the mess) but I did get a solid, fun playing experience. Loved the flow, DOTs were cool, music was alright. Was too busy with my usual pinball style (spastically just trying to keep the ball alive) to get a firm grasp on the rules in the 10 games or so I played, but started to get the hang of it.

Seriously thinking of getting a Premium, but I didn't get a "must by one immediately" urge. Will probably try to sell a couple pins first. My biggest concern about the title is that with current code, and the openness of the shots (other than the Warp ramp) it might not have a lot of lasting power long term for some players. For me it is probably okay, because I suck, but I could see better players mastering this one relatively quickly and getting bored.

Ask Eskaybee what he thinks about that being an issue (great player).

Not sure how to answer that quite yet as the game is still new. The shot layout seems great, but its the current code that concerns me and needs work IMO for lasting power. The level 1 missions last too long and are a bit repetitive. I'd rather see mini objectives in the level 1 missions and make them stackable. For example, have destroy the drill be a shot to the left VuK followed by a right ramp shot - mission complete. Have Nero be spin the spinner 25 times. Have Klingon battle a 2 way ramp combo left/right similar to RnR train in ACDC. Those are just examples - programming will have to get creative to make it mesh together.

Bottom line; level 2&3 missions are great as is. Level 1 missions need a quicker way to complete the mission rather than just a timer. It's a deep game but the shot layout is no walk in the park. Allow the player to get deeper into the ruleset quicker is my current opinion on the rules after a week of ownership.

If you're looking to get a premium, id wait for the next code release and see what issues they address. The game is deep but as others have complained, the level 1 missions get old quick.

Reason I say wait for the next code update cause right now my opinion is, the current missions give me the sense that the game is more work than fun. Don't get me wrong, it's a blast to play - but I'm starting to get a sense of the chopping wood syndrome in this current code.

Even for good players this title has lastibility because it is damn tough to get all the wizard levels completed, my best score right now is 225M and I still did not complete all the level 2 modes, no matter the level 3 modes which are really difficult to complete. With codes changes this could be one of those epic games, for me it is a top 5 pin right now...

I think this is mostly due to getting jostled while shipping...or the factory workers just plopping them in really quick. Whenever I've had a flickery bulb on a new LED Stern, just take it out - bend the wires on the bulb 'outwards' a bit...make sure they're gonna make the best contact with the socket. Then I push the socket 'metal grips' in a bit so they grip tighter. Once I do that, they never flicker and never fall out.

This is pretty much spot on how I feel.

It's still an expensive light show. It's a fun pin for sure but nothing new aside from lights. does have that ACDC, SM feel so cool. I like mine but can certainly can't say it's a keeper yet

I am jealous of all the people who are even in the position to complain because they've played theirs. Those of us awaiting shipment are chomping at the bit to un-box it much less play it much less review it!

It is night and day better than SM! Just my opinion of course

ACDC is harder to compare as a very different game.

so you opened the box?

What makes STLE layout-wise is the ideal combination of super smooth layout, with the tough and rewarding warp ramp, the awesome kickback, the wide shots to start modes and the ship shot which is not too wide and fires back at you.