Ha! I visited that list when I got my ST Pro. Damn page cost me like $1000...

Didn't have to but it was all sooooo cool!!! I still need to wire a couple of the ships too.

Yikes! That's a neat LE / Premium only problem.

I have success having mine printed at a local office store, Staples or Office Depot. Inexpensive for a 1 or 2 page job, and you can take them the images on a USB memory stick. They have different card stock/paper options, and paper cutters available to use to trim them down. I chose heavy weight glossy paper, and did not laminate them.

Well that depends, is your current mode complete and the Away Mission light lit when you hit the ball in there? It is normal if the mode isn't complete, it will just fire it to let you finish the current mode. If your current mode is complete and it's ready to choose your next mode, it should hold the ball in the shooter lane while you choose the next mission.

It's an 89 base, I ordered three different designed red LEDs and I think I settled on one that has a flat faceted appearance. Personal preference though.

Stuck flipper: When you turned the game off, did the flipper stay stuck? If so, it's a mechanical issue, something is binding.

Zitt's popcaps on STTNG: I don't think it would work, screw holes would be in the wrong position? I can take I look, I have them on my ST Pro...

If the flipper dropped then that indicates something going on electrical, I would check the simple stuff first, EOS switch, diode, coil...

I'm sure the popcaps would fit, but the screw alignment of the pop bumper base is what has me wondering how the would look, like would they be sideways. Zitt might know?

I've been looking since I passed on a set not knowing when I bought my ST Pro. Would love to find a set too!

That sounds like electromagnetic interference noise is being introduced into the speaker wire along it's run from the backbox to the speaker. Check and make sure it's not near sitting near anything, like the transformer in the bottom of the cabinet, or the back of the display boards, etc. Anything that would emit EMI into the speaker wire. Failing that, it's likely a board or some board component starting to fail. Definitely give Stern a call if moving the wire away for EMI sources doesn't fix it.

Edit: Oh, and for giggles, remove the backbox florescent light bulb and see if that has any effect on it. Just spin it about 1/4 turn to slide out from the holders. Florescent blubs and their ballasts love to emit EM noise.

Lastly, check all your board grounds are good, like the screws holding your backbox boards aren't loose. They don't need to be crazy tight, but if they are loose, the board could have shifted loosing good grounding. Probably not this but you never know...

The previous owner of my ST Pro replaced the post with a stronger one and a superband ring. I'll go take a pic...

Edit: originals in the bag, new ones in the game. Don't know what ones he used but they don't bend anymore.

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My Star Trek Pro had a problem during league play this weekend where the drop target wouldn't reset back up, it would try a bunch of times (like 5 times?), but would never work right and reset. Wasn't the target mech itself, as it would work manually just fine. Turns out it was the opto board not working, specifically the header pins for the connector needed solder reflowed. Was a pretty easy fix once we diagnosed the root cause in switch test.

IMHO money better spent on a subwoofer if you haven't done it yet, ST sounds great with an external sub!

My favorite mod is probably the theatrical soundtrack and external subwoofer, but I have a ton of others, hallmark ships, Aurich, ColorDMD, Zitt's stuff, lighted apron, lighted speakers, shaker, and on and on...

Zitt's everyone's best friend here, he does awesome work on Star Trek pins and pinball mods!!

RedShiftLED would be the board for that, albeit with some custom code to detect start of multiball... kind of like the rising cross mod for Metallica Pro.

Should we all just upvote Pinzzz post if we want a PM when the new version comes out with the movie soundtrack? Because count me in too!

1. Optos, guns, boards.
2. $5k +/-$1k depending on condition.

Maverick is the reason I have 15 pins now. ST Pro was a solid second game choice. The similarity in our collections is...spooky.