Star Trek (Pro)
Stern, 2013This may be common knowledge I don't know, but I had lunch today with a distributor friend of mine who told me a little about the projector. He said there will be a mode where the game goes "dark" and he projector basically projects a star field on the playfield. That's all he really knew so far.
Quoted from Monster_Bash:Sounds like even more reason to buy a pro
That makes zero sense.
if everything goes dark, something like a mini stage laser ($35.00) with patterns wondering on the PF, thats what i think it's going to be. nothing impressive, just adapted to fit on a pinball.
The laser star field gets projected from under the apron up the playfield and operated in lights out mode. The VUK has been changed to a typical VUK feeding the wire form . I am terribly disappointed by this. Stern , once again, proves what a chaotic get the product out organization they really are. Still can't wait for my LE.
Quoted from jfh:The George Bush "thousand points of light" feature?
"Mr President you still have 30 seconds"
Quoted from McCune:My Daughter has a 26"LCD TV in her bedroom .
My daughter has books.
Quoted from frolic:What else could it be? It was not going to be a Pink Floyd laser show.
Who knew Pink Floyd played on the Enterprise? ...I must have missed that episode! Hmm, now about the photon torpedoes that come out the bottom...
Quoted from Rockytop:He said there will be a mode where the game goes "dark" and he projector basically projects a star field on the playfield. That's all he really knew so far.
Now that sounds like a great idea. Looking forward to it.
Quoted from ozno:The VUK has been changed to a typical VUK feeding the wire form ..
So it pops up to the wireform that goes back to the lower flipper, like Spider-Man's Doc Ock VUK instead of shooting up the Warp ramp?
Quoted from Rarehero:So it pops up to the wireform that goes back to the lower flipper, like Spider-Man's Doc Ock VUK instead of shooting up the Warp ramp?
That sounds about right.
Quoted from Rarehero:So it pops up to the wireform that goes back to the lower flipper, like Spider-Man's Doc Ock VUK instead of shooting up the Warp ramp?
That sounds precisely what it will be like to me.
Quoted from Rarehero:So it pops up to the wireform that goes back to the lower flipper, like Spider-Man's Doc Ock VUK instead of shooting up the Warp ramp?
Yes the ball couldn't make the jump to Warp. Now go save the Enterprise! 
Quoted from Part_3:It could project out of the bottom of the coffin, illuminating your floor with stars.
If Stern doesn't design it that way, I'm going to find a way to rig it with a 3rd party solution that will to correspond with the mode.
I'm sure a mod like this will come out. Makes perfect sense. Blast the whole room with stars.
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Actually that looks really cool.
Maybe it will be ROM controlled like the TRON fiber optic ramp lights! Imagine that, eh?
Quoted from markmon:The news of the VuK is rather disappointing. But I guess its better than spending several software updates trying to get it right (ie: Metallica hammer).
Or worse getting the same fix in the mail 3 months later. Ahhh....the memories of TFLE drop target air balls.
Sounds like that sealed the deal for me to NOT get a premium...my main interest was in the fact it had all wireforms instead of plastic ramps and the Big Guns style VUK launcher looked awesome. Should've known they wouldn't have the balls to go through with it. 
Quoted from Frax:my main interest was in the fact it had all wireforms instead of plastic ramps and the Big Guns style VUK launcher looked awesome
Don't forget you still get the asteroid flashers.
Quoted from BillP:Full Production in October and we are 1/2 way thru the month already.
More like 1/3
Quoted from metallik:The Warp VUK is still shown on all the LE pictures on Stern's site. If it were removed, you think they'd update? Sounds like silly rumors to me.
I've talked to several distro's and no one has heard that there was any change in the vuk. It may have never been capable to launch to the warp ramp. Since we haven't seen any video of it in action I would guess it never did. Also it has been confirmed that there is a production delay in the LEs until early Nov. That was based probably due to the popularity of the pro sales and that there was a all hands on deck for code, music and call outs that SR spoke of and will be released on Oct 18th at expo. As the rest of the LE owners I'm very happy with what's coming ahead and I agree with my distributor when he said I hope they take as much time needed to get this machine right (quality,code,testing). I can wait.
Quoted from mrobertso2:I've talked to several distro's and no one has heard that there was any change in the vuk.
You need to befriend some better informed distributors then. 
It always looked to me like the VUK was supposed to smash the front of the Vengeance toy. Else why the heck is there a carved out part that's screwed onto the front of it that's likely replaceable and less likely has a switch inside it?
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