outSTANDing. Thanks all for the pin peg info! Will look to pick a few up, those seem very useful!

And Heavyk good luck with the blue!

I do think people gravitate to the comic book more as its more eye pleasing.

Just for kicks I went to see a local distributor yesterday, told them I could pick up the game myself so no delivery needed, but they quoted me $300 shipping from Stern to them - is that normal??

$8799.99 + $300 "Factory Freight" -

Normal? Don't know. Does my distrubutor do that? No

I’ve never been asked to pay a fee when I picked up nib from distro

some of the price spiking from distros is ridiculous. i've never had that as a line item (but i've never paid over msrp, either).

It is like rust proofing and ceramic coating. And the assembly fee.

Motorcycle and automobile industry have been doing add-ons forever. It was just a matter of time…. We are going to need to start asking for out the door pricing when we order!

i just refuse to do business with the ones who do that...if enough people can, they'll see a hit in their bottom line, and adjust. some offer free shipping (from them to me, obviously), etc., while still being msrp. those are the ones who get my business

Yeah, it doesn't look much different there than the one I have that cost $30. I get tgat one is metal but it looks similar.

Well said.
It’s not a cheap hobby.

Over time, decades etc. A pinhead who buys NIB from distributors is going to spend $$$, hundreds of thousands $.

If a distributor is only interested in selling me 1 or 2 pins and stick me with bs fees. Then so be it. They’ll never have my business again.
If I’m committed, I’ll honor my agreement but won’t buy from them again.

Fool me once…

I have zero tolerance for such dishonesty & greed.

Key is to never accept such nonsense as normal practice. There are A LOT of good pinball distributors and genuinely nice people.
Give Them your business.

For me, it’s not about getting a “deal” on a pin.
I prefer to build lifelong honest relationships.
The piece of mind and overall ease when working with an honest distributor is what I strive to have.

End of my Rant.
;P

This happened to me on Godzilla LE. I didn't want to make a stink about it because he was doing me a favor by selling me the LE. I would not pay over for a premium though.

I get the point about Stern not printing them, but I'm mystified about not posting them online.

Somebody posted a video of some under cabinet RGB lighting that would sync with the pop bumper colors. I can not find the video or any information on this MOD. Can somebody point me in the right direction?

I assume they're also charging sales tax since they are local?

You would just have to install a RGB strip and hook it up to the connection of the pop. Not childs play, but if you can pull that stuff off it wouldn't be difficult.

Yep, that was me, standby, will update...

Gotfrogs - This was the video, I believe:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-official-owners-club/page/127#post-6712289

This thread was where I had the original guidance, which I ended up modifying (see my last post in the following thread) due to unavailability of some of the parts mentioned:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-original-under-cabinet-lights-for-stern-spike-games#post-6712381

Yeah, sales tax is just under $700 -

I got rolled on my pickup of godzilla. Just had to take the manilla wallop on the chin or wait a year buying from someone else. The NIB and used pin market is crazy. I'm sticking to modding for the foreseeable future and will enjoy what I have. Im tired of the greed by some causing everyone to suffer.

Maybe a trade or two. That's it.

I have a nice AC/DC I'm thinking about trading.

More towers out going tomorrow

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Has your distributor heard when the JP will start shipping?

I love this mod

In addition to my GZ Prem which will be in the March run (if there is a March run) I also have a JP Prem on order which my distro has recently repeated will be in the April run. Given the recent rumors in this forum who knows what the truth is. For what it's worth I have two different distros for those two machines and they are both still sticking to those timeframes.

i really wanted to see this in person before i pulled the trigger on another mod for a game I probably wont get for 6 months but what the hell. Enough people have said they don't block sight of anything.

they block nothing, and look absolutely amazing. the first model had some issue, but those have seemingly been resolved with the updated print. this is probably my favorite overall mod for the machine

Is there sudden concern there won’t be a March run? I just read that the 2nd line is running Premiums, but no way to know if this is accurate

There was a post a few days back that suggested that no more Premiums would be built this year due to parts shortages. I'm going to ignore that

With the premium you get:

A neat sinking skyscraper that changes the way the game plays by changing the return path of the ball
Collapsing bridge that is used sparingly but still neat.
Rotating mechagodzilla that changes gameplay.

Highly recommended. About 45 minutes to install, but nothing more technical than a screw driver and plugging in wires. Look great, fits in, and doesn't block anything view-wise. I will admit that after about 100 games an airball knocked off the "Tesla Strike" sign that was on the bottom of the first tower. I could easily glue it back on, but have decided that it looks better without it anyways.

10/10 mod of the year.

tdiddy Towers aren’t on your pinside shop site, are you planning on re-listing them in the future? Not getting my premium for a while but love this mod.

Is there a magna grab replacement plastic cover available out there? Pinball Life has one for the Pro (see image), but I am trying to find one for the LE. I think the bridge is impacting against it, or maybe it's just from airballs hitting the magna grab, but either way mine is cracking. I've seen several of these onsite that have failed.

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Was just gonna ask the same thing. Not getting my Pro for awhile either, but just curious if these will be available into the summer

Not a replacement plastic, but this metal mod looks like a pretty good solution to me.

Pm me

Ok thank you. Fingers crossed for both of us.

Zero issues and they look awesome. Bought a set before my pro arrived.

Yeah as far as I know, Stern is a couple weeks behind so maybe the March run bleeds into April. This shouldn't impact GZ Premiums. Stern already released a statement that they will be building Mandos, Rush, DP's, and GZ's until August so I'm not sure where this "no GZ premiums until next year" thing came from.

My Premium is supposed to be July.

Yes the bridge smashed my Premium till it broke. Got mine replaced under warranty, but still waiting for the Stern "bridge modification kit" they are working on before I install it.

Just pop a washer in there. Fixed.

Anyone have pics or details on how to do this? Seems like a good fix ...

troon47 - This one, yes?

So I heard Mr Elwin say on a TPN podcast that the goal of the ball release off the building is supposed to hit the very tip of the left flipper to prevent going back up the ramp or building on an instant return and getting a ball stuck, by design .. now I'm wondering if I should add the roof mod

Still don't have my machine yet but how many with a roof diverter mod installed have batted a ball back to a ball trap since installing?

Thanks