Quoted from LJH:

Looks like the LE run is finished and Stern has moved on to the Premium Godzilla.
I still have not heard from my Distributer on my LE. Anyone else still waiting on call from their distributor?

Quoted from VALIS666:

Me too. The distro I ordered through said he paid in full the first day the LEs were available, which is supposed to give you priority treatment, but perhaps because he's a small/new outfit they bumped him (and me) to the end of the line.
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Quoted from VALIS666:

I assume so, yep. Funny, I was going to reach out to you about this based on something I saw you say elsewhere. Hoping we have a shipping notice by the end of the week!

Quoted from VALIS666:

Same here. I'm rescheduling my work now to have Friday afternoon off to pick up, set up, and play the shit out of it. I look forward to every new pin that comes through the door but I'm especially stoked for this one.
Speaking of picking up, I assume there's no harm in putting boxed pins on their backs? The "truck this side" side being the back, of course. I don't really want to unbox it at the distro. Normally my NIBs have come upright in box trucks, but I don't remember anything about them that would make this an issue. Heads are strapped down, balls and loose hardware are in the coinbox which is pinned to the coinbox clip, manuals/certificate are bagged and stapled to the inside wall, etc.

Quoted from jcg9998:

Ebirah can go on land. The original promotional photo's from 'Ebirah, Horror of the Deep' show it battling Godzilla on land. However, Ebirah ends up battling Godzilla only in the water in both of their battles in the movie. Ebirah, looking a bit different, shows up again in 'Godzilla: Final Wars' in the Millennium era of Godzilla (1999-2004) and battles mutant humans and Godzilla on land in Tokyo (photo below). Ebirah also battles on land in the comics.
Ebirah was actually intended to be a giant shrimp but ended up being a hybrid of a shrimp and a lobster. Godzilla was substituted for King Kong in 'Ebirah, Horror of the Deep' (AKA Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster) when the original co-production deal fell through. The island setting with island girl (Kong's love interest!), island natives, Giant Condor in the movie are all reminiscent of the King Kong original. In addition, Godzilla is woken up with electricity, a power up for the Toho version of King Kong. Ebirah, along with the Giant Condor, would be Godzilla's easiest foes to defeat in the Showa era (except for Kamacuras) as they were not intended to be opponents for him and they have no abilities which enable them to hurt Godzilla.[quoted image]

Quoted from jcg9998:

I apologize if I'm sounding like a super geek, which I know I am, but Ebirah travelling a long way across land can easily be explained as well. The Xiliens, as shown in 'Invasion of the Astro Monster' can transport Godzilla and Rodan (See below) and bring them across the solar system to Planet X. In addition, in 'Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)', they pick up monsters and transport them in that movie as well. I haven't yet gotten into the game so I don't know if that was Stern's intention or they were just taking creative license. But it can be assumed that that's how Ebirah gets to Paris.
If just so happens that this issue can be explained. In many of the Godzilla movies, there are enormous gaps in logic. Just go watch 'Godzilla vs. Megalon' and you can see an entire movie that is absent of logic.[quoted image]

Quoted from JSC:

I have noticed this on mine the past couple days…haven’t tracked down the source.

Quoted from RoyalJack:

I also have a squeaky LE when the shaker is running.
The other thing I've noticed is that the back end of the playfield has a lot of play in it compared to my other Sterns I've owned. Worried its loose or something. I'm not sure how it connects to the playfield.

Quoted from PinMonk:

I'm sure it's a combination of shortages and chips/boards are a large part of it. But doing molded custom parts and ramps, etc locally is much more expensive than crating them in from Asia, and the setup is the most expensive phase, so they're unlikely to start over locally on stuff they've already paid for the setup overseas.
Essentially when they have all the parts available to build a machine, that machine is a go for the line. Some of the line scheduling is done with the assumption that parts scheduled to arrive for a specific build come in as expected. When that doesn't happen that build gets bumped. It's likely an ongoing, major headache.
But I just saw on the news that the port congestion may have peaked a week ago as new regulations about how long a container can sit on the docks kicked in. Shipping prices are down 10-20% now from their 10x inflated peak, too. So we might see improvement in the next month or two if those downward trends continue towards normal.

Quoted from blueberryjohnson:

The internet says there's .85 Godzilla code but my insider connected internet connected machine thinks it's up to date at .81. Commencing immediate impatient freakout!