Did they still scan even when dark? Mine only flickers sometimes now, but is dark most of the time. It still scans ok though, both off phones and QR codes printed on paper.

Mine continues to scan ok even when the light is off. I did notice that I can Fonzie the glass right above the reader and the light will come back on, so I'm guessing a loose connection. If it ever stops scanning I'll take a look at it.

The NIB JP Premium I got today did not include the original triangle.

Is the latest Godzilla code forcing a check for the IC node board? Mine would always blink for a few minutes and then usually come on. When I updated last night to 1.04 I had to unplug it to get the other node boards to update since it got stuck on finding it. Now if I startup with it plugged in it won't detect the other node boards, and if I leave it unplugged it complains that node board 4 is not found but plays fine.

Looks like Stern is caught up on the warranty replacements for the scanners. I had a couple defective ones that I finally contacted support about this week, and they should be here tomorrow.

I had a bad IC scanner disconnected on godzilla for a few days and the newer code complained about it. Startup took longer, but the node board 9 not found message went away prior to starting a game.