I would have been happier to hear that he was wearing an "archer" ball cap

if it's costing them that much to keep the lights on, then they have no business being in business. trust me, most of that money probably paid everyone that's someone there a sizeable xmas bonus last year (as well as funding gary's vodka consumption for the first half of this year

what exactly was the cost of those 80 SLE machines? $250-300K? that equates to netting them nearly a cool $1M in profit on 80 machines

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I heard that with GotG, they are going to try a further cost reduction with 2 pop bumpers and only 1 flipper for the pro. if you want the full pinball experience, you'll need to pony up for the SDLE model (super duper), which will be limited to just 40 units [initially] at $18,500 ea

(the sad part is there are probably still a number of people that would buy into the above

is it possible that part of the problem is that the inserts are forced into a hole that's tight to begin? look at the older EMs. when the inserts fall out of the holes due to the glue breaking down over 40+ years, they fit right back into the insert holes and you simply have to glue them back in place

and if I'm not mistake, the inserts are \ / wedge shaped instead of / \ shaped, so the tension placed on the inserts in one of an outward motion over time.

I think that without knowing the exact procedure, timing and type of glue being used, there are too many unknowns to really try and nail down the exact issue. one thing is for sure, whatever stern is doing, it's significantly different than what spooky, jjp and cpr are doing since they have significantly less (if not any) issues in this area