My ST Pro is shipping out today. I've been following this thread in anticipation. I will provide commentary (good or bad) on my magnet performance. (I know it's not actaully the magnet ... but you get the point )

Thanks to everyone so far.

Unboxed and played about 30-50 games last night. Only one incident of hitting the held ball and sticking. Of course, that could get worse in time. My MFG date was 3/10/14 ... not sure if that has anything to do with when batches of optos get installed or anything ...

On another note, I had several instances of the drop target not falling on a square hit. I think that's in a thread somewhere else though. Probably just need to add a washer or something ...

I noticed that it even got better over the course of the night. I'm going to just wait it out, but if I end up lifting the playfield for something else, I'll probably tighten up that spring a bit while I'm down there.

Seems like a much easier issue than the optos.

I should also mention that a buddy of mine had some major opto issues on his NIB ST Pro. Some were even a result of flaws on the board(s) in the backbox in addition to the under playfield opto boards. He had a local tech come out and do some board work and replace some optos and I believe Stern footed the bill. All opto issues were solved after this. (I think he mentioned there were trough issues, issues with the spinner registering when you flipped the flipper, and a few others I can't remember) So, it's tough to tell if those were isolated to his machine or are related to the issues in this thread ...

Gweem- quoting myself from earlier in the thread. He had similar issues to what you are talking about. He had a tech come out and work on several things. Stern paid the invoice from the tech. (Or something along those lines) His ST has been working great ever since.

PM me and I'll give you my buddy's information.

My buddy had issues fresh out of the box. Stern paid for a local tech to come do the work ... Might be worth asking?