Yes, he was talking about Gary Jones and not Gary Stern.

Yeah 1, 2 and 3 were garbage. 4, 5 and 6 are not nearly as good as when I was a kid either because of all the shit Lucas added. Thank god for the despecialized and can't wait for them on Bluray. Personally I enjoyed 7 and 8 and I really enjoyed R1.

Back on topic. Where the F is the topper?

Maybe the R2D2 topper will be plain white with a Supreme logo in the middle? They could limit sales to 50 so everyone has to pay $5000.

There is $500 on the floor in my living room. It burned a hole through my pocket long ago.

Looks fine to me. I like the R2 in the fighter ship look. Its actually kind of clever because toppers need to be low and wide or they won't fit in a lot of rooms with low ceilings. In order to have a full R2D2 up top at that same scale, it would have to be 18 inches tall. Now if Stern would just make a factory topper for Metallica designed by Dirty Donny...

I wonder why the reduction to $400? I hope they didn't have to take away functionality to make Disney happy...

No, I think they got it wrong. Iron Maiden is $399 and SW is $499. That's why I'm worried something changed or was removed. It's still 499 on Marcos by the way.

I have a feeling Disney and licensing are a factor here. This has been over two years in the making and the basic design has been set forever with a $500 price point.

Looks like this topper is coming at about the same time as the Black Knight topper. This makes the decision of which one I'm buying pretty easy. If this had come out a year ago, I would have bit even at this price point. Black Knight is here to stay for a while. SW is a great game, but will be on the chopping block in around six more months. My collection is mostly SS and EMs, and I like to limit to two newer Sterns at a time for financial reasons. This means rotating out games after a couple of years to bring in a new one.

If this thing has some hidden new feature like the hologram of something super cool, then I might still buy one. Chances are slim at this point.

A lot of people have pre-orders with various vendors including a few that used 15 or 20% coupons days on ebay. I wonder if these will get cancelled unless people pony up extra cash.

Need to send it to the Modfather to be painted to look more like the mid-body of fighter ship.

I was thinking earlier that I should buy one just to piss people off. We'll see what the videos of the actual product look like. BK topper is a sure thing when it is released. Star Wars is a long shot but still possible.

Mounted on the machine it looks bigger than I expected. Looking forward to seeing a video. Thanks for the pictures.

This is why Steve Ritchie likes the original themes. Dealing with Disney on licensing sucks. Look at the Black Knight topper vs Star Wars. If anything, the BK topper is more intricate at $300 less

Looks like I'm ordering two SW toppers. One for my game and one for a friend's.

We got to taking about it and talked each other into buying one.

Once again licensing with Disney seems to be a problem...

https://www.gameroomguys.com/Stern-Pinball-Topper-Node-Board-12

LOL at the reaction to the tilt warning. Needs some sort of gasket to keep the light from leaking underneath.

It's been discussed before. Toppers can only be a certain height otherwise they won't fit in a lot of people's rooms unless they have really high ceiling. Doing it this way allows for a rather large r2d2 head without using up too much ceiling space

If you look at R2 in the x-wing there is really not much you can do to dress up the base except to maybe make it looks a little war torn. Then you might have to paint R2 to looks a little tattered too. To me, I will be leaving it as it comes. If someone comes out with an interesting sticker, I might try it, Still kind of skeptical since all that is in front of R2 is the window frame.

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The front of the base would basically be a cross section. The edges of the base are angled similar to the x-wing...

Yes, looking from the front, the fuselage angles down in a similar way on the left and right side of the topper.

That thing looks awesome can't wait to get mine.

Still waiting!

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It is insane. I'm not even considering it...

Mine is supposed to be in a new batch that is being made at this moment. Hopefully they have worked out the kinks. I've barely played the game since I ordered it. Once the topper is up there, I'm going on a SW Premium binge.

Meh. I've seen them. They are cool for what they are and I wouldn't mind having one up on a shelf in the gameroom cycling through cool video. But... As a topper, I'll take R2D2 over what is basically a video screen stuck on top of the game (regardless of price).

Am I the only person on earth who has not received their topper yet? I am considering cancelling my order with my distributor and ordering from someone who I know has them in stock.

Looks like mine is hopefully in the most recent batch built. One would think they have changed the build process to cut down on all the issues. Personally if mine fails I will be fixing it myself with parts from Stern if needed.

Basically here are the two most common issues with these toppers that can cause them to fail. One is the position and heat shrink on the light socket leads shorting against the case. And the second is the clamp that holds the motor can loosen and allow the motor housing to spin and short out the node board. If you feel comfortable removing the cover, these can be easily inspected and fixed. To me it is best to inspect for these before ever installing it in the first place. First remove the R2D2 head noting that the third screw is actually hidden as one of R2's projectors. Then remove the entire cover. Inspect the leads on the LED sockets and make sure the heat shrink is shrunk down and has adequate coverage and turn/bend the leads so the are further from contacting the case or anything else metal. Next find the clamp holding the motor in place and tighten the heck out of it. This is a $750 toy, so proceed at your own risk.

Here is the worst of the unshrunk sockets in mine. Nice to finally have this thing on the game. I made sure everything was right before I installed it. Works perfectly. I love it.

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The only mod that I've done to my topper is to put a little bit of window tint film over the LEDs in the base so they're not quite so bright and harsh. Other than that I plan on doing no mods. R2D2 is many decades-old and it has been damaged and rebuilt many times using whatever parts are available. There is no true standard in my mind.
I love turning the machine on and just having it make noises and move in attract mode as I'm walking through the room. My modding time will be spent elsewhere on things that actually bother me or simply need to be done in other games.

The topper interacts with a lot of things in the game. Not sure what you are asking?

Up until recently they had them in stock at Marcos and Pinball Life and they're both out now. They're going to be very hard to find soon and they're limited to 500. There is one for $999 plus $50 shipping on eBay...