Quoted from PanzerFreak:I went through this thread and there are now 15 reports from users that have and / or have seen the cabinet issue on newer Stern games. All I know is this isn't normal as years went by without reports like this. Sure there's been a cabinet separation issue posted here and there but not over a dozen reports being mentioned within a couple days...
Something either changed, was missed or got screwed up at the cabinet factory on these games being reported with the issue.
Two things NIB pinball customers should not have to worry about in 2017 are cabinet and playfield issues considering that for 50+ years cabinets and playfields have been being made mostly without issue.
I am not worried about it at all and I'm buying a new AS. You have to look at how many bad cabinets versus how many machines that are sold before you can say there's a huge problem with the cabinets. Stern sells a shitload of games and I don't see many people having cabinet problems at all so I'm gonna say that there's pretty much nothing to worry about. Yes it sucks for those who have problems...I get that but this is not a perfect little snowflake world that we live in.
Every car company has some bad engines and some bad transmissions, even the great companies like Honda and Toyota. Does that stop you from buying a new car? There isn't one single product manufactured that has zero defects. I'm sure if your cabinet fell apart that Stern would send you a new cabinet. Then people say.....well I don't have the ability to change out a new cabinet or a new playfield etc. Well if that's the case then pinball is the wrong hobby for you because in some areas of the world there aren't any pinball technicians to help you, its just a fact of life and the nature of this hobby.