the "Great Yearly Pinball Budget Reset" is upon us soon and the wife is a huge fan of the pin and series. if anyone within an 8 hour (ish) drive of Pittsburgh is planning on selling their premium or LE, send me a PM.

And as soon as they started taking orders again, it was instantly sold out.

Well, hopefully when we find a premium or LE for sale they will already have the UV kit installed.

Thanks for this, was able to order one.

Here is the projector in question.

I'm assuming that many different manufacturers in china produce this. S6000 models all look kinda the same.

Finally in the club ... took long enough! Love that new pin smell.

I'm making one as soon as I take delivery. I will do the math to see if it is worth my time to sell them but plan on making them nice and cheap if able.

As you wish.

Not a bad idea. Also, one could drive a relay or set a scene with z-wave/zigbee device if he has home automation.

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-z-wave-plus-700-series-universal-relay-zen17-with-2-no-nc-relays-20a-10a

Even if you didn't use it to switch a load, it would still be a z-wave device in the network and you could have a scene do anything.

I know he is verboten in most circles but the guy is pretty nice and from what I've seen, puts out a quality product.

This is true. The work he produces is stunning (artwork, "special effects," the printing process).

When I get mine I will disassemble and see if any uart/serial to hook into - if I can dump the firmare then we can make it compatible (unless of course someone has already tried this and failed)

I've seen several mention an le... Did I miss something?

Looks beautiful way up there in Colorado!

I use Dayton audio exclusively and can vouch for this. I have a sub1200 under each of my stern machines currently.

it is fun to build speakers if you want the best bang for your buck in the home theater - parts express is great.

Paid in full yesterday, hoping I get shipment this week or next!!

I gave up on caring about dimpling. 2000 plays into maiden and it all leveled out. I've come to the conclusion if you don't want dimples, don't buy stern (or don't ever play it, use mylar/petg protector, send to kruzman, clear it yourself and let it cure, replace the ball bearings with bouncy balls).

That said, the last 5 spooky (AMH being one of them) are like a sheet of glass (AMH has a stupid amount of plays on it).

My former PB alien was the worst clear coat I've seen on a modern machine. I could take my nail and push in the clear in spots. I wonder if cointaker ever sent the new playfield to the guy that bought it from me... I waited over 14 months for them to tell me it was on the next shipping container.

Bottom line, pinball is hard.

We are in an endless cycle of "it shipped" and "stern hasn't shipped it yet" - I have tracking that leads to nowhere.

I do not think we will have this for Christmas but maybe I will have it before next Chanukah?

Is the LTL freight company supposed to pick this up at stern or is stern supposed to drop it to them?

The freight company says they are waiting for stern to ship it to them... that was a week ago.

If your F5 key is not at least eroded to the point the text is no longer discernable, you have not crossed that threshold.

I've made one and will have it available for sale in my shop soon... UV reactive even.

Once I have several hundred plays on it (probably in a week or two) I will known of I have to tweak anything.

Like this?

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My tk lock so far is perfect.

I keep having to tweak left eject - I can get it perfect at 18ms for pulse but eventually, it just moves to the right. Acorn nuts tightened down, made the adjustment, perfect orbits, tightened nuts again. Maybe 10 ejects max before it starts to fail. I can jack the coil power to 24 and make it reliable that way but would prefer not to do that.

Such a major gameplay mechanic not to have set right out the box. Though I'll take it over the flakey to lock other have.

Overall, a great game. Certainly meant for the home environment. I would've spent a couple hundred at the arcade playing this since yesterday.

I bought my topper and uv kit when they released.

So all these years later when I finally have the machine, I was surprised to see my ramp uv brackets were not threaded.

Not a huge issue because every man should own a tap and die set. Hopefully stern checks their machining before sending out the newly made uv kits.

That's obtuse. The uv kit included machine screws, what I received was NOT self tapping. You aren't suppose to have to tap the holes yourself. The uv kit I received was made incorrectly, as is anyone else that received one without tapped holes.

I was actually shocked with the first shooter housing I got from Marcos when I made a homebrew and saw the recommended thread cutting machine screw.

Even at that, I don't think the UV kit instructions mentioned thread cutting screws - which would be prudent, some might not realize they'd be making aluminum shavings (the instructions recommend installing these after the ramps are put back in position) - those shavings could tear up the clear on the playfield if not looking out/expecting them.

So a warning to all getting uv kits in 2024 - screw in those screws before it goes on the playfield and catch any shavings before putting this in place on the machine itself.

awesome!

That puts you into the he-man club for certain.

I'll post this in the medisynl mod thread but will leave this here:

The back panel on my machine required me to use shims (washers) to set back the bolt in the playfield handle. I will eventually get a shorter bolt.

I also had to remove the plastic over the back board led on the right to get this in.

Mod looks great!!

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I should add that this game is securely bolted to the floor.

When did you order and when did they ship it? I put in for about $700 of stuff from them around November 7 and no word on shipment.

Yes I assumed this was the guy from Europe that makes back glasses, stand-ups, banners, etc

Totally different person (xianek)

An fyi to anyone considering ordering to the USA, I've been paid in full waiting since November 7th and I've not heard back (they told me to ask after Christmas and I still haven't heard back).

Mine is somewhat like yours... I can just barely see the demodog walk across those but in the settings all looks fine.