I wonder if Stern actually made it to 1964 units. Selling the first 1,000 in mixed 10 pack cases to distributors was pretty fast because dists wanted those platinum and diamonds in the case pack, but then distributors were stuck with a lot of golds that were left over, so sales really slowed down. I know some that were closing them out at around $6k on the DL. So I find it hard to believe they were able to sell 964 more golds without the benefit of any diamond or platinums to help sales to dists.

We'll probably never know, but it would be an interesting data point.

Beatles doesn't have any complete songs. I think they're all capped at 45 seconds or something if I remember right.

Here's a couple I made a few years ago after Paul's interview where he talked about his and John's "special" relationship...

EDIT: Fixed the mistake pointed out and made a version with and a version without the hard flag border so you can do a more pastel-y one if you want.

Click on them to get the full-res PDF that's printable.
Beatles Instruction Card-nohardborder.pdfBeatles Instruction Card.pdfBeatles Free Play Card.pdf

Fixed it. Made those 3 years ago and you're the first person that mentioned the duplication of that line!

Stern still dribbling out all that leftover WWE LE parts stock.

(I would definitely be calling Stern)
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I also admire Stern's loving attention to detail with the black cabinet screw to hold on the mustard gold WWE LE rail (partially obscured under the lockdown bar in that mismatch picture). Couldn't be bothered to use a color-matched cabinet screw.

Promo pics were black screws, so you're not alone.

I made replacements out of scrap nylon pieces I had laying around. None of my okie-joe ledges have broken since.

Stern made these thinner starting with Game of Thrones, probably to save a tenth of a penny per. They are much more fragile than they used to be.

Yeah, it's just the unfortunate nature of the investor profit-driven focus at Stern since they bought in. Relentless cost-reduction that sometimes goes too far. Usually (cabinets come to mind) they back off if they've reduced so far stuff is falling apart or dying in the field, but sometimes (coil stops, target ledges) they do not and figure they're cheap enough people will take care of it themselves. Sucks, but what're you gonna do when they are THE market for pinball?

Given the abuse they take, I would think 3D printed you'd have to print it out of at least nylon or maaaaybe PETG for it to hold up.

Send the picture off to [email protected] and maybe [email protected] on the off chance they'll fix it. It's in a pretty visible place, so maaaaybe?

Check here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/beatles-sgt-pepper-s-lonely-hearts-club-retheme