Gameroom Guys has LE’s left if anyone is still looking. They are selling at MSRP.
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Quoted from blimpey:Thanks for the heads up. I can confirm they have one less LE now. Just grabbed one @ MSRP no CC fee.
Awesome!
Quoted from millerjl:They're sold out now. If anyone has any leads on a distributor that still has LEs left please let me know.
Orange County Pinballs has them listed…. (For $15,999.00!!)
Edit: here’s another, but the price is insane.
Quoted from yancy:Would be sweet it Stern eliminated future LE allotment for distributors charging over MSRP before the game even ships. I'm sure a reputable distro would be happy to move those extra units.
What really ticks me off is that I called one of the distributors listing the for $17,999.00 on ebay and was told it had no more LE’s left for sale. It appears that they would rather horde them and sell at an obscene markup. Stern should hammer these distributors. What gets me is that they even have the balls to state they are an official stern dealer in the ebay ads.
Quoted from ThePinballCo-op:Why would they do this? If I can save $300 getting a pro elsewhere, I'd do it. Upping the price on a pro literally eliminates business. This makes no sense unless business is too much to handle....... and after thinking for a few minutes that just might be the case.
I have my ff on order from THE PINBALL DUDES! Dave is awesome, my 2nd purchase from them: https://pinside.com/pinball/biz/directory/1561-the-pinball-dudes. I'm pretty sure he told me that the demand for this game is as big or bigger than any game he's ever sold, Godzilla included (if you're reading this and I'm wrong, feel free to clarify).
So maybe demand is getting to be too much and the increase is a way to slow it down and make it more manageable again.
I checked with Dave a few days ago and he said he was sold out of LE’s. It would have also been my second purchase from pinball dudes.
Then he posted this on ebay:
ebay.com link: itm
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Quoted from skink91:If that is legit the same guy and he told you they were out of LEs rather than telling you the new price… that is some serious BS.
Here is the bottom of the same ebay ad:
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It seems as though Stern’s own dealers have become the flippers. I would think Stern’s dealer agreement would address this. If it doesn’t, it needs to. Not a good showing to have the Stern Authorized Dealer logo in an ad with a $5,000 mark up.
Quoted from PanzerKraken:Dave's ebay prices aren't his prices, he lists them on there like that cause of the Ebay fees which are ridiculous. He will rather setup a sale outside of ebay and pretty much always is cheaper elsewhere. The ebay store is merely advertising, when you contact him, he gives you the real price.
call him up and ask if he has any LE’s available. He told me he was sold out, then this ebay listing appeared.
Quoted from gk_usa:I'm willing to part with my LE order. Let me know if you're interested.
Thanks! Much appreciated. But, I recently found one at MSRP with free shipping and no cc upcharge.
Quoted from PanzerKraken:Just now? It could be an old ad, he's had stuff on pinside listed that were sold out too cause his employees didn't take it down yet. It happens.
Cause that ad is from 3/2
You’re probably right. I spoke with him on 03/03.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:I am curious how all you Foo Hypers are holding up at this point.
How has the hype survived 2 weeks and 78 other pinball machines being teased or revealed?
How’s the enthusiasm? Are we weaker in numbers? Has the foo hype train withstood this unprecedented assault?
I’m very hyped about Foo. Had zero interest in the band until this pin. Love the idea of a fictional saturday morning cartoon, the action figures, the spectacular art and animations, the silly looking aliens etc. Playfield layout looks fantastic!
The other recent offerings do nothing for me. Could care less about Pulp Fiction and Godfather. Just not into the gratuitous realistic violence as a pin theme. Could care less if my pin cusses at me. Never understood why folks get off on that, but whatever. (On a side note, after seeing the horse head shooter on Godfather CE, I was thankful JJP didn’t make a John Wayne Bobbit pin).
As a former TNA owner, I was excited about P3’s new danesi release, but that quickly faded once I saw it takes over a year to get a P3. Would have been an instant buy if it was actually available. I don’t see the point in hyping/releasing something that can’t be purchased and delivered in a reasonable amount of time. Waiting that long is too reminiscent of CCR and TBL for my liking. It seems like P3 would learn from JJP’s prior example of announcing a new release before production capacity is in place. JJP learned fairly quickly that it is a buzz kill. Plus, a $2k non-refundable deposit on a wait that long is off the plate for me.
Foo hype is only growing in my gameroom.
Quoted from Zablon:I was, but the local farmers frown on me shooting their livestock.
81A0677D-64AF-4041-A08A-55C2EBFBEF16 (resized).pngQuoted from 1963BSARGS:I checked with Dave a few days ago and he said he was sold out of LE’s. It would have also been my second purchase from pinball dudes.
Then he posted this on ebay:
ebay.com link: itm
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As a follow up to this, I messaged on ebay and was told LE’s were available.
1 week later
Quoted from thekiyote:Does anyone know if a shaker motor is included in the premium or would that need to be an add on?
Add on
1 week later
Quoted from BrewersArcade:Any of you LE pre orders getting any shipping updates yet? Hurry up so they can start on my premium!
Not a word. Paid in full since release date.
Quoted from Boslaw:My distro told me they're receiving my LE next week, so they're collecting payment & full and will be scheduling delivery to me shortly after.
You have a good distributor. I had to pay in full on the day it was announced.
Quoted from HB_GAMER:I had 30 days to pay up once announced. No complaints here, just thought it would be here by now.0
Agreed. I was told March delivery
If you want to witness a bunch of wankers spewing nonsense to protect the value of their pins, wander into the Bond owners club thread. There is some Grade A bullshit being peddled in there.
Quoted from kermit24:Contact stern or your distro and ask. I’m not sure what the spinner “fix” is but it seems that a simple slight bend is enough for most. I’m sure the ramp covers need to go out. Hopefully those will be ready shortly.
Stern has seem to quit supplying parts for fixes directly. They now only supply them through a distributor. This is in direct contravention to the very recent announcements made by their VP on webcasts. Very frustrating.
Quoted from JodyG:The whole point of the distributor model is for Stern to not have to deal with the general public. The distributor model in Pinball has been fairly broken until now, with some distributors doing very little to earn their margin. If Stern intended for customers to call them direct on every issue, why wouldn't they just sell direct and pocket the extra $500-$800 dollars themselves? Yes, some distributors hold stock...but for the last few years, most games are pre-sold and drop shipped from Stern as they are built...the distributor does not even touch them. The mega distributors actually cause Stern a lot of headaches, but that is a whole other thread.
I cannot dispute any of what you have said. However, Stern needs to get their VP to stop telling owners to call Stern directly for assistance.
It’s cool that you guys are getting updates, albeit not what you want to hear. I have gotten zero updates from my distributor unless I prompt them. I’m definitely switching distributors next go round.
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Quoted from pinbuoy:Oh you have to remove pinstadiums to get under the PF? I have never heard that. That's def a deal breaker for me.
i had them on tspp. they are a pain in the ass to deal with when raising the playfield. never again for me.
Quoted from hiker2099:Ya, But they fall over and are a pain to keep in place. The wire is always getting in the way when putting the playfield back down. I bought two. If he wants me to put them on the rest of my pins, Price must come down and I wish there was a way to mount them to the actual playfield.
Moreover, the alligator clip power source method is hokey as hell and asking for big trouble in the Spike2 system.
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