I have recently picked up an LE. Having now put a few months worth of evening games into it, I heartily applaud anyone who has ever made it to VALINOR. It has become my quest. I think it has been a lot of fun to start figuring out the modes and shot progression. I have gotten a few of the available mods to do - did the palantir mod which looks awesome and the have the lighted POTD mod. If I understand the directions correctly looks like I might have to make some drill holes underneath the playfield. That makes me nervous but I drilled the ramps on my Tron Pro for the Eli ramp kit so I am sure I can handle it. I also got the figures to place around (like in the standard edition) but seems like I would have to gorilla glue them in place or I might have to drill the plastic for plastic zip ties - hesitant to do either of those. And to be honest, I am not sure that I even notice mods when I am playing. Anyway, happy to be a member of the LOTR club and hope to join the VALINOR club someday...
Update: I have been playing LOTR very regularly and while I do get a rush from the Destroy the Ring Mode, the fascination with this game is wearing off. I don't think Valinor will ever be realistically achievable for me. I fear that it is going out in a trade soon - one of my grail pins (Monster Bash in a restored version) may be coming available so there it is...