I have a Gb premium I bought a few weeks ago and have no complaints about it, I think if you were to get one with a later build day you'd be fine

Good to hear! Same here, received my NIB GB Premium last week. No issues, game plays great.

I'd concur ... LE looks better, 100%. But not worth the $$$ thousands more bucks for 98% the same game.

I'd say the same for Metallica, even though I own the LE. If I was buying one today, I would buy the pro and save the bucks.

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I like the new Kiss machine. The problem with many new Sterns is the ball stops. Ac/Dc is great but too many ball stops close to the flippers. You can't really get the ball speed up with so much on the play field. Kiss is a mixture of the old school play fields and the new because they put many elements of the original Kiss machine on it. Good Stuff.

I agree with your friends.

Aerosmith is the best game I've played in a long time by a very wide margin.

Pro doesn't have the color changing GI.

I sure like the look of as premium upper playfield, but is it worth it? Besides gi lights, and upper playfield, what's different on the pro?

Of the ones you've listed..

ST Premium > AC/DC > Met > IM > Tron .............. > GB

But hey buy what feels good to play, right?

Each shot represents a song, and will light it up on the jukebox. For example, the bell will light up Hells Bells, the left ramp Rock n Roll Train, the TNT targets TNT, etc. Light up 8 songs on the jukebox and you can pick a new song.

No need to join the "Stern Army", drink the marketing Kool Aid, and spend funds on their new games that continue to have increasing questionable construction quality in comparison to their real values.

If you want these titles buy them used, save money, be able to inspect the games personally, and purchase more titles with the pricing offset.

A direct aspect that many overlook is if an individual plays many modern Stern titles repeatedly, they come to the realization many of Stern's games feel the same based on design and gameplay including recycled features. This includes the "toys". A point owners don't want to admit.

I play my four Sterns almost every day and they definitely do not feel the same and I love playing them over and over. They are pretty awesome in my opinion.

I think the last run of star trek was late last year. Or maybe earlier this year.

I don't think cliffy is making ramp protectors. Yes; he makes a kit for stern ST... but no ramp protectors.
I say this because I have a partial set of cliffy ramp protectors on my STLE that I helped him test... and he pretty much said he was done with that game. I think it was probably wise because someone in Europe makes a ramp protector kit - I think.

I would reconsider the walking dead. I like the game.

Not a huge fan of the theme, meaning I don't want this game based on looks alone. I think it is unique. And the code is polished.

I have been a zombie fan for my whole life. So I would reconsider the walking dead.

Then there is iron man. I need more time on that game. I might select that as my number two.

Ghostbusters. I like too. Aerosmith is an impressive product.

So many choices though! Good times!

OP, the Star Trek license expired ~December 2016, so the last few made were made then.

Star Trek ramp protectors thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-star-trek-alpha-beta-quadrant-ramp-protectors