Out of curiosity why would you NOT want an LE playfield?

And why wouldn't you just send it back to Stern and exchange?

What are the differences between the two?

What would you do with an LE playfield without an LE?

Do it Frax! DO ITTTT

Ive been wanting a tron for wall art. Damn things are so expensive.

Put it in a pro...? It's functionally the same thing no? Or are there differences I'm unaware of? Thought it was just the insert borders, but maybe there's additional material removed for the drops?

Assuming it's physically the same dimensions, I'm surprised this would be undesirable - getting LE junk into pro's is all the rage.

The issue is that without having it side by side with a blank pro PF it's hard to make sure the dimples and holes are identical. I know TOPSIDE there's not much difference but light sockets and those LED boards probably have different screw holes.

I'm still not 100% certain on the drop target hole being the same size as the standup target hole either. In the end, I just can't justify adding another 800$ of expense to what will probably already be the most expensive pro ever created with the plans I already have for it. It would look *amazing* in my game with what I have planned, but timing is just way off and this would be the very last thing I'd possibly do. This is MORE than a totally fair price for this thing, and the odds of prying one out of anyone else's hands are so close to zero, I'm not sure the difference is distinguishable. I am stupid for not buying this, I already know that. I know that I will be pissed off about it later, too.

Someone needs to buy this, or trade this guy a pro playfield. Something. You won't get another chance. If my Jackbot sells and this is still for sale, I'm not going to pass again. =P

Whoever buys this should get it cleared before installing.

I cleared my TRONle and it looks like a million bucks (in my humble opinion).

Haha this is more the reaction I was expecting to an LE playfield from a pro owner. Just based on the image above the slot for the drops sure doesn't look much different than the pro playfield. The fact that the fiber optic holes are present on the Pro leads me to believe there are few if any differences between these things.

I'd be damn tempted by this thing if I hadn't just sunk a bunch of cash into a few other mods (LE Apron) and as-yet-to-be-realized projects.

Is this a replacement due to defect on the original or did you buy it?

Not sure if the pro has inserts for the legs and middle of the recognizer on the pf. The LE PF has those lit to match when the recognizer is moving on the LE.

No the pro has no inserts there. Would make for some fun modding to add some functionality there.

Just tie it into when the three standups on the rec-bank get hit. Not that complicated.

Nope. And I think it would be possible to make each target on the bank light flash a specific insert without too much messing around I would think... maybe a bit of code and a little board or something? I'd probably farm out the task if it's not possible to do it with jumpers or something like the PIG, but it would be so worth it (imo)

Hence my questioning up top about why you wouldn't want to put this in a pro, assuming you were doing the PF swap anyway. Gotta stop thinking about this cause I really want to try it now...

You have to draw the line somewhere. Including the price we paid for the machine, plus the price of all the existing mods in it, plus the price of all the mods we haven't managed to get our hands on yet, the powdercoat job we have planned, the cost to re-clear either our existing playfield or a new one..

Gets to the point (quickly!) where we might as well just sell ours for what we have in it and go after a full fledged LE.

No pain, no gain!

IIRC there's more to it than that. There's a security lock preventing you using the LE code on a Pro machine, so you'd need to change the CPU board up. There's also the different harness wiring and the driver board and LED modules in addition to the drop target bank/wiring and the light sockets/wiring for the three extra inserts.

I have a Tron pro playfield I will trade for it, or I can buy LE outright.
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Dooooo eeeet!

Lmao. I'd love to, but it all goes back to price - for the ten grand it'd cost me to get an LE, I could have two more Sterns, or a CV and TZ.. or... Yeah. No, we need to finish up everything on the one we have (have I mentioned that it's the SECOND one we've owned?) so that Frax can get the parts he needs ordered from Steve and get to work on my Crescendo.

Besides. Our kid was in the ER twice last week. Only one of the visits has even started to process. who knows how in the hell much all that's gonna cost us.

That's the Reason I have 2 pins left now. Old baracorra and a strike n' spares if that even counts as a pin. Medical cost are way to much now.

That can't be...obamacare was suppose to reduce health costs.

Yep. The older kid had knee surgery Dec 2012. I literally made the last payment to Children's two months ago. Younger kid ended up at the pediatrician's office the 20th of last month, the ER the night of the 21st, then the ER again the night of the 23rd. At least I know that Children's are cool with payment plans!

Obamacare has done absolutely nothing for us. Our premiums have stayed the same, our $2600/year deductible has stayed the same. Only change we've had is my kids' pediatrician now wants half their predicted fee up front instead of billing me, which is effing annoying because we've got an FSA - so the claim processes and the money dumps into our checking account the next day. Sounds okay, until I actually have to have money in hand to take a sick kid to the doctor.

Average family plan in NJ has gone from $13k up to $20k. That's only for a family of 4. Family of 5 is closer to $25k.

Haha..... Obama has don't nothing for me. They want $800 a month for me alone and that's with a $12,000 deductible. I need spinal surgery. Either a laminectomy or fusion somewhere around $100,000. Either way money tends to be hard to come by when I have a list a mile long of stuff im not supposed to do.

It's only going to get worse.

Thank God the government stays out of the pinball market.

WOW! This went off topic, went from a pinball playfield to Obama care?

I was just about to ask the same thing. Shove the political crap...preferably to another forum.

My offer is still good!

I don't see the designer signature on this PF, so I would also think it doesn't have the additional coat of clear that the LE's had.

Funny, I don't see it on my LE playfield either. Might wanna check your facts!

Signature was only on LEs 1-50 I believe

Maybe that's why mine is worthless.

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You might as well just give it to me if it's missing a signature. Pinball charity at its best.

I'm gonna slap you. =P

Thumbs up to seller. Really a standout guy. Someone's going to get a great playfield.

If we all send him MO's that wants it, he is going to be a rich person.

Aren't you just going to get a ton of MOs instead of a ton of PMs?