heard they were waiting for approval on the prem/LE, should come in some weeks?

Same here.

AlexSMendes , take Owners out of title. Ownership is not a requirement to post in a club thread. Unofficial guideline is to be nice; and don't talk negative of the pin. Got any pics of the prem or LE to leak?

Zach said on H2H they might be 2 weeks out because of approvals.

Guess he can take out "Official" too , too many IM threads IMO , who's to care for one more already within 2 days ? + what's so "official" ?? some Steve Harris approved stuff ???

Lol just saw that Alex got a 7 day boot from his own thread.
Metal af.

The bus ride to the Stern party was my 2016 Expo highlight. NE assholes wouldn't stop yammerin though.
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I'm in for a pro.
We'll see how long a couple of weeks turns out to be.

I’m surprised that there are no pictures of the LE yet. It must be a licensing hold up.

Question. For anyone that has ordered an LE from CoinTaker, did you pay a deposit yet?

I have a confirmed LE ordered from Cointaker but have not been asked for the deposit yet.

Are all the photos thus far of the Pro only? I can’t follow all these threads

Yes. Nothing higher released yet

I have an LE on order.

Looking like Premium for me... unbelievable I lost the bet that this would be a disaster! Lol.great for Maiden, bad for the wallet!

A little toast to all you new Maiden owners (which I am not as of right now), Congrats!!!
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Official Owner's club?

A mate in Aussie has had his name on the list for an LE since 2013.

*raises hand*

So I joined this group because of this Maiden Pinball confirmation this week.

Have been a casual Pinball fan, and I own a 1976 Space Mission that i have had for 30 years. Now time to upgrade to a modern table from my favorite band.

I am about to put my deposit down on a Premium for a California distributor, but kind of sad I missed the boat for a LE by a day or so after inquires hit dead ends last 48 hours.

Just wanted to check here that no one has insight on anywhere to get a LE.

This playfield looks awesome! It appears to have a Judge Dredd feel to it. Both upper flippers appear to orbit. If the left upper flipper orbits too, I'll have no choice but to be in the club.

Both upper flippers have loops.

MaidenLE futur owner here !

Just out of curiosity, why are you ordering in state?

Out of state would skip sales tax.

le also

Maiden LE for me too my friend

I’m leaning towards Pro but I want to see some premium pics/gameplay first.

Heck I don’t even like Iron Maiden very much and I am in on a a pro.

This pin just looks and feels right, so I am going for it. If I liked the band better I would go Prem or LE easy. Pro art and layout look amazing. Prem and LE should have similar excellent art packages and some great PF features added. I think we are all in for a treat!

We are lucky folks here!

Question, sorry if this has been addressed before. How many machines are pumped out of the Stern factory on a daily basis? When can we expect the machines to be delivered to the distributors?

First pro’s are going overseas, so domestic games will be a couple of weeks longer

Here's a tricky question, but what the hell. I've only bought one NIB prior to IMDN. It was a WOZ. After a year and a half, the family kind of lost interest so it went for sale. Of course I took a hit but I was happy of what I was able to get. My question is when purchasing an LE, (especially this one) down the road if it ever goes back up for sale, do you think the extra cost invested in the front end possibly be recouped? I know that pins are basically a toy and like everything else depreciates. I'm trying to convince my self its worth it to get the LE.

At the tour, they say the new factory can do 50-100 pins a day.

With WOZ they kept releasing additional versions that were all “LE”.

I would think the IMDN LE will hold close to its value. But as long as the are pumping out Premiums all those that want all the features of the LE can grab one of those. People can add speakers. They just can’t get the art package and the plaque.

That’s just my 2 cents.

That is a really good point and something I had not considered...

New to new Pinball purchasing.

There could be ways to buy local and avoid taxes. Contact them and see. (All off the record of course)

Yup that’s what my local stern dealer did for me. Not saying who it was but he was the one who said he would do it for me! I didn’t even have to mention it haha

In most cases, you should always be prepared for a pin to take a dip in price. As long as they are available NIB, they will take a hit on the secondary market. It’s not until the license contract runs out and a game goes out of production til we typically see where a game’s value starts to settle.

That said, this is an LE and It’s a $9k LE at that. It’s really hard to say where the price will settle on this one. I think itll go up, down, and around town but in the end, there is something special about this pin. It’s Keith Elwin’s first produced pin using a layout that is already proven from his archer pin. The artwork is over the top good - I haven’t seen it in person yet, and while we haven’t seen the LE art yet, the pro looks to be sterns best art package to date. There is something special going on with this LE that stern hasn’t done since TRON or AC/DC in that it’s truly a limited run - 500! None of this 1000+ or even 800 LE’s, it’s truly limited and it comes with some cool upgrades. That said; Its almost a guarantee that There will be 2 premium versions of this pin; probably a powerslave version and number of the beast or maybe a somewhere in time or something along those lines. EDIT: actually a seventh son of a seventh son art package would look sweet! Is that song even in the game? I forgot

Long story short. Keith’s first pin (pro looks stellar), awesome layout, awesome rules, amazing art, limited run...I think prices on this will be safe from taking a big hit like some LEs have. This is just my opinion from being in the hobby for 12 years. Premiums and Pros will take a bigger hit than the LEs; at least until the game goes out of production.

I agree. I hear from some, how could you buy a premium or LE, without seeing the art? Well, the art is secondary to me, and I think it's hard to make Eddie look bad, and Zombie Yeti will probably make it great. I have seen the game and was blown away. I think the upgraded mechs sound cool so I didn't have to see the premium gameplay. The pro was enough for me.

Yes I paid a deposit. 2k

I have those beers from Little Brothers in Flemington! They are good! Not as good as AC/DC’s Brew though.

Holy shit I just realized....what if this has live versions switch like ACDC...but actually playable tracks? Oh man. At this point I'm beggars can't be choosers but like Brian Wilson, wouldn't it be nice?

From Stern's initial post:
"The Iron Maiden pinball machines aim to reflect the same excitement, energy, and experience of a live Iron Maiden concert."
Horns crossed.

Also,
THIS!
"The state-of-the-art electronic system also powers a high-fidelity 3-channel audio system that is three times more powerful than audio systems of previous generations."

I can’t even find a video of this machine. Where did you see the game? I want to play this bad boy. Again remember Kiss? I don’t buy anything without seeing the art and playing it.

I think the era of LEs commanding increases in used sales is gone personally. If you want an LE get an LE, but I don't know that it will hold its price any better than the Premium, relatively speaking. Get it because you want it (assuming you can find one lol) not to speculate.

You mfers are in the wrong thread.
And ffs, it's not like it's slim pickins.

In on an LE!

So is this officially the unofficial thread yet.. im so confused..which thread is officially official