I am glad I stumbled on this thread. My first pinball was Whirlwind. When I purchased it, I had to drive it home 60 miles and ironically there were tornado warnings in my area
Fortunately I was able to avoid any disasters.
Still own it and have a CPR silver PF waiting to install along with new plastics. Mine is from the first run and I am happy with the quality of it. Unfortunate to read about the second run quality issues.
Hope to get it swapped over the winter.