This pin is probably the top 5 best shooter ever.

I went to boxcar in greensboro and this type of machine was on free-play. Man that was a great day.

Thorough, intelligent, helpful review. Appreciated.

Star Trek has been done several times. Now "Galaxy Quest" would be a Laugh : )

Great game, lots of fun. Steve Ritchie really hit it out of the park on this one. That said, the ball seems to jump off the playfield way too often on the 3 different machines I've played. It's constant.

Good presentation and attention to detail. Thank you for sharing.

When I bought my television I got a year warranty with it. And when I had trouble with my television a service man came over and fixed my television under warranty. There is no way after spending that much money on a pinball machine would I have made the fixes myself. Doesn't Stern have a warranty of some sort? In-house service?

Awesome review. Thank you!

AC/DC LE/Premium had color changing LED's on it, long before WOZ.

R.I.P. Value in Stern LE series of pinball machines. This was the last one where you really got something extra for the higher purchase price. This game has got the awesome armor with the phaser LEDs as well as the nice lighted emblems and shaker motor that the premium doesn't come with. The next title Ritchie did, Game of Thrones, the only thing the LE gains is the number plaque and a mirrored glass for the same extra $$$ as this was over a premium. Also, Game of Thrones LE, no more lockbar handle (gone to cheap clips you mention) no play field supports (same cheap rods as in pro) and plastic apron now, too! If that's not enough, they even got rid of the interlock switch. Yup, no more high voltage disable when you open the door. Unbelievable. No more LEs for me.

Geez, that's WAY too much money for a machine with such lax quality control. I wonder if Walking Dead & Wrestle Mania have the same issues? Thanks for the great review!

It would've been nice if you went through all the differences between the ST models. Great review, though!

Agreed, for that kind of money, you shouldn't have to fix or clean anything. I was looking into getting the pro series, but now I'll wait on that.

Grate video, thanks for sharing.. Someone at stern is not doing there job properly .

The knocker coil????????

Couldn't agree more about the annoying wedge GI sockets. They continually come loose on my Metallica LE, and it's not exactly easy to reach many of them. There's a reason bayonet sockets were used for GI, even decades after the introduction of wedge sockets. Stern, please stop saving money in this area. I'd gladly pay a couple bucks more per game for bayonet GI sockets.

Bally made WCS94, not WMS.

You have a halting. manner. of speech. strangely reminiscent of one James T. Kirk

Dear god is there Anything you Didn't whine about? lol Amazing game but a simple overview would have been better.

When you higher top notch employees, you get top notch quality. What do people expect for $10k? Stern has been cutting corners so much they've become rounded, and it shows. ST is a good game, it really is, but the shit quality of the machine has left a sour taste in my mouth, especially at that price. JJ has shown what a quality build looks like (save for bad LED boards) but it's their first. As long as people blindly buy Stern games for TOP BUCK he'll continue to cheapen out as much as he can. Sorry man, but a florescent light bulb and stickers on the cab are for shit. Bad artwork, bad DMD animations, crap quality, and everyone still praises it, Gary should thank his lucky stars Steve Ritchie joined with him.