Ghost Busters - 2016 - would you get it

[Caveoftreasures]

I am pretty sure Gary Stern has had a lot of practice running a pinball factory's production over the last 40 plus years.
The emphasis is on quality & not quantity which is much better for the end consumer.

Waiting for quality is always better than getting something quicker & having issues.
I like watching the Stern videos where everything is being done at a casual quality pace instead of a frantic pace like USA car companies.

Women also seem to make up the majority of the production staff at Stern which is great.
They should be very proud of the products they hand make that end up all over the world.

Does anyone have any knowledge about Bally or Wiiams or Gottlieb back in the glory days ?
We're most of the staff male or female mostly or was it a 50/50.

Always wondered why Stern has a mostly lady workforce.
If it works, can it & clone it they say !

[oldskool1969]

Is that a good or bad thing? 
No matter what I say/think I will be wrong 

[Strangeways]

Is that a good or bad thing? 
No matter what I say/think I will be wrong 

Stern have come a long way since being bailed out by investors. A lot of smart decisions that have set the ship back on course. Their larger production facility has a lot of great new machines from Stern and boutique manufacturers - Whoa Nellie, MM and the next games (AFM etc). Plus the Stern titles in the pipeline and re runs etc. Fantastic news for pinball collectors.

Regarding QA - I can only speak from experience. My KISS LE has only had the sound cutting out, which Joe from KJWHF addressed immediately. I was recently made aware that distributors are asked to perform "Pre Flight Checks" on ALL new Sterns to check for issues that may have arisen during shipment, or QA issues not picked up during production. The increase in warranty claims was the main reason. Customers can have the unboxing themselves, but distros prefer to unbox and check everything. The KISS Pros seemed to have suffered the most with the decals peeling, and the cab bolts overtightened twist the artwork. Easy fix with an iron and cloth !

Women in the workforce - why not ! I think it is great !

From what I'm hearing, the production line is running full capacity with the Sterns and other machines.

[GORGAR 1]

Is that a good or bad thing?  
No matter what I say/think I will be wrong  

Stern have come a long way since being bailed out by investors. A lot of smart decisions that have set the ship back on course. Their larger production facility has a lot of great new machines from Stern and boutique manufacturers - Whoa Nellie, MM and the next games (AFM etc). Plus the Stern titles in the pipeline and re runs etc. Fantastic news for pinball collectors.

Regarding QA - I can only speak from experience. My KISS LE has only had the sound cutting out, which Joe from KJWHF addressed immediately. I was recently made aware that distributors are asked to perform "Pre Flight Checks" on ALL new Sterns to check for issues that may have arisen during shipment, or QA issues not picked up during production. The increase in warranty claims was the main reason. Customers can have the unboxing themselves, but distros prefer to unbox and check everything. The KISS Pros seemed to have suffered the most with the decals peeling, and the cab bolts overtightened twist the artwork. Easy fix with an iron and cloth !

Women in the workforce - why not ! I think it is great !

From what I'm hearing, the production line is running full capacity with the Sterns and other machines.

I read somewhere that the production line has been ramped up to cope with all the games on the line-is there 9 titles? And alot of there staff are long time employees, good sign of a great place to work :).  I've been very happy with all my new games and any small issues where dealt with quickly :) AMD are great to deal with and I've also heard Joe is a top bloke.  Good times ahead if Maiden and Star Wars are the next couple.

[Cow Corner]

Iron Maiden suck balls, a very ordinary band that would make a very ordinary pin.
 

[GORGAR 1]

Just popped into Zax's to play GB and It's fast :) man that flipper gap but I don't hate it :) need to nudge and can easily backhand left ramp I like that. Art work really good just pops. Left captive balls very hard to hit. PF is packed with toys it looks great. It's brutal but not TWD brutal it keeps you on your toes. DMD tells you what to hit and ramp shots are good not to difficult. Slimer is a nice toy pretty easy to hit :) I'm sure owners will be happy.



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[Caveoftreasures]

Great post Pete.
Glad u had a great time.

Just testing out this new I pad I bought my son Hunter. 
I can type without glasses.lol

Gee Ghost Busters is looking like a lot of fun no complaints about code anywhere also which is a nice peaceful change !

[swinks]

PRO V1.04 - May 02, 2016

========================

New:

 - Added Instant info page for ghost caught. Will show how

        many ghost are needed for extra ball.

Fixes:

 - Updated to Node 0.18.2 to fix flipper issues

 - Fixed how the 3-ball captive ball counts locked balls. It

        will no longer be complete after only 2 balls locked.

Tweaks:

 - Completing Scoleri Brothers now lights 3X Super Jackpots

        instead of 1X.

 - Scoleri Brothers now only give one ghost during multiball

        and if you have >= 80 caught ghost.

 - Reduced how many ghost are caught from slimer during

        Storage Facility Multiball

 - Completing all the jackpots in Storage Facility will now

        Light Super Jackpot for 3X instead of 1X.

 - Increased the scores for Storage Facility jackpots

 - Increased the scores for Mass Hysteria jackpots

 - Terror Dog Hurry up now increases its value on both the

        Terror Dog target and Gozer Target

 - The Captive Ball toggles the flipper control from reversed

        to normal and back.

 - Adjusted the default high scores (lower)

[pinsanity]

Looks like Stern have learnt from the KISS code debacle with more timely code updates.

Hopefully we'll see some intelligent objective reviews appearing online soon.

Thanks for the update swinks. 

[GORGAR 1]

Great post Pete.
Glad u had a great time.

Just testing out this new I pad I bought my son Hunter. 
I can type without glasses.lol

Gee Ghost Busters is looking like a lot of fun no complaints about code anywhere also which is a nice peaceful change !

Cheers mate :) I just ducked in for a quick play as a friend has ordered one and I thought I'd give him some feedback although a very quick review sitting in the car park lol. I see on FB it got another code update so that's good news. Put a sheet of PDI glass on and the art and toys will look even better.

[Strangeways]

Looks like Stern have learnt from the KISS code debacle with more timely code updates.

Hopefully we'll see some intelligent objective reviews appearing online soon.

Thanks for the update swinks. 

+1

Great post Pete.
Glad u had a great time.

Just testing out this new I pad I bought my son Hunter. 
I can type without glasses.lol

Gee Ghost Busters is looking like a lot of fun no complaints about code anywhere also which is a nice peaceful change !

Cheers mate :) I just ducked in for a quick play as a friend has ordered one and I thought I'd give him some feedback although a very quick review sitting in the car park lol. I see on FB it got another code update so that's good news. Put a sheet of PDI glass on and the art and toys will look even better.

Thanks for sharing the pictures mate - game looks awesome 

[Brunswick Brawler]

Here is this mornings stream of GB LE.  The magnetic kickers look good to me.

https://www.twitch.tv/dead_flip/v/64587350

[swinks]

Here is this mornings stream of GB LE.  The magnetic kickers look good to me.

https://www.twitch.tv/dead_flip/v/64587350

I haven't watch it yet but read that at the 32 minutes and 59 minutes is all the magnetic ball action

[oldskool1969]

https://youtu.be/kFUDYo6VK7w?autoplay=1&rel=0

youtube link courtesy of dead flip 

[Cow Corner]

Cool video, the Prem/LE makes the Pro look pretty lame.