Well, the 1000 LEs are all sold out. There seems to be a LOT of interest in Rush as a pinball theme. Us pinheads that like pinball and love Rush are going crazy with joy and excitement. It led me to this fine forum! As to the maintenance of modern machines... I've had very little trouble. Occasionally, a switch get flaky and may need a little adjustment but the built-in diagnostics screens are really helpful to test each component and troubleshoot. Plus there are 100s of pinheads that will go out of there way to help you fix issues.