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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature), Flipcommons Catalog.
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- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)A numbered plaque is a small engraved plate fitted to a machine built in a capped run, carrying that machine's own number within the run. It travels with a certificate of authenticity, and it is the piece of a limited edition that cannot be reproduced afterwards. The plaque belongs to a commercial arrangement rather than to the game: the same design sold at two or three specification levels, with the dearest level limited to a stated number of machines. [[manufacturer:stern-pinball]] listed "1-500 Numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity" among the limited-edition-only features of *[[model:transformers-limited-edition]]* in 2011, with 125 more numbered machines each in the [[model:transformers-autobot-crimson-limited-edition]] and [[model:transformers-decepticon-violet-limited-edition]] trims.[1][2] The wording has barely moved since: *[[model:transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-limited-edition]]* is capped at 750 machines worldwide and ships with a sequentially numbered plaque and a signed certificate.[3][4] The practice is not one firm's. [[manufacturer:turner-pinball]] caps *[[model:merlins-arcade-legendary-edition]]* at 500 machines, each numbered and accompanied by a signed certificate, and leaves its cheaper edition unnumbered and unlimited.[5][6] [[manufacturer:pedretti-gaming]] gave *[[model:funhouse-remake-limited-edition]]* a numbered metal plaque and a certificate signed in the name of the game's talking head.[7] That contrast with the cheaper edition is the point of the thing. Much of what separates the tiers — code, a shaker motor, a topper — can be bought later as an upgrade kit and fitted to a machine that shipped without it.[8] The number cannot, and the plaque is what fixes a machine's place in a run that is closed.
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- Numbered PlateFlipcommons CatalogNumbered PlaqueFlipcommons Catalog
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- Numbered PlaquesFlipcommons Catalog
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- activeFlipcommons Catalog
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- numbered-plaquesFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Stern Pinball — https://www.sternpinball.com/Games/transformers-le.aspx Archive
1-500 Numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity.
- Stern Pinball — https://www.sternpinball.com/Games/transformers-le.aspx Archive
1-125 Numbered plaque and certificate of authenticity.
- Stern Pinball — https://www.sternpinball.com/2026/05/20/roll-out-for-battle-with-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-by-stern-pinball
Limited to 750 games globally, the highly collectible Limited Edition model includes
- Stern Pinball — https://www.sternpinball.com/2026/05/20/roll-out-for-battle-with-transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-by-stern-pinball
a sequentially numbered plaque, a signed Certificate of Authenticity
- Turner Pinball — https://turnerpinball.com/games/merlins-arcade
machines will be produced. Each will be numbered and include a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
- Turner Pinball — https://turnerpinball.com/games/merlins-arcade
Arcade Edition™ machines are not numbered or limited.
- Pinball News — https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/05/14/funhouse-remake-revealed
The Limited Edition also gains an enhanced sound system, a numbered metal plaque and a certificate of authenticity
- Pinball News — https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2024/05/14/funhouse-remake-revealed
Additional upgrades and add-ons for the Classic Edition will be available for purchase, including 2.0 game code, shaker motor, and a topper.