that is the new T3000, what I call the full meal deal with all the changes (minus the 1 man goalie which is coming unless something unusal happens)
new men, new bearings, new side strips
supposed to have the warped surface issue taken care of which was an random issue on the late model T2000's however, none of these tables have actually shipped yet that I know of
the only ones in existance are in a bar in TX and the people there say they are the best table Tornado has ever made
the current new ball is the dark red ball introduced for the first time at ITSF Worlds in France earlier in the month but there is a lot of negative feedback on the design so this may change
the rest of it I believe is here to stay unless they improve the rods which I think are the weakness of the table
Tornado had used the Merkel heat-treated rod during most of the Grey Marble runs but quit him because the rod was too expensive and went with an imported heat-treated rod which wasn't as good but was still better than their previous non-heat-treated rods of the past
however, it is my understanding that this current model is not using that rod and so there have been some complaints of some rods bending but it isn't an absolute every table thing
I don't know when this table will be actually avaible, fully assembled as is...right now they still seem to be shipping the latest model T2000 and giving a "kit" to bring it up to the new T3000 level...if this is the case, you are still dealing with some warped tops which are part of the late T2000 runs
if you plan on getting one of the new ones, you will have to do some serious homework and get someone to guarentee that if the surface is warped they will replace the entire table
we have a warped surface late model T2000 in our favorite bar and Tornado agree to replace the surface but that just means shipping a new surface and someone else figuring out how to but it in correctly...I don't think this is acceptable
hope that helps
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