See LOTR has a metal one, and it does stop the ball which is great for MET, but the right orbit still misses on LOTR. That post should have been twice as big on LOTR I think.

It's not that I don't want it to stop the ball. I don't want the ball to hit the post then roll back into the orbit and back to the flippers.

I want it to stop the ball and head into the pops like it should.

I guess I don't know how to respond? When a post designed to stop a ball and drop it into the pops inadvertently sends it back into the orbit and to the flippers, I see that as a design flaw. On every Metallica I've played, the snake shot does not work. At best, 25% bounce out, but that's dialed in, tends to be 50%+

Are there METs out there where the posts work and the snake shot doesn't bounce out, I dunno. But having two major shots not working, for me, is enough to say the game has serious mechanical issues.

On LOTR, if you give that post just a little bend, it still fits through the hole and the ball makes contact every time. It's tricky but can be done.

Maybe there is something you can do to MET to make that shot better, I have no idea.

how can you bend it? Looked pretty solid to me and there isn't a lot of play in that hole. <-------HA see what I just said right there!

Local METs here don't have a problem with the Snake or the post. Once in awhile the ball will come back off the post but that is not the norm and no Snake bounce out issues ever. I have noticed it is *much* easier to shoot the snake shot on a Pro vs. LE with the moving jaw. Pros seem to suck the ball in like a vacuum where the LE needs a better shot to make it.

And the funny part is the 'fix' for LOTR's post is to put a rubber sleeve on it. There's an anecdote about them telling the mechanical designer that the post was too freakin' small but he wouldn't listen to the team and it went in like that anyways.

Don't bend. Unscrew assembly under playfield. Add a washer or two at the back of machine. Tighten back down over washers . This will tilt post into lane. Add a post rubber onto post to aid in coverage.

Back on topic . Watch video and then play ST:TNG . I know you will enjoy it.

this is not a bad idea. I think i'll do this along with add some shrink tube to the post. Will deaden it more and make it slightly larger. Both things should stop this from happening again.

I owned a very nice STTNG with color DMD, LEDS, Invisaglass and wanted to love it. However I had only been playing pinball pinball for about two years and the game with my skill level was just frustrating. I played it daily for about six months and rarely had enjoyable games on it.

I later bought a Refinery Edition Met Pro that has all the powered coated legs, LEDs, specialized back box and under the cabinet lighting etc. The shots are easier and the sparky toy is awesome. It is my favorite that I own at this time. I I have LOTR, TAF, RFM, POTC and I play the MET Pro more than all the others combined.

So unless you are a very accurate shooter and have good ball skills the STTNG will leave you feeling defeated. Also with the wide body pin the shots just feel different than standard body pins. Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.