I'm aware it's different based on the version of the game. On the LE Enlarging Ray no longer happens when coming out of the laboratory. What's the point of sticking enlarging ray as a chattering teeth award if it does nothing on the LE but constantly causes the mode to run on the PRO? That's the point I'm trying to make.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1240938175?t=01h43m00s

Jack even says while in raven multiball why is enlarging ray happening. It makes no sense and awarded no points. Then at 1:44 he lights it again while still in raven multiball. Now imagine you are on the pro. Now you have had the grandpa mode start twice while in raven. Makes no sense. That's my point but I guess no one else sees it so oh well.

- Added Chattering Teeth Feature. Each time the player hits a target or goes
into the Grandpa Scoop the player will receive one or more Chattering
Teeth. At thresholds of Chattering Teeth the player will receive awards:
- Award End of ball bonus Multipliers
- Advance Playfield multipliers
- Light Enlargement Ray
- Light CHATTERING TEETH SUPER JACKPOT. There are now 11 ways to
stack SUPER JACKPOTS
- Light EXTRA BAll

- Changed how Enlarging Ray is started. Its no longer tied to completing the
four fang targets on the PRO. On both the PRO and PREMIUM now its part of
Chattering Teeth.

I see your point. Dwight pays attention to this thread or maybe send him a PM. maybe get fixed on the next update he mentioned.

Oh, i see what your talking about now.. Thanks!

Since I can’t get a stern Wolfie shooter, figured I’d ask here, any advise on some shooter rod options for Munsters? I’ve seen quite a few but honestly they don’t feel like the right one.

Thanks in advance!

Cointaker has them

https://cointaker.com/products/the-munsters-shooter-knob

I'm just super stoked that they are finally giving Munsters the love it deserves code wise!!!

Knowing it didn't fall off the radar means they'll certainly balance scoring and work out some of the new oddities.

We now fall into the next predictable stage of game development- major code drops, bugs are found, and instead of being grateful for whats added, we bitch about what still needs to be done.

Thank you Stern!!!!

( Jack makes every game look easy btw)

Already ordered, and I’m backorder, was politely told They can refund me at any point. So I’m assuming it’s a no go.

how bout a munsters front door knocker shooter rod

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I ordered a Herman Munster shooter rod from TILTGRAPHICS n it is very nice it’s 90$ n I’m very impressed with it.

Exactly said. I’m grateful for the update n love it yes there’s always a few things that will need tweaking but I’m so happy we haven’t been forgotten n there’s still one more code update for insider connect n most likely they will do some polishing then on it.

Shoot me if you want. Why is there not a ball launch feature. A decorative doorbell style would look cool in my opinion.

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Man it’s gotten quite on here. Any body got to play further in the new code or been to busy to play like I have. Work is killing me has anyone updated there rateing talk to me my people is there anybody left out there. LOL LOL

I hear you ! I loaded the recent code update and like the improvements. Had a play around with the new 'DJ Mixer' mode and had it running for some time to listen to all the tracks. Great feature.

I've been playing so much lately... Its like having a whole new pin... I Luv the new videos... The new call outs.. Simply Amazing! So thankful for this update.. Well done Stern.

I agree it’s absolutely a blast to play n if they do a little more polishing on the insider connect update that would be even more fantastic I’m happy with what they did so far. I finally got to play a couple of times last night on mine n a couple of games on my guardians of galaxy. I finally got my pin stadium lights on my Munsters premium n wow it’s unbelievable the way it brings all the color out in this pin.

The munsters update and JP pro 1.05 both did the resume reboot :/ and that was doing full verify

Quick post.... So.. I purchased the quiet fan kit from Pinball Life for my Munsters Premium B&W.. Its Amazing!! Easy installation.. Its whisper quiet.. I highly recommended it!! What a difference it makes.. WoW!! One of the best mods yet..

https://www.pinballlife.com/stern-spike-system-plug-n-play-quiet-fan-kit.html

What videos are new?

Iam in the “works been too crazy to give me time to play,” camp.

Yep, easy install...I put them on both my Munsters and EHOH...big difference.

When I upgraded to 1.03 and then 1.10 my bar guy thought there were tons of new content at each upgrade. Lots of gameplay clips used were not seen before

What do you gain with the upgraded fan? Looks like it compatible with all 3 of my games....

silence

If you leave your spike 1/2 games on, you'll hear the fans kick in every so often and just hum/spin HARD.
On route, whatever, in the home, I get it. However I would just be cautious for any warranty work/claims etc this mod opens up the psu to replace.... do at your own risk, or know it voids the warranty (given there may not be any issues doing it what so ever)

I tried couch potato mode, very fun. I think and it seemed like it is 1 player only? I had 2 credits but it wouldn't add p2. However on JP pro with escape nublar, you can do a normal 4 player game in that mode. I hope people try it on route! Stern should almost make a print out Op's can hang at/near the machine to inform players what that mode is and how to get in to try.

Thanks. I dont leave mine on when not playing.... so dont think I need

My GB would do it every so often....didn't bug me much. But spooky games are loud AF all the time.

*Here is the changelog.. There is soooo much new in v1.10. This is a major update. It's obvious alot of time went into it. It's best you just read over the changelog.

PRO V1.10 - DECEMBER 25, 2021
=============================
FIXED:
- (PRO) - When BOOST GRANDPA was awarded from MYSTERY, it wasn't boosting
ENLARGING RAY scores properly.
- (PRE/LE) - When BOOST GRANDPA was awarded from MYSTERY, it wasn't boosting
THE MACHINE scores properly.
- MYSTERY's state was not resetting across multiple players.
- PRO - Advancing to start ENLARGING RAY was not being maintained across
players correctly.
- (PREM/LE) - Advancing to start GRANDPA's LABORATORY was not being maintained
across players correctly

NEW:
- Added boot logo

- MARILYN now awards SUPER SPINNER and SUPER LOOPS in addition to SUPER POPS.
- Each SUPER feature is timed and increases scoring while active.
- SUPER SPINNER - SPINNER is lit for an additional 20K/spin for 30 seconds.
- SUPER LOOPS - EDDIE LOOPS are lit for 100K for 40 seconds.

- Added speech to many many places all throughout the game.

- Added flasher effect for hitting LILY BANK.
- Added sound effects while lighting GRANDPA.
- Added lamp effect to EDDIE LOOPS when EDDIE inlanes are shot.
- Added lamp effect to MARILYN RAMP when MARILYN inlanes are shot.
- Added EDDIE CHAMPION.
- Added MARILYN CHAMPION.

GAME PLAY MENU
- Added a game play menu.
- To use the menu, between games, hold in both flipper buttons.
- There are 4 items to choose from the menu:
- STANDARD - NORMAL PLAY
- COMPETITION - ALL RANDOMNESS REMOVED
- DJ MIXER - PLAY TUNES FROM THE GAME
- CHALLENGE - COUCH POTATO CHALLENGE MODE
- Added DJ Mixer with several Playlist
- Added COUCH POTATO CHALLENGE MODE

COUCH POTATO CHALLENGE MODE
- Added a Challenge mode to the game play menu.
- Starts as a two ball multiball but it is also a timed mode.
- It ends if the time runs out or if you drain down to zero balls.
- Mode has two STAGES and starts in STAGE ONE
- STAGE ONE
- All shots are lit on the main playfield. On the PREM/LE the lower
playfield is not used.
- After 3 shots the game will play a clip from the show and add a
ball into play.
- You have 10 seconds to make the shot.
- Shoot any shot to move to STAGE TWO.
- STAGE TWO
- Only the targets are lit.
- Hitting any target returns the player to STAGE ONE and puts 10
seconds on the clock.
- Completing 20 shots completes and ends the mode.
- Kitty is always available to advance playfield multiplier
- Added COUCH POTATO CHAMPION

- Added Chattering Teeth Feature. Each time the player hits a target or goes
into the Grandpa Scoop the player will receive one or more Chattering
Teeth. At thresholds of Chattering Teeth the player will receive awards: - Award End of ball bonus Multipliers
- Advance Playfield multipliers
- Light Enlargement Ray
- Light CHATTERING TEETH SUPER JACKPOT. There are now 11 ways to
stack SUPER JACKPOTS
- Light EXTRA BAll

- Changed how Enlarging Ray is started. Its no longer tied to completing the
four fang targets on the PRO. On both the PRO and PREMIUM now its part of
Chattering Teeth.

- Changed how Secret Mania will start. It no longer has an easter egg code.
Now it starts randomly from Mystery.

TWEAKED:
- Shooter lane speech plays less frequently.
- Spinner flasher effects pulse in time with spins better.
- ZAP JACKPOT display effect now shows how many more for SUPER JACKPOT.
- Speech callout for 5X DRAGULA timing tweaked.
- Lowered minimum TROUGH EJECT POWER adjustment to 64.
- Reduced the SUPER JACKPOT score multiplier curve for stacked supers. also
Reduced the starting score base for Supers.
- ATTRACT SHOW INTRO SOUND removed from Directors Cut.
- (PRE/LE) - The VUK on the lower playfield was sometimes playing sound
effects during game over.
- KITTY now shows the new playfield multiplier.
- Tweaked the EQ of many of the speech calls.
- Improved many of the sounds
- If you are holding the Action button when the super jackpot display begins
it will be canceled. You no longer have to press and hold the button after
the display begins.

MOVED TO SYSTEM 3.01:
Updated to nodeboard firmware v0.81.0

Added Standard Adjustment "LCD DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS" to allow dimming of LCD
display.

Added Standard Audit "Total Power Ons" which will display the number of
time the machine has been power cycled (Spike2 only). This audit was
added in system 2.45 and is not included for display.

When starting a game ramp the backbox GI from "ATTRACT MODE B.BOX
BRIGHTNESS" to "GAME PLAY B.BOX BRIGHTNESS".
When ending a game ramp the backbox GI from "GAME PLAY B.BOX BRIGHTNESS" to
"ATTRACT MODE B.BOX BRIGHTNESS".

New Standard Adjustment "START BUTTON ATTRACT MODE ILLUM."
This adjustment, which is only available and active when the game is in
FREE PLAY mode, controls the behavior of the Start Button Light.
Values are:
"ALWAYS OFF" - Start Button Light is always off when in attract mode.
"BLINKING" - Start Button Light will blink when in attract mode. This
is the DEFAULT and previous behavior.
"ALWAYS ON" - Start Button Light is always on when in attract mode.

Update TARGET_GAME_TIME adjustment to ensure a minimal ball saver even after
the target game time is met.

Do not display LOCATING NODE BOARD at boot when coin door interlock switch
has disabled node board power.

Improve backbox and cabinet audio synchronization.

Update the HSTD reset counter when the Standard Adjustment is changed. Added TARGET_GAME_TIME adjustment, accessible when the BALL_SAVE_TIME
adjustment is enabled.
TARGET_GAME_TIME enables a multi-use ball saver, whose duration is
dynamically calculated for each ball to help ensure the player has
a guaranteed amount of play time per game.
TARGET_GAME_TIME has a range of 1m 30s to 3m 00s and defaults to
NO_TARGET_TIME (disabled).
When disabled a traditional single-use BALL_SAVE_TIME ball saver will be
used for each ball in play.
When enabled the first ball of play will have a multi-use ball saver of
BALL_SAVE_TIME sec. The second ball will have a multi-use ball saver
which is 25% of (TARGET_GAME_TIME - player_game_time).
The third and beyond will have a multi-use ball saver which is 50% of
(TARGET_GAME_TIME - player_game_time).

Any one get Secret Mania off the Mystery award yet? I am still a shut out on that one.

No, it has not been seen yet. We need two things:
1. A way to increase percentage of it happening in menu
2. More than 1 mystery award per game.

Or just make it a mode attainable by hitting certain objectives.

agreed.

Also would like to see coach potato as part of game play. Also an owner adjustment to allow midnight madness as part of play if desired.

I 3D printed the fan cooler, but I'm waiting on connectors so I wired it to an external supply. The power supply 'jet engine' fan never turned on. Nice and quiet!

I came across this nicely done gameplay video for the new code v1.10;

I’ve only got it when it was an Easter egg. Haven’t even seen it flash on the mystery pages.

Well I just noticed I have a broken rubber on the lower left side of my LE....so time for a Titan set...

Lot of kits there but no pics.... one "glow" set. Ideas on what looks good etc before I order....??

I usually go all clear now, but I thought green or purple may look good and I think someone posted recently (some months ago) for me when I asked.

Has anyone asked a distributor if they are going to make more Munsters toppers?

Having one mystery award per game makes no sense, especially since it's lit automatically and usually collected within seconds of play on ball 1.

Any body done powder coating on there Munsters premium color I would like to see some photos of them if u got some. I’m hoping to get some time to play work is killing my playing time lol.

Today while cleaning my PRO, I noticed the right side opto on the left ramp was broken off its cheap plastic mount. There's no way its beam was shining through the tiny hole in the side of the metal ramp for god knows how long?!

Is this a known issue on munsters? Go check yours now.

It seems that the opto board on the right side of the left ramp is very vulnerable to ball hits AND the mount holding the opto board to the hole is very weak and fragile.

Does stern sell this little plastic opto bracket?

Weird but my right flipper has been sticking up sometimes. I'm sure it's a coil stop.

And my exact same ramp opto mount is broken so the opto no longer shines through the hole.

What did you do to fix this?

Yes, this was a known issue and stern has a kit fix for it…. Let me look it up

Straight up folks…Munsters is pretty sweat. Just cleaned and waxed a recent pickup and this thing is playing fast with tremendous flow. I can understand people may not like how shallow this game is, but a) you get to feel like a professional player for a second when you’re crushing Munster madness all the time, b) it’s easy to explain to friends and very approachable, and c) when some says “what do you mean by ‘buttery smooth’ shots?” You can simply tell them to play some munsters.

I replaced the sensor/opto and stern has a plastic #19 they call it, that now covers that area. If you ask stern or your distributor for the left ramp opto and plastic fix, they’ll know. Specially with a picture

Glad you like it. It’s really a great game n specially with the new code update it’s really brought more to the game. My family loves my premium

They’re not. They no longer have the license.

there is this replacement post, that will help that the wireform will not deform. It will also help the wireform stays away from the opto.
On my machine the wireform sheared of a cable on the opto as it was bent too much inward.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4276887

and then there is this opto cover to protect the electronics and cables:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4359221

it seems it happens on some machines more than others. Please have look if your wirefom left to the herman bash is deformed.

but it could have also been just a lucky shot hitting the opto

I figured... I was looking to pimp out our route Munsters as I think the bar owner wants to take it home at some point and dang...Love the game. I put the new code on but I have not played it yet. Pretty excited to try it.

Thanks guys! I will look at the wire form and see if it is bent. As a temp fix, I super glued the round part of the opto to the metal ramp and also the opto boards bottom to the wireform. I tested it and it works now! I haven't played the game yet but it seems to be a solid temp fix. I can undo this quick fix easily when I get the right parts. Who sells the 3d printed parts?

i did put the post on thingiverse for people to print. Some guy did sell them for a moderate price some time ago. But maybe if you ask around somone will be maybe willing to print for material cost, postage and some little extra.
i did buy a extra opto too for my munsters ramp, but a year later my temp fix with the soldered cable is still installed

I printed and installed the 3D part maybe a year ago, no issues (but home use). The other thing I did was to use some of those little zip tie things to secure the wires so they can't move around if by chance they get hit (unlikely).