Thanks for taking those pics - the art looks even better the closer you look!

Disagree -> Aerosmith is awesome fun in a "quick game" style game. Dialed In has a certain style to it that fits the deep + complicated + long game style game. Both are good, it just depends what you want. For me, AS is preferred. Obviously, you like WOZ as it's your avatar , so you like the deep, complicated, long playing games. Plus the artwork and fun animations just puts AS over the top. Dialed in has GREAT video features, but they just don't do it for me - I prefer what was done on AS as it's plain and simply just more fun for me. Both games shoot very well, with Dialed in being super smooth. Definitely the best flow of the 3 JJP games.

Deadflip did an early twitch video showing Aerosmith Premium.

It's a great game - I have MET, TWD, AC/DC, Tron, GB, LOTR, ST and more - and the ONLY game everyone wants to play is AS.

Rules are PLENTY deep - A bit deeper than Tron, which is awesome too. Not as deep as Keith's games: Hobbit, Woz, LOTR, TSPP - but nothing else is anyway. Lasting power will be GREAT IMO - for me it's right there with MET, TWD and Tron (top picks for me).

I'm a good judge of games, and AS is a big winner for sure

Vic - Konghusker asked how "owners" feel about the game. You didn't buy one did you?

I'm not - People have been giving Aerosmith bad reviews without playing it "enough" (or at all LOL).
Welcome to the club!

You're missing the point.
What you are saying is equivalent to: "AC/DC would be a better game if you removed the bell feature - all it does is change the scoring"

Here is a more direct analogy to make it clear - these 2 statements are pretty much the same:
----- It's more fun to have the 2x / 3x PF Multiplier feature of the AC/DC bell, then to remove it.
----- It's more fun to have the 2x PF Multiplier feature of the AS upper playfield, then to remove it.

There is a bug with the credit knock - it knocks 1 less time than it's suppose to.
1 player matches: - no knock -
2 players match: 1 knock
3 players match: 2 knocks
4 players match: 3 knocks

If you listen closely, when the animation is playing (currently) you can hear exactly what you said: "Going dowwwwn - and then Steven Tyler laughing".

To fix the right ramp rejects...

Add a clear plastic over the first 3-4 inches of the lane (top of the ramp).
I did this with a very thin clear plastic piece -> the kind that would cover an instruction card.

The ball has the potential to launch off the top of the right ramp and get air born, which then causes it to jiggle in the lane and lose momentum. Having the lower "cover" keeps the ball from getting too much air, and makes it smoother.

NOTE: Stern has a deflector above that same area, but it's too high. Probably because they wanted to keep it open for cleaning of the upper playfield.

I prefer the Premium/LE - I really enjoy the entire upper playefield set up. It makes the game more exciting IMO.

Why would it be ridiculous to fix a known mistake by either adding a post or getting longer flippers?

NEW Interactive Game Guide for Aerosmith: http://pinballzoo.com/Games/GameTips?id=902

-- Displays Shots on Shot Map for selected rule
-- Optimized for Cell Phones

Please check it out

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Sure - Here is Stern Star Trek: http://pinballzoo.com/Games/GameTips?id=884

If you go here: http://pinballzoo.com/Games you can search for any game
- I've got almost every game in the system, but only have rules/guides for around 30 games so far

Highlights
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- Skill shot and Super Skill Shot Added - they award Smart Missiles (1 for skill shot, 2 for super)
- Smart Missiles can be earned on Skill Shots (same as above, but important)
- Medley Multiball Wizard mode is like SOS on Tron -> you can Complete the Modes you haven't completed when playing them
--- this helps advance towards "Final Tour Wizard Mode" - as you must complete all of the modes to get there (also play the 2 main MBs)
--- If you complete ALL requirements for Final Tour before getting to Medley, you get a 200M Bonus
- Modes have been reworked - mostly to be easier -> and they are all 50 seconds long
--- CIU does not add time to modes any more (but the mystery may)
--- Crank It Up is lit as soon as the modes start (by default) -> there is an adjustment to require X shots to light CIU (defaults to 0)
- Love in an Elevator MB scoring is reworked - more lucrative now -> especially if you can reach Floor 9 as you collect a SUPER JP of the total of your JPs
- Final Tour Wizard mode has been reworked
- Various smaller fixes and enhancements

I've updated the Aerosmith Game Guide for version 1.06:

http://pinballzoo.com/Games/GameTips?id=903

It should award the "Best Shot" at the time you use it (with possibly a few exceptions).

Experience will let you know! Seriously, what the software decides is the best shot will probably match what you think is best - but may sometimes be different.

Pro was never the best version on Aerosmith - unless you like that bare bones type of openness (which some people do).

IMO the upper playfield is implemented extremely well for what it's trying to accomplish. The difficulty is a great balance for it's reward of 2X playfield and it adds a great deal of strategy when playing competitively. Love in an Elevator Multiball works better on the Premium/LE due to the extra drop target integration for qualifying MB, and the Elevator Floor Jackpots feed the 2X Playfield strategy.

They didn't mention changing the song timers - but they might have.

This is what the read me says changed (relevant to the discussion)...

- Added game logic and an adjustment to make Sweet Emotion easier to finish,
default = EASY. Now, upon timing out, the mode preserves it's progress.
Previously (and now the HARD setting) the mode resets it's progress.

- Changed the behavior of 3 modes, i.e. Back in the Saddle, Rats in the Cellar
and Walk this Way. Now these modes will count down and time out if not completed.

- Added game logic and an adjustment to change the difficulty of advancing
towards Medley Multiball. Previously Medley Multiball was advanced by making
1 shot during each mode/multiball. Now, with the "SHOTS NEEDED TO QUALIFY MEDLEY MULTIBALL"
adjustment, the game can be adjusted to require more shots to advance to this
wizard mode feature. Default = 1 shot.

So "Sweet Emotion" is easier, BitS, RitC and WtW will time out, and Medley Multiball difficulty (to start) is adjustable.
- BitS, RitC and Wtw - this change affects getting to Final Tour - but does NOT change getting to Medley Multiball
- The Shots Needed to Qualify adjustment defaults to the same value as before - so it shouldn't be harder

My suggestions for making it easier would be similar to Who-Deys...
- shorten the Song Timer(s)
- change "Shots Needed to Qualify" to Zero

It's really not about the game - they are just against the band (even though they will tell you that's not true).

There are MANY people that are anti-Aerosmith the band. If you check the threads regarding the announcement of the game coming, people were knocking it before they even saw the game. Most of these people are Hard Rock / Heavy Metal fans and IMO they felt betrayed by Aerosmiths second half of their career, since they started out as "great hard rockers" and the later years added more ballads and radio friendly tunes --- many view them as sell-outs.

You've kind of answered your own question...
- Reflow the solder joints on your opto connectors (if they are not soldered, crimp the connectors tighter)
- Make sure the optos are clean, and adjusted as well as possible (facing directly at each other)