Quoted from FalconPunch:

Shameless indeed! Someone said that guy look like Kevin a while ago and it was all good. Chuck popaduik into the mix and you have crossed the line!
Yes. I am sure all manufactures are super serious about everything and can't have a laugh. Look at how miserable Jack was when he came down to Australia.
» YouTube video
Lighten up people. It was just meant to be a bit of fun. Do you come on pinside to have fun and have laugh. Or to get into arguments and hate? Seem like that latter is more popular.

Quoted from Hazoff:

I'm looking forward to where my issue with this pin I'm a little turned off because of the look of the metal ramps.

Quoted from epotech:

Pure conjecture on your part unless you can back up this with facts.

Quoted from Whysnow:

xeno work?
all lights work?
can we get some photos of underside, new GI, etc?

Quoted from TOLLS:

Having a ball blasting space beings here in Australia. Only had Alien for a short time but trust me, it’s a freaking blast.

Quoted from Olaa:

The day has finally come! Thanks retro arcade.

Quoted from pinsanity:

The distributor is a current paid up commercial sponsor on that forum.
He got reinstated through the Homepin loophole after being banned for life except that Homepin has subsequently been deemed persona non grata there so how to conduct commercial sales on a commercially biased forum without drawing the arbitrary ire of the Admin?
Machines are being sold locally in Australia (approaching 40 by last count) but to new money - those who are outside of the local pinball forum clique and either don't know the backstory or the risk of being able to obtain replacement parts in the future.

Quoted from Ilushka85:

Did those users also update the io boards ? It’s a manual update

Quoted from pinsanity:

Meanwhile in Australia.

Quoted from mnpinball:

As of November 1st 2017 only enough molded toys were made for 120 games.
No more orders were placed with the molder vendors supplier.

Quoted from EalaDubhSidhe:

They couldn't have liquidated straight away even if they wanted to, not without repercussions, because the fly in that ointment would have been, er, me. Specifically, the situation I'd been put in and what the HMRC was trying to do about it.

Quoted from Nepi23:

Question to those of you fortunate enough to have an Alien from the latest manufacturing batch (I think it was 02/2018?):
How well have these games operated out of the box? What kind of problems have you had? Did you get support from
seller/Heighway to fix the problem or did you manage to do it yourself?

Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Do all the LEs have lighted side cabinet panels?

Quoted from Aurich:

The damn thing is sold. The money is definitely not giving me stress, gonna do something for my family with it, feels good.

Quoted from WolfManCat:

Was just playing and not sure where this screw came flying from... I think somewhere from the orbits... crazy

Also noticed last night that it shipped with a broken plastic. Guess it was just a matter of shoving these out the door before they were locked.

Quoted from Damonator:

Finally - I’m in! Had a deposit down on #237, ended up with #227 - close enough! I haven’t even played a game yet - still tweaking things - but it’s incredible just seeing it in person as I never thought I would own one.
Can someone point me to the software and IO updates? The link previously provided wasn’t working when I tried it.

Quoted from cliff_clavin:

That is irrelevant. If coin taker promised the security of the deposits, then they should refund the deposits ASAP. Their 80,000 was lost a long time ago particularly on a cash flow basis. A company looks ahead and plans for a crisis like this and should have the reserves to deal with it.
Of course its easy for some person on the forum to make these blanket statements but that’s what a small business has to do to survive in this challenging environment.
Cheers
C.

Quoted from iceman44:

Hoping to get through customs today and pick up tomorrow

Quoted from thewool:

In a weird parallel twist Andrew Heighway has just been blocked from the UK pinball sellers Facebook page. Odd indeed...

Quoted from TimeBandit:

Board laid out. Consider replacement LEDs for Alien now in unlimited supply.[quoted image]

Quoted from epotech:

You can't laser cut polycarbonate, petg is nearly as good and will laser cut.

Quoted from colonel_caverne:

Is it the board called I/O board?

Quoted from colonel_caverne:

Mine is build 11 April 2018. Maybe in the last batch?
Apparently all seems to work fine.
My first impressions are very good, populated playfield is really stunning, I love the inserts and the lightshow which grade reminds me Woz (best lightshow imho)
The ambience is awesome, one of the main assets. It is also pleasant to follow lcd animations on 3 screens, specially on the playfield to keep an eye on the ball.
I can’t talk about rules yet but the acid mode (the only one I played yet by lack of time) is well thought out combining shots to do and shot to not do.
Still looking for this big bolt is used to and if you need to adjust leg levelers or is it factory leveled like last Stern? It seemed to be well playable as is. [quoted image]

Quoted from Lamprey:

So, now that I've gotten everything setup, I've been playing a bunch more. Unfortunately, I'm having one small issue that I can fix, but was curious if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.
Sometimes, as in just about every other game, a ball stays at the every start of the trough. This then leads to a ball coming in on top of it that jams up the hole. I was just going to add some foam or something to the start to prevent this.
Not a huge deal. Just curious if anyone else is or has experienced this?
Also, the playfield is level side to side and the pitch is at 6.8 between the slings and 7.5 in front of the xenomorph.
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Quoted from djh00000:

Has anyone been successful at replacing a Mosfet on an I/O board and willing to fix one I have?

Quoted from Oneangrymo:

Ok more to my problem # 2. It only happens if its autolaunching! Not when I press the button to launch the ball. If I press the button the launch is strong and 100% . If its multi ball or a scream save, then the launcher does this nonsense.. where does that point the problem to?

Quoted from gold1:

Hello people,
I have an Alien Le with some issues and am wondering whether someone actually has a manual?

Quoted from WeirPinball:

I have 2 replacement computers completely configured for sale - with memory and ssd and software loaded. Plug an play for spare or repair. Will have more stuff in the near future.
Scott
one left

Quoted from MK6PIN:

very helpful...thank you!!! planning on changing to titan at the same time a PETG plastic set available..(anybody?...I've hit dead ends on 3 fronts)...

Quoted from TomDK:

We need the large pcbs .... most other needet stuff seems to be available ...
And lets build it in a standart cabinett .. with all the nice innovations HP had

Quoted from Nepi23:

It seems to be out of stock at free-play.se, but apparently from here you can still get them:
ebay.com link » Alien Heighway Pinball Original Genuine Io Board 1 4b Nos

Quoted from ChipScott:

https://redshiftled.com.au/Store.php#!/Alien-Standard-LED-replacement-8-pack/p/152413052/category=31425757
Australia. But unfortunately it looks like he is out of stock right now, but you can always send him a message and ask.

Quoted from skyknight320:

Does anyone know what happened to Timebandit? It's been a number of months since we seem him on here.
He last was working on a batch of new LED's. Would like to get some if possible.

Quoted from Jvspin:

Mr Pinball in Australia had a lot of original Alien parts. Don't see anything listed in their parts store but you could contact them.

Quoted from TomDK:

I got 2 facehugger as a present from a well know member ... thank you !
This facehugger are for PB, anyone ever mounted them on Heighway ? It seems that the mechanik is different. So my plan is just to swap the rubber facehugger.
Did someone this before ?
Would be nice to know before I destroy them

Quoted from Averell:

I don't know who is selling these boards in Australia either, but I definetely know that someone ordered that older soldered crap last summer.

Quoted from Averell:

What you have... is nothing but an overpriced board that doesn't even work properly.
This also applies to the XENO boards with the stupid servo connection and the power supply board, which was fried so that it can be used without a toroidal transformer.
If Heighway had done his homework there wouldn't have been so much crap floating around.