Good evening everyone. I'm joining the club tomorrow and I wanted to thank you all for maintaining such a vibrant community. I've been reading through all of the ups and downs of this story and to be honest if it wasnt for the support of this thread I would have been too scared to bring such an exotic pin into my collection.
I'm curious if anyone knows of someone who would do service calls in nor cal on an Alien(s) pin if I ever needed one. Chris the pinball pirate said he would be willing to try to help with any issues but I could tell he was a little apprehensive. He told me basically that unlike nearly every other pin in the world, this one might be beyond his abilities especially due to lack of support and parts. Let me know if anyone knows anyone or has any advice or input for me. I pick up the machine in 12.5 hours and I am so excited i probably wont sleep
Thanks

Awesome. I like the way you think!

Her she is. I'm about to power it up. Cross your fingers and hope nothing rattled loose during the drive home!

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Hfs, this thing is awesome!!

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Hi all,
I've had my alien se for a few days now and all is well except for the xenomorph lower jaw seems to be malfunctioning. It does not go up and down but hangs up and just winds the motor. When I wiggle it, it moves. I can move it up with my finger when its winding and it stops but after a few seconds the jaw seems to fall a little and start winding the motor again. The ball grabbing inner jaw works and goes in and out and grabs the ball so the problem appears to be with the hinged jaw not moving right. I'm running 1.2 code. I tried disabling the xenomorph but that only seemed to affect the ball grabber and not the hinged lower jaw because it's still trying to move. Any ideas?

Yes. I will take you up on that servo. Maybe message me and we can set it up. The lower jaw definitely does not want to bring itself up to the closed position. Its stalls just before it closes and keeps running. If I lift it a bit. The motor stops but soon it drops a little and stalls and the motor keeps running. When I power it off the jaw drops all the way down and the process repeats when I power it on again. Bottom line... the jaw is not opening and closing but it's trying, stalling and the motor keeps running even after I disabled the xenomorph in the settings. Thanks for any ideas

Thanks to everyone. I will remove the assembly this weekend and take a look. The jaw is definitely trying to move up and down but not moving smoothly or staying closed without dropping slightly and then the motor starts again. Motor only stops winding when I assist it up with my finger a little but then drops a little again starts up again. Its constantly running when the game is powered on unless I jiggle it and assist the jaw up to the closed position, then it stops running for a second until the jaw falls a bit. It feels like maybe a sprocket is missing some teeth causing it to not achieve it's full up and down positions. I went ahead and ordered the complete xeno assembly from pinball life just in case and for reference.

Awesome. I ordered a bunch of parts off pinball life when I was waiting for my machine to show up, but i did not see any xeno boards. Do you know where i can purchase?

I have two quick questions about how the xeno jaw should operate when functioning properly. Can someone tell me how it is supposed to behave? Does it open and close just once to allow the "tongue "to go in and out or does it open and close repeatedly in a chewing type motion?
Btw, this is my first time ever using message boards so please educate me if my etiquette is lacking. Thanks again everyone

Also, is it normal that my jaw still wants to move even after I disabled the xeno in settings. I'm guessing that disabling the xeno only affects the extending "tongue" ball grabber. Lmk . Thanks!

Yes. The jaw is making contact with the stand up target. But doesnt seem to be catching. When the machine is powered on the jaw stays at its lowest position. Then when I start a game it raises up 2 0r 3 millimeter till it is just above the stand ups and then it stops there and the motor keeps going with the jaw never going any further up into the closed position unless I help it with my finger and even then when I bring it all the way up it only stays for a moment and drops down 2 millimeters and stalls with the motor running. Thanks for all the feedback. I'm going to hold off on trying to describe this problem better until I can open it up. Thanks everyone. I will also ask some of my more tech savvy friends to read through this so they can help me in person.

She is definitely not "breathing" right

Sounds awesome. Thanks. So when we open it up we will want to determine if it's a metal gear or plastic? If its plastic i need to order a new stepper motor with the metal gear? No problem. Do you know where I can buy one? The original owner of this game told me this was a later production machine from cointaker, if that means anything. I'm working on video of the problem now and will open it up this weekend when my complete xenomorph assembly arrives in the mail from pinball life. If I dont need the new xenomorph assembly I will just add it to the bin of parts for this machine that I'm assembling for down the road if needed. Thanks !

Ohhhhhhhkkkkkk. Are you saying that with my xeno disabled in settings the jaw is not being instructed to move so the attempted movement and motor running is not being called for by gameplay and may be a recalibration attempt because of malfunction or breakage? Thanks. This is good stuff!

Awesome. PM sent.

Here is a video of the jaw with the xeno disabled and how its behaving. Also pictures of the little gear attached to jaw with the stiff wire that makes it move up and down

The video show all that the lower jaw does regardless of whether or not the xeno is turned off in setting. Also does the same thing in test. Thanks

Is this the part that dpeck has offered me in prior post. Am I correct that I need to replace that blue plastic box with the arm attached to it? Once I obtain the part can someone tell me how it connects to the head assembly. I can see where it attaches to the jaw via the arm. Thanks everybody

I like the blue beacons that were installed on my SE. Great in a dark room and still look good in daylight with the game off.

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Green would be interesting..I'd like to see that in action

Hi Group. I have been noticing that green light is shining up through the inserts on the aliens mode inserts. It's coming up from the green lights on the board at the bottom of the cab below the inserts. Very distracting. Is this normal and can I do anything about it? Thx Brothers and Sisters.

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Nice. I have his manual in a nice folder ready to go. I will install it immediately.

Good evening everyone. Hope you all are doing well. I'm curious if anyone know where I can get a replacement lock for the head? I cant get one of mine to pop out. Thx

J

Awesome. Thx. Lifting the door worked in the past but now it's no bueno. I'm going to try the graphite next. You guys rock! I appreciate the advice.

J

Hi group. Hope everyone is having a great holiday so far.
I need some advice and opinions on the pros and cons to updating from the 1.2 code that is currently running on my standard edition. I purchased it in September and it runs like a clock. Let me know what you all think. The last thing I want to do is cause any problems. Thanks

Sorry. I hopped in without catching up. Seems like code updates is the topic of the evening. I'm finally considering updating since I got a very low number on the remake list. and now I'm just slightly less scared to monkey around with my original.

Thanks. I may stick with 1.2, I wish you luck

Good morning group. Can someone tell me if the plastics along the back and sides supposed to be back lit? Mine are not but when I see pictures from other members theirs look lit from the back. I may have answered my own question because when I just now went to take a picture of mine looked lit from behind but it was just gi and insert lights reflected. Thanks

I'm putting up picture just to be clear. I'm asking about these side plastics and back plastic located in the space above the playfield and below the playfield glass. Are these backlit? I'm looking at your manual and I see on the cabinet i/o matrix 7 is back box lighting and 8 is cab side lights. I'm unclear if this is for this (pictured).

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Or these? These light up fine

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I cant thank you enough for your help and this awesome manual. You rock!

You Aussies crack me up

Awesome!!

Dope!!!

Ouch!!!!

Sounds like things are coming together nicely in Italy. If anyone is interested in my original Alien SE by heighway let me know as I will be looking to move it out once my remake arrives. I would prefer trades but sale is a possibility also. Absolutely no shipping of any kind, but I can travel between Portland and LA. If you want to see the machine you can view the archived ad here on pinside from when I purchased it in September of last year

Maybe. No hurry. Wishlist evhoh, tbl, wonka le or ce, afm remake, or mm remake, stern le models. Open to hearing about anything else. I like nice pins.

The two aliens will look great together until one moves out!

I hear you. I'm super psyched for the magnet to set up the upper right flipper shot and I really like physical ball locks so I'm leaning towards the remake but maybe I will keep the original or maybe both. Such a great game, I'm really glad that more people will soon be getting the chance to experience it. It's hard for me to imagine the value dropping off too much on the originals because the remake being available for people to play should drive interest in all models. High tide and all ships raising or some shit.

Sorry Mark. I dont think I was clear about my history. I have never tried to sell it, I am referring to the archived SOLD ad from when I bought it from a fellow pinsider in September of last year. If my remake doesnt ever materialize or if I like the original more I will keep the original. I REALLY LOVE THIS GAME! I appreciate your opinion and I'm very thankful for all the help you have given me and everyone else with our machines, but no funny stuff, I promise