It is more common across several manufacturers. Been that way for a few years. I would imagine they are buying prebuilt flipper mechs and sticking them in. Which is fine.

Though they seem more prone to shipping stress and the coil stop screws coming loose.

LTG : )

Im playing with the flipper settings on my AFMr.
I have had them down to -8 and up to +2.

With the lower settings the game is more predictable and has plenty of power but lacks that feel of battle!
Im back up to default or -2.
The balls can fly off the wireforms on default, but the intensity of the game is improved a lot.
Im going to raise the pitch a little and keep the flippers at a high setting for now.

I really like the intense battle feel of the game at the higher rate in spite of a few airballs.

Now that's Stellar! If it looked like that I would have been in on a green one!

This is where I am at (-2) for the same reasons. An air ball or a jump once in awhile is fine for me. I like a fast thrilling game with lots of unknowns!

Make sure the latch handle is pushed all the way to the right.
Also sometimes if the glass slides down a bit before you get the bar in place it will do that as well.

Yes mine was loose and needed adjustment so just lower those 2 brass looking screws and the handle will tighten up

I’m having an issue where the ball gets stuck under the spaceship after defeating it. A good shake will release it to the VUK but it’s registering as dirty pool or a lock when that happens. Any thoughts? Thanks

Can someone point me to a good guide for how to adjust flipper position? I think my left flipper is the tiniest bit off, balls have a tendency to bounce as they roll onto it just enough that it keeps throwing off my shots. I could also be crazy, but it really looks like the left side is a bit higher than the right side right?
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Best game to date. Destroyed Mars, with all the inserts lit.
Choked, trying to make the SOL hole shot for "Ruler of the Universe".
GC score. Epic fail.
Sigh.

Yep your right it is off. I just compared it to mine. Use the distance between the dark gray area and the black line on the arrow. The right flipper is correct.

I had this happen to me. The ball hangs up on the switch lever sometimes. You have to push that lever down some. There is an adjustment on the switch mount under the play field. 2 screws. Make sure you do not reduce the sensitivity of the switch so that the ball wont activate it once it runs over it.

There is a little hole in the playfield, just under the flipper bat. If you remove the flipper rubber, and then place a toothpick in the hole, the flipper should rest, touching the toothpick. You then tighten the flipper in that position.

Does that help? It should at least help you figure out which flipper bat is in the wrong position.

Thanks will give it a shot, it's definitely the left one that is off, balls flow perfectly smooth down the right flipper but they tend to hop a bit when coming onto the left flipper, it's a very noticeable bounce.

This is the position adjustment bolt right?

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Yes with the nut

Thanks much! I’ll take a look for that adjustment

It's on there pretty snug, first time working on my machine (minor thing I know), but being overly cautious. Give it some oomph to loosen it, then adjust the flipper and tighten it back up? Thanks by the way, appreciate all the kindness and helpfulness on this forum, everyone is so great in these owner threads.

Yep, that's pretty much the drill.

Got it, thanks again everyone.

Is there a way to make the game boot up faster?

Spoke too soon...I loosened the nut and aligned the flipper, then tightened the nut back up, now every time I flip the left flipper it resets to a position further up each time...nut not tight enough?

Nut not tight enough.

No.

LTG : )

Cranked it, good now, and I got my first dirty pool!

Huh? I did not think Dirty Pool was implemented in AFMr.

Can you adjust the green guy ?
Mine is a bit turned to the right.Not in center.

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Four screws hold him from the bottom of the topper base. You could try loosening his whole bracket assembly and turning a little.

LTG : )

So if I'm not mistaken on the old AFM a dirty pool was when you left a ball behind the target bank after killing a ship (has to occur during multi ball). The video I saw online of a "classic" dirty pool showed it give the pool immediately after the ship bank was back in the full raised position. I got a ball behind the bank in my game on my AFMr and it was just sitting there laying against the raised target bank for a while, nothing was happening. I decided to shoot at the bank while the ball was laying against the targets and the force of my ball hitting the front of the targets kicked the ball behind the targets up and into the open ship hole, at that point the game flashed Dirty Pool and destroyed the next ship automatically for me!

It is. It’s the same Williams code.

I thought I had read AFMr code version used was prior to the AFM version that brought Dirty Pool. Certainly could have been bad info.

Just unboxed my LE #280 this weekend, what an awesome machine!
There was a group of people playing the games all night and we all noticed the right ramp lost the ball at times.
It sometimes hit the glass or jumped over to the shooter lane. And when I played it today I got a ball stuck.

I have the flippers on default strength and don't really want to bring them down.
Anyone else having these issues?

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AFMr is running the last official code released by Bally-Williams, Version 1.1, which includes the “Dirty Pool” feature.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/attack-from-mars-remake-afmr-owners-club/page/9#post-3935388

Thanks for the link. I'll need to watch out for this.

Trying to install Cliffys and this little bugger won't come out. Do I bang or unscrew it out?

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Grab it with vice grips and twist it out.

I’m having the same issue, even with vice grips won’t come out

Remove the nut off the back of it and use a small punch and carefully hammer it out. I had the same issue and was able to remove it with zero damage.

Let me know how it goes, mine is a bit off as well, curious how much a pain it is, so i haven't bothered to even mess with it yet

Ok thanks, will try that

Punched it out. Thanks dude!!

Trust me,it's alot easier with the nut off.

you can actually install the Cliffy with the metal insert in place...its a pain in ass but it fits

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Glad to see that the Maersk container ship Brani has resurfaced in Auckland Harbour, NZ. We still might receive our AFMr machines this side of Christmas here in Australia!

Getting my LE delivered thursday

Sydney should be ok, Adelaide might be Martian free at this rate. Fingers crossed.

Has anyone installed the full set of Cliffys? Where exactly does the litte lock hole cliffy attach to? Also, where does the mother ship 3 target cliffy attach to? I see two hole cutouts but nothing under playfield to match them up with?

I'll try later today after work.Will let you know.Not the biggest issue but curious if there are any room for adjustements

I only see 4 screws on the braket behind him + the 3 that secure him to the topper.Are there any other screws i should look at ?
Can't see how loosening the 4 on the bracket would help but i'll try

Any ideas for mods,I was thinking star post LEDs.I quess it is so perfect that owners never thought much about it,,of corse back in 1995 mods were just not around

Martian LED eyes is a cool mod (I have it on my original), but routing the wires to a location that won't damage them is tricky. I'm getting an AFMr and don't plan on adding the feature to it. It has enough bling out of the box!

snaroff

So i can't seem to find the post but my superskill shot rarely makes the orbit. I turned the auto plunger up and it seems linked with mu SOL kick and makes it to violent. Someone posted i need to shim the plunger and i believe from time to time its contacting the right ramp. Anyone got pictures or advice