guitarded hilarious comment.

I loosened mine so yeah....

I wonder if Scott Danesi is home, maybe I can run over and borrow one from him. He lives just a few towns over...

I have a spare here (and no game yet)...but I am a lot further away.

KISS principle applies.

To clean - use some Simple Green. I mix it about 40% SG / 60% water in the spray bottle, spray it on dirty areas, wipe off with a nice soft cloth. Make sure to get off the ball tracks on ramps and around the inlanes.

That’s about all I do.

KISS.

When I strip a game down to re-rubber it (and that’s not very frequently..) then I’ll polish the PF and shine her up nice.

No need to Novus or wax all the time.

Enjoy!

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Okay this may seem simple, but I've never done this before on these new fangled contraptions? Is there anything special you need to do to update the code? Is it simply plug the stick into the port and turn the game on and it updates automatically? Or do I need to go into a menu? I didn't see any update code options in the utilities.

This is a brilliant idea and the "key posts" in this thread are no solution as most people who own this game are NOT visiting pinside day-to-day and even if they did, they don't know their ways around like experts in this thread. Y'all need to remember that it's usually the most techie of the bunch (DYI) that visit these forums, a lot of owners just call/email the company directly or visit their website and Spooky's website is okay but can definitely need an upgrade. Even their CODE UPDATE page isn't very specific in terms of how to update code. There's just a link to the code and....well, good luck! Just add a few lines "To update your game code, click on the link on the left. Once downloaded, move the code to a flash drive. Etc" Then include a picture of WHERE we need to stick that drive in the game, since it's not obvious either. These are some basic things that can only help improve customer service and only takes a few mins to implement.

Wooooooooooooow! I just wrote about this, right under your post. I've been saying for months that Spooky can help make things easier for folks trying to update their code by adding some basic instructions on their CODE page. Not sure why they don't it: https://www.spookypinball.com/game-support/. It's great that they're telling us what's new in the latest code but more important to users is....HOW do I update my code?

Hello, has anyone gone without the interior graphics and (if so) were you happy with that decision?
Thanks!

LOL yeah, I figured at least there'd be a youtube video with someone doing it, the only thing I found was for Rob Zombie, which does not at all appear to be the same way. I'm sure I can figure it out, but I don't want to brick it either.

If someone wants to help me with content PM me. I just bought rickandmortypinball.help and I'll try and coordinate as much information as I can there.

As an update to the firmware question, it really is as easy as plugging it in and turning it on. It finds and updates automatically.

That being said, the download page should be updated to reflect that this is indeed the process.

Yes just plug the USB in then turn the game on and there will be a prompt to install the code during boot up.

Thanks for all the help, I honestly appreciate it! Kiss sounds awesome, just wanted to get some experienced input on the subject. Don't want to duck up the playfield with the wrong cleaner. Melty smeary clear would definitely break me.

Ya there is instructions for games with the pinheck board but not newer games,rob zombie was the last To use the heck board I believe and that requires an sd card,

So I plugged the USB in and it read all the prompts, and I even power cycled twice with it in, and now I'm getting this..

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May not have the correcr format on USB, make sure FAT32 - and the new code - I had to do it 4 times (once, every other update since last June went swimmingly) But when I got that on screen, I completely re-formatted USB, and added code again

just cleared it and reformatting, now re downloading the code, and going to just click and drag to the USB like i did before, and then try again (fingers crossed)

Remove usb, then power cycle.

Make sure you don’t have 2 of the same code saved to your computer or it may automatically add a number to the tittle. The computer in the game won’t recognize the code with that number added.

Yay! It worked! Thanks everybody. High scores got deleted, but that's OK. Scores were meant to be broken

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Nice! Good to hear. I do remember there was an update a while ago that required the update to be done twice and that is the screen I got when I did that update once.I did the update again following all the steps again and it was good. I haven’t had to do that since and I thought newer games would already been past the point where it was needed. If anyone sees that a screen with that notice they should try to do a second update.

I reallllllllly wish there was a way to backup your save and settings to restore. Every update I have to redo everything.

Is it much to do? Free play, ball save off, tournament settings on?

Every time? Yeah I would say so. The high scores erasing one hurts sometimes. Nice to see family scores that visit once or twice a year. Just good memories is all.

Yes. I think they are bumped on the stick but not written back. Would be nice if that worked...

I did a factory reset when going from 12/20 to the new one, but it didn't reset my scores, just the settings. Even the date/time remained correct. Only things I had to change was curse setting and the launch strength which was 12 (too low) to 14 after the upgrade. So far. Either I am having a good night or some of the changes helped because the shots seemed easier to make. Still seeing some knockdown, but I haven't messed with the EoS yet.

Probably gonna jinx the shit out of myself, but seeing all these broken ship plastic is weird for me he rod on my ship always get stuck up full blast and the ships sitting cock-eyed, and I have to lift PF to push rod back down. Received June, still going strong

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So I took delivery of 451 last week. This was delivered on 2/3 at 2pm. My wife was having contractions and we went to the hospital that night. We had a baby boy!!! Needless to say I did not get to set this up until today. Me and my 2 daughters (14 and 12) which are huge fans of the show could not stop playing this game. They did not care how brutal the game was and I have never seen them enjoy a game as much as R&M. Yup the glass rattles, easy fix in the morning. As im writing this I hear the high pitch fan. This will get switched out. As far as shots ramps are no problem at all. Hitting garage from upper flip is def a hard shot and hitting 3 loops in a row is probably one of the most satisfying shots I have made in pinball to date. We played for 4h tonight and it was nothing but pure bliss. Thank You Spooky! PS legs are good to go on mine.

Congrats on the Baby Boy!

Did you name hime Morty?

Email [email protected] and you'll have a spare on us.

We started putting a spare in every leg box last week just to be safe.

I ended up cutting off about an eight of an inch from the bottom of the metal wire plunger from the ship. Still moves a lot, but now can’t put too much pressure on the plastic.

Ok, I will.

Thanks Charlie!

You guys are awesome!!!

Spent a few hours starting to flush out design and content. If you have some free time and want to compile content or edit the site and are familiar with Wordpress hit me up.

http://rickandmortypinball.help/

This is awesome! Thank you for doing!

Don't forget.
If anyone's setting are stock on their LCD, try these: 85 Contrast, 25 Brightness, and Gamma On. This will be a huge improvement and you will notice the difference.

lol I was thinking this too. I'm also a teacher. I get critiqued maybe daily, and right to my face from teenagers that have no fear. Some of it is anger, but much of it is worth listening to. I've also had parents telling me they will sue me and taxpayers telling me I should be fired and replaced with someone cheaper, not to mention the thousands and thousands of online posts telling me what a joke my job is. Oh the joys of education!

But I digress, I think it's admirable that the Spooky team does so much to not only read the feedback but print them out and share with the team. That's amazing, and speaks volumes to their to be great. I'm on my 2nd Spooky pin and looking forward to adding a third because the company itself is more buyer-friendly than any other. The entire dang team from sales to customer service is top notch.

Stern doesn't post here. Neither does JJP, AP, CGC, etc. Spooky is the only one, and it's several people, not just one person. That's outstanding.

Kudos to the whole dang team!

Pretty sure I see posts from JJP and API daily.

I mean the owners. I love guys like Lloyd (LTG) and I believe they are employees of their respective companies, but I don't consider them to represent the company.

Am I wrong though? I could be.

Yes you do.

I've got a set of brand new black mirror blades that I purchased from drano years ago but never installed. I can get dimensions of them tonight (they were originally going to go into my CftBL). asking $150 plus shipping

Due to my height, the colors washed out some because I'm looking downwards at the LCD so I went all the way to Brightness=0, Contrast=100, Gamma=on and Color Temp set to SRGB 50/50/50. I'm totally content now with those settings. BTW, don't discount that last setting, it's worth experimenting with too.

Well I was about to take delivery of my Rick and Morty BSE, but the Fedex delivery guy wanted nothing to do with the snow. He said forget it, gave me a very hard time and left. I never had an issues with other pinball deliveries before but man this guy was a jerk. I was like if you know there is a snow storm, and we just got 8" and another 8" on the way, why the hell did you load this on the truck today?

I still dont understand why pinball companies ship during the Winter. its impossible to get them into the garage, impossible to set them up and almost got me into a fight with a delivery guy.

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Got this for valentine's day, too bad it just slightly too big to fit on the playfield somewhere

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Other then shoveling where was the fight? They only need to (and only obligated to) drop at curb. Were you asking him to move it beyond the lift gate to your garage? We just brought in a game Friday and I just used a dolly to rough roll it into the garage granted I didn't expect the delivery person to do it as thats not what they were paid to do.

I understand that, but even then he didnt want to drop it off at the curb in the snow. Itll get figured out, and they will reschedule. He said his lift cart would get stuck in the snow, so he couldn't even attempt to get it down.

The delivery guy was actually very strange, right when he called and said he was 5 mins away, he didnt seem too excited about the delivery. Maybe he didnt eat his wheaties.

I live at the top of a hill, with a steep drive and no room for a semi truck to come up the street let alone the drive. When I have them delivered, I have them meet me on a non busy side street and come with a trailer. Back the trailer to the dock and they can drop it right on it. Couldn't be easier.

This guy though was probably way behind, and if he didn't contact you prior, not much you could have done.

yeah Ill just chalk this up to wrong day wrong time kind of thing, shit happens.

I’m Mr. Bulldog...

Help site has been updated. Now with a section to submit your own tips. Still looking for someone to help with content review, editing, etc.

https://rickandmortypinball.help/

This piece just flew off and i can't seem to find its home or even understand what it is.
it came loose when a shot rejected from the left ramp and the ball bounced around the car/house area.
It's about the size of a quarter and bowl shaped with a tiny hole in the middle. anyone know what it is, where it belongs?
Thanks.

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