Agreed. The fact of the matter is that the game design is perfect, but unfortunately when some of these pins were assembled the ball guides did not quite match up to the paint lines on the playfield. While this didn't completely ruin the gameplay, it did however make a few shots very clunky.

I own one at home and another at a business. Both pins needed there own degree of tweaking before operating as intended.

Its beyond smooth onced dialed in and is one of my favorite pins to play since its been released.

For me, the engineering issues on the flippers (hardware/software/mechanical) is much more troublesome (since unlike the ball guides, there are limits to what I'm able to do). At the moment, my lower flippers are working pretty well. The upper flipper drops down way too easily. Kind of ironic that possibly the best designed upper flipper (in terms of shot diversity) has such a poor implementation (in terms of hold/strength dysfunction). Should receive a spectrum of springs to fiddle with...maybe they will help. Hope so.

Spooky games need an ear plug mod for sure or you’ll have lots of angry tournament players for phantom tilts and warnings.

From the video I posted on the R&M Facebook group yesterday. I think here’s the jist of my points.
I had a decent ball 1 with a couple and hit a couple dimensions and got a handful of seeds.

Next, I didn’t look up during the crazy frenzy of my “last” ball 3 (I did have a EB for sure in there) First I was in Meeseeks mania, usually I hit meeseeks mania while in Grofolomite MB, but
This time I hit the Grof while I was a already in meeseeks prob the first time for me. I hit ALOT of jackpots, I was nailing seeds.
I know I got at least 3 high scores during all of this, Grof MB, Meeseeks Mania, Moonman, most ludicrous chitz.

The dimensions you hit during all that can make a big difference too.

You’re welcome:

For crazy high scores, you need to rack up a lot of seeds (20+), then stack Grof MB with Meeseeks MB, and then hit the jackpot shots with the 2x/3x/4x Meeseeks (blue, not purple). Personally I've never succeeded in doing this lol, but I've watched my son do it multiple times with scores over 200mil and 300mil.

Quick question... If you grab your flipper and pull it up/down to test the slack/gap, should it slide smoothly or with resistance?

I'm determined to figure out this stupid flipper thing. Last night I had my best score of 70 million, with two balls left over, and I couldn't make a single left ramp shot.

I recall the launch video for this game, and everyone commenting on how no one was making the left shot. Say what you will, this has always been a problem for this game.

If yours is working flawlessly, consider yourself lucky. If not, this is an issue that they were aware of long before we all took to this forum with our own issues.

What are you set at for PF Angle?

Where are your flippers at rest?

Have you checked your mechs for inpingement?

EOS at the very end of stroke? Cabinet Flipper Buttons adjusted?

I had issues w/ Left Ramp until I checked and saw I was flipping for 3-4 weeks at 7.4 degrees.
Dropped to 6.66 and no longer have any issues with clean shots making it up either ramp.

6.5 confirmed by 3 digital levels (I'm OCD).

Flippers are set slightly above the toothpick hole on both sides, as I was unable to backhand the left ramp when I had it resting on the toothpick.

What I find aside from the power fade is that I can't get any accuracy on shots from the right flipper.

Taking a slow motion video, when I release the ball from a cradle, it bounces as it makes its way down to the tip of the flipper. The left side does not behave like this, and I can make shots very accurately.

Because the ball is bouncing on the right flipper, it's really difficult to aim at the ramp. Combine that with the fade, and it makes playing both frustrating and futile.

I adjusted EOS to the very end of the stroke and set lower flipper coils to aggressive/high/30 MS hold and I still get knockdown on my flippers during multiball and a flutter on impact out of the scoop. At this point is there anything left I can do? Perhaps replacing the springs and bushings might help? Or is that just wishful thinking?

Im curious, since Scott got his production game, how it compares to his white wood and what tweaks he has made to it if any. Im sure he has read through this thread on the issues we are experiencing and if he has noticed anything as well. Maybe he can chime in, curious what his experience is.

I should have mine in the next week or two.

Also, can someone confirm what flipper bats Spooky is using from Pinball Life. I have those, but the tip looks thicker than the Spooky ones, and it has a circle on the top where there would normally be a Williams logo:

https://www.pinballlife.com/flipper-bat-and-shaft-assemblies-no-logo.html

Are these the same parts?

As for the flipper alignment question, let's put it to a vote:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/where-are-your-rampm-flippers-set#post-6257476

Just ran into the bug were the VUK wasn't firing. During MB while playing Scary Terry. 3 balls were trapped in the VUK. Required a reboot.

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Yeah, but at the cost of your eternal soul. The price is too high for many.

So, it just occurred to me while playing a game this morning...who ever thought there'd be a pinball machine that just randomly yells out AIDS! ?

You're not supposed to be able to backhand the left ramp (and as per Scott, not the right one either)

Huh??? I see everyone backhanding it.

I can backhand the right ramp all day long. I have got left ramp backhanded a couple times, but yes...way harder. I've even got left ramp with the upper flipper a few times.

Ditto this ^

Left ramp with the upper flipper? Wow. The other day I landed the right ramp with the upper flipper, and I thought that was odd

Depending on the right flipper alignment (higher from the marker hole), you may be able to backhand flip the right ramp, but as northerndude mentioned above, Scott did not expect that would be possible. No way the left flipper could ever backhand flip the left ramp.

As for your issue with the left ramp, I had the same problem early on. My right flipper was not binding in any way and there was good vertical gap on the shaft in the bushing (Spooky support recommended 1/8", but that seems like a lot to me). I could barely make the left ramp with a cool coil (less than 15 minutes play time), and it required a perfect shot. After the coil heated up, the left ramp became impossible. So for me the solution ended up being an entire new flipper mech (provided by Spooky). I have no idea what was wrong with the original mech, maybe it was just a bad coil? But with the new mech the left ramp is trivial to make, even after flipper fade. There's just so much more power in the flipper. I still think the power fade makes the game harder the longer you play, so I decided to add fans to the flippers for consistency throughout the longer games.

For what it's worth, my flippers are feather touch light with the Stern return springs on, there is almost zero resistance to pushing the plunger in. Nothing binding at all. Also my flipper has a lot of vertical slack, if I pull the flipper straight up from the playfield I have 1/8" inch of slack easily.

Here's my alignment with the toothpicks inserted. Rubbers just rest on the toothpicks. I can backhand the right ramp cleanly, and make the left ramp consistently, with power. The Rick target is a definite challenge, right at the end of the flipper.

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I should say it isn't a direct shot, I think it ricochets off the lane guide rubber. I havne't done it since I adjusted that orbit down closer to the post.

I've had this happen twice, both times right after a waxing...I think I agree that it ricochets off the lane guide rubber, but honestly wasn't able to tell in real time.

Answer is yes, all of them, but stacking events on top of each other. These 2 vids might help:

Thanks everyone. I’ve watched minimal gameplay videos on this title because I wanted to discover the game while playing and not spoiling anything. I guess since I’ve had it for a few months some videos would do me some good to work on playing strategies.

Has anyone had any issues with the F2 fuse blowing? I’ve replaced it but it keeps blowing.

Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure what F2 goes to, but if that's related to the flipper coils, you may have a bad flipper coil. Check the resistance of the coils. See if one is much different than the other 2. That is likely your culprit.

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Mine come to break too
I was able to re solder It without the plastic washer (still tiny legs on the Led)

I Think the led take a lot of vibrations, really
I ve put some hot glue around it , on the base

Great post that should probably be key posted IMO.

So....my bro came over today and played (KY derby, both fully vaxed) and the flippers were all great, then the upper flipper started acting weird. We played some other games and came back, thinking maybe it was just hot, but when we came back it was still wonky. We rebooted and the upper flipper was fine again.

So....if you are playing and the upper flipper acts weird, try rebooting and see what happens.

Did anyone ever design mirror blades for this game? Those would really be the perfect ad on for this game.

How are people adjusting the third flipper to make the inner loop a bit easier to hit? Neither loop is easy but that inner loop seems to be getting more and more challenging and I think the positioning of my flipper may be the reason.

I think I've finally resolved my "garage shot issues" as a tech came over today, loosened the left orbit curb (removed 2 screws) and removed house to fix diverter issue that was sending back a lot of my shots from the right orbit. Woo-hoo! Finally feels like a "fuller game" now that I can hit the garage more consistently.

The "bad news" is that after he left I noticed that I wasn't getting any Glomflomite multiballs. Like at all.

In fact, even though my shots are registering going through the horseshoe, I'm never told to "lock a ball" up there anymore. Like ever. Balls aren't getting locked up there anymore. Hence, can't get any Glomflomite multiballs, which clearly are required for the game.

Any idea what the problem may be?

I had F2 blow on me yesterday in my arcade. I dropped the hold values back to default high and made sure my leaf switches were adjusted properly and havent had an issue since. The game gets heavy play in my arcade

I'd start by checking the connections to your crank and your opticals in the horseshoe. You don't mention if the targets go up and down or if the lights are on.

Nice! I just noticed that the Flooble-crank switch is not functioning either, so I can't build up the gravity meter/magnet either.

So you think the same crank switch can affect the horseshoe section? I don't remember the targets going up at all, maybe once or twice but mostly they are staying down. Lights are functional in horseshoe.

EDIT: So I just played the TOTAL RICKALL adventure and the targets outside horseshoe did go up during the entire adventure. They were registering when hit. It also locked a ball during PICKLE RICK and held it locked. Weird. It only seems to be the Glomflomite multiball that doesn't seem to be working or locking balls.

Also, make sure the flooblecrank rod is tightened down through the playfield! Mine wasn't registering shots and the nut on the underside has vibrated loose. None of the energy was bwing transferred to the captured ball

If the flooble crank switch is not registering, that is the reason you are not getting the ball locks, because hitting the flooble crank is what enables each lock.

Find the source of that problem and get it working and you should be back in multiball business.

I believe I had the same issue with balls locking and multi balls. My left target switch had to be replaced. Go into switch test and make sure they work correctly.

Did your tech remove the captive ball and forget to put it back?

Shop local if you can, Here in Portland we have **Dependable Spring Company**
This facility is in Sherwood Oregon, about 30 minutes out of Portland. They can send you an assortment of springs to try. I would love to hear your feedback on what you felt was was best result, maybe we could organize a group buy once a solution is found.

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Noticed an odd bug on a location game last night. It is set up for 2 tokens per game, so I put in four tokens and had two credits. I hit the start button and player one started. I pressed the start button again to add the second player and it showed zero credits. I ended up adding two additional tokens for the second player. Not sure what happened to the original two credits. We played multiple two player games and didn't have that issue again.

Can someone confirm if the left ramp is supposed to get touching (kind of pressing) the side cabinet wall?

And could you possibly share a photo of the entrance (bottom) of the ramp so I can see where yours is lined up with the playfield art.

Thanks