Thanks! I appreciate the input and glad to hear I can bang around on it and still have fun. I played about a dozen games in a barcade recently so didn’t get the full immersion and really didn’t know what I was doing. I grew up absolutely loving that show ( 7 years old) so this will be fun on a lot of levels. I’ll report back !

Did you get on top of the issue?

Not as cool as a Munsters LE! For me this has been a Dream combo event. My childhood has now come full circle, thank you Stern!

Artwork on the LE doesn’t go with the art on BM66. I was hoping Stern would knock the LE out the park but it’s a little half backed imo.

I’m still hopeful they add a second “coloured” premium at some though like they have done previously.

Batman 66 is still the best looking game ever though!

I think software on B66 is a little deeper than munsters...

Out of curiosity, what pitch does everyone have their game set at?

7 degrees, but I may dial it back to 6.8. The only reason I went with 7 was that the flippers are a bit strong on this game.

Rob

Just under 7

7.1 percent

I just wanted to see what shooter rod springs (color) some of you guys are using and which one(s) works the best. I know it needs a stiffer one than the original blue that came with it. I've got a green one on it now, but what about orange, purple, red? Thanks!

I use the one that came with my game.

Rob

Not sure if your being sarcastic Rob but some models had issues with the spring being to weak or too strong, Stern changed the springs a couple of times throughout production.

Some (colours) worked better than others.

No, I use the one that came with my game. It's green.

Rob

Hey guys quick reminder, just downloaded the 1.02spk update from Stern's website to my desktop. Do I just copy that file to the flash and then update or am I supposed to extract the file first?

Another update????Will this be endless???

Well this one came out Dec 20th, I'm just late to the update party

Is this update worth installing?

There will be more updates from Lyman, watch this space ......

Hope so, I'm waiting for the slingshot flashers to start going off during gameplay....

That's my plan also...

I’m thinking the same but it won’t be NIB, but that pro art is fantastic matches what Franchi did on BM66 perfectly.

So does anyone have a hard time getting a clean shot to the batlight when using the left outline? I can’t see anything but swear sometimes I feel like something binds or slows down the ball as it goes around the left outer lane making it fall short of the Batlight 9 out of 10 times...or do I just suck

You mean left orbit?

Check your blue nub that’s placed on the left side of the ramp and just behind that check the wiring/cables for the Cat lamps those can be hanging or sticking out into the left orbit which is already a tight shot.

Check this post out by fellow member cooked71 great advice if your left orbit is a little clunky. But also check the wiring/cables for the Cat lamps behind the ramp incase they are impeding into your orbit/lane.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/batman-66-official-club-thread/page/25#post-3567518

Would you mind taking a picture I am missing something (its early and my brain might still be asleep lol)

I’m currently at work but my games tombstoned while we finish repairs on a large portion of our home.

Check the post made by cooked71 that should sort you out with the blue nub, then for the cables just look under the left ramp you will see the wires from the CAT ramp plastic lights, check they are not obstructing your left orbit lane.

Game is on order.
Stern said their next run won't be until February.

Trent has some for sale in Ohio...

My last two NIB were from Trent.
I'm supporting my new local distributor.

By moving that blue rubber on the inside of the catwoman ramp does it make that shot harder or no?

And I can see where moving the blu nub from out outline to the inside ramp would open up that outline shot, but does it make it harder to make the ramp shot?

No, those ramp entrances are quite generous from what I’ve seen from being in this thread from release, no one who’s moved the nub has had issues making the ramp.

Hey - count your blessings. 12-18 months ago the consensus was they might never run Premiums again because they weren’t selling. At least you can get a NIB game with all the factory fixes installed.

It’s worth the wait!

For those that haven’t seen the new ‘How to Play’ instructions in the new code - I thought it would be something I would turn off. But, at least for Batman, it’s integrated into the theme (except for generic cabinet and flipper shots) and cool enough to leave enabled:
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Talk about attention to detail. If only the video pressing the start button and sing the flippers was shot using a Batman game ...

Maybe Lyman could get some new footage recorded while wearing some Batman gloves at the very least that would be pretty cool.

But what’s there is already brilliant in typical Lyman fashion, lovely attention to detail

An even better idea!

Couple questions to owners. I have a friend who mentioned that the early games suffered from some really noticeable dimpling. I know, I know... All games dimple (or they don't if you're on the other side of that argument) but was there a known issue with BM66?

Also, I heard there were some issues that are being ironed out in newer games coming out of production. Maybe something about a ramp?

Curious to know if there were issues with older games, as I'm considering buying a previously owned Premium, and want to know what I might expect or look for when shopping.

Thanks

I personally see Nothing wrong or to complain about with the Really creative and unique animation sequence. Yet again Lyman went above and beyond the call of duty to make Batman code special from start to finish. He never fails to impress. Wow

I didn’t mean to come off complaining at all - I think it’s brilliant and fits well. Far exceeded my expectations that I had when I read about it. But it would go perfectly if the generic video clip was customized. Might even be a good place to include the seat belt/atomic batteries to power/ready to move out sequence in attract mode.

The one thing I would like to see in attract mode is a way to skip past all the various mode high scores either with a setting or flipper code.

There were certainly playfield issues with some games early in production. Haven’t heard anything on that in a long time, so maybe it’s been addressed. However it’s pretty clear that Stern playfields in recent years are noticeably softer than those 4-5 years ago. I decided when I got the game I was going to put on a playfield protector and not worry about it. Never used one before but love it.

The production issues that have been fixed in new Premiums:
- Batmobile now riveted to the mini turntable *
- left ramp fix kit and Batgirl plastic ball deflector installed *
- node board fixes to avoid vibration damage *
- Catwoman board wire redressed to minimize interference with left orbit
- heavier duty cabinet corner brace plates (similar to old WMS ones) installed

The ones indicated with * are available from Stern as fix kits.

The other common problem was the position of the left pad on the left ramp entrance. Don’t know if that has been changed in production but it’s a trivial change.

Appreciate you taking the time to send me all of that.

I was considering buying one on the resale market, but maybe knowing all of this, I'd be better off looking at NIB.

Have the soft/dimpling pf issues been addressed?

And what is the atomic pile? Is that a mod, or some changes they made to the turntable?

Also, I'm curious to know if this is a longer or shorter playing game. And what other game(s) you would say that this game feels and plays like in respect to flow and code.

Unless you can find an HUO game at a significant discount, I would recommend NIB for a whole bunch of reasons.

The cool atomic pile is a mod produced by TheModCouple (yelobird). One of the must have mods.

I don’t think this game plays like any other, flow wise. The code is now simply hands down the best theme integrated code in the LCD era.

Is that not in the game itself?

I actually haven’t looked through all the new settings so I don’t know. I’ve been meaning to compile a feature adjustments list. Maybe I’ll do that now that the code has settled down.

Got to have that sequence in the game somewhere it’s so iconic. Absolutely love what’s there already though my favourite game period!

Updated to 2.02 last night and got this error message after the update. Never seen this before, any ideas where to start. Thanks

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First thing is to check the node board connection cables.

Doesn’t appear to be any loose cables. Reseated them and no change.

Most likely the board is bad and needs replaced. This tends to happen too frequently right after an update to the fragile Spike system. Does this board have the Stern service bulletins applied to it? https://sternpinball.com/support/service-bulletins/ Curious to know if these fixes are helping at all.