Only callouts I heard were the narrator at the beginning and Alfred answering the phone. Also heard Jody telling lyman to hit things every now and then.

I think you are the only one who has commented that this game doesnt embrace the theme very well. Pretty much everyone (including those complaing about price or its just BDK rehash) have said the theme integration is one of the best ever. It just nails it for the art package and based in the teaser vid the music is spot on as well as the narrator voice.

Maybe you didnt look at the pics closely but the main face of the rotating toy is the actual batcave. The batmobile is on a turntable just like it is on the show. On either side of the batmobile are two computers with lighting effects that look just like the computers in the TV batcave. On top if it all us the glowing neon nuclear pile designed to look like the reactor in the TV show batcave. If you want the batpoles there are on the playfield fown by the outlanes.

Not sure what iconic scenes or props from the show you think are missing from the game?

You're exactly right.
Who cares as long as its fun.

That being said I think it fits the style of the show. The Penguin using a construction company as some kind of front with the name K. G. BIRD. Thats the name he uses in the show for a fake company. In one on the TV episodes he wrecks havoc in Gotham with a giant tank. In another he used a gigantic unbrella to foil batman. In the 66 movie he has a full sized nuclear sub. He just loves big heavy machinery.

He's there to mess with you via the crane. Love the little plastic on it that shows him driving the it. I think the crane fits the theme better here than it did with the BDK.

I also like how each of main villians has there own sets of shots, Joker gets the magnet, Riddler gets the orbits, Catwoman gets the ramps, and Penguin gets the crane.

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How about a pic of the instruction card ?
Thanks

Just noticed you have batgirl decals on you LE back box. Expo machines and fliers showed batman and robin on the LE back box decals. Is batgirl on both sides?

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While we patiently wait for some Batman game video check out this video. It answers the age old question who would win in a battle between Darth Vader and Batman.

Some of the music was recognizable but a few of the mode tracks sounded way out if place. I hope pinball browser works with spike 2. This games needs more nelson riddle and less "fake batman" pseudo 60's pop.

Was also hoping for a bit of each of the villains unique theme music as you hit their shots. Batman was a progressive tv show in that each villain had their own particular music. Some of the minor villains shared cues but all the major ones had their own theme.

In the second video from GAP I heard adam west say "extra ball". That was the only only one I heard so far.

And everyone thought 10K would keep the flippers away.

Isnt that the full MSRP price? Won't street price for premium be closer to 7000-7500?

Looks like lots of engineering went into it. Very impressive looking. If you check out the manual you can see all the parts to it. I just hope its robust, not sure i'd have the nerve to disassemble it if it had a problem.

I don't think anyone has a problem with people expressing a negative opinion. I think he's referring repeating the same view point over and over again without adding anything new to the discussion. The whole beating a dead horse thing.

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I haven't had a spike game yet. What are the node board problems?

Is Stern pretty good about sending you a replacement node board when they fail?

The few times I needed to call Stern for service they sent me replacement stuff right away (Tron lenticular translight defect, star trek trough opto board) without any hassle.

Nice card! I think some people will be bummed if they dont get one with batman on it.

Can you take a pic of CN5 on the node 8C board (thats the node light board that has most of the crane inserts on it).

CN5 pin 3 orange/red is the playfield batsignal control line on the SLE machines. I'm curious if that wire is there on the LE/Prem machines. If its there it should end with a 2 pin female connector.

Dissapointed, but not entirely surprised, that there wasnt code drop today.

They said tuesday in the live stream but I dont think they specified which tuesday.

The next release will probably be the same code they were using in the live stream which seemed to have some bugs anyways so maybe they needed more time to handle them.

Thats an awesome card you got. Batman and robin fighting a giant man sized rat.

LOL!
Dont you hate it when work gets in the way of your hobbies.

Thanks for the pics. I think you might of thought I was asking about the connectors for the batsignal projector in the topper. I'm actually looking for what connectors might be in the LE/Prem that would support the mini batsignal that is in the upper right corner of the SLE machines. See pic below for what I mean.

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The premium ate the stern CES exhibit gas batman and robin on the backbox too. Starting to look like maybe the mistake was on the flyers and they intended batgirl to be on LE all along?

Some episodes are cooler than others. Wonder who the lucky recipients will be for the two "Lola Lasagna" episodes staring Ethel Merman?

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If someone wants a nice poster print by the same artist who did the batman66 pinall art package I'm selling one. Its designed to look like a retro TV guide cover from 1966. All the wrinkles and creases are drawn in the image, the poster itself is nice and flat. Size is 22" x17".

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/43581

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I started a thread on how to modify the Stern used Batsignal Toy into a more TV specific Batman 66 version. check it out here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/diy-batsignal-mod-tutorial-for-batman66

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I think two Batgirls is correct for LE based on what everyone else is getting.

On the promo flyers and the prototype games at expo the premium had Batgirl on both sides of head and Batman and Robin on LE head sides. All the shipped LE's and Premiums so far its been switch. LE = Batgirl both sides, Premium = Batman on left and Robin on Right.

No one knows wha the mistake is. There are two options.

Either the fliers are correct and the factory installed the wrong ones. Or the fliers (and the prototype games at expo) are the mistake and the factory is installing the correct decals the way they were always meant to be.

Although I prefer Batgirl on the LE, I can see where it makes more sense to have Batman and Robin on LE. The premium already has Batman and Robin on the cabinet so it seems redundant to put them again on the head. Plus there is no Batgirl on the translite.

The LE has just the villains on the cabinet so putting Batman and Robin on the head makes more sense. Batgirl is already on the LE translite so putting her on the head might be overkill since she doesn't appear to be in the game very much (so far anyways).

Was that a text comment or was it from one of the videos?

If it was an intentional change I wonder why they haven't bothered to update the pics on the Stern website. I gotta imagine there are going to be buyers who get upset when their game doesn't match the flyer pics.

Has anyone asked stern about replacement decals if they don't like the ones they got?

I think some people didn't like the GBLE apron decals on a premium since they were green themed and I think Stern replaced them for some people if they complained loud enough. I vaguely remember the brokentoken guys talking about it on their podcast.

Not me, waiting on LE.

http://adamwest.tripod.com/equip.htm

Notice that batman's pole is bigger than robins. Its like that on the game to.

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Episode 11 = riddler
Episode 16 = joker
Episode 18 = false face
Episode 20 = catwoman

If I get a catwoman episode i'll trade with ya.

With my luck ill get lola lasagna, nora clavicle, minerva, or liberace as an episode villain.

One of the jokes you didnt see as a kid but appreciate as an adult. There a lot of these I missed but have since discovered since rewatching the recent bluray release.

The didn't change the ramp flap. they changed the artwork on the production games. Notice the position of the ramp flap to the insert and where catwoman is in relation to the insert.

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It is an LE.

Bump for a great price.

I think the intent with the mini TV LCD on the turntable is that when you enable a minor villain (freeze, egghead, bookworm, tut, shame, or mad hatter) then the TV faces forward and plays clips/taunts from that villain. If you look at pinball browser you can see a lot of the minor clips in there already. So it will hopefully do more than it does now with later code.

I like the variety of shots you get with the 3 positions. You are still shooting into the same area but it still adds more variety then if it didn't rotate at all. There's only so much you can do in that amount of space. I think they did the best with the space available.

I also agree the game is definitely more boring with the current 0.68 code state than other recent Sterns with deeper code. That should change as code progresses.

Here's one that was listed for $9,750 and the seller said "I am selling it for exactly what I paid for it.", so some did get a better price than $9,995.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-batman-66-le-3

There were 80 sle's correct and how many le's?

80 SLE's and 240 LE's.

If you look at the callouts in Pinball Browser you can dee there a lot if different "Its a <fill in the blank> day in Gotham city". Sometimes its hot, cold, stormy, etc. So the game will randomly play a different one each time.

I wonder who they got for the narrator voice, he's a dead ringer for the original narrator, William Dozier.

I still want to add some original nelson riddle music in there with pinball browser once the code is further along.