Took a look at my LE but could not find plastic #37?

I found the same plastic in my premium that came out during gameplay. I searched all over the playfield and can’t find it either.

The family is still sleeping so I couldn't turn the games on to get a better picture. Sorry about that.

That plastic goes under the elevated shooter lane. Mine fell off too about ten games in out of the box.

Hope this helps.

Brian

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That same piece fell off of mine last night, two small black screws hold it into place without nuts, jeez I wonder why it fell off. I was only able to locate one of the screws unfortunately.

^^^^^^ Mine came loose but never fell out. I Just put Loctite on it haven't had a problem since.

Thanks for the tips. I am going to put a playfield protector on it, so when I take it apart I am guessing I will see what they go to. I absolutely love this game. I am not mad at Stern. It just is a letdown. This is my new favorite Stern. It is a blast to shoot and play. I dont why the hate or lack of interest comes from? The distributor has a few les in stock and that suprised me. I bought it. I even found a topper from another distributor and it is on its way. I loved original black knight so that pushed me into this game heavy. Not disappointed. I will never sell or trade it. I will post pictures of the missing part locations if I find them. Again thanks for the tips.

How difficult was it to replace the decals on your other machine?

Heat gun and they come right off. Clean off glue residue and makes sure the wood is spotless clean or it will show up under decal. Dirt or lint.

Sorry misread post. Ignore that. My bad. I thought it was about body decals.

Retiring it to the vault?

Not boding well for a code update. Hope I'm wrong.

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I don’t think the sales numbers were what Stern expected, so I’m not surprised it’s getting shelved. However, I love the game. It’s a System 11 on steroids with code depth that matches the layout and ball times. Certainly the code can be so much better, but the art, LCD and tunes makes the game super fun.

Oh, and it has the best topper ever!

Anybody have a line on custom cards? I know there where a few out there, can’t find them now....

C’mon, Tim - how about at least one more code update before the game is shelved?!

Well... just ordered a Premium on Saturday; just in time, I guess

Looking forward to be joining the club!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/custom-apron-cards-printable-versions-only#post-5154072

right now without a pin home and a freeplace to fill, if this happends in the next few days, than i'll be in the club !

I was really excited to see an email this morning from Stern with "Black Knight" in the title. A code update? More toppers shipping? Oh...

I'm disappointed to see the game being retired so soon. Not just for us owners who are hanging out for fixes to the 1.01 code, but also the team who worked on it.

It's not a big surprise though as my impression is that sales have unfortunately been average. Which is a real shame as the game has so much going for it when you look at the art, animations, sounds & call outs. Add on the best topper of all time and you're immersed in the world of The Black Knight. In my view, the code is where it trips up and hasn't been able / allowed to grow and flourish.

My topper is getting close now. Just have to get it from one side of the country to other thanks to fact for whatever reason USPS stuff is now landing there instead of Sydney . I have feeling based on another recent delivery it might turn up next week

Did it land in Perth? Hoping you have more luck than me.

I had a USPS parcel from Titan arrive at Perth on Aug 4th. Then on Aug 26th it went to New Zealand before showing up in NSW on Sept 12 and now finally in Melbourne on Sept 15th.

Yeah landed Perth on 13th. Assuming from a similar situation with another USPS shipment that landed in Perth on the 5th Sept, it will turn up some time next week all things being equal. Not that I'm anywhere near as confident as I used to be with postal deliveries right now.

If anyone is looking for topper the Game exchange in Colorado had the topper in stock!I got it today. I dont get the games lack of interest? It plays great and has fantastic touches in art and music. The throw back mode is amazing and its a fun game to play. Absolutely love this game.

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you are preaching to the choir here.

Remember, the frames are sized to accept the standard Stern cards. The card slides into the slots on the top and bottom edge.

I didn't see any. You have a link.

My premium arrived on Tuesday and I absolutely love it! Topper, shaker, new code, and Powerbladez installed today. My first NIB Stern that followed Monster Bash Remake SE that I bought 3 weeks ago. No regrets at all with either machine. Eying possibly JP premium next. Not sure. Wish I could find MMr. Late to pinball collecting. Started a year ago . Nine pins in the collection now.

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When I ordered it they still showed them in stock. It looks like they are now out of stock now. Google the part number for topper shown on my invoice. Thats how I found it online. Looks like I got lucky.

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last day of my vacation, than decided to spend some houres on that BK again...
same as before, i've enjoyed it for sure, but than there's really something that can/should/could be done with the code, that black castle is so frustrating again (but not in the way you wanna get there again)
compare to all others modes, which are OK, completing the wizard mode seems more to be a matter of luck than of skill !? of course you will say : "well, we are battling against the black knight !!!"

i've than scored 1.5B, reaching 2 times the BC in the same game (also got 3 knight modes) :
1st time i lose at 3rd shot, with the middle target sending ball back at 300MPH SDTM...
2nd time, gone to 5 ou 6 shots, than right slingshot send a great airball perfectly in the left outlane !!! oh dear, did i really deserve that ? (lol)

Tim, are you reading ? (said friendly of course)

Ok, that darn Mudflaps i must credit - influenced me to take a second shot at this title.
Damn did I underestimate it.
So what have you all done to clean that hazy upper pf?
Easy fix?
Think I’m down for finding one soon and joining this horde.

People are totally sleeping on this title. I think there is just to much out there.

My topper got delivered to my office yesterday, and ironically its one week I won't be there.

I noticed that my catapult was getting a little bouncy when I hit a ball in it. Are the sides supposed to be welded to the base ramp? It looks a little like the tabs (circled in red) are broken welds?

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^^^^^ the welds on mine did the same. It takes a pounding, so I'm sure they will all fail sooner or later. I've been having problems with the optos on the catapult and noticed the broken welds. I Got the welds fixed, but I'm still having problems with the optos registering a ball when there is no ball. I've cleaned and adjusted them but still the same. I contacted Stern and haven't heard back.

It’s shoddy stern worksmanship. Happened to me too, just look back in the thread. Good luck getting help. Took me MONTHS to get them to see that their crappy welds failed and got a new catapult. Now, I have small simple plastic failures and they are claiming the game is “out of production”. What a joke of a company.

How did you fix it? I was thinking some JB Weld or super glue (I know, I know...) would hold. I don't really feel like tearing it all out to take it somewhere to get it spot welded.

I took mine to a welder, it needs to be TIG welded. Good luck getting any help from Stern now that Chas is gone. The problem with my optos, it's registering balls when there are no balls in the catapult. I've been messing around with mine for months now, adjusting it, cleaning it and nothing seems to work for more than a week and it starts doing it again.

I concur on it being amazingly difficult to get help now.

Anyway, double check the tiny black screws holding in your catapult logos. They are very common ones to work loose and fall out. I lock tighted all mine

None of the screws are falling out on mine. I just can't get the optos to work right no matter what I've done to them. The game can just sit there with nobody playing and the coil in the Catapult starts going off by itself. I'm hoping Stern will just send me new optos hahaha.

Sounds just like the issue I had with my Elvira HOH. The hole Stern put in the plastic was two small for the opto. Any vibration and a kicker was going off. I had the make the hole bigger. Ill try to find that post and link it here.

Edit: see this post
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/elvira-s-house-of-horrors-the-owner-s-club/page/55#post-5592156

Thank you waldo34 that sounds about right, I'll give that a try. I've been moving the opto boards back and forth and they work for a little while and then they start screwing up again. Now I have to take it all apart again.

My experience is, thankfully, opposite of yours. I submitted the issue from their "contact us" page on the website. Within 15 minutes Patrick responded. I sent him the info he wanted and I have a replacement catapult on the way! Just hoping it has better welds

Amazing. Either they hate me for my persistence, or there really is some poor fool wandering the aisles of the Stern warehouse for 5 months, looking for my parts. LOL

I’m concerned about the welds on my replacement catapult, as well. Could be a big issue for longevity in these games, on a part that is neither cheap nor particularly fun or easy to replace.

So now that the game has been out for a while, is the pro a good choice, or premium the way to go.

Definite answer:

It depends!

Pro = Great choice. Fast, flowy. Same callouts and music without some of the Premium code exploits. Two spinners.

Premium = Another great choice. Upper playfield with two extra modes.

Depends what you dig or what kind of player you are. Pages and pages of this in the thread. In either case, get the topper!

Ya got the topper, just didn't want to read 3000 posts. Lol have played both but a while ago both with early code. Just being if it has last ability in home use.

Is it just my game, or does everyone's topper not obey the setting to disable it during attract mode?

Kinda of sucks since I like to leave my games on but not keen on the Knight wearing his gears out moving around all day for no particular reason.

easy :

you're a player ? go PRO
you're a collector ? go PREM/LE

You’re just the bloke I need to talk to then. I’m going to be fitting Roberts Custom Bumper caps and translucent bands.
So the upper playfield comes off relatively easy then. I haven’t had a really close look yet. Anything in particular I need to know with removal and install. Thanks in advance. John_I