Thanks Doug ! What a great day for pinball.

And for you first time NIB AFMR owners : Back box key is hanging on a hook inside the coin door. To get into the CGC menu, hold the Escape Button down for five seconds or more until the game goes into the CGC menu. And the leg bolts, and back box bolts are in the cash box. So you'll need to have the game on a pinball cart or something to cut the strap to open the coin door to get them.

And should you have any questions or problems : http://www.chicago-gaming.com/ Under Support open a ticket on the Help Desk. Or contact me.

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That is the plan. Been posted before.

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You can make them stronger in the CGC menu.

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That's the hard part.

Do you want the standard, or bigger screen and saucer LED show and longer warranty, or bigger screen, more saucer LED show, mirror blades, topper light show and two more saucer LED show up there too, and the big martian hopping up and down, and longer warranty.

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Disclaimer : The fall industry show in Chicago when the original AFM was shown, people really loved the Martians hopping up and down. Now 22 years later we get the big one hopping up and down too.

Make a bunch of AFMR, then more MMR standards, then more AFMR. All at CGC.

That's the plan.

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Rick posted on the MMR forum that CGC is looking into it. Some software, cable, and display. No idea when, but it seems to be in the works.

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Rick has a post on the AFMR section of his forum that CGC is looking into doing this. Display, cables, software, etc.

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I have heard of no plans like that at all.

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No, that has been part of my signature line since 1996. The LTG goes back to about 1975.

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Awesome. One of those things I wish I could do.

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Probably not up to them. Both are great guys and like fun stuff too. But they have license stuff they have to abide by. So I'm sure there is a reason beyond them preventing it.

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From your previous post, same playfield parts on AFMR as original, playfield lifts up, slides foward to rest on front of cabinet, or slide forward to lock and lift up and lean back on head.

Different models posted on the CGC website :

http://www.chicago-gaming.com/afm.php

Besides the differences between each model, warranty gets longer as you go from Classic to Special to Limited.

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https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pingraffix-%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8fwarning-new-video-of-mod

Add them if you want.

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I'd go with that.

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What a great month for pinball !

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No.

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You mean those green hopper dudes ?

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And how many years ago was that ? And Raul Julia was still alive, his estate's prices have gone up since then.

I would hope that.

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If they did it. I'd like to see two versions. Original, and one with white mountains and snow monster instead of brown mountains and big foot.

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Talk. Nothing yet, either way.

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Please send him the links in a Pinside PM. He may not get back to this thread soon.

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I don't know if Stern is finishing up any MMR's from before.

It's been posted CGC is making AFMR's now, 500 I think. Then CGC will make more MMR's, and then back to AFMR's.

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They break in commercial use too.

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No. CGC has taken steps so this doesn't happen again.

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There shouldn't be too many of these still out there.

Please go to CGC and under Support open a ticket on the Help Desk.

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You probably have a Stern built one. CGC plans were 500 AFMR's, then 500 MMR's, then back to AFMR's.

No idea when Stern will be done with MMR's they have left, if any.

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They don't live here. They don't see everything. Best to open a ticket on their support desk.

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Doug Duba and Doug Skor have only been posting since late August 2015. Doug Skor takes very good care of the CGC support desk.

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Go here - http://www.chicago-gaming.com/ under Support - Help Desk, please open a ticket now. You can put pictures too.

Way easier than multiple posts in multiple threads.

It may go to me. I'll alert it to Doug Skor.

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Your ticket alerted to me. I updated it to Doug Skor at CGC.

Thank you.
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It alerted to me and I updated it to Doug Skor at CGC.

Thank you,
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I do tech support for them, so I would think yes.

Please don't. He's a good man.

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Please read GorillaBiscuits post above.

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Yes. This game might be an early sample and not a production game.

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About 9 1/2 inches above the backbox. Allow a couple more inches for when the big Martian goes up.

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Plenty of room.

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Ordered earlier.

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4 pin connector, one grey wire, one black wire. Goes next to flasher connector on the small board ? You might cut the pin off the board and put the plug back in the connector so it never gets mixed up.

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They really knocked it out of the park. And getting the assembly line up to speed fast and number of units built daily.

I get a woodie thinking about other remakes in the future and what they'll look like with big screens, light shows, and unique toppers and anything else they add.

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No. It's to prevent balls getting stuck in that area. From the VUK or flippers.

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Fed Ex must have one of them flux capacitor dohickeys.

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As long as in the future no one plugs the connector in the wrong place or plugs it in backwards.

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Somehow, some games slipped through with the small topper board not having one connector pin removed. Small topper board connectors are labeled as are the connectors.

On the LE's, the topper that comes with it is tested on the game. They don't know how some got out there with the pin intact. They are taking steps to prevent it in the future.

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You are in the Williams programming. It will always say 1.1.

Go into the CGC menu. Hold the escape button down five seconds or more and you go into the CGC menu. First screen has the software, most recent is 1.0.0

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What isn't finished ?

According to the design teams fireside chat at Expo years ago. One rule on the rule card isn't in there. And they explained why it got left out. Everything else is done.

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Don't forget. They will be the ones picking out your old folks home.

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You mean like don't bring up the time he showed his boss on the new P2K how you could lift the playfield up and lean back and the balls wouldn't roll out ? Except they did, the game he demonstrated on didn't have the flapper to stop them. Out they came, bouncing on the floor. His boss was real impressed.

Can't wait to critique his game when it comes out.

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I hope you get the chance to meet him. A real class act !

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I can't speak for them.

My thinking is, it was a learning experience for everybody.

CGC dealt with distributors. The collector/hobby market is a whole new experience. CGC probably didn't even know about Pinside when this started. And dealing with a remake pinball owner one on one.

And the bumps along the way, like get Stern to assemble, as soon as Stern was up to speed, Stern moved. So start over. Added time and grief to getting things rolling. Who checks ticket desk. Who ships warranty parts. etc. etc.

And now that they are rolling, more time, and easier to sort out the who, what, where.

They make a quality product. They provide quality service. And getting quite experienced at it.

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The topper has some connectors before you get to the ends that plug in. Then the end connectors go to the small board in the head and two of them go to the big board in the head.

Please go over all of them and be sure they are pushed in tight.

Next step, please go to chicago-gaming.com and open a ticket on the support desk.

Thank you.
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If you have the latest software in your game. In the CGC menu, you can turn the LED strobe brighter than the original.

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Go into the CGC menu ( not the Williams menu ) first page has software info, check if yours says 1.0.0.

Once in the CGC menu, every time you hit the escape button, you advance one page. The 5th one has the strobe on it.

To get into the CGC menu, hold the ESCAPE button down five seconds or more and the game goes into it.

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CGC posted they'll unveil at TPF next year.

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Read Doug Skor's post for some info :

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cgc-pinball-production-update/page/25#post-3999642

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One of two optos on the flipper button opto board.

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Sounds like the opto interrupter isn't doing a good job. May need adjusting or bending.

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Next will be unveiled at TPF next year.

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Open a ticket under Support on the Help Desk at chicago-gaming.com

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Yes he is.

I would suspect that thread where he was attacked and called names may have something to do with it.

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I wouldn't count on it. Though I hope he does.

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A little. But I've always been a popular target, so after 22 years helping. I've learned patience. I always outlast them.

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When it's ready. They announce what, pictures, and when it starts shipping. And not a second sooner.

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