Big Disney fan here. POTC, Tron LE, The Avengers LE all sitting next to each other. I need to mod POTC out a little just never have time anymore.
I have had two air balls hit the sneeze guard so I have left it on mine.

Im a newbie to the club too, having just bought my PoTC a couple weeks back. Loving it, as I expected. It has always been one of my favorites to find on location. Question for the others, I want to make sure I didn't reassemble something incorrectly - your jackpot shot to the right of the Chest, is it a somewhat tight fit? I've found a lot of shots rattle a bit in there, and never make it all the way through. I'll try and take some video of it. I also thing I have something loose, but not sure. to the right of the pops, when a ball fires off that way and hits the flat rail it has a very different almost hollow or loose sound, can't really put a finger on it, and was wondering if thats normal. Video to come soon....or someday. Which ever comes later I think.

Thanks for starting the club!

Get ya some boney flipper bats at Pinball Life!

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2906

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Do they fit ok? I like those.

Yes sir....no issues installing them at all. I would recommend a different color flipper rubber. The wife wanted red....so that's what the game had, but I think black would fit better.

I wish Disney would have allowed real actor voices, or some real call-outs from the movies.

One of my favorite Stern titles. I've had mine now for about 2 years. I have to say it's been the most trouble free pin in the collection.

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Another thank you for starting the club. Mine has been trouble free except for a broken connection on the ship optic switch. I removed the sneeze guard and have had no problems. Minor mods and super bands (which I recommend on this game). No, I haven't completed it yet - Heart Multi or Jack have been my nemesis to date. IMHO, if this was a current release, it would be a premium/LE model!

I concentrated on the skill shot for a week and legitimately made the super skill shot twice
AND .... F the sneeze guard..it was out 10 minutes after the game moved in!

Ive made the skill shot once.....on accident

Just made a deal on one today. Can't wait to get it. Please let me know the necessary mods! It will have the back alley creations, upgraded flip fid sound, the back box led light kit, speaker lights, and the speaker acrylics. What else? How do you guys get that nice glow around the ship ? What LEDs are you using.

you NEED the cannon mod (red leds shooting when ship is hit) and if you can get ahold of a mckee topper, it looks awesome!

I hope you knocked on wood after posting that. While it is a reliable title, it has a hell of a lot of parts and some of them (motors) are very expensive. I have one on location that's been relatively trouble free (knock on wood! d.

For the Jack ramp, make three shots, then wait until you start a MB to make the final two shots. When you make the 4th shot, it starts a hurryup on the last shot. The hurryup shot timer is way longer when you're in MB. For Heart, learn to control the kickout from the chest and keep shooting the chest. It's actually an easier shot with a backhand.

We got a bunch on location here in the bay area when the game was new. So I tried most all of them and went back and played the easier ones. I've been to Gauntlet a few times and once got to 4 winds twice in a game. Finished it the second time thru and made it to Gauntlet. That game lasted about an hour (collected all 5 factory EB's). I've scored over 1B points a couple of times. That too takes about an hour long game.

As I mantioned in another thread, my typical strat is to progress using Totuga and Heart MB. I always short plunge and shoot the Tortuga ramp. Skill shots are too hard to do consistently for me. A friend who is a much better player than me pointed out that my upper playfield makes it easier to start the broadside shortcut than most Pirate's (leans slightly more to the right), but I don't do it. For those not familiar with broadside, part 2 of pinball news' POTC review explains it.

I own a POTC, I got to Four Winds Multi Ball once ! Lots of my guests that come over my house seem to LOVE this game, and I'm no different. I think it should be in the top 30, certainly a sleeper title. I'm sure this will be a VE when the new DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES is released. They need to bring back Orlando Bloom though.

I am not an owner, but a big fan. There is a very nice one on location near me that I play at least once a week. Very fun game especially figuring out the best way to stack modes to get higher scores.

I have owned one for a little over a year now and I love it. I have some custom sling plastics and I vinyl wrapped the legs, side rails and lock bar. Also I have the first rock customs under cab led kit. I will post pics tonight. Thanks for starting the thread.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/potc-black-pearl-vs-flying-dutchman-le

Here is a post from a while back of the vinyl "mod" I did to mine. 20140423_224829.jpg20140423_224832.jpg20140423_224836.jpg

Those are some sweet sling shots

I'll hopefully be getting a HUO POTC this weekend

For those that own the game what does changing the games difficulty options to hard and extra hard do?

Thanks

I had a mint HUO POTC that I tricked out, but I wound up trading it later down the line. I know this game has its fair share of haters, but I'm definitely not one of them. I think it's one of Stern's best, and I like that it's got a bit of stop-and-go to it and longer ball times. I used to love alternating between playing POTC and then playing Tron.

This is a title I would gladly own again if the right deal were to come along.

No need to change any settings. It's plenty hard to reach 4 winds or gauntlet on default settings. You may want to increase the pitch or open the outlanes if ball times are too long. Although getting to 4 winds or gauntlet takes a long game anyway. Keep it on default settings when you get it, then make adjustments later if needed.

how many times has the ship broke on people? every time I see one of these the ship has sank and won't move.

Awesome. It sounds like the rules are pretty deep in this game which is great to hear. I'm picking mine up in a couple hours!

Just got one too last week, great game. I'm a terrible player so this is ideal for me. TRON just killed me.

Is the plunger a bit weak though? Really need to pull hard to get it all the way up, allthough I have to say I set the machine as steep as possible.
I'm having the same "problem" with the jackpot shot to the right, it's really hard to shoot that all the way through.

Love the chest's heartbeat sound! All in all a much better game than I expected. Even the "fake actors" voices are done rather well.

Congrats Panzer...

I think you're gonna like it.

I have had a problem with my ship durring sinking the sails stay up sometimes and the motor is tries to force it down. It seems to have a safe guard so it doesn't burn out the motor but I still would like it not to do that. Has anyone else had this problem?

I own one but it is on location. I do love the game though.

Put a ball in the shooter lane, then push the shooter up to where it contacts the ball. It should be slightly above dead center on the ball. If it's off, remove the balls, raise the playfield and adjust the position of the shooter rod. 3 screws and maybe two locking screws holding it in place. Remove the hex head screws, then loosen the 3 bigger screws and reposition the shooter rod. Lower playfield and check alignment before completely retightening the screws. Leave the hex head screws out if they don't align with their original holes.

Makes sure both of the nuts that hold the sails in place are tight. Loose sails will prevent the ship from sinking. Use the ship test in diags (game specific tests) to see what's binding. Close the coin door or pull out the high power lockout switch when running the test. Push the start button to raise and lower the ship.

Mine is on location too. Probably my best all age earner. Everyone loves Pirate's.

It's awesome! I got it home yesterday and wow what a fun game. I'm very impressed by all of the interactive toys and features on this game. The game just looks slick too with its beautiful art design and attention to detail throughout the game. My wife is really impressed as well with the game which is always a plus

Yup, I've already started to order mods, haha.

Ordered a bunch of mods from Back Alley Creations including the Davy Jones speaker panel
Flipper Fidelity speaker with 10" subwoofer kit
LED ship mod

I also have some brass pinballs from years ago that I intended to use in a LOTR I once owned. They didn't work on LOTR due to not being recognized by the games magnet but I think they will work in Pirates.

I have pirates side by side with lord of the rings. Both are doing good. Good all ages machines.

maybe adjust the standups, by moving them left to right. Not sure that will help, but easier than replacing the sneeze guard.

This is what I did and it has seem to work pretty good. Every once in a while I get an air ball but it hasn't landed on the ship or in a dead spot. Good luck!

If I understand correctly, I remedied the problem on mine (which has the sneeze guard removed) by using my Dremel to open the cut out above the ship shot. The ball then falls back to the playfield before it becomes stuck.

Here is a couple pics of my freshly shopped pinimage-36.jpgimage.jpg

^^^ This Please ^^^

Nice Work, its a thing of beauty. Now for some side mirrors...and other mods maybe. IMG_0853.JPGIMG_0856.JPG

Sorry for the delay in responding! I hope this picture helps. The amount of plastic above the ship shot I removed was minimal, so that even at its narrowest point it is still atleast an inch wide.

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