Not sure exactly how this happened, but while playing my Lil DP apparently decided to try and decapitate himself.

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Might want to get a washer under the first post on the lane guide to raise it a little since I see what looks like the same clearcoat scratching evidence on the curve of the lane guide that we had here. The guide flexing scratches the clear, digging into it and leaving a white line of powdery residue.

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I just did this and documented the process here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/protecting-katana-lane-entrance-from-playfield-damage

Thanks, I'll take a look at that!

I......love.......this......game!!!! I'm getting on the board consistently wiping out my #1 score but I'm trying to get into my champion territory at 837 mil +. I can now shoot from the left flipper and bank shot off of the snnnnkt switch up the ninja lock ramp to stack for multi ball. Figured it out totally by accident.

Unfortunately I also found another issue. If all 3 lil DP targets are down and the ball slowly rolls behind them, it some times gets stuck behind the far right target. You can see why in my pic that the far right target is slightly raised which hangs up the ball. The machine will then sense a malfunction in that area and the lights go out in that area until you drain and a new ball starts, the area then reactivates and functions normal again. The only way I can free the stuck ball is by nudging which sets off the tilt, so I either tilt the game and free the ball or just let the DP area die and play the ball out.

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Your targets are sitting a bit too high. There's a screw on the bottom of the target assembly under the playfield that sets where the targets stop. Just back that off a little so your targets sit flush with the PF when they're down.

Thanks!! The left and center targets are dead flush with the field.

The right one......

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I'd look at the assembly and see if something is different about that left target stop underneath. Might be a burr or something on the assembly that's preventing it from going that last mm down. If not that, maybe something on the target bottom itself (mold error or something?).

I've also found an area that should be addressed for wear. Behind the targets , when the they get hit by the ball the rear edges of them seem to be denting into the wood which I fear later down the road will cause clear chipping issues. I'm going to forward my pic to Cliff and ask if anything is in the works for that area. I have a similar target Cliffy on one of my other machines.

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There was a nub on the bottom which I assume is from the mold, I've already filed it down flush.

Great to hear! Thanks for posting the solution.

Cleland posted something a few months ago that if he was given a DP on loan for a while and he was going to look into possibly doing new audio for it but I never heard anything else. Not sure if it was in this thread or not.

Here it is

Cliffy's three drop targets bank protector fits perfectly on Deadpool for this use. I have one on lil' Deadpool for six months.

This game does not need Ryan Reynolds. That is all.

Agreed. I beat the Deadpool video game twice, so I have spent a lot more time with Nolan North as Deadpool than Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.

It didn't completely solve the issue though. I still had to back the target adjustment screw out a little more

Ordering now thanks!!

I also have the cliffy protector for the area behind the Little DP drop targets, but didn't like how it covered the art there, so before even a single play I mylared that area and folded it down over that leading edge. Over 500 plays in and seems to be working well so far.

Cleland also said this in a different thread...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/petition-for-rated-r-deadpool-mode/page/2#post-4554487

So I'm seeing a lot of shots that come down the sword that feeds the right flipper and the ball falls out. Is there a fix for this? Anyone else seeing this with regularity?

I see it happen VERY infrequently (like 2-3x a month, and I play a LOT). If you're seeing it a lot, record with an iphone in slo-mo the length of the sword and that might tell you where it's going wrong so you can adjust. Are both screws on your sword blade tight so it doesn't move at all?

I agree with above suggestion - film it and see what is happening. I have around 600 games on mine and this has never happened.

Never have it happen. It's my go-to game too.

Same here, never had it happen and I've got to have a few hundred games in by now. I play it every day lol.

In other news I somehow lit colossal jackpot and never even knew that there was a switch there lol. Unfortunately when it lit, it threw off my concentration and I drained. I'd love to know what that could have been worth.

Question, during a game the boom button lit blue and I then hit the ball into a battle with mystique and the buttons light went out. So does this mean that any time the boom button is lit and you enter a battle without hitting it, that cancels the boom out completely?

Here is a link to a very good overview of all the Deadpool rules: http://tiltforums.com/t/deadpool-rulesheet/4311

Not regularly for me but from time to time. I think someone once suggested putting a piece of felt or something on the Katana, but since it only happens infrequently from me I haven’t done that. As long as it doesn’t fall off and go down the outlane then it doesn’t bother me.

It turns blue when it’s time to select a battle and/or quest. Then if you have between 1 and 3 booms it will turn yellow. If you collect 4 booms it turns red and that’s a Super Boom.

Yeah that blue one wasn’t actually a boom, it was just acting as a mode select/launch button.

Yup, I have this saved on my PC and have been studying it for the past few weeks lol

I’m debating whether to go DP Premium or JP Premium.

DP- goofy, irreverent fun. Sound effects etc can grate on you after awhile. Katana shot is not easy and a little wonky. Good thing is , even a miss seems to get you some kind of sound effect and score.
JP- perhaps too deep? I played 10-12 games on a pro and had fun not knowing rules. Seems to be a pin for serious gamers.

I was wanting the DP premium for a while but tried to find on locally used and never was able to get one. Then I played JP and decided to get a NIB JP Premium. Turns out now my distributor has a DP Pro (used and new) and DP Premium and I was thinking if I should pick it up too. Now I am torn between the DP Pro and Premium since I spent the extra money on the JP Premium do I still want to spend the extra funds on the DP Premium.

JP rules are fairly easy I think. You can’t go wrong either way.

I haven't been able to play a JP yet, but I've watched a lot of video getting ready for when I do. It looks like there are a lot of things to shoot for in JP, but I'm worried about the dinosaur paddock "modes". They appear to all be the same...Rescue-chopper-capture...just more shots or shorter timers.

This isn't the place for that discussion, but DP is very different for everything that is in it. Modes, quests and side objectives are all very individual, even if there aren't as many of them as JP. DP Prem is a great game, and it's my go to right now.

Deadpool Pro is awesome, I recommend saving the money and getting the DP Pro.

I just got my JP Premium yesterday, have a few games in on a JP Pro. Have had my Deadpool since launch. I don't think you can go wrong with either game. I would give the edge to Deadpool right now just because the code is more mature and I am a big comic book art fan. JP is more fun to shoot imo though. Lots of satisfying shots and the code is already pretty good.

So get Deadpool now, Jurassic Park when you have funds for another

Not knocking on the Pro, its great pin. But imo, the best shot in the game is the loopable orbit shot that the Pro is missing. It is super satisfying to rip that spinner over and over, I wouldn't want the pin without it.

I have a JP LE and a Deadpool premium and I think both of them are among the best games I have ever owned. I don't think you could go wrong with either one but if absolutely forced to make a pick, and I do mean forced, JP is my pick. But, if you can swing it, get both but don't get less than the premium versions at a minimum.

I'm sure I would love the DP Premium as well, but it doesn't seem like anything is missing to me on the Pro. Probably would need to change my strategies a little when playing the Premium.

I joined the club - I went with the DP Premium. JP prem and DP Prem to be delivered soon.

I don't think you need to change playing strategies from the Pro to the Premium. The Prem gives the repeatable left orbit and an extra Disco mode, but the mode isn't super lucrative relative to other things that are active in the game. Fun, yes, but not a barrel of points. I don't substitute it for other options in the game. Disco Loops and Disco MB are for when I don't have anything else lit. I would think the same goes for the Pro.

Deadpool Premium, for sure. The best experience of the two.

I would hope so for an additional $1,600. The question is more if the difference in experience is worth that cost. I do not believe it is, but that's not an insignificant amount of money to me, and the difference between the games doesn't justify it.

Given that you'll get a better experience and the resale will be very good, if you can front the initial difference it doesn't matter because once you sell it, the cost of enjoying it will be almost the same as a pro taking into account the buy/sell price spread, and you'll get a much better experience. It's one of the few Sterns where there's no doubt - the Premium/LE version is better.

I am looking forward to the Premium. I think you are right about the better resale - i gave that some thought too.

Yeah I do like to go up the left orbit to get the Dazzler helper, work towards Disco multiball and also to drop down through the upper lanes to help increase bonus multiplier... I'm assuming that might be different on the Premium?

I think my record on RIGHT orbit loops is 4 in a row...

I debated quite a bit on which version to get. For the additional ~30% in cost for the Premium I didn't think it was worth it in my case.

I actually like the art package on the Pro the best and also the plastic figures better than the molded ones, but I may be in the minority on both of those.

The disco ball is intriguing and I wasn't really sure that the ability to do a left loop back to the flipper and extra drop targets would be worth the additional amount.

I'm looking forward to playing a Premium/LE and maybe that will change my mind, but honestly I like the Pro so much, I'm not really concerned about it.

You're right on the Pro backglass art, for sure. We replaced the Premium backglass art with the pro version almost immediately and set the premium translite aside.

It's not just the disco ball, but a whole very satisfying, spinner-rip mode that's completely missing on the pro. Plus the disco ball lighting. A cool plus up on the experience.

I went pro on Deadpool mostly because I just don't see much improvement in the premium. There are a couple of things I thought were neat, but not enough to make me go for premium. Maiden on the other hand I think premium is hands down the best version and worth the cost. Either way, with most of these games if you won't miss the money then you might as well go premium haha.

I am a buy and hold type of guy so I probably will have the game for a long time so went with the premium. Plus I am putting 4 games up in my loft and don't plan to move them for a while so I thought long and hard on what games to buy. For my Loft I am putting up the JP Premium, BM66LE, DP Premium and SWLE (plus the Rockola Jigsaw). I plan to have those games for a while once they are up there. The rest of my games I have in my air conditioned garage. If G&R from JJP looks good I might have to let go one of my other games. AFM is my oldest game that I have keep, I think I bought it in '06. That one I won't let go either.

That's a great plan. It's all super subjective in the end really, everyone has different tastes with these games so it's all about what the buyer wants.