I finally got to play a pro last night, my daughter and I had a lot of fun playing it. Long shot but someday I hope to find an LE!

Edit I played a Premium I didn’t realize there is no pro of this title.

I am saving up to buy a premium next year when they run them again, would love to get some opinions for must have mods for this game?

Thanks for the mod ideas guys! Who carries the best art blades for the game?

I was thinking I have a set of powder coated armor off of my old iron maiden Limited edition that was scratched during shipping, I love the color so I thought I would have all of it re powdered in the same deep red color for Elvira, It is a beautiful color.

Wow there are Some incredibly talented people in this hobby!

Any of you guys using these?
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1289-youbentmywookie/04773-elvira-s-house-of-horrors-lenticular-apron-cards

I think I prefer the oversized version

I’m guessing it was made quite sometime ago? I heard that the next run is until early next year.

Pm sent

What was the original MSRP release price of the premium on this game? Also I’ve got to say I’m a bit concerned about what the QR code reader is going to look Like on the apron of Elvira as it is so nice looking, hopefully they won’t make it look to conspicuous compared to how the original looked.

How do you even buy a stern topper? Is it through distributors or off of Sterns website?

What does insider equipped mean?

What side armor are you getting and are you getting as an add from Stern?

Thoughts on the stern shooter rod for $169.00, is it worth it?

Definitely seems pricey! Not sure what the original price was, but I would of been a player up to $120.00 but $169.00 seems way too high!

On a side note I do like these side rails for the premium I get someday and at $269 they are reasonably priced.

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PM’s sent those are the last two sets of side rail that I know of, so if you guys don’t want them and anyone else here needs a set just pass the link onto them.

If anyone has a lead on a topper that is reasonably priced please keep me in mind.

Edit: Long shot, but if anyone is thinking about selling their LE PM me.

Sorry man Nitro had 2 sets but they are gone now.

I don’t understand what does that mean, if they have games available why wouldn’t they give you a quote?

I’m just hoping that Stern can run the premiums along with these anniversary editions at the same time and hopefully they can be made in December.

On a sidenote for $25,000 do you think Stern would at least throw a topper in with the game!

I guess we will agree to disagree then, I feel the exact opposite I Much prefer Elvira over Mando!

The game is beautiful, would of been nice if the powder coated the coin door.

What a disaster! Forklifts and pinball machines

Dang it! My Local arcade has one I can play, but I can’t drive so I have to wait for my wife to take my there every couple weeks. As much as I love my Godzilla LE maybe I will float it out there as trade bait to see if someone is ready to cut loose with there Elvira LE.

Unfortunately this appears to be true, but you never know they could come a little sooner than that.

I spoke with Melissa at Cointaker yesterday and she told me that Stern is definitely making more EHOH toppers, but like everything else from Stern they are behind on production.

I just got my topper and I should have my side rails soon, as a matter of fact I have almost every mod for Elvira that I had planned on getting. The only thing I’m lacking is the actual game, I like most who have been waiting on a premium got shafted on this last run, so count me as a guy who owns a topper but doesn’t own a game.

Anyone got a Stern shooter rod they’re willing to part with at a somewhat of a friendly price? PM me. Also can someone tell me where to buy the magnetic speaker panel cover and speaker lights in the picture below. “ Wizard Mod's magnetic speaker art Wizpanel”

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For the guys who have the Stern spiderweb armor did you drill the cabinet for the extra screw?

I have been collecting mods for quite a while and was going through my box of goodies and found this, I can’t remember what it’s for where it goes...

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If this guy was a true Elvira fan he would have toppers on all 4 games!

Yea allotments are all sold out at every Distro for the Nov run and I have a feeling that no one is going to get the # of games they put in for.

I’m still hoping to get the Stern Armor that I ordered last year, I’m told it’s coming but supply chain issues have delayed Stern from getting it made.

Brought this over from another thread, maybe you guys can answer this for me. What is Elvira considered since like BM66 it did not have a pro version, I had thought it was a Kapow title but apparently it is not.

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So studio titles don’t have Pro models or are Elvira and BM66 exceptions?

Not much incentive for Stern to run more at this point when they can keep dragging their feet and raising the price every few months.

This?

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Here is a video of it it’s very well made and has some random modes that are cool

Edit: link to thread with info on mod..
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/twd-the-crate

Question from reading this thread it sounds like the early run premiums and limited editions had some issues and needed a lot of dialing in and the later run premiums were pretty well dialed him from the factory. Did most of you LE owners have to do quite a bit of tweaking to get your games to play right out of the box?

Very sorry to hear this brother! get the game if you can, you deserve it!

In case anyone is looking for an game in this next run...

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/148114

I was wondering about this myself, for the new EHOH games with insider connect if you are relocating it to the coin door what do you do to plug the hole on the apron?

X2 don’t try and cut corners here go with Doug’s kit, you get what you pay for!

Can someone explain the difference between a regular premium and a studio title and why the studio titles cost more?

Hey Coaster quick question when you’re playing the game does the crate mod interfere with your view of Gonks dog house or do they go together pretty well it’s hard to tell from the pictures.

Where did you get the original plastic to replace it with?

And side armor

Curious when you guys get a game in on FedEx do you cut it open to inspect for hidden damage while the driver standing there or do you just sign for the game as long as the box looks good?

I wonder if this run of EHOH is actually sold out with most distro’s, I’ve heard of some drop outs due to the price increase. If anyone wants this game I think it would be risky to assume Stern will ever run it again.

On a side note do the crypt doors on the right side of the playfield actually shut all the way on these newly produced games?

So after EBay fees you got $1000

Is it just me or does the EHOH playfield seem heavier than most other stern playfields?

LMAO probably a few hundred places you could check.

Pinsider Swoods was selling them, shoot him a note he may still have some.

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So your saying the Kicker CS5 perform much better than the Kenwood speakers? Which Kicker are you using it seems there are 2 different CS5 speakers...

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Crate mod is pretty awesome and extremely well made.. some cool tech in this thing!
Quick note for you guys just unboxing your games, might want to turn down the kick out power or put a protector on Your Shooter lane. Stern has it jacked up pretty high from the factory and it can damage the right side of the lane if left un protected. I went ahead and threw on one of these new style protectors on day one.
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Where was that photo taken? And if you are with Zach ask him when the next run of Stranger Things is coming (couldn’t help but notice the giant STH poster)

My game plays great, made a small adjustment to the crypt VUK and I’ve had no issues.

Man sorry to hear the about problems guys!
I wanted to share a few pics of Doug’s speaker light kit install. I went ahead and went with the Kenwood speakers like what Stern uses in their LE games I know there are better speakers but these are a nice improvement over the factory speakers which are junk. I used Doug’s 5 1/4” plates so I could go with the larger speaker. Shout out to Doug for the well thought out installation instructions, I have a difficult time with installing mods anymore as my brain is fried this kit was really easy to install and looks great.. also You can set it to any color you want or to cycle through all the colors.

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Reminder for new owners.. Incase anyone is unable to dial in the crypt VUK this is a very helpful solution...

Dang I’m surprised it needs to be pulled out that far! I loosened the ball guide screw on mine and adjusted the rail all the way out (pictured below) and it’s perfect now. It clears the left sling on the left orbit shots and spins right orbits smoothly. I don’t get how there could be so much variation from game to game.

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Mine was pretty close, I had to do a VUK adjustment to get it consistent and then a few other small adjustments (left orbit rail) but now the game is playing perfectly, I absolutely love it!

Question when is the turret on the house supposed to spin? When I start a game the turret spins after that I don’t really pay attention because I’m not looking up at it a lot, in what modes does it spin?

This game is incredible! Lyman = GOAT!

Question on the back box hinges, if I want to remove them to powder coat them do I have to remove the back box to take the hinges off or if I remove them with the back box up will the bolts that hold the back box up on the back of the game hold the back box in place so that I can just remove both hinges and leave the back box in the upright position on the game?

I was thinking about trying the color and finish below on my premium still need to talk to my powder guy about it.
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It won’t adjust out that far, I’m guessing he removed the screw from the slotted bracket to get it to move out that far.

Very interesting I thought it was just me but I did notice a difference when I was trying to dial in my VUK and putting the gargoyle on changed the trajectory of the VUK eject by quite a bit. So you’re saying just bend the top of the VUK up approximately 1/8 of an inch?

I always wax before I apply Mylar to a playfield, It will still adhere just fine, but if you ever need to get it off you will be able to remove without damaging anything.

Stern must have gotten into a batch of hard wood on this latest run of playfields, I just went over mine with a bright light from all angles and see almost no signs of dimpling.

Elvira = Lyman magic!
There is no question whether or not it’s a great game! As for GF it’s to early to tell. I noticed people over on the GF thread spent some time bashing Elvira and comparing how much more value you get with GF. That may be (pound for pound), but the question is will GF turn out to be a great game? If your talking Dollar for dollar value, which it seems they like to do in the GF thread look at TS and GNR, you can buy both already for thousands less than what they sold for new. Will GF go the same way, I hope not but it’s a risk! Try finding an Elvira for thousands under MSRP.. you won’t because Bells and whistles aside it’s just a damn good game, it has already stood the test of time.

Last note you can jam everything and the kitchen sink into a game but that does equal fun game play.

I am not sure exactly what went wrong on your attempt but if you got off center while grinding it try using a small burr to make a pilot hole dead center on the plunger so that The large burr stays centered while you are making your scallop cut.. Again not sure if that’s what went wrong but if it is that should help you stay centered... Remember take your time, remove a small amount of material and check it, If Cut tries to go off-center adjust as necessary.

are you offering a right side monitor so that the scanner can be moved to the coin door and the monitor can take its place?

So has anyone been successful in getting the deadhead family crypt doors to close completely, it seems like when I got my machine that they were closed and after the first few games a gap opened up and that is the way they been ever since, is there an adjustment to close them?

Damn it seems like the first haunt you start with this game is when you unbox it! I will say once it is dialed in it is well worth the trouble but it would be nifty if Stern would put in a little more effort to get these things dialed in at the factory so we didn’t have to do it at home considering what their charging for it FFS!

Don’t let it scare you off, my game has only needed an adjustment to the VUK and now I need to make a minor adjustment on the crypt door. The other thing to factor in is that there is no guarantee Stern will run the game again.

OK if anyone gets time whenever you have your playfield up (no rush) I need two pictures,

I need one of how the start button is plugged in I noticed there’s a separate bundle of wiring below the Start button that is not plugged (see pic) and I also noticed tonight that mine doesn’t light up so I want to make sure the correct wires are plugged into it.
The other a picture I need is a little trickier it is the top piece of linkage that opens and closes the deadhead crypt, it’s hard to get an angle on, with the playfield up this is what the top of the link looks like (see pic) I want to see if mine is correct. It appears that the nut holding it on it’s not screw down all the way but I can’t screw it down any farther, the link has a lot of play in it.. seems like it should screw down farther and have a washer on it.. I wanted to know if all of yours look the same, have lotta play in them, and are not threaded down all the way and have no washer?

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Thank you! Odd that your link has that white stuff in it, I wonder what that is? my link has quite a bit of play in it there and the play is what causes the gap in the crypt door. The door gap isn’t too bad but I have adjusted it out as far as I can, without tightening the play in that link I cannot remove the rest of the gap.

I think you make a pretty good point here, finding a dialed in game might be a good way for him to go, but also normally involves shipping which creates its own set of problems. So if he could find a local game for sale that would be ideal.

So question guys, if I need parts for my game under warranty do I contact my distributor for Stern directly?

OK well luckily I don’t need much finally found a LED to try on my start button and it worked that’s the first bad LED I’ve ever had. As for the bushing in my crypt linkage piece I won’t even bother with Stern I don’t wanna wait two years for it, I found this hard plastic bushing in my parts box I think it will work. It just sucks because it’s a PITA to get to and I don’t have shit for dexterity in my left hand anymore... Thanks Stern!

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Thanks for the tip!
By the way anybody who is getting this game NIB especially if you’re putting art blades on it I would recommend getting a set of these cabinet protectors to protect your blades. Trust me you’re going to have the playfield up and down more than a few times by the time you get her dialed in and odds are without these protectors you’re going to scratch or tear your blades.

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Well that was a bit of a pain in the ass because I had to do it twice.
As shown in the pic below my game came without a bushing in the crypt linkage so the crypt door wouldn’t shut all the way and it had a bunch of slop in it. I took the Crypt linkage off and modified a bushing by shaving it down thinner and put it all back together. I then realized the bushing was to thin so I took it apart again and installed a new thicker bushing and this time it worked perfectly. So if your crypt door has a lot of slop in it and won’t shut all the way check the bushing on the upper linkage. The top picture is how the linkage was before bottom pic is after.

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I’m in appointments all day today, when I get home I can measure it for you. Is your bushing missing? you should be able to lift your playfield and peek in underneath the crypt from the side and see if it’s there or not.

House comes off pretty easy I’m not near my game now but if you need to get it off I can snap a few pics of what you need to unscrew tomorrow. It’s basically 2 Phillips screws and a 1/4” screw and then very carefully lift it out. The bushing size is .. 1/4” OD / 1/8” ID

My VUK issues ended up being caused by my medicinal mod casket, When I took off the casket the VUK worked perfectly when I put it back on there was some kind of interference happening. All I had to do was slightly bend the scoop on the VUK up and it fixed the problem. The fix is shown a few pages back in this thread.

If your talking about the crypt door did you check the linkage to make sure it’s not binding? the bushing in my door linkage was missing from the factory and there was so much play in the linkage that it was causing some random binding in the linkage if I tried to adjust the door motor so that the door would shut all the way when closed.. I installed bushing and it took the play out of the linkage, then I was able to adjust the door gap. May not be what’s wrong with your game but it’s worth a look.

I was surprised to see they also used the embossed foil cabinet artwork on this Blood Red Kiss Edition as well. I figured they would just throw stickers on it like they did on the original LE. I have to say, Stern threw the kitchen sink at this game, this is what an LE should look like!

Not gonna argue that it should include a topper, but considering what you get in the standard LE package in most other games, this blows them away! You are getting metallic embossed sparkled cab decals, (same as Batman SLE) sparkle playfield artwork, mirror sparkled backglass, apron and plastics, dagger shooter rod, and way nicer armor and powder coat than what the last handful of LE’s have come with. Honestly, this package makes most of their recent LE look like premiums.

Interesting where did you hear that?

OK I wasn’t sure so the 40th anniversary didn’t have HD glass or Shaker either? This is the only feature matrix I can find.

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This is what I have heard as well.

It does? News to me, I haven’t really been following JP30th. I would say this blood red edition art package qualifies as very unique, if not new. This game looks great no matter what model you purchase so you can’t really go wrong with it!
On a sidenote, watching the live streams from the factory it looks like the red sparkle on the Playfield is over the top, the people there said it was beautiful. I couldn’t really capture it trying to screenshot from the video, but it appeared to be a heavier sparkle than JJP uses on their playfield. The entire flamingo in this pic and apparently most all the red areas on the playfield are all sparkle. The guys who did the factory tour said it’s stunning.

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I just wanted to confirm the blood red edition does come with HD glass and shaker per Evan at Stern.

IMHO The SLE will always be the top tier model, I would love to own one someday but I doubt I could afford to pony up the $$$$.

Yeah, and then it will cost you $850 to have it shipped to wherever you’re located (checked w/$STI$ lately) and risk having it damaged getting it there. Is it worth the savings to buy a used game later? I guess everyone has their own opinion on that.

Besides the other stuff - sparkle playfield, arch, cool powder armor & one off B/W sparkle red mirror backglass The “exclusive foil, embossed cabinet art with red sparkle” is what I think looks the most incredible! Don‘s Pinball podcast did a little live podcast from his tour at Stern yesterday and he did a walk around on the game, the cabinet looked ridiculously good!
Again, my favorite of all the versions is the SLE but of all of the EHOH obviously this one stands apart from all the rest has the most unique IMHO.