Hardware is the same isn't it? I thought the only differences between the Premium and LE were cosmetic and speakers? I've heard they might give some extra code to the SLE buyers, but have wondered how they would keep people from just adding it to the other versions if they are all really the same in boards and playfield.

BTW, joining the club on Sunday, picking up a used premium. Any game specific issues I should check for?

Has anyone used the Retro Refurbs art blades? Got any pictures? How about the purple Stern ones?

Second day owning this machine and we already love it way more than we did our Alice Cooper. The code no doubt will come a long way while we waited 8 months for an update on Alice and it never came. As an MST3K fan I love all the old movie clips and my wife likes bad puns and innuendos so she's liking the humor.

Ordered a shaker, volume button, Medisinyl crypt and gargoyle, Retro Refurb side blades, cabinet flipper mylar.

She's going to be a beaut!

Other than the armor, I usually prefer premium in Stern myself. I like picking my side art. Saves quite a bit of dough for the same experience. I have a LE BK and I don't see much difference between it and my premiums.

I ordered the movie posters one. Grew up watching TNT monster nights and MST3K so the movies are my favorite part of the machine. Can't wait to see them all coded in.

That sounds like it's hitting really strong.

The turret on my house is slightly crooked. How do I adjust it?

I had this twice yesterday also. It was a solid shot and kicked back out.

Never underestimate Gary Stern's aversion to anything a really old man can even remotely consider obscene.

Loving the constant updates on my first Lyman game.

Before this last code update this never happened to me, but now it's happening quite often. I'll get it into the house to start a mode and the ball bounces back out. The mode starts, but when we stop to watch the scene, the ball pops out early and drains. Very annoying

Yeah, I'd love to know where you got those ramp mods and coffin mod. The flipper bats too. Those are sweet.

Are they just pieces from the original game?

I wonder if it would be too much to do the Bony Beast mod and the Medisinyl crypt with the gargoyle too.

Link is broken now. They took them down. :/
Anywhere else to get them?

Stoked for more code, but really wish he'd fixed the issue with the front door rejecting shots. Did not happen to me until the last code and seems to be the same with several people.

Got to play it last night with a buddy, more movie clips and call outs! More light show. So nice. Still having too many rejections out of the front door.

I feel like a terrible player, I still haven't seen Gappa yet.

But I'll know!

Mine has only done it since two code updates ago, when others started to complain of the same.

I read that if you were built after late October you are fine.

I can make it, just not with any consistency. I've ordered the part so I can at least compare and see if I've already got it or not.

I like that the haunts are being drawn out. I feel like I'm getting a movie a month even if I never see some of them.

On a side note, I had a friend come over a couple of weeks ago and get to attic multiball twice in two games. No music or sound effects coded for it yet.

Also, Make Out Multiball is hilarious.

I think she should have gotten theme integration too. JP won, but not having the proper Jurassic Park licenses killed the integration IMO.

I've heard rumor of 26 titles planned for the game. If true, I'll never sell this machine.

I want to put a clear MST3K logo over the moon in the back (turning it into the logo, but not obstructing the light.

Anyone know how I could accomplish this?

One of my lights is out and I'm about to make a Comet order. Is this going to be a regular 1SMD #44 bayonet? Shooter lane gi.

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Awesome, thank you sir!

I'll check it, but won't hurt to throw in another bulb or two since I'm making a huge order from them today anyway. Thanks

You should probably make these and sell them.

I've heard rumors all over the place, I DM'd Mr. Sheets but he didn't respond.

How many movies are going to be in the game? I've heard 26 movies (the ones that are in the movie posters of that set of side blades) and I've heard just what's set aside in the menus. What has anyone else heard?

You should definitely market that.

How do I get to the "Secret Room" to see the new mode?

Ok, so Gila Monster is 1 key, Santa is 2 keys. Is the new mode 3 keys? Is it random? I wish secret rooms keys would all be random so we can see those movies more often.

If there were an easy mode that just made all the movies random I'd turn it on. I'm not good enough to have seen Santa once since it was made more difficult.

The Manster was only amusingly bad.

My search fu is failing me if this has been covered. The crypt VUK is shooting to the left of the targets across the field. I tried loosening the screws that hold it to try and aim it better, but the mech won't budge with loosened screws. Is there an easier solution than completely removing it and possible having to make the screw holes wider? Here's a picture of mine. Does it look out of alignment from below? 20200619_143640 (resized).jpg

Damnit, I REALLY don't want to have to screw new holes into the wood.

NM, fixed it. Got some pliers and made a slight twist to the top of it and it's working just fine. Phew!

My gargoyles are stiff and don't leap very high. Someone said to grease them. I have white lithium grease and chainsaw oil. Are either of these ok for this?

I used a tiny bit of the lithium grease and it worked. If it starts binding again I'll loosen the screws. Thanks

Yeah, they are straight and foam off. The little bit of grease worked for now. Both the front ones hit the glass and the back ones almost make it every time.

Ok, so everyone with premiums are upgrading their speakers to LE equivalents. I'd like to upgrade, but I like the foam look of the premiums because I like the speaker light kit for it. If I'm wanting to upgrade quality but not the look of my premium speakers, which ones should I buy? $100 max hopefully.

Ok, I was thinking I'd be able to upgrade the speakers without changing the size. So I need to buy the 5.25" speakers, get the mounting plate, add the diffuser. Got it.

I got the 5.25" speakers in the mail. The speakers came with wires that clip on but don't have the plastic connector. Do I just desolder the wires off the 4" speakers and just solder them on the new speakers?

Good thing you pointed this out. What do they need to be switched to?

4 ohms. Found it on the box.

Is there an ohm setting for the cabinet sub also? Bought that too.

If you can't tell I never went through the usual speaker fetish during my younger years.

So I'm setting up my new speakers and light kit and I got a serious snag. Whoever installed this screw tightened it so hard they completely stripped it out. Normally I'd go buy a stripped screw bit, but the screw is so small and there's no clearance for a drill. There's also no clearance for a Dremel tool to cut it. Any ideas?

Tried the rubber band method.

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No room.

Space is too small. Going to try buying a screw extractor and a drill bit extender. Maybe that will work. Will be a bit at an angle though.

It's just one shop and they aren't even available. Might just be a placeholder.

Tell me about it, I'm the teacher!

LOVE that apron decal.

Getting itchy for another code update. I'm already spoiled.

It's a toss up for me. Much more bass in the 4ohm speakers but you have to crank it up to 40+ and the treble doesn't balance out completely. The upgraded subwoofer is a must though.

The premium speakers are fine then. Would still get the sub. It's super cheap and adds so much like feeling the lightning strikes in the game.

The 4 ohm speakers make her more 'muddy' in my opinion. They make all the other effects better though.

I have them in there set at 15% strength and UV flashers hooked to the shaker. Just enough to see the artwork better during game play and a little more light show with the shaker flashers, but mostly unnecessary with this game.

Last night playing it had us walking the Torgo walk.

Between the early code and thinking "another Elvira game", I couldn't get over the how empty the game is. I mean, it sits between X-Men LE and Dialed In and with the lights on it IS honestly missing a lot comparably. Sheets showed his love of the old movies and came through on code though so much that I never even notice the boring layout when I play it. The light show is great and it shoots smooth.

The guy was loaded and renovating his house. Just needed them out quickly.

We can't figure it out. What movie is Add a Zombie Multiball?

I'm interested depending on price. It looks amazing!

That's it! Never heard of it. Thanks

I like the premium side art, but of course the LE armor is better. I wouldn't pay the difference for it though.

PM sent

I'm having an intermittent issue. Sometimes when I lock a ball in the garage, it doesn't register. Upon ball search, it kicks out all of the locked balls. It's happened 3 times in maybe 15 games. I thought it might be an issue with the latest code, but no one else is complaining so it must just be mine. What should I look for?

Your first set of balls only last a couple of weeks while they beat down some of the sharper edges of a new machine anyway. I use them for that, then chuck them.

Where is everyone getting their balls right now? I got a bunch from Ball Baron last time that I wasn't happy about. Some of them even had that honey combed golf ball look after a while.

Also, no one has any ideas about the garage ball lock issue I posted about 2 days ago?

Cool, will do, thanks

The Amazon reviews on those are scary though.

I'm just hoping he gets the rest of the movies in there.

A guy listed this on Facebook. I like the UV back panel look. How can I do this with mine?

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Nice, I need to adjust my left orbit guide too then. We've just been giving it a nudge coming out of it all this time.

Are there any third party toppers for this machine? Not spending a grand on the Stern one but still want a decent one.

I'm glad you posted this. I also bought the LE speakers and haven't been happy with them. I'll give these a go since you say it sounds way better.

I replaced the rubber under the pops with the next highest up size. It made it a bit round coming out of the pops and while you still get some SDTMs, it's not quite as often. Be careful putting it on though, there's a metal guide there that likes to slice the rubber as you are putting it on.

Indeed, the Kenwood ones just don't sound right. Muffled and the songs aren't as clear. Changed the impedance, equalizer, everything. Just don't like it. These are in sale for $22 and free returns, so I'm only risking labor to try it.

I went ahead and went with the premium style deluxe lights. I like the way the colors swirl on the padding.

Change 8 ohm to 4 ohm if you upgraded your speakers. It's in Utilities I think.

Shaker motor, Medisynyl casket and gargoyle mod (dog house is take it or leave it), blood drop plastic protectors, deluxe speaker light kit.
Pinstadiums only if you can control yourself and turn them down to 15-20%, otherwise they remove the creepy factor. No fusions needed, but the UV flasher adds a cool effect when hooked to the shaker.
HD glass.

And always...Pingulp

Definitely switch it to the shaker motor.

Also, how can we forget the mod that's going to win mod of the year for the TWIPY's next year? The movie trailer screens that Doc made.

And a damned fine mod it is too! I hope you win best mod for this next year.

I installed the Pyle speakers and they are SO much better than the Kenwoods. Only $22 too!

When are some more movies going to be added? Eagerly waiting for Eegah, Giant Leeches, and Killer Shrews.

This. Dwight on code makes me pause and say "I'd better flip it first". Munsters, GoT, SW, TMNT....all games that fail on code IMO. Subjective of course. Ghostbusters is good, but only after he fixed it what? 6 years later? Give me a Keith Johnson, Lyman Sheets, Joe Katz, or Bowen Kerins all day over Dwight.

According to Pinball News, Lyman left at the end of last year. No wonder we haven't gotten any updates in so long.

https://www.pinballnews.com/site/2021/08/02/steve-ritchie-joins-jjp/

I mean, there's at least 5 movies on the back glass not represented, even the center figure Eegah.

It blows my mind that no one on this forum can contact him personally and just ask what the plans for Elvira code are.

Double post

Eegah, man that movie is great and he's front and center on the back glass. "Watch out for snakes!"
Attack of the Giant Leeches is there too and so classic!

If he doesn't work for Stern anymore, maybe we can do a GoFundMe for donations for his time.

There's no way Stern would turn down free code updates for a game. Especially since they were planning on having it and paid for the actress' footage already.

Does anyone else get flipper fade with this game? As party nights go on for the 5th-6th hour you can't backhand the left ramp anymore.

Love mine my man. I always get complements on my game for them.

True, however, she's proof that modern makeup is like magic. She very much looks her age without a quarter inch of makeup.

I mean, the two movies centered on the translite aren't coded. Movies in the playfield art aren't coded. They NEED to continue this code.

Pinball isn't that big of a field. It seems like SOMEONE would know Lyman personally and would be able to ask him what's going on. No one in pinball knows this man?

I think 3 of them are even in the settings menu. Lyman had previously stated that this was his dream theme and he would be coding it for years, that they had hours of footage from Elvira they haven't used yet but planned on using it all. Yes, I'd think the original plan was to code them all.

If all of that gets abandoned...it's just damned painful.

There's actually so much content available that I believe the original intent of the turret was to change the entire lineup of movies.

I hope that's being facetious.

I actually didn't know this would happen in games without magnets. Might explain some of the random problems I've had when there's nothing wrong.

Much better than a QR code reader for sure.

All of that was added before Lyman left. We haven't heard anything since then. I love this game for the potential it has to be, not for what it is now. I really hope they assign someone to finish this game.