So what one distributor got their allotment? Where are the rest?

He posted his same “opinion” in 2-3 other threads. Almost verbatim. This is an owners thread.

#328 checking in. Fresh off the line.
F U N pin! and easy on the eyes too
Trilogy completed.

You obviously didn’t have a BM66 near it’s launch, did you?
I did, and that 1st year and half was beyond painful. And Lyman coded the living hell out of that thing in the end.

Versus now with Elvira, which is miles farther along out of the gate. This isn’t an Xmen situation, Lyman is going to make this thing sing when he’s done with it. And it certainly won’t be anywhere near the BM66 timetable.

Enjoy the ride, it’s going to be worth it.

#328 Oct 22nd

Anyone else having the house ramp lift up each time you lock a shot in the garage?

Come to think of it, once in wild women Multiball any shot sent through the garage was also causing the house ramp to lift as well.

initially my center ramp was up against the left ball guide and never made contact with the right gargoyle. As the plays have been racking up its slowly moving more towards the right, and starting to just lift the right gargoyle now. There’s a little slop in the alignment I’m noticing develop. I can push it back against the left but it works it’s way right after a couple lifts.

Haven’t looked at the manual online yet, is there a bracket or mount point for the ramp that may be working loose over time?

Yep. Have had it get stuck there a few times. Hard shot to the center ramp can cause it.

What in the world is that tree mod thing you’re tinkering with in there?

Missed the images but count me in on a topper.

We all got the ugly yellow price card. I’d love to get the pre-release house photo card instead.

I would reach out to Stern to verify if they haven’t already fixed it.

Mine was built oct 22 and jfh was in Nov. I think they might have already modified that plastic.
I know it’s a crappy pic but I don’t feel like tearing apart my ramp for no reason.

Mine is not broken and it looks like that bottom section is already removed.
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I’m digging the subtle changes / polish to trunk MB. Good stuff

have you tried extracting to your PC 1st, then copy them onto the stick?

Nothing I’ve heard yet. I was talking to Pablo a week ago about this issue but he didn’t have an answer for me. Report it along with pictures if you haven’t already. It’ll help get things moving quicker.

I noticed in .87 there’s a test setting or sensor “topper sense motion” or something along those lines. (Been a week since I last looked)
So the likelihood the topper moves in some capacity is probably high.

Also check the hinge screws inside the trunk along with the screw that connects the large bar (plunger rod) to the lid. Remove the 2 small screws from the side panel of trunk. Access from there. Check to make sure they haven't started coming loose. My trunk worked fine then started having the balls stacking up / getting stuck. Turns out the screws inside came loose. Once they were tight again the hangups stopped. Worth a shot.

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I used these to install LE speakers in Munsters premium when i had one.

Same here on plunge. 2 things I noticed. 1) make sure the wiring from the red flasher on ramp is not extending at all into the ball path of shooter lane. Mine was a little sloppy out of the box and I needed to bend the wiring out of the way / adjust a wire tie.
2) there just seems to be a slight alignment weirdness with the metal insert in the shooter lane. Where the fork section of it begins, it seems slightly askew to the left in the lane. But based on how the other end of it lines up against the ball guide, there’s no other adjusting that could’ve been done. Just the way it is.

Think it activates after banishing a Dead head.

Wow!
That’s an update with some meat and quality of life fixes! Well done Lyman.

My Oct 22nd build date has the updated guides.

I’d wager the missing call outs for backdoor skill shot is a bug and will get fixed.

Or look in the photo gallery for this thread, which has the pictures that have been uploaded. Start from last page.

Damn those look sweet!

New code .96 and stream by Jack Danger tonight!

Manual plunges on mine are "not great" too. Auto is smooth though go figure.
Ball launches smack off the small transition edge on the left side. Where the metal bracket around the bulbs (under plastic) ends and the next section starts. So while yours get air, mine get slowed down considerably

Bought one of those plastic lane guard protectors from Mezlemods. I'll report back once installed if it helps "guide" the ball better through the lane and exit.

It will never be completely shut. All of them have a bit of gap. Just how it was made / designed. Others have tried “fixing it” narrowing the gap and ended up getting into a lengthy ordeal that yielded little to no results.
I’d leave it be

Lyman sure knows how to drop 1.0 code. Thank you!

I tried downloading it multiple times only for it to go part way and then begin the download over again. All on its own. I’ll try getting it again tomorrow. 1st time I had issues pulling down the code like that.

My playfield has this too. Wood grain showing.
Elvira had a thinner clear applied. Prior released titles had a thick clear and were suffering from pooling / chipping quite a bit. I’d rather thinner and not have to worry. Others may feel different.

Sure I’d love the grain to not show but it seems to be what we have to deal with quite often in modern made playfields.

Just installed that shooter lane protector last night. Works great. It also helped correct the ball’s path going up so it no longer bangs against the left side guide and flows smoothly up to the house now.

Left 2 screws of what? The gargoyle cover or the base? The left 2 screws of the gargoyle cover would be the ones pulling the slot down tight onto the shaft area. Wouldn’t it be the cover right side screws?
I ask because I noticed when the cover isn’t firmly attached it works, soon as it’s all tightened up it flips up and then back down immediately. I was debating loosely attaching the right gargoyle cover or enlarge the top part of the a slot.

Take slow motion video of the ball heading up the shooter lane. I’ll bet it’s veering left and grazing the spot where the led metal guide and the plastic meet. It’s not a smooth continuous piece on the left of shooter lane. It would hit that junction and lose a ton of momentum plus then not travel in a direct path.

At least for me, I bought the plastic shooter lane protector which kept the ball centered going up the lane and allowed for a better plunge.

The right side cover is too tight and interferes with the coil driven arm that raises it.
Try removing the 2 screws on the backside of right cover and see if it’ll stay up then. Worked for me. You’ll never notice them not in.

I added a small strip of double sided tape inside the vuk (as documented by others prior) and that was all I needed. No bending or relocating. Another option for you to investigate.

Gomez basically said he has other things he's responsible for and keeps track of. Production schedule change emails (which there are many and often) is not something he focuses on. Interpreting that as "the Elvira run is pushed" is massive stretch.

Enough of this DLC shit. The game has always been more expensive than it's cornerstone counterparts. If it's added to / finished it should be included because we've already paid a ton for it.

There is a small casting flaw inside of the turret roof. It affects where the opto reads the position. Use a small file to remove the excess plastic. If you search back in here there’s a post and picture. It’s like a black nub on top of the normal grey plastic. It’ll line up once that’s gone.
But be careful

They install a stand-off post in that spot for some unknown reason. You can ditch that post and the tongue black spot will be gone.