Thanks for the write up. Coil strength for flippers can be adjusted so on the machine you played they may have been turned down or just needed to be turned up a bit.

If you could make the shot if you hit it "just right" than I would think the flipper was fine.

I had to turn the power up from 14 to 18 on my upper flippers for the Spinning house and castle play fields. The front two flippers were perfect.. Its a sweet and easy fix.

My coils are all set to 1.18 default strengths and there is plenty of power for everything.

Your scoring is decent. A 5K skill shot really helps to start thing out. Get 3 locks from the LTS rollovers to get emerald city multiball going. Spell RAINBOW to get to the munchkin playfield modes. Spell BALL to get to 2x scoring. Capture Dorothy and spell RESCUE for multiball. Maybe get a TOTO save to extend play...

Before you know it you'll be scoring 6 digits.

The coils in WOZ can be adjusted individually for whatever coil strength you want. They're shipped at lower values to help protect the insides of the machine from being beat up!

It's one of those "Why didn't someone implement this sooner?" features that I appreciate about WOZ. (Apologies if someone did in fact include it in any earlier pin. I've never seen it.)

Capcom had adjustable coils

Well, that would explain why I haven't seen it. Just wish it had caught on. It's a useful asset.

Agreed. I even have my back legs jacked all the way up for a steeper incline & faster play, and I'm still able to make ramp shots from both flipppers, no problem.

Pauz21, the flipper issue was probably something related to that one particular machine you were playing.

I put about 50 games on a WOZ over the weekend running 1.18. I was able to hit the ramp perfectly over and over. I even saved that scrappy little mutt Toto a few times.

As people are saying above, the adjustable coils could have a lot to do with it, along with which version of the software the game was running. JJP has changed the default settings for coils in different versions. Over time with more and more versions of the software that stuff should even out.

I haven't adjusted my flipper coils. The right ramp is no gimme but if you hit it solid it takes. I don't want my tables to reward flailing shots.

I once hit the ramp 32 consecutive shots, and I haven't changed a single coil strength since I got it. My flippers are much stronger than any of my Sterns have been. My popbumpers are so strong on WOZ that I'm probably going to have to adjust those soon.

Any idea if it was a prototype WOZ? You can tell them by their green trim but standard topper. Also they tend to have a few issues.

Production models have a few issues as well, nice try.

Well, no issues yet on mine. Knock on wood apron, I guess.

What was I trying?

I think he's saying you're a JJP fanboy.

Boy, is he *way* off!

To the original problem: prototype games with prototype driver boards, especially those running older software, are known to have weaker flippers. But with production models there is NO problem whatsoever, and they can be cranked up to an INSANE strength that literally rips apart plastics on the playfield. So if that game was weak, it was either a prototype, or someone purposefully made it that way.