Hot diggity damn! It looks like I am in the club!

Long story but I was in after the original reveal on an LE; deposit paid, waited out the whole time for shipping and had to give him up due to some challenges that I was experiencing at the time. It arrived NIB but a friend swooped in and took it away. Fast forward 3 years and I will be picking one up Saturday morning with a new replacement PF in the wait. I will get the pin home and set up and then arrange to do the swap. This replacement populated PF was made available due to the original plagued ghosting debacle. All that said, my day is finally approaching!

I have just ordered a full set o' cliffies but has anyone here opted for the new thinner (.5mm) Playfield protector:
https://www.playfield-protectors.com/Home/Details/jfscMWEhZk-Cw5zNSeDD2g?categoryid=22&category=Playfield%20Protectors&name=Ghostbusters%20(Limited%20Edition)%20%7C%202016

Not sure if it is overkill but after seeing the dimpling on our ACNC, that just killed me especially after opting in for the buttered cab and all of the trimmins'. Still watching that as I might be checking in with Spooky if anything else happens beyond dimpling.

I will try to go back and determine which other mods are essential or just plain fun.

Is the new audio mix done with pinball browser or is there more to it?

Got my LE home on Saturday!

Added a couple of homemade mods already.

I wanted the books to be much taller than the mods that I've seen online. Lucked out with this set from a local comic book Shop. Made some custom brackets and voila! It's going to be fun modding this

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Did you order the LCD with add-on mounting kit? Just ordered the display bundle, looking forward to it!

I'm interested in a full rubber kit as well, if we get a proper list together it would be greatly appreciated.

I saw pics of the glow titans on the ACNC and they look killer. Maybe the same for GB?

Hey all,

So still new to my LE and lovin' it. What is frustrating to me is seeing the ball come out of the pops, under the gate, bounce off of the RT orbit rail just enough that the ball come SDTM. WTF!?

I need to order a hanging center post plastic but what else should I be looking at to help?

Bang on! It was the front of the pin, I leveled it and now I only have an occasional drain, everything else goes to the RT flipper. Although there wasn't much of an adjustment the ball definitely shoots harder now as well. That part is odd but play is much better now, thanks!

Welcome! I'm fairly new as well and lucked out with an LE. I love this theme and this pin.

I would like to bounce around ideas for a DIY topper. The Stern one seems alright but is it worth that kind of money? Does anyone have detailed pics; all sides and possibly the harness and PCB? How complicated is this thing? There are a ton of intelligent pinheads out here.

That is the Stern one. I was trying to determine if anyone has been thinking about a DIY approach to this. More pics of this one, from all sides along with wiring harness etc... would be a good reference. Interested in other people's thoughts on that.

$500 USD = $669 CDN + tax, comes to $756 + shipping etc... That's a lot a coin for an okay topper.

It's a beauty!

I've just stumbled on that 3D file online, it's fantastic and will use it for sure (in a small way). Where are you 3D printing these and how cost effective is it to do so at that size?

Am I the first to arrive? I was sitting in the car waiting to see if others were here yet but the suspense was killing me.

I've brought Hi-C Echo Coolers and Twinkies!

Can you confirm that the 'Tournament Play' related screens are on the 'to be colorized' list. There is currently no color on these screens.

Regarding this slime river, I like the visualization of the green but would like a pink option. Assuming that the pink is in the works, it would be great if there could be separate ROM option for each.

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone know if I can order just the large plastic piece for the reverse hanging center post. Pinball Life's kit has a whole kit; IE: with the green slime plastics etc... which my GB LE came with.

If it is not available would someone have a scan or outline file so that I can CNC one myself? This outline and one for the flyball protector for the left ramp (2 standup targets) would be great!

I was hoping to not have to purchase the lot, just to use the largest piece. I already have a small post for it as well.

No real rush but I think that I'd like the option to save SDTM balls.

Has anyone shared pics of the inards? It doesn't look that fancy for the price, is there a special PCB/control board in there?

Can someone share a picture of the center captive ball and gate(s) area where there is a black nylon spacer? Just putting everything back together and this fell out when disassembling this area.

Thanks!

I was just going to ask the same question. Installed the walking SP and occasionally the autolaunched ball hits the 3D printed box/motor. Not happy with that.

Is this the latest update?

I just finished readying my LE, so like everyone else I now wait.

No longer needed but thanks for asking.

My replacement PF came with the Stern stainless steel plate so I gathered that I needed to raise the black metal top piece to accommodate. Just inserted a couple of washers and Simmer still clears the plate nicely. Not sure where the single small spacer actually sat.

Has anyone had success with updating GB (PRE/LE) with pinball browser? (with a ColorDMD)

Sorry, what do you mean by this?

These are conflicting

My new PF came with smalls on bottom, large on top. Not sure which is 'better' to achieve more action.

Thanks guys!

Mine has the reverse at the moment. Gonna change it in the morning.

Indeed. Played a couple of games and those slingshot ghosts are out in full force. Simple adjustment, I love it!

I like the idea of the save posts below in the market place as well as the center post and plastic. Need to get or make me some.

I thank that it was for insert ghosting not dimpling but maybe others can chime in.

Mine as well!

Is anyone sharing sound libraries?

Keep me posted as well please! (#3?

Thank you! I will look up how to install this. Is there a backup for the original that is available or that I need to do?

Well, after having my full PF swapped out not too long ago my Tony Scoleri LED is out. I have swapped out the bulb but it is still dead. This connects to a node board but I can't really make out where based on the manual.

Has this happened to anyone and can you tell which board and connector to look at?

delt31 installed and enjoying the new tunes, thank you!

I will watch the movie again to get reacquainted with the songs

I too LOVE my LE. This thing is gorgeous!

Looking forward to the new code.

I bent the switch arm outwards a bit, zero issues since. ...but I will go back and check the screw(s), although I should have noticed if the switch was loose.

Me too, and the LE is what I snagged as it was on my wishlist!

I sent a support request to Stern regarding the LED for the left Soleri insert being dead (some time after the PF swap) and haven't heard back.

Should this be called in or is there a better way to get a response?

Is there a checksum for the file(s)?

I have mentioned it before but my Tony Scoleri insert LED is out and I had previously emailed support but have since called it in and zero response. Bigger fish to fry I suppose but I just want the light to work. DUMB design.

Revised this post:

Using WinMD5Free to compute MD5 hash value for files, these are the values that you want to ensure that the files are not corrupt:

I have an LE so this applies to LE (and PRE I believe)

ghostbusters_LE-1_16_0.spk
MD5 checksum value:
9ff343efbd6a81f0443e5ed79e48f988

Ghostbusters_le-1_17_0.spk
MD5 checksum value:
5be4bd68c7a48b950abcbbf0604b7b57

NOTE: For my .17 update this morning, I used the same FAT32 formatted USB as .16 and it would not work. I tried different times with restarts etc... all failed. Used another FAT32 formatted USB and it worked. I was able to use the VOL button to go to the FULL or UPD menu and selected Update; went fast and worked.

These look better to me. I like the idea of accenting the top and a bit of the side of this mech but it doesn't need to be completely covered. I think that it would be too distracting from Slimer.

Hopefully they are working on it and can just add any changes later.

@UrethraFranklin, you really do some great 3D modeling.

The slimer much topper just seems too much for me. Like it highlights a huge block over his head. I personally like that the arm/mech is black and less noticeable.

Regardless, there are some who will love it so keep on creating!

I bought the full cliffs set and installed all but the left scoop as that looked like too much work considering that the stock protector was not bent up. The rest was pretty straight forward but does take time. Hopefully that helps.

I then installed a full playfield protector, the new thinner type (I had just installed a fully populated GBLE PF (stern swap) and waited for the cliffies and PF protector). The cliffies may be redundant with a PF protector but I don't regret buying and doing it all, the pin is a keeper for me.

Thank you for the time and energy to provide an update!

Curious about Tournament mode, is there no love for these screens? They just look bland in grey or white

Just online with Pinball Life looking to order a real knocker kit for GB LE and EHOH LE but when looking in the backbox of my GB LE, there is an assembly on the lower left that has 2 23-800 coils installed, with coil sleeve in each but there is no coil post. What is this assembly for?

Crazy sounding but must be true if you had to yank them out

Thanks for sharing.

NEVER GROW UP!

Might have just found my new topper.

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Thanks. It may work but I would have to center drill on the resin piece to secure it to a mounting plate or similar. It would be neat to have some spots/lights setup on it as well. I did inquire about the tech that is within the actual Stern GB topper but it is one or more node boards in there so not likely easy or possible to duplicate that.

I do have the moving Stay Puft mod for the in-game SP, that's cool! I was thinking that I could connect spot lights to that same signal to light up the topper. What are others doing, if anything?

Sounds cool! I am interested so far and will watch for more details.

I did the same after reading about the improved response and couldn't be happier.

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These are UV LEDS. I figured that I would install them when I put all Glow In The Dark Titan rubbers in. It is a neat effect but I was only able to put them in a few places on GB as there are mostly SMD LED everywhere.

I have also installed full GITD Titans on about 4 of my pins so far (GB LE, ACNC, AFM, EHOH LE) and love the look. They do not often 'glow' during play but I guess it depends on how dark your room is. Although they are actual GITD, it is the neat green colour that looks gret all of the time.

I know that you've found one but I couldn't wait to remove mine and replace it.

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Can we reverse engineer the topper? I'd like to see what makes it tick.

It sounds like some of us will have to watch for the EULA that gets applied to all new code updates. I don't stream or anything but some will be bothered by the changes to the agreement. Only time will tell what this means for the rest of us.

Has anyone used this as a topper?

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Toys R Us has them and they are very reasonably priced. There looks to be a lot of interaction with this so I am curious to know who here would have the know how of how to tap/wire into it. Maybe with an arduino to trigger things based on specific lights in the pin?

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And I don't actually like the Stern topper so even at $1K it would a non-starter for me.

Well, I had to go buy one of these and see how it looks up there. I like it! Now to find the arduino magicians out there...

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I believe that they are $99USD. It was $146.99 ($166 total) CDN here. Totally worth it IMO. The batteries (3x AA) go into the end of the handle and this has two screw in caps, one is flat like in my picture and the other allows you to connect a hose/tube. This might be to connect to a separately released proton pack later, who knows

swinks This thing is cool, many small metal pieces like the switches, the meter display (LEDs) is cool and the intensity adjustment knob for sound and vibration works quite well. you actually have to switch on the toggles in the right order to power it up.

Wow, this guy is a bit of a hack. I was surprised at how much of a collection he has and yet carelessly rips through the box. He seemed quite bothered about the base being plastic and brown. To be fair, you would want to glue and secure it to use as a topper though but above all didn't appear to have read the included manual. The 'green lever' is used to release (pop out) the end. You manually push in the end and then use the lever to release it. It also makes different sounds while retracted and released. It also took him until the end of the video to determine that the intensifier knob on to works. Odd way to cover a new product but regardless I think that it is something that would likely sell for much more.

Here is a more enthused reviewer,one who not only read the manual but also interviewed one of the prop guys from the movie:

Hopefully a few others here get one and we can try to find someone to help tie this into the pin. I'm not sure how exactly but I like the potential. Of course if nothing else it does look quite cool on top or you can create a mount and mount/hang it on either side of the backbox. I will look to see if I can convert this the from 3x AA batteries to a DC adapter at the very least.

wolffcub Happy to hear that you grabbed one. Share pics when you have it setup.

I too won't be too particular about integrating it right now. What you've described would be a fun start.

I would love to know how this turns out! It everything is functional then maybe we can come up with different ideas for an interactive topper. Not necessarily the same style at all we can light up other things.

Me too. There was just too much potential to create and replace the whole building.

I love Titan GiTD. I have installed these on at least 4 or more of my pins already; GBLE/ACNC/EHOH/AFM come to mind. They looks great and they last.

Great summary list!

Which other alt code is available? Which are you using currently? I have one installed, not sure that I recall the details but I find it just 'okay' music-wise. It seems rather quiet mostly but I seldom light the machine up so that could be it.

Hi Everyone.

I was playing maybe a dozen games this morning and found that the flippers seemed to get weak and almost just 'all of a sudden'. I noticed it with the left but then it seemed to be both but it was definitely odd. I kept playing thinking that maybe it was in my head but there is just no way, something was happening. Have others had this happen? If so what was the cause? I have confirmed that both flipper coil settings are currently set to 'hard'. Thanks.

Definitely a good starting point. I will be mindful of how it plays when cold and over X time and proceed from there. Thanks.

@cottonm4, you could make a 3D bezel or a sticker to cover that if you really wanted and they'd likely sell.

If you find out please share the details. Thank you.

Unfortunately not as those are almost rectangle in shape, not actually round. You can see the lit top but the sides aren't lit up.
This might be a better visual of what I am trying to describe, you wouldn't want this:
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UPDATE:
I was poking around and these may be the same or very similar to what we are looking for:

3.3ft (or longer) LED Round Neon Rope Light, DC 12V Flexible 360 Degree LED Neon Strip Lights (Pink)
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https://www.amazon.ca/XUNATA-Flexible-Degree-Waterproof-Decoration/dp/B07F681BW3

- You would have either two runs with a 12VDC power each or with a splitter or you can add a 'T' and connect each side to the 'top'/'thru of the 'T' and the single power source to the 'bottom' of the 'T' connector. I suppose that you could connect everything under the apron if you want to do it that way.
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https://www.amazon.ca/XUNATA-Connector-Shaped-Splice-Accessory/dp/B081347HQH/ref=pd_sbs_2/135-8969336-4952200

10M (or longer) EL Wire DIY Flexible Neon Light Glow Rope LED String (Color : Purple (pictured in blue but you'll get it), with 12V Driver (instead of battery)
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https://www.amazon.ca/Portable-Flexible-String-Decoration-Festival/dp/B08TVM4392/ref=sr_1_57

I tried to find 12VDC items to keep everything of the same voltage which I think would be ideal to simplify things.

The only other thing that I can think at the moment, besides confirming that the main rope style lighting here is the right size (diameter) and ensuring that you have or make standoffs, might be to have a light controller to allow fading, chasing or similar unless you just want them on all of the time. Let me know if you give it a shot, I'm curious to know how you make out.

It's neat but Jeebus, I forgot how much I paid for it, in CDN $$.

Good luck, we'll all need it. Stern is pumping out new pins, likely at their highest production counts ever. I think that Spike 1 is long in their rear view mirror. I hope that I'm wrong as I love my GBLE but this has me greatly concerned about our future.

I hope I am wrong. Spike 1 short-list of games was because they quickly realized that they had to compete with larger screen video and animations As you likely already know. Enter Spike 2 and look at that list of games. Stern was reluctant to release schematics and technical details on the node boards in the early days. I don't know if that has changed but if there is proprietary IP on these boards that the MPU is communicating with then we might never see a 3rd party replacement, unless those are licensed through Stern. I had read that someone had hoped to develop boards. Let's hope...

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I am picking up on some of this, thank you.

Should we attempt to create a new summary list of all node boards & part numbers that will will work on a GB with 'X' version of code on the SD?

I'm elated to read that GB just falls inside as the one Spike 1 pin that supports some of the Spike 2 boards following a software update. There are going to be some pissed off owners of WM, GOT, KISS pins though. I know that someone had posted about the US or California requirement for replacement parts but I seem to recall reading about a similar requirement in Europe or overseas. Curious to know if that too could help.

All good/valid questions. This could possibly be remedied with updated code for the other spike1 games to support the more common spike2 boards and then by simply licensing out the reproduction build of these boards. Will this happen or can we press to try to make this happen?

I wonder if you had to download the code to flash the SD card directly and then following that power up, it would update the node board(s)[?]

SD IMAGEG are here: https://sternpinball.com/support/sd-cards/
GHOSTBUSTERS v1.17.0 (PRO, PRE or LE)

Details on how to proceed.
https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/How-to-Create-a-SD-Card-for-a-SPIKE-System-Pinball-Machine.pdf

Agreed, a great mod!

Doesn't play as a GIF for me, but I have the mod so I am familiar with it. It is worth having for sure.

I know that we have been discussing the swappable node PCBs as being SPIKE 2 compatible with switch selection to identify the Node# but were you in fact told that GB is entirely considered a Spike2 system? Can a Spike 2 MPU PCB be swapped in? IPDB has it wrong if so and I was under the impression that GB would have otherwise had a larger animated display if it was, instead of the DMD. Is this a timing of development and release thing that they just pushed it out with the DMD? Actually, as I type this I recall that Batman 66 was prioritized for production due to concern for Adam West's health (I think) so this might explain the rumour of the original plan to have a larger screen for GB, thus a need for an enhanced Spike system. I hope that is somewhat accurate but ultimately I only care that GB is really a Spike2 system. I have only two other Spike2 pins; BM66 and EHOH.

We definitely need some options for board repair and/or replacement, where necessary.

It does appear that with the last software version on the SD that GB can use some (maybe all (?)) direct Spike2 node boards. Unless, the node boards are not Spike1 / Spike2 specific, but the compatibility seems to have been proven, at least with one of the member's node boards.

Hopefully some 3rd party will eventually make a replacement board set. Maybe FAST or someone similar. Open source it and the community will get behind it and recode so not even Stern's code will be used.

This is promising for older pins; https://fastpinball.com/retro/

ColorDMD, agreed.