Game of Thrones (LE)
Stern, 2015
Game of Thrones (Premium)
Stern, 2015Quoted from DylanFan71:Winter arrived and is waiting to go home after work.
Congrats! First thoughts and pics please! Also, if yours has any of the LE issues: left orbit, screws not flush, right ramp air balls, battering ram rubbing on screws, etc.
Quoted from dannunz:On location at Game Underground Natick MA
Nice!! Going to swing by to try it out tomorrow afternoon.
Quoted from dannunz:On location at Game Underground Natick MA
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Even more rare, in this picture you can see the elusive wwe game on location.
Quoted from markp99:I also prefer the blue playfield. But prefer the LE cabinet art. As noted above, side art is much less visible with the machine tucked into a row.
I'll likely be swapping out the translite for Scott's artwork, should be arriving here soon.
I may add:
1. Blades
2. Side Armor (to protect button areas)
3. Mezel's Textured Castle Panels, the minute they are available
Me, too. Really like the blue, but love the art on the LE. That said, in a row, you'd almost never see the side anyway, so leaning towards the premium.
Quoted from Luckydogg420:Even more rare, in this picture you can see the elusive wwe game on location.
It's the older WWF Royal Rumble, not the new Stern WWE Wrestlemania
Quoted from bhwolf:Me, too. Really like the blue, but love the art on the LE. That said, in a row, you'd almost never see the side anyway, so leaning towards the premium.
I put mine on the end. 
Quoted from Baiter:It's the older WWF Royal Rumble, not the new Stern WWE Wrestlemania
Yes it's a WWFRR much better game oh YA!
A buddy of mine here in Alabama is supposed to get his premium on Monday, Feb 8th. I also found out that mine shipped on Friday, Feb.5th! 
Picked mine up but it's pretty much unplayable due to serval issues on top of the know le issues will be calling stern on Monday seem to be a board issue with mine.Nothing worse then buying a nib pin on Friday and having to wait till sometime next week for it to get fixed 
I agree. You may get some good help on pinside too if you post your issues on a tech thread. Mine needed some tweaks out of the box but, is playing great now. Took me a few days though to get it right. The new code fixed the some of the bugs. I assume your code is up to date?
Quoted from coasterguy:I agree. You may get some good help on pinside too if you post your issues on a tech thread. Mine needed some tweaks out of the box but, is playing great now. Took me a few days though to get it right. The new code fixed the some of the bugs. I assume your code is up to date?
Yes code is up to date but mine is having all sorts of phantom switch hits pop bumpers don't work but cause the sword lock to engage multi ball / select a house start while ball is on the pf.Black water multi ball will start sometimes when you drain I could go on and on called my dist today and he said it sounds like there is a board issue and I need to call stern on Monday.Any one eles having any similar issues ??
Sounds like switch problems. I'd start with reconnecting all the opto switch connectors (with power off). Go into switch test too and see if you get erroneous switch hits if you shake game. I heard other premium owners were having flakey switch hits with the upper pf switches too.
Quoted from LOTR_breath:A buddy of mine here in Alabama is supposed to get his premium on Monday, Feb 8th. I also found out that mine shipped on Friday, Feb.5th!
Congrats! Mine arrived last Thursday. Gonna drop a shaker motor in it tonight and try it with a blue DMD I've had stuck back.
Got my Premium today, but it's close to unplayable. VUK is unable to get ball onto mini pf. It finally kicks it out the top and into the throne. Pretty annoying. Hoping Stern can walk me through a fix for this cause it looks kick ass.
Quoted from Toasterdog:Got my Premium today, but it's close to unplayable. VUK is unable to get ball onto mini pf. It finally kicks it out the top and into the throne. Pretty annoying. Hoping Stern can walk me through a fix for this cause it looks kick ass.
There are known fixes for this. Ck this thread...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-of-thrones-le-311-house-lannister
I believe it boils down to there are 2 screws that protrude into the "elevator shaft" and the fix is to add some washers, in effect shortening the screws.
You may also have an issue with the diverter and solenoid that is 1/2 way up the shaft that sends the ball to the upper playfield instead of the throne.
Quoted from tpn2011:Yes code is up to date but mine is having all sorts of phantom switch hits pop bumpers don't work but cause the sword lock to engage multi ball / select a house start while ball is on the pf.Black water multi ball will start sometimes when you drain I could go on and on called my dist today and he said it sounds like there is a board issue and I need to call stern on Monday.Any one eles having any similar issues ??
Sounds like some switch connectors could be mixed up on a node board? You should check the switches in switch test and also verify the connectors on the node boards are on the right way.
Rob
Quoted from LOTR_breath:A buddy of mine here in Alabama is supposed to get his premium on Monday, Feb 8th. I also found out that mine shipped on Friday, Feb.5th!
Yep, got mine today. The left orbit doesn't make it around most of the time, but the other issues (battering ram, elevator VUK, etc.) seem to be fine. The game is awesome!
Quoted from Apollyon:One more sleep until mine is scheduled to arrive.
Its like Christmas Eve. Its great being an old fart and still feeling excited like a kid once in a while!
Hahaha awesome dude! Congrats. Good pick!
Quoted from musketd:Nobody's left orbit works sucks
No idea why the stern factory hasn't incorporated the fixes that someone here did that are proven to fix this. Seems like a widespread issue from a design flaw.
Quoted from musketd:Nobody's left orbit works sucks
Does yours not work at all? Surprisingly, mine seems to work most of the time. I would say 75%. Occasionally I get an orbit that should go all the way around but ends in the pop bumpers, but my left orbit seems to be good enough right now I haven't had the need to take the upper play field off to look at it. I do feel though when it does not go all the way around it is because I didn't seem to hit the ball from the flippers so it did not go in the orbit cleanly. Also, my right orbit loops when it should all the time. Lets say 99% to count for any errors. I guess I can consider myself lucky?
Quoted from Willy39:Does yours not work at all? Surprisingly, mine seems to work most of the time. I would say 75%. Occasionally I get an orbit that should go all the way around but ends in the pop bumpers, but my left orbit seems to be good enough right now I haven't had the need to take the upper play field off to look at it. I do feel though when it does not go all the way around it is because I didn't seem to hit the ball from the flippers so it did not go in the orbit cleanly. Also, my right orbit loops when it should all the time. Lets say 99% to count for any errors. I guess I can consider myself lucky?
When did you get your game??
Played a ton last night and mine finally seems to be dialed in. I fiddled with the ram a little and it seems to be working better now without and mods. Sometimes I think these little things work themselves out on a new game. Mine is playing well at this point. I was told by a fellow pinsider who spent 3 hours looking into the orbit fix. He shared that he ended up just moving the coil housing for the diverter up a smidge under the playfield. He said that fixed it and in orbit tests it works every time now. 
Quoted from DuckBrian:When did you get your game??
Wednesday, Feb. 3
Just got mine yesterday. I will give my thoughts in a bit. One thing that looks off on the premium is the red inlane plastic. Purpledrilmonkey noticed last night that GOT prem and avengers le have the same plastic but the blue avengers le has a blue plastic. So I switched them today. I like it a lot better.
Before:
Quoted from tpn2011:Yes code is up to date but mine is having all sorts of phantom switch hits pop bumpers don't work but cause the sword lock to engage multi ball / select a house start while ball is on the pf.Black water multi ball will start sometimes when you drain I could go on and on called my dist today and he said it sounds like there is a board issue and I need to call stern on Monday.Any one eles having any similar issues ??
I had weird issues when I first unboxed my LE. I unplugged all the connectors on the optos for ball lock/mission select ramp and then reconnected them. The issue went away
Quoted from pinballophobe:I had weird issues when I first unboxed my LE. I unplugged all the connectors on the optos for ball lock/mission select ramp and then reconnected them. The issue went away
Good to know I will try this on mine stern seems to think it's a failed board so I'm waiting on one to show up but would be nice if this fixes the issue !! I will give it a shot
Quoted from tpn2011:Good to know I will try this on mine stern seems to think it's a failed board so I'm waiting on one to show up but would be nice if this fixes the issue !! I will give it a shot
Well I just tried it that did not work either I honestly don't think that it's a board either I can touch the plastic skirt on the upper right pop bumper and it kills the upper gi while in attract mode
Quoted from tpn2011:Good to know I will try this on mine stern seems to think it's a failed board so I'm waiting on one to show up but would be nice if this fixes the issue !! I will give it a shot
My issues
- would say "ball locked"
- start BW mb on its own
- start a mission
All while the ball on was the playfield
I first thought the optos were mis aligned or vibration would cause the optos to go out of alignment so the machine thinks the ball broke the opto beam.
It all seemed fine so I disconnected and reconnected all the optos (2 or 3 sets) just for a shot in the dark and solved the problem
Quoted from centerflank:Blue looks super nice now get those fugly metal washers out from under the sling plastics
And find some blue plastic protectors to put underneath. That would look awesome.
Quoted from chuckwurt:And find some blue plastic protectors to put underneath. That would look awesome.
I'd like to see that, if it would drown out the art too much...... I was thinking of ordering some for a few of my games recently....
Blue flipper bats......or silver/chrome?
BTW, who actually leaves those black rubbers on their Stern's anymore, it's so 2013.
Cmon Apollyon!
Quoted from centerflank:Blue flipper bats......or silver/chrome?
BTW, who actually leaves those black rubbers on their Stern's anymore, it's so 2013.
Cmon Apollyon!
He's letting us down for sure
I left the white bats but put red bands and swapped the plain posts with clear star posts in the slings. Let's see some mawds!
Quoted from centerflank:BTW, who actually leaves those black rubbers on their Stern's anymore, it's so 2013.
Cmon Apollyon!
Guilty 
Quoted from pinballophobe:My issues
- would say "ball locked"
- start BW mb on its own
- start a mission
All while the ball on was the playfield
I first thought the optos were mis aligned or vibration would cause the optos to go out of alignment so the machine thinks the ball broke the opto beam.
It all seemed fine so I disconnected and reconnected all the optos (2 or 3 sets) just for a shot in the dark and solved the problem
This is basically the problems i am having and I have unplugged and replaced all the connectors with no luck
The pop bumper is what seems to be causing the issues on mine it is only the top right pop it triggers all the issues you stated and shorts out the gi. I guess at this point I am just going to wait and swap the board and see if helps the problem it all most seems as if there is some wiring crossed or something very very uncommon
Quoted from tpn2011:This is basically the problems i am having and I have unplugged and replaced all the connectors with no luck
The pop bumper is what seems to be causing the issues on mine it is only the top right pop it triggers all the issues you stated and shorts out the gi. I guess at this point I am just going to wait and swap the board and see if helps the problem it all most seems as if there is some wiring crossed or something very very uncommon
Can you disconnect that pop number to see how it plays?
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