Pro seems to be the consensus.

I have never felt like I am missing out on anything on the Pro Version on this one. The Star Wars Pro next to it? I feel like I should be looking for a Premium.

I think the only difference is the spinners if I read the right comparisons. Can anyone verify this?

That's probably why I found a Premium near me for sale.

Thanks for your input. Some game the pro is just as good.

I do like a spinner, I added one to my TWD Pro and Metallica Pro.

As far as gameplay, yes.

The pro is fine. I happen to prefer the cosmetic/mechanical differences on the premium.

I have a Pro. Premium adds the Groot Arms (which people seem to love or hate), spinners, the orb opens and closes, 2 magnets and I think Rocket might move.

Just picked up a beautiful pro, has mirrors, speaker lights , plastic protectors, trough light, Pyle speakers, and back of game led purple light. Ill be adding a shaker as soon as my distributor gets more. Any other must have mods?

Have had a pro for 2.5 years and love it. There is plenty of action. Over time I wished I had the Groot arms and my distributor ordered them direct from Stern and I installed them very easily. With Premium you also have more magnets on playfield but I don't see this as adding much. The Premium and LE are beautiful but I say Pro if you can get one.

What's a good price or bargain.
Pinsides price Premium/LE $6470 - $7530.
Pro $4530 - $5270

I can only comment on the Pro, since I was in the market for one about 6 months ago.

Bone stock, no mods-
Routed with some signs of route use- $4400 will move one pretty quick
HUO- $4800-4900 will move one pretty quick.

Action moves a little slower each $100 increment above those numbers.

With the market is the way it is right now, I could see bringing each of those up $100 to $200 and the machines still moving fairly quick.

Pro is an excellent choice

Question of the day...

With mods going crazy lately, just curious what the going rate is for a stern groot shooter rod and the stern official topper for guardians?

Every game commands different pricing and some seem to be insane right now.

Any input appreciated.

Here you go! Just saw this on facebook.

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Thanks. I actually replied to their IG post on this and asked them to please restock Groot jaw replacement since several of us need them! They actually replied and said they'd look into it. LOL

They must have just restocked it. Wasn't there when I posted.

Thanks for the heads up!

ooo thanks for the heads up on the shooter. just joined the club and reading through this thread for all the things I need to do when it gets here next week.

Sorry if this has been posted. Is there something that I can buy or do to stop balls from getting trapped on the lower pop bumper behind the orb on my Premium?

I was thinking of hot gluing a clear star post on top of this but it would probably break ff when a ball hits up there and could partially obstruct the light that the ball gets trapped against.

Thanks
Michael

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Wow! That’s crazy to get a ball stuck there. You might try the clear cabinet door protectors or something similar?? Basically a rubber dome. At least they have an adhesive backing. I saw on the stern infinity quest pin, someone put gumdrop style posts so balls wouldn’t get stuck on the upper right area.

Groot looks pissed!

on the pre/le you have some groot arms that get in the way and make it hard to clean, three magnet vs. one on the pro.... I'm not sure two of them do much, a couple spinners, RGB lighting, and a rocket figurine that moves half an inch with the kickout. Out of all that the RGB lighting would probably be the deciding factor, does look nice... spinners are always cool too.

Someone mentioned cone shaped protectors and I just found them on Amazon. I will try these three sizes and hopefully the largest one works.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075KWVTJV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1

I've never had a ball get stuck there but you could pretty easily make your own clear plexi protector for it. Looks like 2 screw mounts there you could connect to.

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Thanks. The plastic is incorrectly, in my opinion, moving the ball to the right.

You got me thinking. Maybe the plastic that is there is upside down and if I reverse it it should cause the ball to roll to the left.

Thanks. Let me try that.

I know a lot of folks including me have been looking for these.

Back in stock!!

https://shop.sternpinball.com/collections/accessories/products/guardians-of-the-galaxy-art-blades

I sent the three photos at the bottom to Pablo at Stern Support and he pointed out that my spotlight was not correct. It should be turned all the way to the left as well as the bracket that keeps the light in. Thanks Pablo and Stern!

I did not think there was enough clearance to do so. There is and once I moved the light to the left the ball rolls down and out the right orbit. I removed my rubber cone posts to be used on some other future fix mission.

The last picture below clearly shows that the spotlight was blocking the ball. Logically, I should have simply pushed it back and tightened screw. But it didn't look like enough clearance but there is enough clearance.

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If these cone shaped rubber bumpers do not get dislodged by the force of the ball jumping on top of the lower pop bumper during multi ball, this should solve my problem. I placed both rubber bumpers such that the ball will now roll off to the right or left.

If this does not work, I will figure out how to get snd cut a plastic as shown above.

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Hi all. My GOTG PRO have been working fine for a long time. A few days ago however it started acting up. The Groot Coil started firing constantly like trying to eject the balls in Groot lock even if it is empty. I noticed the 3 optos seemed to have a bad connection (lights flickering when messing with the cable) but couldnt find anything wrong with the cable. So I swapped node board 8 and 9 part number 520-7017-72 as connector CN13 with the Opto connections is not in use on Board 8.
This fixed nothing, and now it looks like the Top Magnet is acting up at the same time . (Driver 21, connector CN7)
I'm back to suspecting the cable again..
Anyone have any suggestions how to proceed?

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For owners who have the Cleland mod what installs setting do you have it on for best call outs and music? I have been running on hard. Would directors cut make any difference

Prob the GOTG thread isn't the best for technical questions like this. I think a general forum inquiry about Stern spike 2 would offer more takers.
I know I'm still learning the spike system. GOTG is my first spike 2. I have had 0 problems in the world of nodes.
I'm interested in the response though. So if you do get help from another thread. Please update.

If anyone from Stern is on this thread, its so great that shooter rods, art blades are back! It would be great if replacement Groot jaws could be made and provided to Marco or distributors. A bunch of us need them! Pablo at Stern was kind enough to tell me there were out of stock a few weeks back, but just want to reiterate the need here. Thanks.

I bought alternate art blades but really want these originals! Anyone have experience removing art blades? Or would you just put the new ones on top?

They should come right off. No prob

Hey there - Apologies in advance if this has been covered, but trying to search for 'groot' and "mouth" on this thread is a nightmare. I'm having an issue where groot can't shut his mouth on his first try. It takes him like 3-4 cycles before it eventually stops, and even then there's a slight gap. I've inspected the mechanism and can't really see anything that would cause this. Anyone else ever experience this? Any suggestion? Thanks!

I’d check it out in test mode and make sure it moves from open to close and back correctly. It sounds like you may have an issue where the switch isn’t closing at one or both positions. On the mech, I believe it’s a rollover switch... make sure it clicks when the mech moves over it. If it doesn’t, the CPU won’t know where it isn’t and tries to re-find a home...

Appreciate the suggestion! I actually couldn't locate the test for it. Any idea what section its in? Is it a coil?

Edit: found it! Didn’t realize there was a category for machine specific tests. Thanks!

Sorry - should have mentioned... diag->game specific...

Per an old request, here is my pro with colored Titan post sleeves. Additionally, I recently received the Orb mod from Hooked on Pinball and plastic protectors for my Rocket and Pops from Laseriffic.

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Hey all super super brand new to this whole side of pinball. I am buying my first pinball machine and I am almost certain it will be GOTG. (stranger things might be the other) Just want to make sure this will be a good for a first time buyer. Anything I should know or anything you wished you knew when you were starting out buying your first pinball machine?
Also, can you mod pinball machines to have all the music from the movie? not a big deal but just curious. Also, if so how can I get those updates? do they cost money? I am open to any and all comments or opinions.

Robbie, spend some time reading this thread for some of your answers in depth, but to hit a few high points.

Guardians is a great 1st machine. It has enough depth to keep you coming back but not so hard that it's unapproachable.

There are sound mods for this machine. See the links on ther 1st page for Cleland.

There's not a lot to look out for as far as buying used since it's a newer machine. Broken plastic around orb maybe.

Im sure others will come in. Good luck.

Agree with the above, great first machine. Lots of shot variety, can pick and choose the order you go in, great sound and music once you go with one of the sound mods and they’re easy to do. Really fun game with some personality to it!

What a game! 5 balls and no tilt. Was so much fun. Time to let the flippers cool. Haha

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Orb looks great. Is it worth the$$? Haven't seen one on person

Yes

I have it too.....It looks great! Don’t drop it on your toe it weighs a ton

I picked up a pro a few weeks ago, finally put cleland in, what a huge difference. Great upgrade!

Sometimes I have the following ‘issue’.

After I think completing a mode the Gi flashes when switches are triggered. When ball drains it returns to normal.

Anyone else have this? Can this be a software bug? It happens I think once every 20 games?

If you successfully complete Antiquities Shop, the part 2 of that mode is bonus points for switch hits. The screen should be telling you that as well. The GI will flash extra as well in that mode. Once the max number of switch hits occur, or you drain, the mode will end and the GI should stop with the extra flashes.

Aha. Thanks. Wasn’t aware of that. Will try this out.

Installed a shaker yesterday and we really did not like it. Even turned all the way down it was shaking the house and the glass like crazy. The integration just seemed off too as some modes shake non stop and others nothing at all. Was really expecting something to happen when groot opened his mouth but nothing there. Way overused in strange places. So I removed it and stuck it in my Stranger Things and like it much better there.