Got one from little shop of games last night

I checked with my distro last week hoping they were on the line and was told they were delayed a week and scheduled to be in production this week.

Fingers crossed!

Glad to see there's others waiting impatiently for their GOTG. C'mon, stern!!

I placed my order with cointaker this month and stoked for it to come. I waited 8 months for Elvira.

Just had my best game. Previous best was 1.5bil. Immolation seemed to go forever. Just needed to redo Groot and Orb but drained before I had the chance

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Very nice game. Personally I need to look over the rulesheets so I don't panic next time I get into one of the wiz modes. I have the main modes down pretty good, but get to the wizards so infrequently that I get excited and have no idea what's going on

Yeah in Immolation I was just trying to keep the balls alive, was managing to hit the shots though. My multiballs never last that long normally, the balls just seem to get in the way of each other making it difficult to hit the correct shots.

A strategy to blow up Immolation Initiative is to aim for the Hadron targets! My son will call out which ones I need to hit and then you can keep relighting add a ball and ball save....so fun! Have had GOTG over 2 years now and over 6 billion in II alone! Enjoy folks!

Anyone who has a pro ordered hear anything yet from their distributor if your game is going to ship?

New owner (pending) but excited. Really underrated, fun game. Preferred mods? (other than Cliffy's of course)

I'm gathering there's two different sets of Cliffy's depending on when your game was made?

I'm also pending for a Pro, I got a bit overexcited a couple months ago and have a bunch of mods sitting here waiting...

GUARDIANS STAR LORD SHOOTER ROD from superskillshot.com

NEO Pin Stadium lighting

Mezelmods.com stuff
Pinball Trough Lighting Kit- Guardians of the Galaxy - White x 1
Guardians of the Galaxy Pinball Plastic Protectors - Pro x 1
Guardians of the Galaxy Pinball Ramp Illumination - Green x 1
Guardians of the Galaxy Pinball Scoop Illumination - Purple x 1
Guardians of the Galaxy Pinball Groot Illumination x 1

Pinballlife.com stuff:
Guardians Of The Galaxy Clear Orb Plastic Protector
4-Way Power Splitter Board For Stern Pinball Machines Using The SPIKE & SPIKE 2 System
Ball Shooter Lane Kickout Protector Kit For Stern Machines
BriteButtons Illuminated Flipper Button Set For Stern SPIKE & SPIKE 2 System Machines
Headphone Jack And External Volume Control For Stern SPIKE 2 Pinball Machines
Shaker Motor Kit (Rev C) For Stern SPIKE & SPIKE 2 System Games
PinGuard SPIKE Shooter Lane Protector
Stern Pinball Support Slide Bracket Kit for SPIKE & SPIKE 2 Machines
24" x 12" - 3 Mil Clear Mylar By The Linear Foot
Stern Guardians of the Galaxy Art Blades

Awesome list, thanks!

Are you getting the cliffy protector for the scoop from pinball life? My topper from mezel mods will be here tomorrow hopefully. Hopefully hear some news from Melissa from cointaker that the game has shipped.

I haven't ordered any scoop protector. I'm still not clear on exactly which cliffy it is or how necessary it is. I'm pretty sure I don't want the Stern metal one that looks clunky and covers art, and I planned to decide what to do after looking closely at the scoop on mine, maybe just a bit of mylar would be fine.

I welcome scoop protection advice, how well has it held up over 2-3 years for folks with or without protection?

I think this might be what was happening. The Hadron button seemed to be lit most of the time and I kept getting more balls. Ball save and Add a ball would explain that.

Is the clear orb protector still necessary? I thought that fixed the issue on later runs

I really don't know, it seems like a harmless add even if it's not really needed but honestly I was on a bit of a shopping cart frenzy at the time anyway.

Oh, I forgot on my list above that I also bought a full set of Titan rubbers with the recommended colors.

I definitely would love feedback on the cliffy. I have to place an order with pinball life and don’t want to buy it if not needed or need it and have to pay for shipping later.

The factory solution to the orb protector is a thick metal bar that blocks the view of the shot. I recommend one of the available options to replace that. Horrible factory solution. I used this one one mine but there are others.

https://www.pinballlife.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-clear-orb-plastic-protector.html

Cliffy does not make a protector for the scoop. There is a factory protector available for the LE's that I would recommend installing for the pro. Mine started to get a noticable ding along the middle of the left side of the scoop and I could see the clear starting to chip and I bought the protector. Mylar is not going to protect it.

https://www.pinballlife.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-scoop-protector.html

The only other protector I put on mine was for the rocket plastic. It can take a beating and because it's not secured well I was afraid it would break. I used this one

https://www.pinballlife.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-rocket-plastic-protector-propremiumle.html

Cliffy does not make a protector for the scoop. There is a factory protector available for the LE's that I would recommend installing for the pro. Mine started to get a noticable ding along the middle of the left side of the scoop and I could see the clear starting to chip and I bought the protector. Mylar is not going to protect it.
https://www.pinballlife.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-scoop-protector.html

Does this change the shot at all or increase rejects? Does it cover any artwork? Basically, does it compromise anything about the scoop shot or is it a no-downside solution?

My bad. That’s the one I was thinking about buying for the scoop. Wish stern put them on all models. Thanks C0unt!!

Better version of orb protector upfront and protects the back left plastic from breaking near Groot’s mouth. Also you no longer need metal bracket. This is thick pet-g plastic. Sold 100+ maybe 200 now:

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Not really, look at the pics of the le/pre on sterns site. That is how it looks. Didn't really notice the shot any harder. I did adjust the kick out when I installed it though so it was working better after.

How did you adjust it?

There is some play while you have the 2 rear screws loosened that allows you to aim the scoop a bit. I adjusted it so it went from hitting the tip of the left flipper to mid left flipper.

Thanks C0unt!!

I agree with C0untDeM0net (excellent user name BTW) on putting the scoop protector on unless you really aren't going to play the game much. I play mine pretty heavily for a home game and had the same experience of the left side developing a divot, even with mylar strips on it. Like any scoop protector it will make that shot slightly harder to hit but it's not a huge difference and I actually get fewer rejects on really hard shots to the scoop with it in place. It does not hide any artwork and you should have no problem getting consistent, controllable, scoop kickouts by adjusting the coil strength.

As someone who has owned this game for a few years now and watched it get bashed by critics even after they completely changed the code I'm pleasently surprised at all the recent attention and love it's getting. This has nothing to do with the value of my game as I don't plan to sell anytime in the foreseeable future but I just figured it was done as far as production and that whatever games were made would be it. Nice to see others have found it to be better than it's critics say and enjoy it. I love the theme and liken it to a Metallica I can actually stand to have in my house, although they really do play completely differently.

Thanks for that, I ordered one. Sounds like a good idea and might as well not get skimpy on the protection since I'm going mod-crazy anyway.

Other mods I forgot to mention I've bought are speaker lighting and 500W power supply. The Pro comes with only 350W and I prefer some overhead considering I'm adding a fair bit of stuff to power and am also considering a Pinwoofer system but plan to wait until I actually hear the stock audio first. I imagine a Pimwoofer upgrade with Cleland sound pack will be the result.

I enjoy good criticism and find it valuable to me for learning details about each pin, but I try to separate all the subjective stuff. There are a lot of popular pins that for whatever reasons just don't grab me much. Even when I can recognize why people like them so much I don't always enjoy the same things. GOTG and SW have some haters but they are both in my top 5 for what I want to own right now. I'm fine with that, and even my own tastes change. The most interesting pins I struggle with are ones where layout/rules clash with theme for me. For example, I really like The Walking Dead shots and rules but I can't stand the theme (and I even enjoyed the show!) I can't have that theme in my house and don't enjoy the audio at all. If TWD was rethemed or even just the art was redone more comic style and some sound editing I would have it high on my list. There are several pins with themes I really like but the shots/rules are just not deep enough for me to want to own. GOTG ticks my boxes for great theme and integration with layout/rules that fit my tastes, and I think will also improve my skills.

I know it's been a few years it's been out, but we're getting 2 more movies! The Holiday Special this year and Vol 3 next year, so it's not even like the theme is anywhere near stale to me.

Being my first NIB , I’ve never waxed any of the two games I’ve owned. How often do you guys do this or not? And is it commonplace to wax a NIB ASAP? Would just like to hear some opinions.

I've heard it's best not to wax a very recently manufactured playfield, to give the clearcoat plenty of time to fully cure. If it's been sitting NIB for months then that's different, but since mine is coming right off the production line I plan to wait to wax it the first time.

I don't wax much. Clean with novus 1 whenever I start to see lines. Maybe every 6 months or so a wax but I don't tear down the machine to do it. Just what I can reach. Novus 1 is my primary cleaner.

Now I wait for stern to ship to cointaker and then me. Topper arrived today now wait for my clear translucent rubber, and my scoop protector.

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The Stern official topper ? Was that also send from Stern or did cointaker had stock ?

in regards to the Scoop Protector, i haven't had one on mine, until recently. Mine is home environment use. I took it up to the office where is had started to get more play. i did a shop job on it and noticed right after that the clear was lifting on the left side of the scoop, shortly after a piece of the clear blew out. so i purchased the protector, which doesn't cover all of the blow out. I recommend one personally.

Sorry not the official one. The one from mezel mods. My bad

We should be getting word from our distributors any day now I would think! I can’t friggin wait !

Just bought a bottle of that. I’ll keep an eye out for anything but in the meantime it sound like having a plan like you should work. Every 3-6 months give it a good once over .

No news from my Melissa at Cointaker yet. Paid my balance off yesterday.

I just bought a used (through a friend that runs an arcade) GOTG Pro. Have the same scoop area damage, so need to order a protector. May look at getting side blades at some point. He has Groot mouth disabled (I need to look into what was happening with that) and also the orb drop target. Hoping to resolve these sooner than later, may also reset system to factory as well. My first "modern" pinball machine, considering others I have owned or worked on were from late 1970ies.

Tim

UPDATE: now have enough testers currently, I appreciate the interest, may ask for some more later, thanks

Recently, I designed these lighted flipper kits, photos shown on a Star Wars DE.

**Looking for a Guardians of the Galaxies owner who might like to test a suitable kit on their machine, if so please send me a message**

I'm thinking two glowing yellow ones to match the theme.

Thanks

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Pm sent

Thanks for all the replies to the above regarding the lighted flippers, should be in good shape now for testers and hopefully add some more fun into those games.

Anyone hear from the distributor yet if pros are being shipped yet?

Not a peep

What's the most # of combos that you have gotten?