stern isnt going to sell something unique to their premium model no matter if they just bolt on or not, however im sure one of the modders will come up with something very similar.

Thanks for this info!

I'm pretty sure Stern will sell any part to any distributor that requests said parts.

I would imagine anyone running a successful business would sell anything at anytime in order to make profit. Stern now sells other modifications to games such as shakers, toppers, blades, etc... The premium and LE armor is already available so..... I’m not sure why they wouldn’t but hey... what do I know

I guess this is possible. I more meant stern selling it direct as an add on.

Sanctuary was broken in this patch.Everytime i go inside groot the balls gets lost. Triggers ball search, and doesnt find it. If you complete the mode, it locks the ball for multiball. Otherwise it just launches another ball when the mode times out.

EDIT - Messed with it somewhere. The problem isn't sanctuary it's bonus multiplier mode. It did it to me any time i had 2x scoring.

Unboxing now.

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LE/PRE V0.81 - December 21, 2017
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- fixed a bug where the pops were still cycling shots during Sanctuary final shot.
- added sounds for Rampage Spell out, Spell out Complete to start Rampage Double Scoring.
- added sounds for Guardians Spell out, Spell out Complete to advance Bonus X.
- added sounds for Shot Multiplier Collected.
- added award sounds for Sibling Rivalry.
- added award sounds for Pod Chase.
- added award sounds for Sanctuary.
- "I Want You Back" music intro is now shorter.
- found an instance where Groot Multiball did not save progress properly, this has been fixed.
- optimized Bonus X Award to appear on the screen faster.
- added Guardian spell out sprite to the top of the background score display.
- balls didn't kick out of Groot if a ball was locked at game over during a tournament, i.e. the match effect did not run. This has been fixed.
- removed ducking from Orb Multiball Jackpot sound F/X.
- Antiquities Shop lightshow awards were not being shown, this has been fixed.
- lowered overall speech volume.
- lowered right spinner volume.
- speech no longer ducts Groot Multiball Jackpot sounds.
- changed game over music to "I Want You Back"
- added tune "Aint No Mountain High Enough" to post mode/multiball playlist.
- added tune "I Want You Back" to post mode/multiball playlist.
- added new Groot Jackpot, Groot Super Jackpot, Groot Double Jackpot, Groot Double Super Jackpot sound f/x.
- added Guardians Spell out Complete animation.
- changed Shot Multiplier Collected artwork images.
- fixed a problem where the Bonus X display effect was not ending which delayed other display effects from running and delayed ejects from kicking.
- the display wasn't showing the value of the spinner award on the first spin, this has been fixed.
- fixed a problem where spinner values were not resetting properly after a ball drain.
- fixed bonus lightshows to sync with bonus character awards.
- added lightshows for spinners.
- added threshold levels that increase spinner value.
- fixed a problem where an active spinner would prevent the other spinner from scoring/displaying awards.

I’ve got v81 pro downloading right now. I needed something to do tonight!!!

For what its worth, any parts that are unique to an LE are very difficult to obtain from Stern...even for distributors.

Maybe it's just me, but with all the software bugs that were introduced in v0.80, where is the fix for the pro version? Perhaps I'm alone here, but I find it disturbing that Stern releases any code that fails to address bugs that were introduced in their last code update.

Pretty sweet. Wish it were Dancing Machine, but I guess it needs to be on the Awesome Mix.

There is a version of 0.81 for the Pro, it just hasn’t updated on the main code page, but if you click on the pro it shows up in the read me.

PRO V0.81 - December 21, 2017
=====================
- fixed a bug where the pops were still cycling shots during Sanctuary final shot.
- added sounds for Rampage Spell out, Spell out Complete to start Rampage Double Scoring.
- added sounds for Guardians Spell out, Spell out Complete to advance Bonus X.
- added sounds for Shot Multiplier Collected.
- added award sounds for Sibling Rivalry.
- added award sounds for Pod Chase.
- added award sounds for Sanctuary.
- "I Want You Back" music intro is now shorter.
- found an instance where Groot Multiball did not save progress properly, this has been fixed.
- optimized Bonus X Award to appear on the screen faster.
- added Guardian spell out sprite to the top of the background score display.
- balls didn't kick out of Groot if a ball was locked at game over during a tournament, i.e. the match effect did not run. This has been fixed.
- removed ducking from Orb Multiball Jackpot sound F/X.
- Antiquities Shop lightshow awards were not being shown, this has been fixed.
- lowered overall speech volume.
- speech no longer ducts Groot Multiball Jackpot sounds.
- changed game over music to "I Want You Back"
- added tune "Aint No Mountain High Enough" to post mode/multiball playlist.
- added tune "I Want You Back" to post mode/multiball playlist.
- added new Groot Jackpot, Groot Super Jackpot, Groot Double Jackpot, Groot Double Super Jackpot sound f/x.
- added Guardians Spell out Complete animation.
- changed Shot Multiplier Collected artwork images.
- fixed a problem where the Bonus X display effect was not ending which delayed other display effects from running and delayed ejects from kicking.
- Changed Groot entrance opto to "set valid playfield" instead of "add to valid playfield"
- fixed bonus lightshows to sync with bonus character awards.

Same as the LE code above minus the additions to the spinner and spinner fixes.

Thanks

What about the swingin bell for acdc?

Or was that someone else who made that??

I have 81 on my pro now. They put the code online like he said they just didn’t change the date from 12/15

Keep putting in the work on code Stern!!

Make GOTG great!

For what’s its worth I actually love the two songs they added. When I heard little Michael after my first game I smiled big lol.

- changed game over music to "I Want You Back"
- added tune "Aint No Mountain High Enough" to post mode/multiball playlist.
- added tune "I Want You Back" to post mode/multiball playlist.

This is really good news, makes 4 slots for 4 songs in the none mode playlist and a 5th slot during game over.

With pinball browser it is going to allow people to literally make their own mixtape in game, a couple more slots bookmarked for fans/owners to add even more would be awesome!

stern added the swining bell's to the pro led model later on, im not sure if someone made a bell mod before that for the pros.

Is there a way to save high scores when installing the new code?

No.

I've already tweaked the game in pinball browser and have a feeling there won't be any more 'non-mode, non-multiball' songs added after these two. I say this because the previous code had Cherry Bomb and Hooked on a Feeling in two places and I suspect that these new songs are slotting in in the two duplicate spots and that all four spots randomly rotated now and before outside of modes. Just speculation based on what I perceived were holder spaces in the code for future songs; I could be wrong and hopefully they can add more.

However, all the music score tracks that play during modes are long enough to work well with songs. The pin is FANTASTIC with all the mode tracks replaced with soundtrack songs.

New code (0.81) video.

Edit: not sure why the sound is so low in the video. Will turn it up for the next vid.

Ok I just played the new code, and it’s freaking amazing.. just had a 25min long game and broke 125mil for me , double Groot multi 3/4 balls. That’s an all time high, I hit the hadron enforcer a few times and it gave me some bonuses , maybe I missed that before? Wow so much fun!!

Ok I just reread the rules lol oops... wow man so much fun!

THANK YOU!

Just watched on my phone so not the best audio, but, do the songs completely cut out when other animation sounds play? Or does it fade lower in the background?

Hard to hear if they're blended well or not.

It seems to fade lower in the background. Although, at times, I swear it cut out. Need to play some more.

Ok this update fixed the issue I posted about earlier. Thanks, Stern.

Wow the game is starting to look great!!
Do the magnets have a lot of action at this point?

Thanks for the video and picts

Great to see new Code coming out so fast and the response to the community on comments on the game. Great turn around Stern keep it up!

I just looked at the new code in Pinball Browser and I -was- wrong, the way they did it there is no way to tell if they'll add more songs or not so fingers crossed.

I hope they add more, good code updates and additions to the song roster is only going to make this a stronger well selling game.

Can an LE owner take a vid of Rocket and his coil assisted recoil please

If you need something else, please let me know.

We are working on some groot hands. We are masking ours about an inch shorter then originals, and we are also trying to make the mount adjustable so they can be moved slightly if you feel they block a shot. Some of the plastics are different between the pro and premium. We are also working on being able to mount them without removing the ramps. Working on getting colors matched now. Hope to have them ready in about 2 weeks. Have a yaka arrow we have been working on, very close, hard to get those orange lights in a skinny arrow. Have a few other items, hope to have them all ready in about 2 weeks.

Not only does the premium have different plastics then the pro around groot s hands, but those hands also have cut out in them for the spinners.

Checking out stuff on thinkgeek and saw a cool Star Lord Jacket on sale, looks cool I would wear it

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/jsui/

This happened to me last night. First game also ////then played at leat 10 more games didn’t happen again

Sweeeeeet. I just subscribed to your e-mail list on your site. Please keep us updated.

LE #15 is in the house..
Now the countdown till Christmas for the kids to open!!

It is killing me!

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Nice!! At least get the latest code downloaded and ready for the opening......

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yup the semi just dropped of LE # two-hundred-thirty something a couple hours ago.

one thing I noticed was the playfield is actually smooth unlike game of thrones and ghostbusters. ghostbusters was especially unlevel if you ran your hand along it. good job stern.

the other one other thing was the billboard type display with the led's on it above the scoop was hitting the glass. probably gonna have to heat it up and bend it slightly. not sure if you can see the marks on the glass or not, crappy phone camera.
all in all it looks great though.

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Congrats on LE #23? ..

Man that is a bad Pic..

IPhone -10? kidding and merry Christmas enjoy!!

ok, 234#
no, Samsung note 4. the glass is cracked and there is crap all over the lense. Been time to get a new phone for a couple years now, to lazy though.
also much appreciated, happy holidays to you sir.

does anyone know what this is? it was laying inside the cab. looks like a thumb screw, it's flat on the top side where screws are usually + or - and round with ridges. taken with a better camera

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looks like one of the screws from the coin mechs