I have a guardians pro coming next week. My only pro as im usually premium/le. What mods are must haves? And what pitch is this game best at?

Yea i do shaker/invisiglass/shooter rod on every game. Didnt know what else.

those pinstadiums look awesome. Ive never felt the need for pinstadiums as I play with lights on(dimmed to like 30%). The main reason I dont get them is because you need to take them off to lift playfield right? Seems like an extra step and im lazy i guess

Thanks for the info. Maybe im just not wanting to try one because then ill want on all 8 of my games....Thats expensive heh. I already do invisiglass on them all.

Mine comes tomorrow and i believe is a new build as well. Oh well still cant wait.

Got my pro yesterday and just got it all setup. Holy crap this game is fast. Feels fast like tmnt so i guess thats just borg for you. That kickback is insane.

This was my first pro. Didnt know pros have a plastic apron. Is it still ok to lift the game by it? Feels a little breakable.

Definitely think Im going to move the lane knobs to the easier position on this game. Outlanes seem hungry. But i hate it when games make you removed ramps and laneguides whatnot to make that little change. Seems this game is like that a bit.

first day with the game I really like it but I suck. I can get just over 300m so far but dont really know how. Orb shot tried from the left always seems to borg bounce to left outlane. Can be backhanded but still pretty tough. And man those inlanes always seem to bounce to the left outlane.

I dont think theres a pitch problem. Im at 6.6 perfectly level. Im just having issues hitting orb shot from left side which seems Borgish like tmnt. Backhand easier but still hardish. Magnet catches stuff. fun magnet kinda like houdini

So is GotG kind of like Star Trek in that each quest has a level 1, 2, 3? If so Im assuming I should try to finish all level 1s first? Are there bonuses for doing certain ones in order?

thanks everyone for the strategy posts. that makes sense.

He aint lying about stranger things wow. I have an LE and have spent MANY hours dialing that shit in and it still isnt perfect, but the game is great. Thank god for chuckwurt helping out in that thread.

Ok after a full day of having this machine and everyones input im getting better. Just got to Cherry Bomb for first time and got 593m. What are "good scores" in this game? 1b? 1.5b?

yea i dont even know how to activate the multipliers yet. In general in not a huge fan of games that rely on multipliers for score. I learned to love my Star Wars Premium more when I learneed to ignore it.

victory laps? Havent seen that yet. They dont come after mode level 1 do they?

Ive done a lot of sales/trades over the last few years so Im always open to a new trading partner. Though I own or have owned your collection so we have similar taste! Im also interested in league play at some point but dont really know of many in the area. A new retro arcade did just open in haddonfield btw. Ram arcade. Todd tuckey did a video from there 2 weeks ago from the opening. Billy mitchell was there. Cool place though their pins arent the best. They do have ST TNG which is nice.

ok I hit 1billion today for the first time. Starting to figure things out a bit

Its a tough game IMO. Been focusing on getting groot multiball and orb multiball along with modes. You can make groot multiball last an insane amount of time by putting more balls into the lock.

I remember watching that same video above when thinking about my first pin(deadpool). Ive had 13 of them now and havent had any major problems on any of them. Buy with confidence.

I forget what its called but its in there. Theres also a setting to end a game by holding start and left flipper

Man this game is frustrating me. Its a lot like when I got my TMNT. That game really got to me, made me angry. Maybe Im not a borg guy! I dunno....Need to give it some time off and get back to it. Iron Maiden coming this week so itll give me some time off!

I actually miss my TMNT LE i got. i gave up too fast. It was hard, but so pretty. And I never got to play half shell challenge.

Any advice for making that super tight rocket shot any easier? Ill hit it by mistake but rarely on purpose….

Just ordered a NIB PRO to get back in the club. What are the chances stern re runs a topper like they are doing for Iron Maiden? Id love one to go with.

My nib pro comes today. Can someone DM me the cleland code 1.09 and any instructions?

Do i put the new SD card even before booting the game up the first time? Or do I need to set the game up with original code first?

heh Ive owned GotG in the past with stock code. I know what to expect. now ready to experience Cleland code if anyone can share.

Ok got my new pro all set up. All seems well but what is the preferred pitch on this game? Im at like 6.7 and you definetly need a perfect hit to get it up the ramps. Maybe not perfect but a decent amount of balls going halfway up the ramps. That to be expected?

Scoop protector is already on order. Do I have to take apart much to install?

How about pitch?

Ok dumb question. Im going to powder coat my pro legs, lockdown, and side rails. How do I get the metal plate off the lockdown and back on nicely? What do I need?

Also anyone have color suggestions for Gotg?

I was thinking purple as well. I put purple LED flipper buttons on. Guess I need to figure out how to get ribetted stuff off. I have a few games with those id like to power coat

i just dont know if I have an attachment like that. will look

pinball refinery is part of cointaker right? Do you mail youur parts in and they do it and mail back? I think I can have someone do it locally for more like 200 bucks.

My original GotG magnet almost never grabbed. My gotg from the recent run works perfectly. The cooler effect from the magnet is how some balls from groot swerve and move a bit when he shoots them out

noticed the below today on my few month old Gotg Pro from the last run. Ive had the scoop protector sitting uninstalled forever but seeing this finally gave me the motivation to install. By the way this looks bad but all the wood is actually stable. I feel like they filled it with glue or something. And with the protector now in im not worried.
I thought the protector install was going to be a pain in the ass but it was pretty straight forward. Didnt need to take the mech off from the bottom, just needed to remove the plastic around the mech on top. Easy and it sits perfectly flush.

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Just had my best game ever by far. I had save Xander lit and Ive never even come close to lighting it. And of course I couldnt hit the scoop, tried to trap up and take my time and lost the ball. Ugh!!!!!!! new GC by a mile though.

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