Quoted from pcprogrammer:Question for Hobbit owners. I have always hesitated purchasing this pin because of the excessive ball times, especially if you really want to get deep into the code. I have played the pin on location many times and the games I played lasted much longer then any other pin. I know you can set up the pin at a steeper angle and take out the center post. Is there a way to adjust the code in the settings to make it easier to get deeper into the code? Instead of taking 45 minutes to kill Smaug, can you change something to make it easier? It doesn't make sense as a solve to just physically adjust the game at a greater angle and take out the center post if that means you'll never get deep into the code as a result. Sure, you'll have shorter games but you'll never get to experience anything?
My favorite event in all the games in my collection is the hobbits mini wizard modes. I can typically get to one within every 3 or 4 games if I try. Sometimes 2 of them. It’s something about them... there is different stages.. the music.. the callouts... it just gets your blood pumping.
I also find it so much fun to kill Smaug, you can do it in a single multiball if your really talented. A lot easier than people make it out to be. The hardest part is actually killing him. Shooting between the upper left drops is a pain. But getting there is a blast and attempting that shot is a nail Biter. It’s probably my most played pin in my collection currently for those reasons.
A friend of mine said you can adjust the difficulty for killing Smaug. Have not played with that however.
My opinion, grab one!
Medinah, IL
the jjp update has not been done to it. The game came with a playfield protector and after 4 years was all sorts of hazy and nasty. I cut it off with a Scissors tonight and game plays fast now 
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