wait until you get the game open though. It is probably the prettiest game I have seen yet. Even though programming is not finished so gameplay has yet to be determined, the sheer beauty of the thing was impressive.

How do we get this kit?

One of the problems I have had is balls get stuck under the front of the trolls and get freed when machine goes into ball search mode, but later the troll will not pop up or intermittently pops up. Probably mechanically stuck...have not had time to troubleshoot recently but still a PITA.

Haven’t been loving my Hobbit lately ...game times seem awfully long. Nonetheless just ordered the gate mod which may not shorten game times but seems like it should be there giving me more things I can do safely when not in multiball modes. Excited to get it in the machine and give it a try! Thanks for tips

Lots of physical and code setting adjustments you can make to the game if you want to reduce ball times if that's your concern. I removed the center post and the inlane/outlane rubbers to keep ball times down and keep it interesting. You could always put in lightning flippers or turn off extra balls, turn up the mode difficulty or turn up the Erebor difficulty

Looks like I got some tuning up to do when I install the gate

I’m gonna practice that. Seems like a great skill for a pinball collector