Quoted from WizardsCastle:

Can someone take a photo of the left and right outlane posts on a machine that only you've owned and has not been changed from factory setting.
Thanks!

Quoted from BertoDRINK1:

Anyone else have issues with the right habit trail putting an English spin on the ball as it drops? The ball has a mind of its own after it drops most of the time it jumps the post to the right and goes straight out the out lane. It will even jump the slingshot to the left. I've tried bending the metal up and down but it still doesn't change the English spin.
I was just messing around to see if there is a way to put a rubber stop at the end with some small post rubbers but don't really see a way.
It's not hitting anything, I've recorded several slow motion videos and it's just a spin that gets put on the ball as it drops. Last thing I just did was put neoprene washers at the end of the habit trail to soften the blow at the end which has worked on other games but not here.
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Quoted from Metalzoic:

Jealous. No one has ever beaten him at my house. Not sure, but I think we've only had one guy even come close. Owned it since launch and not really sure we even know what to do to kill him. Ha!

Quoted from HornerSyndrome:

One of my slug plastics broke and I figure out why - the metal axe hits the plastic on the way back up. It also seems loose side to side. So if you are looking from directly above the sling it “wiggles” a lot in the 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock position and the recoils too far back (9 o’clock) and hits the plastic. How does one adjust this properly? Thanks!

Quoted from Ashram56:

So while I'm dismantling smaug head, I found quite a few issues.
I dare say that 'designed for maintenance' is not the first thing that defines 'the hobbit' pinball there are quite a few very fragile wires connecting the RGB PCBs, just next to screws that you need to remove to access the drop target mechs.
So three questions :
- one of the wire on this RGB connector is cut. It will be far easier if i can unplug the connector, however I dare not pull too strongly, there seems to be a lock mechanism which i can't figure out. Any pointer?
- one blocking plastic which 'locks' the drop target in up position is broken and rotates around the rivet (see picture of the part). I assume that to access it I need to remove the drop target, and this is done by removing the small blocking ring on the ring behind the target?
- the arkenstone flasher was not working, checking the wire the pin has been dislodged from it's header. It's the same type of connector than what's on the RGB board it seems. Likewise, I can't unplug it... And I don't want to pull too much. Also, can I hope to reinsert the pin in the header? Or do I need a new header, in which case what is the reference?
[EDIT] Figured out how to remove the drop target in front of the mech. But the plastic part is damaged, I'll attempt some superglue repair. Otherwise I'll have to print a 3D part to replace it and replace the rivet... Lovely...
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Quoted from trilogybeer:

Hello Hobbit owners, can one of you please measure the vertical height of the playfield hanger bracket (part number 10-0014-00)?
A measuring tape could be hooked to the bottom side of the playfield and measure to the 90 degree bend that hangs the front of the playfield. Attached is a picture for reference of what I need measured ( the vertical height on the one in the picture is 2 and 1/4 inches). [quoted image]

Quoted from skwal:

Hey guys, still looking for some alignment guidelines for the flipper bats, anyone got some details?
Thanks

Quoted from skwal:

Do you mean aligned with the inlanes it's parallel to it or if you put a piece of plastic against the inlanes the tip of the flipper bat also touch the plastic?

Quoted from VisitorQ:

Is there a Beta code for Hobbit and is it worth installing?