I received my premium on Wednesday. Both Newton balls appeared to work fine out of the box.(The rubber on the small flipper was broken though)
After a couple of games, I noticed the lower Newton false firing a bit and then it stopped registering completely.
It looks like the pointy posts are already installed, although I don't know what the other ones looked like.
The upper ball seems to move more freely than the lower one, but i can't get it to register even manually.
i adjusted the switch and had it working for a game or 2, but now it's back to nothing.

How is that switch supposed to be properly adjusted?
Can anyone confirm what the old posts looked like?
I may have screwed up the leaf switch because I was a bit frustrated.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Thank you! It does have the new posts. I'm sure the switch is out of whack. Hopefully I didn't screw it up too bad, but I'll mess with it a little later.

Update: I bent the switch back to it's original shape as compared to Mummy switch. I used a small screwdriver to ensure there was a gap, but it didn't start working until I backed off(lengthened) the post that it started registering. I'm sure this isn't a permanent fix, but I'll like post higher scores in the meantime!

Not trying to turn this into a MET thread, but what post issue are you referring to? I'd love to fix an issue that I might not have known about!

Correct. And click the top link, not the READ ME file.

It did that for me with AC/DC too. Just go into your downloads and copy/past to your thumb drive.

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Ah! Mine already has the metal post, but I can see where that would be un-fun. I am going to Pinball Life tomorrow if anyone needs anything!

A friend of mine bought it new. I'll check with him to see if he changed it or it came like that.
Maiden did come with the pointy newton posts, but that obviously wasn't the ultimate fix.

Speaking of Auto/Manual plunge.

I have to hold the upper left flipper up in order for the ball to feed around the loop, which works most of the time. It seems to catch the flipper if I don't hold it up. Has anyone seen this? Is there an adjustment to the flipper?

The manual plunge has never been able to make it up the loop, but I prefer to go for SUPER SECRET SKILL SHOT! I would adjust the shooter if necessary and it didn't hinder the auto-plunge aspect.

Sorry if i missed this issue being addressed earlier.

I picked one up from Pinball Life for that very same reason!

Stern Tech support offered to send me a new one for free, but i had already picked one up. He verified that I could use it but would have to cut off the diode first. He also claims he sent me a replacement Newton assembly on 9/14, but I still haven't received anything.

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Sorry, I don't have the part number, but I bet you can call them to get it. I placed and picked my order up in person.
I haven't replaced the switch...yet. I was able to make major adjustments to existing spoon and leaf switch after tightening everything in the assembly and it's been working since.

And NO! David Carver from Stern said he was sending me one on 9/14. I sent a follow up email last week and still haven't heard back. The whole thing is a big joke.

You might want to try starting over with some of the components. Perhaps something's gotten bent or misaligned. I had a similar frustrating experience with the mummy newton ball. Stern sent me all of the parts to replace the assembly. A friend and I were able to get it dialed in before changing any parts, and it's been working ever since. I should still have the parts somewhere, but I think there might be a couple of p/n variations between the 2 newton ball assemblies?