Like this…I don’t think it should go on the middle plastic because that’s where a dragon tank should go. The copter will also fit the premium and le if you mount it on the right ramp just in front of the flasher.

I'm thinking it might foul on a ball being carried although i'm not exactly sure just how far across Bond on a wand goes

Some games in, the spinner seems to come off really easily. I tried bending the bracket a bit.

At least my game also has a really annoying stuck ball place. It's in the right inlane, where the groove for the switch is. The post causes the ball to go into the hole and it gets stuck there every single time.

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Hmm. My XMLE did that. I had the pitch set too low.

Yeah, if I end up with dragon tank too, id move the copter elsewhere.
Copter was so cheap that it was no brainer impulse esp since I thought it could cover the mech gate and I was right fortunately.
For now, being in the center also “balances” the decorations a bit better than putting on right, which already has the car.

Addl topic:
The metal player facing side wall side of L orbit back corner ramp is ripe for a decal or something.

Addl topic:
Played a couple games yesterday. It only gets better. Even with minor gripes of sometimes too much left side eject and how spectre targets are going to be annoying with some randomness, this layout is amazing. Hit a center shot, inside loop, side ramp combo, bang, bang, bang, a few times. Wowza.
Love how late the right ramp is… and then there’s a whole nother shot to the car even FURTHER to be right.

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This is without a doubt the longest I've waited for an LE after a launch/announcement. Kind of killing my hype on it, but still excited.
I heard rumors first batches of LEs were shipping this week. Anyone confirm that?

Got my Pro and brought it out to a location for the tournament for the launch party. Was well received and another player almost immediately went out to buy one. I haven’t had much in the way of issues except for the physical shooter rod isn’t launching the ball. The button works fine but the shooter rod doesn’t seem to be able to reach the ball to give it much of a launch.

Any suggestions?

Think some distributors got them on Friday. Someone posted photos.

Yes, at least one large dealer not too far from Stern has them and are shipping them out this week.

Paid in full October, 25th and still no word.

It's set to higher than average pitch. The groove at the end of the cutout for the switch is so deep the ball rolls backwards from the post and doesn't even touch it.

Can you put a cabinet bumper (dot) to block it

Mine was the same way. loosen the 4 screws on the inside of the cabinet for the shooter housing. Adjust to were it needs to be. Tighten the screws back up.

Hope we see some LEs ship this week.

If anyone is looking for an LE, Nitro has one on hand ready to ship.

Cliffy protector on the switch slot will fix that.

Having played it quite a bit I've decided I like the way it shoots, but the software is currently atrociously spare.

Come on LE unboxing pics. Someone must be getting their games this week.

I don't doubt that. I just wonder aloud how something like this passes any QC. Anyone rolling one single ball into the inlane stopper post would've instantly discovered this.

Stern QA is notoriously cursory. This isn't a huge surprise to me. More annoying than anything else. Burden shifted to the customer, as usual.

I haven’t read the other answers but try taking off the rubber tip, add a little nut or something similar, maybe a few washers, then recap with the rubber tip. I’m 99.9% your problem will be solved without any other negative consequences.

Yellow Modfather shooter rod

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I just put a small rectangle of mylar I cut over the divot at the end of the switch slot by the inlane post where the ball rests when it's stopped so you have to shake it loose. I've confirmed that solves the problem. 100% correct operation after I did that. Stern is already putting mylar on the left and right of the whole switch slot. I just recommended that they change those two rectangles to a "U" shape instead to cover the divot as well and it will put this problem to bed.

But, for those that already have their Bond, relatively easy fix.

Dave Wilde just called me and said my LE is in his possession and will ship to me this week. Probably get it early next week.

I'm curious if anybody's attempted to fashion a return gate wireform that goes across all the drops, rather than just across the entry. That's the biggest complaint I've had from players is that it seems like a flaw that there isn't one (that and that the rocket shot should award a Spectre target, but I'm sure that will be addressed in a code update).

I'm also having an issue where a game that starts with a fallen drop resetting, it awards 1,510 points, which confuses a lot of people. Has anybody else been experiencing this or will that be fixed in a code update as well I would hope?

I would really love it if this thread didn't get pushed into "HeY lOoK aT tHiS mOd!" territory so hoping some useful information comes from some of the early discourse.

Will be interesting to see all the mods for Bond as it is the perfect theme for mods. I plan on putting a Rolex on the playfield. Helicopters, auto gyros, the white Toyota car, etc. so many great mods could be made.

Doesn't seem like a flaw to me. Seems like a design choice. If you want to get more open access to the SPECTRE area to knock out the letters, you give up the feed of the ball to the left upper flipper.

Nah. This would nerf the game and make getting the weapons WAY TOO EASY. Having put in a bunch of time on it, it's right the way it is. It shouldn't be easy to spell SPECTRE.

There's a bug where I was in Q mode with the "Heya Mr. Q" chick I want to slap talking to Q in the casino, but while playing out the mode, gave me a "Q Mode Lit" even though I was already in a Q mode and it DID NOT LIGHT.

It seems Bird One hides where to make the shots left on a Villain mode you're in. Maybe a bug? I had another game where Bird One started while I was in the Rosa Klebb villain mode and had almost made all the shots, but Bird One started and turned all her orange/yellow (one of those colors, don't remember) arrows green so I didn't know where to shoot to finish her mode (and the clock kept ticking). Really annoying.

I would say an Omega would be the right watch to put on there. The 007 edition is pretty awesome if it wasn’t overpriced right now.

Just thought I’d pop-in and say Hi!

I like omegas, but mine is the wrong vintage. You only live twice and diamonds are forever had a Gruen 510 watch. It was Rolex before and after those films with pulsar and Seiko led/lcd watches after and then Rolex and finally omega.

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Hi! Changing your mind?

A spooky huh?

LOL

whats up scooby?

Thought you’d be in a penalty box for extortion.

Hi everybody I just joined the club today and received my pro, awesome game very enjoyable , one question what's the latest code out ?

That’s cool, welcome! I’m eagerly waiting for my premium! I think the newest code is .70?

You can usually just hit up this page to see what's out there and get the latest. Nothing officially released this month yet.
https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/

--Chris

Mine were exactly the same. Threw them away and put new ones in. Must have been some left over from last build... didn't part of the Stern factory flood recently? Maybe these balls were under water.

Did you install all these mods on a location Bond?

None on mine

Ah ok mines up to date
Thank you

Nope, home.

I'm new to owning a brand new machine , would you want to wax the playfield right off the bat ?

Thanks for doing that Pinmonk!
Very nice of you to do that to help all future owners get some kickass code.

Yes..

I report all bugs I find. I reported so many weird ones on Deadpool, I'm sure Tanio was tired of hearing from me. But they all don't turn out like that one, so my bug reports are no guarantee of kickass code.

But I'm sure Tanio was alright with it in the end. Deadpool turned out to be an all-time great.

Yeah, turned out very nice for his first outing as lead. I wonder when he'll get another shot? He certainly proved himself as a great coder.

I looked it up and I sent 18 emails with deadpool bugs, some of them had a number of bugs in each email. So, lots of Deadpool bugs reported. I don't think I started reporting them until v1.00.

You’ve been a member of pinside for 4+ years and presumably enjoying pinball for even longer than that? Certainly you understand that pinball is amazing because of how many different ways there are to enjoy it.

Ok, it 547 on Tuesday and I haven't seen an LE unboxed yet..C'mon @tilt, get that box home and pinside - do your thing.