Is there any chance you'll make one that's a combo of both. I like most of the bottom version with the Goldfinger shot but would like to have the Roger Moore images switched out with the Connery images from the top one.

A price is a price. You may not like it but the guy's free to charge whatever he wants just like you're free to not buy it. If it's overpriced someone will come along and make it for less.

The world of pinball has turned into a mod crazy place and everyone is looking to make a buck. Nothing wrong with that unless people are getting ripped off.

I agree, there needs to be a sperate thread for mods. That's what they did for RUSH and I think it is currently 98 pages deep. No need bogging down this page with pricey stuff few would be interested in.

I'm not sure I would have worded it that way....

Is it just me or is the Dragon Tank the most ludicrous prop in all of the Bond movies? I know the budgets weren't great on those first couple of movies, but I always felt they could have done something to make it look a little less like a wooden block on wheels.

Now, when I see the tank mod in the game it makes me think Scooby Doo.

I picked up a Pro today. Are there any tweaks that need to be done right out of the box?

Just came across these on Amazon. They're approximately 5"x2" and I think would look pretty good on the speaker grill or coin door.

I was thinking about buying them all up then reselling them at a ridiculous price, but I guess I'll leave that up to someone else.

Right now they're $15.99 for a pair.

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They're actually made to put on your vehicle, but if it looks cool on a pin....

Anybody else having trouble with the button on the lockdown bar?

It is activated in the menu but does nothing.
In the switch test, it does nothing.
On closer examination, it looks like the switch is making contact but nothing is happening.

Has anyone been having trouble with their eject hatch hanging up? If so, what was your solution.

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It's really nice being able to see the Skill Shots...not like that actually helped when it came to hitting them.

Still can't complain. First game under new code over 621,000,000.

I don't know about that. You can like it from day one if you can foresee the potential it holds. Just looking at the playfield, inserts etc. you can say, 'Oh, it's eventually going to do this and this and this and like it because you see it coming.

Added a few 'economical' mods. Despite the redundancy, the 007 played look pretty good. IMG_20230408_174042852 (resized).jpgIMG_20230408_174052319 (resized).jpgIMG_20230408_174026119 (resized).jpgIMG_20230408_174033259 (resized).jpg

Is wireform chrome plated? It's hard to tell in the images.

A couple of questions since I'm still fairly new to the game. BTW: I'm playing on a Pro.

With the new code, is it supposed to start Bird 1 multiball when you have two balls locked and attempt a skill shot with left flipper held? Mine has been doing it every time since the code update.

What does it take to activate the Villian modes? I'll shoot the left ramp a dozen times and it won't start a Villian mode. On the other hand, a single shot will sometimes start a Henchman mode. What am I missing?

Also it seems like weak shots on the right loop are pretty much guaranteed to drain STM. Is that common as well?

Yes, right ramp, I got my directions mixed up. I'll hit the right ramp over and over and over again and nothing activates

I will check this out this evening, however the ramp does register during multiballs or any time an arrow to the ramp is lit. It's just not starting the Villian Modes until multiple shots.

Really? I've made it to BJB about 70% of the time I play with very little completed.

Is this a codung glitch?
2 Bird 1 balls locked.
Left flipper held for skill shot.
When ball comes around to upper flipper, Bird 1 multiball starts

I'm a Premium guy all the way with Stern, but for Bond I got the Pro. I've played games on both and there wasn't enough difference to justify the extra $$$$.

The thing is, with the way the Pinball world is now days, if you want to pick a game up cheaply, you have to buy it NIB. It's very rare for a pin to stay the same price or drop after it's been released.

I swore I'd never by another NIB after the problems I had with RUSH. I now love my RUSH game and bought Bond NIB. I may be an idiot but I'm not complaining.

So maybe Stern needs to switch production to home pins first then operators after the code has been fleshed out

Anybody having issues with delayed multiballs. I'll hit a shot to start a multiball and it starts 2 or 3 shots later...or several seconds after the ball drains

It's like Red Line Multiball on Hot Wheels. Frantic play to beat the clock then everything stops.

Thanks for the info. I just picked up one myself and was trying to figure how to mount it. You're right, can't beat it for $20 because it looks very original. I also picked up a Little Nelly for $37. No, they don't have lights, but saving about $300 does to people on a budget.

Little Nellie and Dragon Tank installed. The Dragon Tank actually help to see the light much better because it gets lit up really well when it's flashing.

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I want to know how you've managed to play 500 games since the new code came out last week. Do you ever go to sleep?

Is there a fix for this issue? The gate is too high to fall into the notch, like I assume it is supposed to. I see no way to lower it and occasionally I'll get bounce backs that go under the gate.

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Could be worse. I got on a roll this afternoon and got to a point where it said 38 more for extra ball...

Nearly broke 1B on my pro. I think the secret was, watching Dr. No before playing.

I used about 6" zip ties across the bottom part then put the two halves back together. You've got to hold it pretty tight while you're putting the screws back in because they're pretty short. You then wrap the zip ties around the plastic on the machine and snug it down. Just don't overly tighten it and bend the plastic. Then trim off the ends of the zip ties and reinstall the plastic.

On mine, the zips were thin enough that when the two halves were pushed together, they folded over. Like I said, it's pretty tight and the hard part is holding it together while you get that first screw started.

I used Zots. They're rubbery glue dots you can get at most office stores or on Amazon. I just stuck one on each tire and put it in place. It hasn't moved since. I've been using the on pins for years. I attached 1/64 cares to my NASCAR years ago and they're still in place. But just a heads up, they might leave a smudge when you remove them.
Also there are some surfaces they won't stick to well. Worked great on Little Nellie's tires, but would not stick to Dragon Tank tires.

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Two mechanical issues that drive me nuts:
1. The occasional ejection from the right scoop that hits the tank target then drops straight down the middle. It doesn't happen all the time but enough to be annoying.
2. A rattle shot in the right loop that doesn't reach the top comes back straight down the middle. Can be saved with a strong well-timed nudge that sets off the tilt warning, but also annoying as hell.

Added a Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd mod to go along with my Professor Dent mod. Cheap fun.

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Here's another cheap mod I'm working on. I'm might add in some miniature dice.

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I don't know if it's the code or my style of play but seems like my games are usually all villains or all henchmen, rarely a mix of the two

Just my 2 cents....

From the very beginning, everyone...and I mean EVERYONE was talking about how lean the code was for this machine. Granted many people had 007 on order before podcasts, stories, forms etc. pointed out how lean the code was AND how long it was going to be before it is completed. Therefore, those people have reason to complain. However, anyone who bought the machine after every media source pointed out the code issues either chose to ignore what everyone said, or they just like to complain.

To complain about how long it's taking to get completed code at this point is the same as being the whiny kid in the back seat that keeps saying 'Are we there yet!" for a cross country trip when you've just left home.

As I said, just my 2 cents.

A while back I made a post about the button my lockdown bar not working. It did nothing and did not register in the switch test.
Someone suggested the wires may have been soldered on incorrectly. On mine the black w/white wire was on the top and the brown w/white was on the bottom.
I just got around to switching them last night and the switch still does not register.
Any suggestions?

Yes, I tried pressing the contacts together and nothing registered. I'm not having problems with anything else.

I'll get in and trace the wires down to see if that's the issue.

1. On the pro, they really need to fix getting locks on Bird 1 Multiball when you attempt a skill shot.

BTW: Is there a way to track how many balls you have locked on the Pro, I haven't paid attention. I can't tell you how many times I've accidently started Bird 1 Multiball by attempting a skill shot.

2. The only place they need to trim video/audio assets is on a ball drain. I've had the audio keep going on and on into the next played ball.

3. I also wish they'd do something about the MI6 lights going out when you shoot up the right loop...or is that intentional?

I finally got Attache for the first time. I'd never even seen it lit before. Of course, I promptly bricked every shot without making a single one.

I just had an absolutely brutal game. 705M without accomplishing a single thing. In fact there were at least 2 modes where time expired without hitting a single shot. I hit everything but the glass.

They will never allow any assets from Never Say Never in this game. Too many lawsuits over that movie and a perfect example of how tightly they want control on Bond assets

When you think about it, inclusion of the Bond girls could be the most problematic issue Stern is facing. Obviously, Bond has always had a very sexist approach towards women and in today's society a lot...well most, of that stuff doesn't fly. I wouldn't want to be the one at Stern attempting how to include these assets while staying off someone's target list.

Not sure where it came off that I was the leader of the 'Woke Brigade'. I was just pointing out possibilities. I want as many original Bond assets in the game as anyone else. I was just trying to point out that now-days there's going to be people out there who will be against what has been called a 'sexist depictions of Bond Girls' from the 1960s.

Power Pack? I've had Q-ring, DB5, Radioactive Reconnaissance, Little Nelly and once and only once, I got Attache, but Power Pack?

I've got no problem with not being able to select modes. I don't think I've ever owned a pin where you could select what mode you want to play. It's pinball, there has to be some randomness to it.

I do wish it would cycle back to modes that haven't been completed. As far as I know it doesn't do that....yet.

...and couldn't the strategy be, hold off on starting a mode until the one you want it lit? Seems that would be a lot more strategic.

Just wondering.

When I'm playing BKSOR, Rush, NASCAR, etc. I don't start a mode if it's not one I want to play at that time. I get the game to cycle to the one I need to play for the best strategy before starting it.

Same here. It flashes for a microsecond but that's it. The only possible way to hit it lit is mere luck.

Is there a trick to hitting the left ramp? For some reason hitting that ramp seems to be one of the hardest shots I've come across in pinball. I've played a few games where I've hit it pretty consistently, but most of the time I hardly get a clean shot into the lane. In fact, I played three games tonight where I did nothing but try to hit that ramp. I think I hit it twice in three games. I'm starting to wonder if the flipper is loose. I'm not a fantastic player, but I know I'm not that bad.

My flippers were centered correctly. I tried lowering the power on the flippers. I only played one game but hit the ramp about 7 out of 10 times. That might have been the trick I was looking for. Now it's just a matter of tuning it in at that power setting.

Yes, saw the same thing at the Louisville show. A group of late teens walked by and said "What is Dr. No? like that was the theme. They could have just just the same artwork with James Bond 007 as the title.

I took the goodie bag out of my RUSH LE because it was laying on top of the subwoofer and making noise. Anymore, there's no real reason to take the bag off because there's nothing in there.

Did a little modding on my High Stakes mod.

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There's a couple different sellers on Amazon

I've been going back and watching the Connery Bond films and something dawned on me in relationship with the pinball machine.

In the game, Mr. Henderson is associated with Diamonds are Forever. Even though the playfield says AKA Mr. Henderson, the actor Charles Gray is never called by that name in the movie. However, Charles Gray played Mr. Henderson, a British agent who is murdered, in You Only Live Twice.

Obviously, the game designers couldn't include both Donald Pleasence as the villain Blofeld for Your Only Live Twice and Charles Gray as Blofeld as the villain for Diamonds are Forever. So, did they just hope no one would notice and call Charles Gray AKA Mr. Henderson for the Diamonds are Forever villain even though Mr. Henderson has nothing to do with that movie?

Sorry, I must have missed it between pitchforks and lack of updates.

All these people freaking out over shooter lane wear to me is like people who buy expensive shoes but never wear them because it lowers their value.
If I'm looking at buying a game the condition of the shooter lane is way, way, way down on the list.

This update is turning into a royal pain in the ass. Started the update last night and after two hours it looked like it was finished and ready to play. All playfield lights were on and running in attract mode. However, it was way to late to get into it, so I shut it off until I got home from work this evening. Turned it on this evening to discover the update had downloaded but not installed. A hour later it is a few KB from finishing and the power shuts off. When I comes back on it's back to square one with the install. I'm hoping I can get at least one game in tonight.

Never had a problem with Wi-Fi. Power going out would have had the same result either way.

If it's like mine, something is screwed up with the wiring. I guess I've finally got to dive in and figure it out now that there's a use for the button.

I tried that a while back with no change. It's something in the wiring down the line

Well, this might explain why my actions button never worked. Tucked neatly inside a wire holder so it was hard to see. Another fine example of Stern's top notch quality control.

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Yes, fixing that action button helped.

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Having got so far tonight I've got a couple questions:

1. Once you've played all the villains, is that it? They don't cycle back to play again?

2. I had the 7x Playfield lit but didn't realize it until just before it went out. Does it light up for a short period of time after you've played all the villains?

That's odd. I didn't notice mine until right before it went out but I'm pretty sure the entire thing was lit up.

....sort of like a Jurassic Park or Jaws without any movie assets?

There was a problem with that on Rush that could be fixed by putting a thin strip of felt padding along the top of the curve where the switch is. It doesn't allow the ball to ride up and forces it down onto the switch.

Here's my solution.

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I thought Bruce Nightingale was the center square on Hollywood Squares.

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Has anybody got all the skill shots in a single game? Does it do anything special if you do?

On Hot Wheels, Red Line Multiball you have everything go dead and balls drain, but there's no ball lock to lose. Since Bond is still tracking how many balls are locked I really don't think it's that big of a deal.
You just need to work it into your game strategy. If the visual bothers you that much try to avoid JBJ until you played Bird One, or don't lock balls in Bird One until after you play JBJ.

What? New code BEFORE the pitchforks are hoisted?

I'd like to know how people are 'bumping' when that weak shot up in the right loop comes rolling back SDTM? I've tried bumping head on, to the right and to the left and 99% of the time the ball continues to go SDTM. In fact, I've bumped the machine so hard both right and left that I've had to strighten it afteward, but still get the SDTM return.

I need to recheck the level on mine. If the ball only goes up the loop about and inch or two it will come back to the right flipper. Any more than that it usually glances off the tip of the left flipper if it makes any contact at all.

Yes, my playfield was just a hair off level. I guess it did a little settling since I set it up.

Got it leveled up and now the slow rolls up right loop drop to the right flipper. It's crazy that such a minor adjustment can make that much of a difference.

Of course, now the problem I corrected with the left trough eject is back to going SDTM. I guess I'll have to go back and change the power on that eject again.

BTW: I also added the felt to the Bond Women loop. I had to move where I originally placed it because it drove the ball directly into the pop bumpers, which I never noticed were exposed on that side of the loop.

Did anybody receive an email indicating there was new code? This is the first time for me code has come out without notification. Also, why did this code drop at around 8 pm EST? That's odd too

After about six games under the new code my thoughts were "What the F*&# did you do to my machine?" I couldn't hit any shots and it was like all the power settings had changed. Balls were bouncing around not hitting any targets, going SDTM or in the outlanes time after time. In fact, one of the games I played I hadn't even broke 1 million after two balls. Try to match that feat!

Of course, next game I got to 1.7B got all the gadgets and villains and about half the henchmen and played Ahoy Mr. Bond.

BTW: Once you've gone through the gadgets and villains the game gets pretty monotonous in the fact there's nothing you can do but go after the henchmen. Q gadgets and villain ramp are just pass throughs.

Apparently not. I played after gadgets but not after villains

Is it just me or does it seem like the ball does a lot of time bouncing around doing nothing but running clock? There's been times I've had modes nearly expire before I can even get the ball to a flipper to direct it. It's like it goes off the kickers hits a few posts, back off the kickers, into the left eject, up into the bumpers down to the flippers for a desperate save, back off the kickers...rinse and repeat and the clock keeps running while it's floating around doing nothing. Maybe I need to change the power settings on my kickers.

I actually like the fact it gives you the chance to nail some quick multi - combos.

This game seems to be extremely sensitive to balance. I got mine leveled up last week and everything was fine then I started noticing a lot of SDTM bounces. I rechecked the level and it was off by about 1/32 of an inch. Leveled it back up and everything is fine. I think my wife is sneaked down while I'm at work and changing the level just to piss me off.

Exactly what I was thinking. I only manage to activate a single weapon about once every ten games or so. It seems like I'm activating gadgets more often than even villains or henchmen. I can't understand why they didn't put lights on the gadgets.

Same here. Started 3 weapons with no precursor..

Also got to Chaos...barely. Wacky mode but I'm not going to give it away. Fortunately when you drain it's not ball over.

Q ring is still there but it's the last one to show up for me. Maybe it's just my style of play but I've usually got a back-load of gadgets qualified before I've even started one multi-ball.

I don't have a lot of games on mine but I'm thinking about changing out my coil stops already. I don't think I've ever played a Stern game where the flippers are so inconsistent. From game to game it's like starting over to figure out where to dial in the shots because they're constantly changing. I'm not just talking about after the coils get hot. One day the shots will be in one place for the first game on the machine. The next day, they'll be in another place. I'm not a great player but I can definitely tell when the shots aren't coming off the flippers the same from game to game.

Maybe I need to go to Precision Flippers. LOL.

Just to clarify, I'm not talking about shots changing from one machine to another, I'm talking about the shots being different from day to day on the same machine.

I finally got everything for one movie, (villain, henchman, Q-mode, Bond woman and weapon for Thunderball), which lit the plate in the playfield..... and did absolutely nothing else as far as I could tell. Kind of anti-climatic.

Just curious, what is everyone's strategy for Skill Shots. I usually start with the basic one at the top to build up a little momentum in the pops.
Second ball to the Henchman ramp
Third ball to where it will best advance play.

Yes, you don't have to finish them, just start everything connected with a single movie

Has anyone finished Outer Space Hijack? For me, it's the most difficult mode on the machine. I think I average scoring about 1 hit before time expires or I drain. The best I've done is scoring three or four but I think it takes about 45 to complete the mode. It's the one mode I swear the switch is not registering but when I've tested it, it shows it's working.

Shot sequence? On mine, every shot is at the rollover by the drops

Just take a Dremel, grind the edges and it will look a whole lot better. I've been making replacement plastics for years but I've never tried making one that wasn't a copy. I guess I'll have to look into that.

That's to deaden the shot so it will drop in. I've never had the ball bounce out after hitting it. My problem is, I can't hit the damn thing regularly.

I almost got a multi-accomplishment tonight. I got all of the You Only Live Twice modes, all of the Q-Gadgets, Crab Key Chaos and was one shot away from getting all the villains when I drained.

Just curious, does it go on to the other wizard mode if you get a second set of modes completed? Also, does JBJ ever come up again?

I had the same issue for a while with mine when I first unboxed it, but it no longer does that. I think it just needed to be broke in.

Well that sucks!
Playing my third game under new code and had 1.7B with at least 3 extra balls waiting, most of the villains, henchmen, weapons and Q Branch. Fired the ball into Q Branch for Little Nellie and the game rebooted. Damn! Damn! Damn!

Are you sure this isn't a Rush topper? Box looks in the same condition as a lot of them.

This may seem like a stupid question, but I don't look at the score while I'm playing and I play alone most of the time. When the 7x is flashing on the playfield, does that mean you're getting 7x scoring? I see mine flash a lot during games but have never thought to see if it's actually doing anything.

Just curious, has anyone had issues with the flipper coils overheating? I haven't had any problems with that since getting my BKSOR. Is that an issue Stern has fixed?

Yes same here. I had that problem and it turned out my game was just a hair off level. Once I leveled it up (exactly) ball hits the tip of the right flipper almost every time.

You know if they removed the posts on springs and toppers this place would be a ghost town

I dropped power on the kickers all the way down to 8. It might be cheating but it keeps the ball from rocketing off something SDTM or out the sides.

Anybody else missing the code? My machine says it's up to date with 0.95

I think these look 1000% better than the ones Stern produced.

There must have been some hitch in the release because mine is now updating too

Just curious...

....how many of the people on this thread stand over their spouse's shoulder while they're cooking and say, "You really should do it this way!"