Hope we see some LEs ship this week.

I have the same issue. Just unboxed my game. I'm on .7 - going to upgrade to .8 and see if that changes anything.

updating the code didn’t do anything.

Maybe the test itself is busted? I haven’t been able to play a game yet.

I think this is a bug in the test only. My jetpack works fine during gameplay

Anyone else have a tough time knowing when the upper shot will loop or stop at the control gate?

no, I mean the loop from the upper flipper that can stop at the pops. Is it only combo shots that go all the way around?

There was an early stream where Mike V mentioned that U-Turn shots would eventually be recognized. It'd be cool if they used a Bond vehicle on the display during these moments. The ball does this surprisingly often on my game.

Having played the game a bunch and mostly dialed it in, the biggest complaints/hopes that I have are:

1. It is way too hard to complete SPECTRE. They need to give the player another way to qualify those modes. Maybe it's less lucrative or requires more shots than the "right" way. Like, give me credit on a SPECTRE target if I hit the adjacent target, or something along those lines. Or maybe hitting multiple switches up there in a short window of time gives you bonus credit for letters not captured. I don't know what the exact solve is here, but it's solvable.

2. Mode stacking. It's been discussed to death, George says something is in the works. At this point there are times where I want to cancel out of a multiball start because I am more interested in the mode I've started or am about to start.

3. All of the modes feel like "hit the flashing shot to advance the movie scene." I wish there was more thought to a metagame here. Some sort of incentive to line up henchman + villain + weapon modes from the same film all at once. Maybe that's how they're getting around possible IP restrictions around stacking footage from multiple films.

4. For a playfield that *really* gets the flow going when you have your shots dialed in, combos seem hardly celebrated. Lots of room for added embellishment here. I could see a TMNT 1-2-3 like mini-mode that plays part of the Bond Theme as sound FX as you hit each step of the combo.

5. I want to hear more Sean Connery. I only hear him when I manage to start a mode and trigger that part of a clip. Let's hear some of his VO as I'm bashing around the playfield. More VO from the films in general would be great. Ghostbusters does a good job of this, especially when you get to the mini wizard mode.

6. The clearly missing stuff - like scoring multiplier functionality, the controlled Jetpack mode, the missing skillshots, and who knows what else.

7. Service menu stuff that is confusing and doesn't appear to work, like the Jetpack test. I thought my game was messed up, but it's actually a software problem, I think. The jetpack works fine in gameplay.

Does this code work with pinball browser? I'm wondering if there's anything in there that hints at what's to come.

Anyone else dig through the code with pinball browser? It was kinda cool to see that there's more planned for the Aston Martin. That doesn't come through via inserts alone.

Completing spectre targets is a non issue now. It makes some of those targets a waste because you dont really need one for each letter, but oh well.

I had a lot more fun playing with this update. Was able to see a lot more "stuff" rather than getting stuck just trying to start something interesting.

If mode stacking isn't allowed (unless maybe its ok to do henchman + villain + weapon from the same movie), then they need to let you cancel out of a MB start.

This might come across as blasphemy, and I don't say this lightly because its my favorite pin, but the structure of this game reminds me of a modernized IJ. I'm digging it.

Needs more Connery VO, for the love of god.

Does the right orbit do anything yet?

Just played two games on the new code. The new jetpack multiball is a massive improvement. That super jackpot is really satisfying to hit, but the callout for it sucks. I wish we got a Bond line or something more exciting here.

I even got the second super jackpot, where you move the jetpack. It's really difficult to control that thing when you're cradling a ball on each flipper, but once you have the jetpack lined up you can do no hold flipper taps to hit the ball without moving the jetpack. It felt SO GOOD to line that up and collect it. This should shut some people up that thought that the jetpack was a meaningless toy. I had a total blast here.

I keep whiffing on the side ramp so I haven't been able to get to Bond, James Bond yet.

Please keep it up, Lonnie, Mike, George, and everyone else working on this!

Mike V said this was coming.

Am I crazy or does the new mini wizard mode start with pierce brosnan saying “bond, James Bond”?

You had the first super jackpot qualified. You have to hit the tank while the ball is above the target on top of the tank to hit that switch and collect the super jackpot. During super jackpot 1, bond moves automatically.

If you collect super jackpot 1 then you get an add a ball and maybe another ball save. Hit 5 more jackpots, load the jetpack again, and THEN you can control the jetpack with the flippers.

Hopefully these have more to them than “shoot the lit shots to complete the gadget”

I played a couple games. I thought I would like the new combo stuff more than I do.

There are no callouts associated with them that I've heard, so it's a "blink and you'll miss it" kind of deal.

I also find that they really get logjammed in terms of what's displayed. It's not at all tight, especially if you've got other stuff queued up.

Finally, after 3~ games on the new code I hit Combo Champ at 37 combos. I didn't feel like I earned that. I bet a bunch of those were from various multiballs.

It's a positive step forward overall. Still a long ways to go.

Fleshing out the game with the missing modes / polish > implementing playfield multipliers.

It will all come in time. I’d rather have new stuff than a way to make the existing stuff worth more points.

That’s not how little Nellie works. You shoot the drops to light the right ramp or increase the value of the right ramp if it’s already lit.

No wonder you didn’t like the mode.

Would you guys feel better about the pops cycling modes if on the pre / LE they had independent coil drivers?

I’ll be here all week, folks.

Wish we had a way to qualify more than one lit bond woman in a single loop shot. Like, X combo = X collected maybe.

This implementation reminds me of the original attaché case mode and how hard that was to access at first.

Thanks for this summary. What does Bond girl clips TBD mean? That the specific clips or TBD or that they haven’t decided whether or not to include them at all?

Yep. Makes sense.

We need some perks that make it easier to get through modes IMHO. Some of them are way too hard.

I have both games and find myself coming back to Bond much more frequently.

Foo is a great game too, but something about Bond grabs me.

Just got my topper yesterday. I installed it but haven’t had time to play a game. I only messed with it in test / attract mode.

The thing has well over 100 LEDs in it.

I bet “exceptionally fine shot” is being saved for the MXK skill shot.

I hope we get flipper button audio during attract mode.