Ok, I have a problem. I keep checking this thread every 30 minutes to see if anyone else has posted reviews. Getting excited about my LE hopefully soon….. Keep the reviews coming. Great job @doublestack, thank you for a thorough review.

I played a few games on location today. I like the layout. My favorite shot is the left orbit that turns into a ramp. Feels like godzilla left orbit/ramp or dialed in on the right.

Hard to get a feel for the sound ad i was in a bar. Ball keep getting stuck in the left return wireform on the plastics. May not be enough room there to add an optional plastic protector.

Overall I like how the game shot. I typically buy premium/LE. But i dunno about this one. I could care less about bond wand, or the underwater fight really. But I would definetly miss the ball lock. I love physical ball locks. And right now the virtual one doesnt stop the ball with a post or anything to let you know one has been locked.

Overall I liked what I played. I may get back in on a pro or premium after giving up my LE spot.

That ball stuck on the plastic is just an adjustment to the wireform that needs made. You should have room for a protector if you want.

I'm a sucker for physical ball locks too. I'm really anxious to see the prem/le lock. There is a ton of room in the upper left area around the rocket and the spiral wireform looks super cool.

100 plus plays when I took these. Looks great!

Only tweak I had to do was tighten the screws for the switch going into your lock mini orbit. I’d advise any new owners to check these, if the switch is able to move slightly it will throw off the ball lock.

It takes a switch activate of this one on the entrance and one on the exit of the loop to register a lock.

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Do the Bond girls and gadgets near Q and lower mid playfield give you perks during modes or MBs? I was hoping for example each gadget could be used in multiple settings/modes/MBs but do different thinks (like gems on AIQ, or characters on GoT). If codingdone right it can create endless variations on how complete game, what order, which perks etc…

Where was it on location?

I got a led Zeppelin premium 3 weeks ago. Build date is October 26th

Logans arcade in Chicago. Im here on business so it was good timing.

I had a chance to play a JB Pro at the Granby Grill in Columbia,SC today. I only had 15 mins to spare due to a limit on my lunch time, but it was a lot of fun. (It helps when Granby's price is only 50 cents to play their pins.) The Pro is very early in development and I never heard any songs other than the Bond theme while I banged away at a paltry 68 million. The code has a long ways to go but it is playable. I'm still keeping my Bond LE order intact. I have faith that Gomez will tinker with this game for many months to come and iron out all the gameplay wrinkles. As others have stated, the playfield looks much better in person. I'm not a big fan of the yellow cabinet though.

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Setup our game at Ocelot brewing in Dulles VA.

Game is fun to shoot. The variety of shot angles is fun to explore… a bit like Jurassic park when new.

The lighting is warm white to fit the older look.

The sounds and mood of the game is really reminiscent of batman 66 right now. The way the constant soundtrack and video clips play and many of the sounds have a similar mood. I mean… it fits the 60s vibe. The spinner is like meteor.

Only issue so far is the ball likes to get stuck in the right inlane. The up post is close to the switch cutout so it holds the ball in the switch cutout and ball can’t roll out of it. Will try a piece of mylar to cover the edge of the groove.

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I played a couple games on location at Dontae's pizza parlor in Evansville, Indiana yesterday. We were making a pit stop on our way home from Gulf Shores so I didn't have a ton of time but I was really impressed. I thought it had great flow and played really fast. The shots were unique with the highlight being the left orbit ramp. The right ramp mode start ramp and loop ramp were appropriately tough given their importance. I also really liked the left outlane protection provided by the eject hole that is there. The music was great for the theme, especially during multi ball. I wasn't a huge fan of how it looked but the way it played outweighed that by a huge margin. Really enjoyed playing it and really enjoyed Dontae's as well. The food was awesome and the games were playing perfectly!

The angles do look interesting. One of reasons I like Alien is that unusual placement of the mid lower left flipper (plus the upper right which is inside of the right orbit) - which create new angles. Not easy to come up with truly new shots now in 2023, but I can see Bond achieving a bit of that (without having played)

What do you mean by meteor? (It’s heavy/hard to spin?)

Literally sounds exactly like ripping the meteor spinner

Yeah, the spinner rips and it sounds great!

About time us peasants get an opto spinner on a pro!

I love alien for this reason. My fav game to shoot.

It's ordered, it's paid for, and I am in waiting mode like everybody else. The looks are great!!! I like the rocket, Jetpack and DB5.....

LETS GOOO!!!! Heading to Bite Me Cake Company in Pueblo Colorado!!!

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This probably will have some new information we are all in need of!

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Nice! Thanks for posting that

I’m not eating my Thanksgiving dinner until my LE shows up. Come on Stern, the turkey is getting cold.

Got the game set up tonight. I am personally not able to play right now but watched a few games played. From what I can see, it’s a lot more balanced than the show/event released games. So code is already improved. Still has a ways to go. Noticed a few modes had little to no sound but again I’m sure that will come. The pro seemed to shoot nice with flow. I only played a premium at the Denver show but it felt very stop and go and had issues with the ball lock and the jet pack. The pro is non stop action. The opto spinner is amazing. Nice to see on a pro.

Now let’s talk art. The art is amazing. Even the yellow on the pro cab is nice. It’s a lot better in person. My only issue is the emptiness on the backglass. The art is great besides the upper right hand corner. Why didn’t stern just add the 007 logo? It can easily be added with a vinyl decal. Or use the same art package as the left side of the cabinet like the movie poster.

Anyways, I’m excited to see what the future looks like for Bond.

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Jonesing for my LE

Could someone Photoshop a cigarette into George's mouth and a lighter in his hand where the pen is. (or a gun)

Please tell George it was my idea.

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LEs are on the line!

Gomez stream now:

Gomez: "I might have signed your game in a funny place."

One nice thing Gomez did for Bond Pro owners was to make the underwater/flying Bond sculpts they custom made for the Bond Prem/LE pins available to Pro owners as a "service kit" they can buy in the Stern store. He didn't indicate the price, though.

Also, Bond 60th has just the home pin size screen, in the playfield, according to Gomez.

Spend 25-30k on the 60th bond for a tiny screen? Idk anymore

This game looks especially ripe for an aftermarket translite.

Instant buy!

Finally made it to the mountains!

Launch party December 11.

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Played the game yesterday on location in Atlanta ATLpb operated location "My Parents Basement". I loved the layout. It mostly felt different, while at moments feeling like a cross between Deadpool and Batman 66. Tons of very satisfying combos that quickly return to the flipper. If you don't hit the shot between the right ramp clean, the return will likely be deadly if the game is tight. Once you dial in the shots you can really rip them good.

The only thing I didn't love was the amount of time the ball found itself in the scuba scoop under the upper flipper.

Code seems pretty simple, but you can see where they are going between the women, henchmen, movies and gadgets (Q missions). Lots of potential for some really great rules.

I think overall this game will be very well received.

Photo is not me, but a very regular patron and pinsider.

(cross post from other thread)

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He did they to my Deadpool. It was neat to find when I did.

I saw the manual got posted

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JamesBond007_Pro_web.pdf

Looks like the flasher to light the prem/LE under water figures is included on the pro. So if you buy the Stern sculpts of the figures (George said you will be able to on the Marco stream yeserday) you could mount them in your pro and add a tinted plastic to get the same effect as on the prem/LE games.

That's assuming Stern doesn't disable the flasher signal in the pro code.

And maybe build out the diorama a little better with a background so there isn't cabinet hardware clearly visible when the light comes on. The Pre/LE one is so lazy.

I do wonder how expensive that sculpt "service kit" will be...

A st projector is $600 so prob 1000 for the figures.

Really enjoyed my first few games tonight - great variety of shots. My main concern of the cabinet art being hideous feels a bit overblown by seeing it in person.

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Unboxed my 007 a few days ago, it's on location at Center of the Universe Brewing in Ashland, VA.

Removing the foam from around the rocket and seeing it flop around made me immediately start laughing. Thing is ridiculous!

Only complaints are that the drops were likely installed too far back and will brick on a direct hit. And the 6 balls it came with were all rusty.

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Wow. Inspect your balls, people!

I'm surprised that they will be selling these individually. I can't recall other times where the prem/LE stuff as able to be bought individually so pro users could add them on. I don't think I've seen Stern versions of stuff like Groot arms, Godzilla fig, Wolverine, Dazzler and Truck sculpts from Deadpool for sale.

I bought the 2 Eddie figurines on Maiden for my pro at Pinballlife. They are the same they used for premium, LE's.

Cool, so there is a precedent. I see they also carry the official Stern versions of the Godzilla scult and Dead Pool figures. The figures are $70 so I'd expect the Bond ones to be priced around the same.

So if you can buy the jetpack, divers, and dragon tank sculpts and then add a metal arch, the only main prem features missing from a pro are Bond on a wand and the physical ball lock. Makes it even harder to justify the pro vs prem cost difference.

Nice Barracora!!! My Premium is going to sit right next to our Barracora! Can't wait!

Never use sterns balls. Out of the box install Barons.

They are in my wife's purse .... will call her

Premium / LE Manual

https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/JamesBond007_LE_Pre_web.pdf