Are other people still waiting on word of their LE being shipped? Trying to decide how much I should / should not pester my distributor.

Can do, but its luck, has to be off a missed first flip and come back at right speed. When I try to repeat I fail

@BigSkyPinball, What's the old saying, Squeaky Wheel gets the Grease!

I would imagine that the bigger rings are there to help keep the ball in action once you hit it as I found a ricochet sometimes will bounce off a corner and back up into one of the arrows and if you put smaller rubbers on there I'm not sure if you get the same action.... So me personally I wouldn't want to change the rubber size from factory or it might just make that captive ball harder.. as far as the alignment goes have you tried readjusting the upper play field because it seems like it's more of a play field interfering with the boat versus the other way around

Mine was like that at first .. Lacking sensitivity on the skirt.. I just made a leaf adjustment on the pop switch underneath the playfield... All it takes is just a little bit less of a clearance between the switch contacts but watch that you don't make it too sensitive or else you'll find it virtually impossible to get the second skill shot which requires you to remain clear of the pop bumper if you breathe on it you'll fail that skillshot so there's a definite dialed in tricky balance you have to play with them each specific machine that skillshots going to be impossible to get one or the other dialed in

I've been able to repeatedly hit that upper playfield as I've been focusing on it.. so once you get good at it you can easily trap up but it takes a while and if you're not expecting it like others said you're probably going to be late on the reaction time at first

I would probably do a comparison of the overall length of the rod exposed of the barrel shooter versus the standard Stern one and see if somehow the lengths are different before I start modding out the auto plunger spacing to get the ball closer to the shooter ride which is usually what I would do if all else fails... If it's just a small amount then doing the washer or two inside the shooter tip head can sometimes work as well...
What color is the spring that came with the shooter rod on the barrel shooter cuz I've noticed some of the factory springs are either green or silver but then some of the shooter rods are red or another color so yeah first things first would probably be to try the spring that worked and then revert to everything else

Yes, I loosened screw under plastic in front of Orca and also loosened rear two nuts and shoved upper over as much as possible followed by tightly securing.

So far captive ball shots registering great, have not noticed being harder with smaller rubber rings. Will keep eye on it though.

We added a nut on the end of the barrel shooter rod underneath the rubber tip and it solved the problem. I don’t think it was extending as far as the factory rod.

I am getting the “game validation error, update sd card” error. I have let it idle and it goes away, but it keeps coming back. Is there a better fix to it?

Still waiting on mine as well no word from my distributor and he’s top notch on communication. I know when he has news I’ll get a call

Finally got my premium set up tonight! Definitely have to tweak the chum line plastic and get the reel working better but other than that it’s been great so far. I was losing it when the shark actually roared at me after hit it at some point. Such a fun game!

The roar is one the things you usually miss if the machine is in a bar or arcade because it's noisy and they have the sound way down. You have to play it in a home setting to really appreciate all the sounds and music.

Still waiting for my LE as well. I called a few days ago, basically they’re waiting for the larger second allotment.

This game shines at home...so much awesomeness in the assets and Easter eggs galore...I'm not gonna spoil anything but they're everywhere if you're a true Spielberg / Dreyfuss / kid of the 60's/70's/80's well done Stern, this game was made with love and it shows

The exception not the norm for my set up. I put most of my games at 7-7.5. I think jaws is ~7.3.

I haven't seen anyone show off Titan light blue and I love the look.

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Ohhh I do like that, very nice!

Pinwoofer for the win. Massive sound upgrade for this game. Night and day difference. Also the new pinwoofer speaker lights are amazing

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It’s glass dude… not gold foil. Easiest material to clean…

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Made a little mount to add the blazer.

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I’m I the only person still waiting for his/her Premium from the first run?
Is the first run complete?
Did I miss out after all?
I’m concerned.

First run confirmed. Still waiting!

I finally got mine yesterday. No. 533. Game is amazing. Better than expected.

I heard from my distributor the rest of their LE allotment hasn’t been made yet.

Thanks for letting me know.
That’s at least a little reassuring.

Not the first time I’ve heard that. I like um speedy. That said, in the words of the great Steve Ritchie, “anything over 7.5 is cheating.”

PinWoofer setup ordered, Premium showed up this past monday!

Going to hold out for the LE lighting add-on release...

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Bottom line up front -- if you ordered Rocket City Pinball mods for your Jaws, please PM me if:
- you don't have your game yet and are thereby willing to wait for your parts
- you plan to attend Texas Pinball Festival and wish to pick up your order there
This will help me prioritize order processing.

Details:
First, I want to say thank you all for the overwhelmingly positive response to my Jaws mods!

I shipped large batches of orders last week and early this week, including a whole bunch of Airball Suppressors (feel free to sound off if you received yours, I haven't heard) ... but then I left town for several days on a (day job) business trip. This trip got extended by an entire extra day due to an aircraft avionics system failure on my return flight (thankfully before it left the ground). Now that I'm back home, after work today I can resume order processing.

The other concern, however, is that next weekend is Texas Pinball Festival. Rocket City Pinball will have a booth there, and I'm wanting to bring as much stock with me as I can. I have less than a week to prepare stock while still having a lot of your orders to fulfill.

So, if you're a RCP customer with an outstanding order, you don't have your game yet, and you're willing to wait a little longer for your parts, please send me a PM -- this will help me prioritize who needs parts now to stop airballs in games actively in use. I will do my best to get as many of these out before TPF that I can.

Speaking of TPF, some folks have requested order pickup there -- this is fine also, I just need to know ASAP! If you're attending TPF and want to pick up your parts there, I will put priority on those orders and will refund shipping charges after pickup.

Thanks again everyone, I'll do my best to ship as many orders I as I can before TPF!

I know they can’t do anything about a parts delay but it really is frustrating to be waiting on an LE that’s supposed to be made first and all these pro’s and premiums are just flying out the door. Not the first LE purchase experience I’d hoped for

First run as well and waiting. Guess we will see what’s on the line today before too long.

Sure, it’s glass and eventually comes off. Doesn’t change the fact that it took longer to clean all the tape residue from my Venom LE back glass than it took to install a PinWoofer kit.

Yeah i got my premium invoice tofay

I was on the 2nd run premium and got mine last monday

Do you have goo gone? It takes 10 secs.

Nope, used a different non-ammonia glass cleaner. I’ll try that next time.

Premium Just Arrived. Motor that moves the shark fin seems Toasted. I've had about 15 games where it was working and then suddenly stopped mid game. Tech alet disabled the motor due to failure to move to target.

Not it will not move and makes a loud humming sound. I removed the mech from it's seating to be sure nothing was obstructed and it sat still giving that loud hum.

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Did you go into test mode and see if you can move the fin?

My LE has landed! At work but was happy to hear it was ready to be delivered considering the delay.

For me, this is a dream theme like Jurassic Park. My expectations are rather high and I will def be judging it critically, like I always do but from what I'm hearing here, I'm super pumped. Just the fact that the clips are built in there day 1 and designed around it, could notch it above JP's integration (and this is coming from the guy who might be bias about the movie code haha).

JP is my fav pin of all time. This actually has a chance to dethrone it. Godzilla is a great game but you can't replace a theme that doesn't resonate with you, regardless how good it is and the secret ingredient of taking a pin from great to classic is theme. If it doesn't click, it might get better but never will reach a theme you have nostalgia for.

You could cancel your order and get one from Operation Pinball faster.
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Yep, that's where it makes the hum attempting to move the fin.

Side note: Optos are working appropriately.

Rexdeanrds It sounds like you have a mechanical problem. Might want to remove the drive motor and see if it turns freely, then also check the other surrounding mech's to make sure nothing is binding.

It’s the gearbox attached to the motor that moves the fin back and forth. Likely needs to be replaced. Contact Stern support and they can help you with it.

You can still play your game, but I would just disconnect the motor for the fin so it doesn’t continue trying to move the fin back-and-forth. Therefore, the fin will only pop up in one location, but it can still pop up and down and register hits for the game, etc.

Make sure the fin is not getting hung up on the front channel. Maybe remove the plastic insert to see if it’s getting caught anywhere. Then reboot the game and see if the motor starts up. If the motor sees too many consecutive errors, it stops and won’t restart. I saw this issue once already and a simple reboot fixed it, nothing was getting caught up. I went into test mode and nothing happened, but then it started to work

oh a vision of beauty!
I heard it backing up on my office and ran to the window like a child on Christmas Eve
I just joined the club!

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Thanks, great detail. That is what I thought and expected but ultimately just wanted an easy fix and it worked for me. Looks like this is required if it's even further to the right.