Joining the crew soon...

I ordered Cliffys & Jack figure to replace Tom. Going to look at mods next. Spinning disk sound dampener is high on the list unless they are coming out of the factory better now? Anyone have a recent build that can say if it's still really loud?

I love the part where it says Pirates was released in October 2017.

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Why such a short run? WOZ running for years POTC for a few months?

I think my buddy had some plunger issues that were fixed with an extra washer somewhere.

Curious what peoples thoughts are on SE vs LE?

I'm hoping to be there later today. If not Monday

Number 167 in the house! Quick question as I set it up. How high do you guys have your back legs jacked up? I know Stern is almost flat anymore and I look at Wizard of Oz that I have and it's pretty high

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LOL.. 169 was the other choice I had.. talk about separated at birth

Got a few games on mine tonight. Action button not giving me any issues but the shooter is. It does not look aligned properly. Whether I manual plunge or Auto plunge it doesn't make it all the way around the loop. I assume the whole assembly needs to be moved over? It looks a little too far to the left. Any input would be appreciated. Would have thought they would have worked that out by now.

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Sounds like it's a common problem like it's been suggested I may need a washer there. I did pick it up directly from the factory so there was no real shipping

Any info on when the next code update is getting released?

Playing tonight and noticed a couple of issues. When I lock ball two in the chest it still says it's only ball one.
Also having ball release issues. It goes into a ball search but does not release long enough to allow the ball to go out. Goes into a ball search and then game over.
I've also had game over after ball 2 is locked. Having a bunch of people over tomorrow night would appreciate any tips

I increased the chest time to maximum of five. Still not exiting out of the chest properly. I'm using stock balls. Going to check the switch Matrix now

I think the balls are magnetized. Don't know why that would happen with stock balls

I switched them out with new balls. It was definitely magnetized because when I rolled one over in the chest the other one would follow with it.. good for now.. Thanks guys!

Thanks for the advice! I will look at that closer if the new balls don't fix the problem.

Thanks! For now new balls seem to have solved the problem. As soon as I changed them the release worked correctly.

Seems to be. Not sure if all of them were magnetizing or not but I swapped them out and had a bunch of people over on Saturday night and had no issues at all

Short answer /speculation /guess from reading this thread is that the license is up and it doesn't pay to renew when you have all the other licenses on the clock. May revisit down the line but there's three heavily anticipated titles in the pipeline so who knows when it will be rerun.

Also bottom line seems to be high on this game and they can make more money producing something else.

WOZ seems to be more licensor friendly

Take the glass off and see if two balls have magnetized. Slowly roll them and see if they stick together with the glass off. That's what happened with mine. I had to replace the balls. Someone else had said their game wasn't level correctly so the balls weren't rolling correctly.

Plunger tip is an easy fix you can get those anywhere

If memory serves, one of the biggest reasons he got kicked off of Pinside was that he couldn't stop bashing the Hobbit. Starting threads, going in owners threads, every chance he got, even with multiple warnings. Just couldn't let it go. Makes you wonder what problem he has with JJP games.

The game has been on the line since September? October? Maybe all 1000 LE's are made already?

He was at the Texas show all weekend so you may not get an answer right away. Cool guy, showing us a lot of stuff on the game and even jumped in with us to play

Sometimes if the game isn't level the playfield can be tough to put back in

Any idea where this might have come from? Found it near the P in Pirates

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Side note, I found loosening this screw seemed to help the ball plunge go all the way around like it's supposed to

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Pulled off the slingshot posts and even though it had the plastic washer at the bottom it still looks like it sunk right into the clear. Putting star post on now.

Also had to bend back my 2x Target it was all the way jammed against the metal bracket for the Maelstrom ramp and had to tighten up the bracket there.

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Fairly recent build date I want to say March.

Would love an opinion on these star post before I leave them on long-term

Installed my Cliffys today. Thanks to all those who posted advise and pictures on how to do it. One thing I would add is when reinstalling the ship it was a real pain until I just took off the Black Pearl ramp. It's literally three screws and made it that much easier.

Installed my Cliffys today. Thanks to all those who posted advise and pictures on how to do it. One thing I would add is when reinstalling the ship it was a real pain until I just took off the Black Pearl ramp. It's literally three screws and made it that much easier.
I would even say they do that first. It probably would make removal easier also

Installing the Cliffy's around the tortuga hole. Underneath the bracket and the post looks like this. Almost like they cleared the play field with that stuff on it? Much like the slingshots were

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Tortuga Tom Cliffy wasn't bad. I found a post here that made it easier. Basically you take him off, I found taking the 2 screws off the top gives top easy access to the plate underneath where you need a really small hex key (You can go straight to the hex key if you wanted to also). 2 screws holding in the motor (watch the 2 plastic spacers under the screws, nothing holding them in) then you can move the motor and get to the 2 screws holding the bumper skirt in. Just loosen them enough so you can get to the 2 screws on the scoop stop.

Didn't find any chipping. It did look like the clear was surrounding the posts that I took off though.

If you look at my picture above, there are 3 shades around the scoop, mylar, clear coat and what looks like bare playfield under where the screws were. Looked the same when I took the slingshot posts off. I don't really worry about clearcoat that's under stuff. I just find it strange.

Great games still going strong. Just look at the Metallica thread.

On another note I'm not usually a watching pinball streaming guy but I did watch the whole Buffalo tutorial which was very informative. It wasn't just guys playing pinball and explaining, they went through the whole game for the most part while it was in attract mode. Definitely worth the watch.

Maybe he's not starting a lot of chapters. I think the ball bouncing around up by the magnets a lot causes it

What's your favorite character? I choose Pintel a lot. I think spotting multiple Pirate lanes advances the good stuff quicker. Buffalo pinball tutorial gave me a better appreciation for Will Turner with the multipliers.

I've been told they have about 130 limited editions left to make. The LE was only supposed to be 1,000. I think it's a matter of they just sold everything that they expected to sell. I can see them making standards on their secondary line but unless they come out with another limited edition (always possible with JJP) I think that's it.
If I'm not mistaken the Wonka limited edition number is 4000. Probably a lesson learned from Pirates

I was at the factory on Friday and both lines were running WOZ YBR. They were in the process of taking down all of the Pirates storyboards or whatever they call them.

I talked to one of the people there who told me they'll eventually be running the small line with Pirates while Wonka goes on the main line. I assume it will be the LE's people are waiting for. They didn't say, and I didn't ask if standards were going to be running after that or how long they were going to run them on that line.
All the boxes I saw were Yellow Brick Road I did not see any Pirates around.

They did have a Wonka in their showroom then I got to put a couple of games on. Cool game..

I miss this game! Anybody in the Northeast looking to make a trade? I have a bunch of games I can offer

This^^^^

How long/hard is the chest mod to do?

Now you need a mod where that switch went..

Got the open and close Chest mod for Christmas. How easy is that to install?

How long should it take and is there a "Best" video or instructions to follow? I should have the latest version as it was just bought.

Thank you! I don't want to start it and not be able to finish & play it..

I didn't get to go to the open and close Chest mod yet. Got distracted and ended shopping the whole machine.

I did get to put this guy on though

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Just got my dauntless railing from the Mod couple. Does this look right? Doesn't seem to line up correctly

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Upkicker subway under the ship? maybe something is blocking it from reaching the switch to kick it to the upper playfield?

NECA Series 1 Jack Sparrow works well

I have an LE in the marketplace with some good mods. Listed at 20 but would do 17.5 firm

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Has anyone integrated this skull with the pirates topper? I would think it would look cool

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I got mine with a Stern pirates a couple of years ago

I wouldn't mind having an extra ramp if anybody has one they would part with

I would love an extra set of ramps to hoard if anyone had a set they would be willing to sell..

I just delivered a GNR that had the plunger hitting the auto launch. JJP told guy to bend the auto launch

Now they are supposedly sending him a new auto launch

That didn't work in my case

I like that topper!

If anyone wants out of their spot, let me know

I would be in for ramps

When the ball is resting against the forks are both forks touching equally? It looks like one is hitting 1st causing it to curve going up the ramp. Usually a big pair of needle nose pliers can bend them back

There was a standard on Facebook for 12G that was routed somewhere. Sorry I don't have more specifics but somebody else might know more

My thoughts also

Started reading the thread, got sidetracked (plus it's super long). Got sidetracked into a Jack interview where he was bragging how new games are better because of board & code, but his answer seemed to be turn up the flippers in the settings & it's the same thing.

Maybe because I'm not great at playing, or don't play for many hours at a time, but turning up the settings on the flipper power seems to work for me.