Ultra Wizard Mode. Sweet! And DNA Combos are back..woohoo!

Is the carpet underlay put in to dampen the coil, mech sounds? If so, what a great idea!

Ultra Super Skill Shot which starts a special hidden feature for that player's game - sounds cool!

O M G

I held the right flipper with my knee and pulled my phone out. Lol

If the TNA mylar fix is any indication, no. It won't help.

Gotta find this mysterious MXV skill shot.

I had Cliffys make me a carbon fiber circle about that size to go under there. It looks great and works amazing

A few $5 to $15 Dino’s from Amazon

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I've got a chip now too.

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Here’s the carbon fiber Cliffy makes

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The added MXV skill shot... Is that the Mike Vinikour shot?

No spoilers if you find it

Oh cool, thanks.

My guess is that it's a joke, like 1 shot short of the full skill shot or something.

I'd use some auto touch up on the black, seal it with automotive clear, cover it with mylar then a fiber washer

I'm guessing the big skill shot is to heli and control room after the first three.

For a skill shot I hit: Trex, right ramp, tower, and then the "O" shot and good things happened.
(First try too!)

I have a JP and DP premium right next to each other.

I think JP is the better game but DP does some things better.

JP excels in rules and ramps, but DP excels in action and humor. DP is a lot more approachable, DP has drop targets, DP has better spinner shots.

I think JP is superior, but I could absolutely see someone disagreeing for those reasons. JP is probably the best shooting game ever. I love rules and this game claims to be at 1.0 software but it’s more like 12.0. It’s so fun it’s absurd. It just depends on what’s important to you and what you like.

Nice! I played a couple games last night. Had a shot at it once when I made the first three shots and noticed the lane lit up, but then the post came up for smart missile so I didn’t get to try to finish it off. Doh!!!

Is that the Papo Ankylosaurus? When you have time, would you mind snapping a pic of it from closer to the player position? Love it...great thinking putting it over the ball launch considering the ball save animation!

A was quite skeptical at the beginning with this machine. I like the movies and it's an okay theme, but nothing that really made me own this machine. For some reasons I also don't like the look, playing the first few games it felt a bit "clunky" - actually I thought, okay I can save some bucks

But... with the evolving software and a really great overall package of shots, amazing rules! and sounds - I even love the shaker, which I usually don't really need...

Thank you so much Keith, thank you so much everybody who contributed. From my point of view JP is at this time the new reference machine.

I had suggested (on tilt forums) a skill shot for: TREX, Right Ramp, Upper Loop, Tower. I wonder if that is it or if that is now a skill shot too. If not, I hope it comes at some point as that is so much more rewarding feeling, even if the upper loop first is an accident

Have you found the secret skill shot?

The extra ultra wizard mode is just great. Makes the game perfect so there is something beyond escape nublar.
That and the double paddock bounty awards when having rescued all the people is just a great update and makes it a perfect game.

Yes, it's the Papo one. I'll snap pictures later tonight and post on here.

I wish. Still waiting for my game Ordered first of Jan and am on the April delivery batch.

Very cool, tell me about these sound upgrades!

Well, when you get it I’ll tell you where it is.

It is to dampen the sound from the coils

You hear sounds you haven't heard before. In this machine it sounds better than in other machines. I put in alpine spg-13c2

Will go down in history, if it hasn’t already, as the greatest pinball ever. Just perfection.

sure looking that way or until Keith's next game

Can someone please explain Raptor multiball? My take is you need to hit the 3 targets inside, then hit the raptor target in the back, then a bunch of the targets again to start it. The reason I ask is there are sometimes I'll hit the front of the post going into the raptor pin and it will register as a hit. I was thinking the vibration was causing a switch to register but I place it in switch test and pound balls off that post and nothing is registering. Also, if I have the integrity down to 0% sometimes launching a ball will start the mode that makes me think of a vibration again but again I'll place the machine in switch test and vibrate the machine and nothing. I'm stumped.

You have to hit the three front targets twice (Increasing by one after each multiball) or the back target once to light the raptor lock/capture. Once the lock is lit, you have to hit the back target to do the Rapture Capture event. For Prem/LE tables this lifts the gate and captures a ball in the pen as the Newton target, for Pros the ball goes through the pass-through and stops on the Control Room/C lane post then dumps to the left flipper. To start MB, you have to drop the fence integrity to zero by hitting any of the targets in the pen, the back target causes a bigger integrity percentage drop. Once the fence integrity is at zero (Flashing bolt inserts and the music change), you have to hit the back target to start Raptor MB.

Check the back target to make sure it isn't getting intermittently stuck behind the rubber on the post right next to the standup target. That could cause some switch chatter, and would explain why you can start Raptor MB by only hitting somewhere in the front of the raptor pen, or that you sometimes need to really hit the back target solid for it to register (i.e. it's caught on the "front side" of the post rubber).

You can fix this by putting a washer/shim under one side of the standup target mounting bracket so the target leans away from the post just enough for clearance to move freely.

Thanks!

Thank you, that's exactly what it was. It works like a charm now. Now I just need to figure out how to make the plunge work on each plunge

Make sure you have an orange spring on the plunger and not a green one, your table is level left to right, and possibly put a washer or two under the shooter lane ramp's left fork.

Anyone change out the ball/post in front of the truck, not the one on the truck itself... i unscrewed the lock nut, and removed the washer, And tried to tap out from the bottom with no luck.

Are these drop in replacements?

Can you explain or snap a picture of the washers under the fork?

Waited a bit to post this.. but just got my JP LE unboxed about a week ago. I had cancelled my Stranger Things LE and bought this instead after I saw how bland and weak the game was, and I'm SO GLAD I bought this instead as I just played STh the other day and it is nothing compared to this game.

Keep in mind I'm a huge Elwin fan and IMDN is one of my favorite pins ever. From this point on, I'll be buying any of his games. Best move Stern has made in years was to hire him.

What an amazing game - I'll admit, at first, the game can seem a bit clunky and almost floaty. Even double checked my leveling a couple times lol. It's definitely not a great game for people who cannot make tight shots....

But when you figure out how to make the shots.. where they each are at (there's so many) and then actually learn the rules and start forming and testing different strategies.. it just becomes one of the best if not THE best pinball machines I've ever played. It has that "one more game" feeling that rivals one of my favorites, TWD - but in a totally different way.

It truly is a masterpiece and I've never looked forward to playing a pin day after day after buying it like I have with JP.

Keith, you killed it man. The problem with this pin is he is going to have a tough time topping or even comparing his next game to this one. But something tells me he's only getting started in pinball design and the best is yet to come.

Best pinball purchase ever.

Before now, it was a toss up between TSPP and LOTR for the best rules of any pinball. However, I love TSPP but it was a very slow playing game, and LOTR was a very bland fan layout.

This is the first game maybe ever to combine a ruleset that tops those games with a design that is both fast and methodical. Rules this good are rare, playfields this good are rare, together....

And it's not the quantity of rules. Quality, creativity, and immersion are tops.

Totally agree. The audio on this game is also awesome. The wildly cheap default speakers on the Premium sounds good, however if you want stunning results, pick up a PinWoofer system. You won't be disappointed.

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I used two thinner washers since it is what I had on hand. Don't lift the front of the fork higher than the routed edge of the playfield. It doesn't take much and you don't want to chip the pinballs going up the ramp.

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Thanks again. Man I almost want to take an early lunch and try this out Did you put one washer on each side?

Pinwoofer Super kit is all I use. 3rd pin installed and always amazed at the crispy clear sounds and the sub. Holy sub . Pin moves across the room. Lol.

I'm sure they sound awesome ! But I have an LE with the upgraded Kenwood speakers - I'm sure those would sound better but I have to admit, after tweaking the bass/treble in the settings the speakers sound so good and can get wayyy too loud as it is haha. Very impressed with how it sounds.

That's always a bonus when getting a game....I don't own one, but might down the line, just would need to sell a couple of games.

Never played it, but played Iron Maiden and thought the shots were fantastic. Not a fan of their music, but that didn't take the fun factor away....Keith looks like he nailed the JP game too.