Quoted from ChipScott:

Back in the club, this time with a Pro, and I'm stoked! Had premium twice and this time went pro. Reason for going pro isn't that I didn't enjoy the moving T-Rex head and slamming the ball into his mouth, I did, but it was more that I just missed the flow of the shots and hitting those ridiculously awesome feel-good combos...and because all of the ramps are identical between pro and premium, I went ahead and just saved some bucks this time. Yeah, I was foolish for getting rid of it the times before, and I'm sure I had my reasons at the time, but this one's going to stay around for a while.
I know im not alone in saying this, but it's worth saying... this game is just amazing, not only for its flow, multiple combo shots, etc, but also it's code... This game, however you slice it, is an amazing pinball package and I'm super happy to be back with it in the gameroom

Quoted from Manny65:

It really depends upon what you like - for example do you want a game with long ball times or do you want a tougher game that will challenge you, yet can be immensely satisfying when you have a cracker of game and it will improve your playing skills? Yes JP can be frustrating but you've played one and enjoyed it the most (compared to others), so clearly you weren't put off by it being too hard. The funny thing is (well for me anyway) is that as I start to learn the rules and try to work my way through the gameplay, my scores go backwards but they do eventually improve again The other thing is that if you are struggling, you can always bump up the number of balls per game while you are initially getting used to the game.

Quoted from chickenscratch:

Oh wow, that's quite the difference, and would actually likely help the situation I'm seeing where the end of the wood divot-guide does not align with the forks. Do you guys not experience the side-to-side ricochet problem at all, that causes the scoop plunge to fail?

Quoted from FatPanda:

Stern code, custom code, the game is still great with either one. Don't let the inability (potentially) to run custom code keep you from buying or enjoying this game. It is masterful. One of Stern's best in the last 5 years.

Quoted from mbwalker:

I usually add one of these to my pins to be on the safe side. Converts a high level balanced output (i.e. the cabinet woofer) to the low level, single-ended input the active sub wants. And provides ground isolation.
I actually have these (or similar versions) in each pin and run the outputs to a cheapie mixer, with the mixer output going to two subs
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Quoted from BallyKISS1978:

Get the pinnovators external sub add on. I have bought 3 already and I get one for each stern I buy. Only $35
https://pinnovators.myshopify.com/products/pinsub-spike-spike2-stern-kit

Quoted from Stormfront:

Okay so I bought one of the amber shooter rods from stern. Problem is that the shooter rod 'sticks' when pulled back. It isn't nearly as smooth as the original shooter rod. Any ideas of how to go about fixing this? I have done some research and it seems most people's solution is to take it apart and clean it.. but this thing is brand new.

Quoted from Markharris2000:

Actually you *can* mess up the alignment of the collar if you are unaware of the following two details:
1) Since the shaft has a flat surface on one side, IF you can rotate the collar by more than 50-degrees in either direction, then the allen screw will bite into the rounded part of the shaft and you may not even know it. Locking it down at 180-degrees off is quite possible and will result in what was seen above.
2) But more troubling, is if you tighten the set screw too tight while the shaft is positioned in the right direction, but with too little vertical gap, the truck will rub the playfield and wont spin freely. Overtightening the set screw will create a crater in the flat area, and if the vertical gap is too small, it's then impossible to fix the vertical gap unless you repair the shaft flat surface to remove the crater. (easy enough to repair the shaft with a flat file)

Quoted from dnapac:

So, I’m in on a JP Prem…but with the pandemic and shortages across the globe…will Stern keep making this…or is it done and I should move on…Godzilla and Mando are taking the supply. Just wondering.

Quoted from Markharris2000:

They work terrific. I ended up using the smaller F7-13M bearing. Fits right where the plastic one fits.

Quoted from Markharris2000:

The thrust bearings comes in two styles: one with flat and one with channeled sandwiched washers, depending on the manufacturer. I went with the channeled type surrounding washer which apparently extends the life of the bearing and reduced maintenance since the bearings don't have to mesh with a flat surface. The links have changed, but here is one:
amazon.com link »

Quoted from ChipScott:

There is both pro and premium/LE owners on this particular thread, but you may want to take this issue to the JP premium/LE thread (as there will be others with that gate mechanism to look at it and help you troubleshoot the issue).
Link for that thread is below.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/welcome-to-the-jurassic-park-le-club/page/159#post-6450129

Quoted from LeMansFan:

Joined the club yesterday with a pro from my local distributor. So stoked on my first Elwin pin. The layout is so much different than the other games in my collection, and I’m guessing it will be a hit with guests who come over.
Sorry to be one of those people. But… there are a lot of pages in this thread and it would be impossible to read them all. Would someone be so kind as to fill me in on any pro owner issues I should address, or is this game pretty bulletproof? Any must have mods??? It does seem like a darker game than my others (not in theme, literally, it’s dark). Just embrace that, or are there any lights that are recommended to add?
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Quoted from Lermods:

I have a JP premium that I just picked up late last week (NIB from the July run!) and am installing the Tilt Graphics side blades. I see there is no cutout for the hinge bolts recessed into the cabinet. Are people just going right over that area and concealing it or are you cutting it out with an exacto knife. i want to do some powder coating down the road so i'm guessing I will need to cut the hole out, but am curious what others have done. I typically only go with mirror blades, which have the cutouts, but wanted to try the side blades as I do like how they look on this game. thx

Quoted from ChipScott:

Wanted to post a follow-up for a feeling of intermittent weak right lower flipper I was experiencing.
Over the last week or so I had made a post or two talking about a intermittent feeling of a weak right lower flipper. Playing it at factory strength settings. Examining the coil plunger EOS, etc everything checked out okay. My main feeling/experience was that sometimes I was having a hard time getting the ball fully up the left ramp, which was frustrating.
In light of this experience, and feeling like maybe the last thing to try was the PinMonk coil cooling fans thinking that possibly something about the coil was getting hotter than it should, which has been a known issue with some of the newer sterns, I picked some up and gave them a try.
Firstly, let me commend PinMonk as the packaging was great, the installation was super straightforward and simple and the overall design was quite elegant.
So I installed the fans and played a game and found that I was still having a very difficult time rather early on in gameplay in getting up that left ramp. Some shots would blaze right through, but ~40-50% felt like they were either just making it around the corner, or just getting up just out of view to only come right back down. Again, amazingly frustrating.
I went ahead and started feeling like, shit, Fk my life...but once I got my act together, I started thinking that maybe there might be an issue with the left ramp itself, something that's just not quite right, so I started looking at it intensely.
...Sure as shit, and mind you this is a NIB that I picked up only a month or two ago, and I do have experience with this game as Ive owned two premiums in the past, (this one's a pro, super happy btw)....But sure enough, the person that installed the left ramp plastic roof cover (that extends behind the backboard of the playfield) didn't put those black spacers on correctly!!! As opposed to putting the black spacer in between the plastic roof and the ramp, they put them on top! Nice QC!!!! No fking wonder the balls were making it up just out of view and coming back or just barely making it through, they were squeezed to hell back there!!!!
Can't believe I didn't notice that before. Unbelievable. As soon as I saw that, I knew immediately that was the problem, and I was kicking myself in the butt for not noticing it before. So it was all but one that was installed incorrectly, I fixed that. I went ahead and took the opportunity to give a little cleaning to the playfield, put the glass on, played a game and was blazing that left ramp all day long. Perfect. Down to zero issues right now with this game, and that feels great.
Anyway, in synopsis, the problem had nothing to do with a hot coil, PinMonks design is elegant and easy to install and highly recommended for those that need it, the issue was ultimately due to poor QC at Stern with incorrect installment of the spacers in between the left ramp and the left ramp plastic roof cover.
...whew...

Quoted from Flash71:

Thanks! Just joined this thread so apologies.

Quoted from Parkshow30:

Talk about painful………
Over 2 billion, made it to both secure control room and museum mayhem, beat museum mayhem, just had to spell map to get to visitors center and I had captured 7 dinos went the long way and got the T. rex and the spinosaurs, had 7 fossils, so I was poised to have my biggest visitors center bonus ever, and I noticed I just needed one more DNA combo for an extra ball, hit the left ramp, helipad ramp and then BRICKED the raptor pen on the right post for a SDTM! Would have had an extra ball and probably been over 3 billion for the first time! Devastating yet so much fun at the same time, my arms are sore, played Chaos, T. rex, raptor twice, spinosaurus and Victory laps from museum mayhem so 6 different multiballs.
This game is sooooo good!!

Quoted from rob3:

Added Lermods full plastic protector kit to my prem and very happy with it. Also added a custom speaker insert to the speaker light kit.
A couple before and after pics in there.
These were kind of a pain to put on, raptor pit was the worst. All the other ones went on without too much work. I thought for sure I was going to have to remove the ramps but didn't have to go that far. The piece below T-Rex was difficult but not as hard as Raptor - just know you can do it without removing any ramps. Take lots of photos along the way and mind the post heights when you remove them, lots of different heights and if you put them back in out of place it will cause issues.
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Quoted from CashMoney:

I can answer one of those questions for you. A premium JP starting in Jan 2022 will be $8999 MSRP.

Quoted from PinRat:

I've got a premium on order from the batch set to be done in April/May. I've been gathering all of the accessories I want to install in it, so I've got the Stern topper and shooter, cliffys, art blades, etc. all ready to install day one. I played an LE on location the other night and was absolutely blown away by the bass rumble of the T-rex roar filling the space. It reminded me of seeing that first movie in the theater. I know the LEs have upgraded speakers over the other models, but how well do the standard speakers do with this? Do I want to look at enhancing the sound system if I want this kind of effect? If so is there a best option for this? I have a few games but I've never upgraded the speakers on anything.

Quoted from radium:

I put a deposit down first week of January and I still doubt I get one. Distributor had 10 ordered for the April run and Stern is sending 2. Says I'm next on the list if he gets any more. But who even knows if that's true... probably told ten people the same line to keep them from moving their deposits.

Quoted from NPO:

Holy shit, let me post a picture of my Pro so we can get off the "bitch about tools" theme we're on lately.
Back on track!!!!
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Quoted from mbott1701:

I've been working on adding some additional mods to my game. Put a LED strip at the back of the playfield for better lighting. Added some green LEDs behind the foliage plastics at the back too. Added some palm trees throughout the playfield.
Added the Mezel mods raptor tower, raptor fence, and signs. I repainted the raptor tower and weathered it a bit.
Also, I took a stab at adding a helicopter. I used a 1/72 scale die cast version of the Augusta A109 that I got off of eBay. I repainted it to closer resemble the helicopter from the original film. I also added a blue led in the cockpit and a spotlight to help illuminate the chopper better.
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Quoted from mbott1701:

Thanks for the suggestion!

Quoted from athomepinsider:

My NIB JP Premium came in but plans changed. 10k if anyone is looking for one. Milwaukee, WI. Pick up only.

Quoted from VisitorQ:

Premium or Pro?

Quoted from Parkshow30:

Finally got to play the new code. Love it! The new callouts, the nerdy save and the adjusted control room modes make this game even better. Finally virus attack is worth playing, great risk reward of how many shots you want to hit before the collect at the control room. Got 233 million on it the first time I played it, previous best was 99 million. Anyone know how high this mode can go now? I hit all the shots once before the first collect but the second two collects I didn’t hit as many as I had 2x running and didn’t want to miss the collect. It had gotten to the point I only selected virus attack as the last one or if I was really focused on a paddock like TREX or Spinosaurs and was going to ignore it anyway.

Quoted from arcyallen:

I just chose "INVALID?" and hit the Smart Missile shot.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That's the funniest thing I've seen in a pin in a long time.

Quoted from jrcmlc:

Lol. I'm amazed at how dirty both my new Sterns were after a few hundred plays, perhaps that's the answer.

Quoted from Kkoss24:

Did a little decorating today
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Quoted from freegame450:

Those of you with tower shot rejects may want to consider what I did a couple years ago. See Post #8395. It solved the problem for me.

Quoted from Kkoss24:

I think I’m going that route .For some reason the ball is now getting stuck behind the carbon piece I installed where the flap lays over the ramp .Ugh .

Quoted from jrcmlc:

There goes the resale.

Quoted from PhantomO:

Got this signed today by Wayne Knight at RI Comicon. He said it annoys him to hear his voice coming out of the machine all the time. He is also amazed thst so much new stuff is coming out from a 30 year old movie, like the new Barbasol can with his voice tracks. He also says he doesn't get any compensation from this stuff because the union sucks.
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Quoted from rockrand:

So cool.love to hear the back story.</blockquote ppl

I know some of you guys don’t like it ( translite ) but it looks pretty cool to me. The stripes on the top and the stripes I put on the flippers are a cool touch to the game.
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Quoted from Pinball1987:

I replaced all the rubbers besides a couple. How difficult is it to take the raptor pit apart to replace the ones in there ?

Quoted from Kkoss24:

I’m thinking of one of these 2 collectibles for a topper. They’re both a good size and with Comet’s help, can really POP!
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Quoted from MiniPinHead:

Speaking of the truck, does anyone know the part numbers for the ball bearing washer that allows the truck to spin? Also, the opto interrupter that gets mounted to the base of the spinner shaft? They're missing from the manual.
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Quoted from bwalter:

I’ve been following this thread for months, since before I bought my JP30, and I’m a bit confused about all this talk about bearings and rubbers for the jeep mechanism. Mine is obviously new but what about the mechanism is being fixed/improved by the changes being described? I have had to replace node boards, fix stuck switches, dremel the raptor tower ball guide screw, installed plastic protectors and precision flippers, tightened the T-Rex jaw but the jeep is one place in the machine I’ve never touched. What should I be looking out for?

Quoted from John_C:

I need to chime in on this bearing issue, even if I get crap for it.
The bearing from Amazon that has been posted here as a better replacement for the Stern bearing is not.
The bore for the Stern bearing is .25 inches, or 6.35 millimeters. The bore size on the Amazon bearings is 7.0 millimeters. As a result, the Amazon bearing does not fit correctly as there is too much play as the bearing does not sit perfectly centered on the shaft. The Amazon bearing may be better quality, but if it doesn't fit the machine exactly right, what good is it?
After seeing this in the machine, I chose to stick with the Stern bearing.
The Stern bearing uses steel balls just like the Amazon bearings; The only difference is that they are held together with a plastic cage rather than a metal one.
I periodically clean the bearings with a little Iso Alcohol to keep them free of any dust buildup. I use the smallest amount of sewing machine oil to lube them up after cleaning.

Quoted from MiniPinHead:

Awesome play, and thank you for the very interesting notes

Wow, what a play! Thats a crazy, wild score
It’s posts like these that give extra motivation to try and get one of these big scores. Very cool

Am a big fan of Mr_Tantrum’s side rail caution toppers (https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jurassic-park-stern-2019-owners-club-welcome-to-jurassic-park/page/164#post-5972432). They are 3D printed, instead of being a decal, like his flipper covers.
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Definitely compliments the game well.
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The bright yellow is always welcome
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