That might be a record. You must love your Tron. How's the play field holding up?

Yes, that is definitely crazy. How many games are you playing per week at this point?

Prolly about ~500 here and still mint. I'm curious too

That's amazing...way to go! I know that the lifetime earnings don't reset when you update code...but not sure about total plays. Also, I can't say for sure about modern Sterns, but WPC games don't count a play until you reach ball three - so if you mulligan earlier than that, it won't be counted against you.

5000 plays on tron is like 500 plays on spiderman ......... your ok

My LE was definitely around the high 5K (closer to 6?) mark, with the majority of the plays going on the 1.3 code.
Four disc rubbers, two disc motors, (one was just terrible) three flipper re-builds with two change of new bats, four FULL teardowns w/re-rubberings, (sling rubbers done at least 10+ times) one new scoop.
It still looked and played like a pampered game because it technically was! Changing balls sooner than later and in-between cleanings/waxing was really the key to it's youthful PF appearance.
IM-esque ball times on around 3000 of those games didn't hurt either!

Edit: Proto Cliffy from pretty much day one also installed. Shooter lane protectors went in midway through.

Yeah, the full teardowns were due to the crappy white rubber I was putting in. If I had the Titan stuff four years earlier it would've probably only needed one full teardown.

Titan rings are now on everything and I couldn't be happier with all the extra free time that has been cleared up due to NOT working on games.

Nope... Superbands are polyurethane, Titans are silicone; depending on which ones you get (GITD feels a tad bit stiffer IMHO) they'll play like the good "old" stuff.
Thanks to Vid's "bounce" test he did a while back comparing the HAPP rubber to the Titan, I knew it was going to blow away the current stuff I was reluctantly using.
I started with a small order, since I was still kinda gun shy from Saturn rubbers and the Superbands. I decided to put a full set on my Grand Lizard to give them a proper beatdown. The flipper rubbers alone felt waaay better than the two mentioned above and the slings/misc rubbers were surprisingly nice and active.
Having the clear variety not go completely white when stretched was also a nice bonus.
I've since tinkered with some of the other colors and have found the bounce characteristics to be pretty much the same but, the majority of my games are still done up in the traditional white, because the silicone is a breeze to clean the dirt off of. Even after months of heavy play!

Hope that helps.

That's a lot of plays! Still beautiful.

I'd recommend a cliffy for your shooter lane

5000 plays while it's still in the box huh? That is pretty unusual...

Just funnin' since it's no longer NIB but it is HUO...

Sweet machine. I'd like to have one someday...
Jaz

Ha, if you receive an NIB machine and it shows a 5000 play audit it might not really be NIB.

Mike still double flips each flip when he plays. You do the time math

I just don't understand people that stay away from playing their pinball because of the fear of bringing the total plays up.
It's a toy! Play with it, enjoy it!
Have a beer and just have fun, that's what they where made for, not sitting there looking pretty.

(Rant over)

Keep on enjoying the game OP and have fun!

Axl

You haven't met any of the anal collector types that just glue toys to the game and put lights on it, and don't even have their initials on the scoreboard.
It's like an expensive dollhouse to some I guess.

People actually do that? I'm trying to roll the play count like an EM.

Everyone likes them for different reasons, and has different time to allot to them. Who cares why, the more the merrier.

That's impressive. Just curious what your top score is after all those plays. Also have you made it to Portal yet or is that a routine achievement after all the plays? Just looking for a glimmer of hope that someday I'll get to portal.

Right on! Good for you..play it like you stole it..

Or 10000 on IM!

4150 on a last-run model ("ladies" translite). That's on this firmware; think it got a couple hundred on the shipped release. Would be more but we're playing lots of Metallica lately.

Very impressive....Im only at this.....Mulligans are not allowed at my house unless you want your knuckles rapped with the 6lb paint stick.IMG_0716.jpg

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That is freaking awesome!!! You should celebrate that by playing a few games

That's awesome! Playfield wear looks minimal too. Stern made these games very well.

I had around 4,000 plays on my IM after about 14 months of owning it. Audits were wiped when I got it. I've played it a lot less lately because it turns out our second child is a much lighter sleeper than the first was... darn it.

Wow! 4000 in 14 months? That's a LOT of playing. Good for you!

It's mulligan city at my house, the benefits of owning the pins, I play by my own rules.

i sold mine after 3 years, with 7000-8000 games played on it, and still in very good (should i say perfect !?) state

Mine has around 2,000 plays and I bought it > 2 years ago when you could get third run copies of the game. I did one big shopout last month, re-rubbered, cleaned under everything, swapped out the GI for LEDs. plays awesome. Scoop has some dark, compressed spots but I don't care.

This was my best out of the 4+ years of ownership.

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Just a handful of portals as well. Waaaaay more SOS choking than I'd like to admit.
If you can master GEM then you are well on your way to reaching portal more frequently.

in my case, i have my son who takes the half of the played games...

and for those asking about portal, same old story, quite "easy" to go there, but to beat it is really another story, seems there're only few guys on earth who finished it

btw, very nice pinball, i still miss it with no doubt

https://picasaweb.google.com/110304160913314353072/TRONLE

It seems like it, but when the average game lasts just about 1:40 according to the audits, believe it or not it was only like two hours a week.

I like fast nasty games, and my IM is set up ridiculously awesome for my tastes. Wish Elias would let me play it or the other machines down here again!