Lol

Is there anywhere that this form be downloaded?

I've had my premium for months and never had a single issue with the electric magic. The problem is that the playfield arrived warped. Stern approved a new populated playfield two days later, which was 5 months ago, so hopefully I'll get it soon.

My issue is they send you an empty box and you send them your playfield first. I wanted to try the new playfield Magic mech first and swap my old one if the new one had issues. Maybe I'll just take the assembly out and hope they don't notice when they get it back. Lol

Hopefully, when I receive it, they have the issues ironed out. Initially, I was told I'd have it in two months, but they say parts shortages have pushed back playfield production for months.

Yeah, I’m going through the same thing with the UV kit for my Stranger Things. Waiting is hard. I’m playing my other pins a lot more so I don’t get burned out on STH before I get to experience it with the UV lighting.

Thanks! I increased by left eject and now it misses the left sling.

175 was the sweet spot for mine. At that strength it hits my left flipper, bounces to the right flipper, and back to the left flipper for a soft landing.

Anyone else have the expression lights freeze after turning machine on and just leaving it on attract mode?
Upon boot up, all is normal, then after 10 minutes or so they stop strobing
Again this is just in attract mode
Wonder if it’s a code thing

Anyone have in PDF form the EM leaving instructions and willing to email?

Thanks in advance.

Anyone who needs the form, send me a PM with your email address and I'll be happy to send it to you. I've already sent it to a few other people on this thread.

I had difficulty making the right ramp with a backhand so I lowered the ramp 1/4 inch which made things better but I could only consistently do it the first 10 minutes of play due to flipper fade. I added a 5v usb fan and it cured it without spending $120. Plug your 9ft. USB extension into the back box port where you do updates and add a USB fan
This did wonders for about $15 to $20.
You need a 9 to 10 ft USB extension and your choice of fan, the pancake style will work if you desire. I mounted with double sided tape and a little epoxy.

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^^ love this idea, but I’d avoid pulling power from a $1000 node board if possible.

Probably going to need that USB slot for Stern Connected in the future.

Has anyone else had the issue where you hit the ZEP drop targets and the ball bounces off and the targets don't drop?

It's only on pretty firm shots, and I'm wondering if they bounce back before dropping.

Alright, thanks

Do you guys find that LZ makes all your other games invisible when you have a few friends over?

I’ve had a couple in-house deliveries lately. My machines are set up in the room right at the front of our house. First delivery was a young guy, he just points at Led Zeppelin and says, oh man, I like that one. Second was an older guy, he just says, whoa, I didn’t know there was a Led Zeppelin pinball machine, bad ass!

It definitely gets noticed!

PM sent with email address, thank you!

Yes, I’ve have also experienced this on firm shots.

This just happened Monday. A guy was playing my games while I gave his daughter a one hour music lesson. After playing all my games, he landed on LZ and stayed there. Said it was his favorite out of all my machines. And it's not like all my other games are EMs.

Little help please, I noticed a light out under the right zeppelin on the apron. Does “Test all LEDS” take long or can the apron alone be tested? Edit - Never mind the door was open.

Will the apron need to be removed to get at the bulb?

Thanks!

Looking at getting LZ.
Are all PF dimpling or is it limited to early runs?
Are other stern pins dimpling?
Has issue been resolved w Stern going forward?
Trying to decide if I should pickup used or buy NIB
Just wondering how this impacts the resale value down the road.

Thanks sorry if this discussed before haven’t gone through 6000 ++posts

If you buy a zep built on or after Feb 2, 2021, it is guaranteed to never dimple!

The issue has been resolved!!

What did stern do different ?
Changed clear coat process?

I’m joking.

If you don’t want “dimples” don’t buy a pinball machine, simple as that. Sorry.

Anyone besides crazilevi have inpu w respect to dimples

Every. Machine. Ever. Made. Dimples. (ok fine except those couple with plastic playfields..)

Wood vs Steel

edit: OK sorry...that sounded like more of a jerk answer than intended. But seriously...all pins dimple to some extent. Some are more noticeable than others. Many older machines have smoothed out over the years and thousands of plays. Lighting and artwork makes a huge difference in seeing them. Clearcoat quality does seem to have some effect, and there probably is something to softer wood being used over the years. But all that aside, every machine has and will dimple. Some of the conspiracy theories and people who claim up and down that B/W games didn't dimple are hilarious.

I love the idea that zep is the one machine known to “dimple” and there are people out there eagerly awaiting a fix so they can finally buy a zep.

“Dimple.” The single dumbest word in the pinball hobby.

I can appreciate that. But the single dumbest word in the pinball hobby...... TABLE.

This is great! I did spend the $120 and it did solve all fade issues with LZ. This is a good option for the backhand but I guess you would need a second one to do both flippers.

The dimple thing is definitely more prominent on new machines. I have had many old games that the ball was lunched all over the place and dimples were very few. I really think it's because of all the chemical restrictions. Back in the day they used oil based products now it's all water based. I can tell you from experience that oil based vs water based products is night and day. Anyway just my thoughts on this. I would also like to say that some people are cry baby's pinball games break and need some TLC even right out of the box. I love repairing and taking care of my games just as much as playing.

I wish MezelMods hadn’t changed the color of their Big Ben mod. The one one the website looks a lot more like the actual building.

I’m still really happy with the quality of this mod, though.

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I haven't installed my mod yet, going to use some rub and buff before I install it.

Which color gold are you planning to use?

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I have bought 3 stern NIBs in a little over a year. I feel like I only noticed dimples on my first one which was DP and after about 200 games it seemed to smooth out and it wasn’t noticeable.

I have quite a bit of different colors for some of my steampunk stuff to experiment with, but as you show the pallet, likely Euro gold for most of the building and gold leaf around the clock and some of the pillars

Will also light it up on the table to see what pops

Pewter on the roofs of course

The drop target mod took a little more work, but I love it. Very subtle and cool effect. I’m definitely going to have to do this for Stranger Things too.

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Now I know it’s nowhere near some of the high scores I’ve seen on here, but… I just got to Mothership Multiball for the first time!

My previous high score was 450million. And, this was the game immediately after I’d gotten my fourth highest score on my Star Wars!

Man, I LOVE this game!
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I don’t actually. He’s right. Dimpling is just part of pinball. I have yet to see or hear of an instance where dimples have had an effect on gameplay. But I did check my game (March of ‘21) since you asked and it’s pretty light on dimples. I can’t really think of a shot where I get any airballs on this game.

I hear that chicks love dimples.

New meaning to the phrase " crater face". Lol

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You’ve played the snot out of your game, so I’m surprised it doesn’t have even more dimples. By the way mine looked the same as yours.

I'm going to assume everyone thinks this is a dumb idea.

I don’t think it’s a dumb idea. It’s a really satisfying shot when you make it. I’m just not proficient enough to provide any input on making it happen.

Doesn’t sound dumb. Just sounds like a lot of work and time for something that might now even work with the code. I would just fork out the extra 1200 bucks for the premium instead of spending all of that time and energy on something that might break your game.

That's just it, though, I hate the Electric Magic gimmick. It feels like more of a disruption in the flow of the game than anything else to me. Also, and this is less important, but I love the psychedelic LZIII theme on the Pro. Idk. I'd still like to just get these two assemblies and see if it would be as simple as plug and play. I'll dig into it.

I hear that. I like the III artwork a lot too. You could switch out the translite and turn the mech off on a premium. The lights on the premium are awesome but I guess you an buy those for the pro if you want them. But it also sounds like something you want to do. If you move forward with it, best of luck and I look forward to seeing what you figure out.