Just a quick review:

EM multiball: Meh.
EM Frenzy: Holy shit.

If you haven't gotten the second EM multiball yet (Frenzy), just shoot for it. You won't be disappointed. I didn't realize I was doing that the first time I did it...this time I paid attention, and it's spectacular.

Yep, EM Frenzy is awesome.

About the shooter lane gate. I've been lucky that I haven't had any issues. But one thing I noticed. I had the glass off and was ejecting the ball through the service menu. Every time I ejected a ball I heard a "ting" like a bell ringing. What I discovered was when a ball shoots past the gate it knocks the gate up into the bottom of the wireform above! Every single time! Not a good design, but it works.

It's awesome! For me it totally changed my mind on the EM spinner. It went from something to avoid, to Man this is great!

Here's a scoring tip. During EM Frenzy, a ball in one eject doubles scoring, a ball in both ejects triples scoring. Add that with an Icarus X and boom, I managed to get an EM Frenzy Super worth 279M! Gonna be hard for me to beat that. Unfortunately, that's not stored in the HS table.

*Oh, I just remembered a bug. I will report to Stern. @theguyoverthere. After playing EM Frenzy and back down to one ball. For the rest of that ball I kept getting callouts and animations to shoot for the EM Frenzy Super Jackpot although the mode was over.* On .98 code.

I'm still having the same problem I was before. When the EM captures a ball and descends, it doesn't shoot another ball into the trough. So the question is: Which switch is responsible for triggering another ball? I'm guessing it's a switch that tells the game that the EM has reached it's lowest (closed) point. Is that an opto or microswitch somewhere on the underside that's out of whack?

It does...just as long as you don't get gang-raped by a pack of grizzly bears.

Mine was literally binding against the side rail preventing me from being able to lower the playfield. I had to bend the bracket about 1/8” to clear the rail. I had wondered why the coil bracket had white grease on it, then figured out it was binding. How that makes it through QC I have no idea.

Another follow up. What I did is reverse how the gate is installed. Seems to work better than just bending it back, although there was some bending involved too. Time will tell.

Haven't figured out the cause yet. I've looked at it several times and don't see an issue. I cleaned and waxed the area, ensured the gate mechanism is working freely, and sent a bunch of balls through by hand. All was good. First shot in normal play it hung up. I took video but couldn't see anything obvious. The ball guide looks slightly bent at the top, but I don't think the ball should ride that high. My latest theory is that some shots are getting a bit airborne and hitting the gate bracket. I don't know....frustrating.

DUDE! Is that a Sasquatch??? Sightings of that are through the roof in multiple locations lately. So much for the man-in-a-suit thing.

But back to Zeppelin. I still have to figure out that EM switch problem...if anyone has ideas, please let me know. Can't believe nobody else has experienced this.

On the same day 2 weeks ago we brought in GnR CE, AIQ LE, and LZ LE. Had a post vaccination, (mostly) socially distanced pinball party last night. The hands down favorite? LED ZEPPELIN

I found these 2 screws in the bottom of my cabinet LZ premium when I unboxed my game today. Does anybody know what they are for?

Thanks

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I don't know offhand what they're for, but I can tell you as a guy who's bought a bunch of Sterns that I always have some spare hardware floating around at the bottom of the cabinet or box...and nothing's fallen apart yet. Keep them in your coin box and keep an eye out for anything that doesn't function right. They'll either belong there or they'll just be random screws that some mo-mo at the factory forgot to clean out of your game.

Those look like thumb screws to hold in coin mechs releases.

See above

Those hold the coin mechs in. They're coin mech screws, should be 2 on each coin mech 1 on top 1 on bottom.

Phoebe

Thank you.

Thanks for the tip. I may test that out when it bends out of shape and hangs up again.

Thanks for the info! It’s tricky because I can’t really see into the device without removing it which I don’t want to do. (And being a noob I don’t truly understand how it functions). I’m surprised no one else has seen the behavior. Still pretty playable though. Just makes it a little tougher.

AIQ ranked #2 among experienced players who could hit the combos--phenomenal layout--but the rules are too complex for most. GnR is of course stunning but somewhat "floaty" and it takes many newbie players 2-3 balls to assemble the band and start a song--whereas LZ is instant OCTANE

I have no idea what animal I’m looking at and it’s driving me crazy. What is it?

Nope. It's Bigfoot. Don't buzzkill my enthusiasm, man...

Not an owner, just here to brag. Played Zep for first time ever at Bavarian Inn Lodge at Frankenmuth Michigan on vacation and ended up with "grand champion" score . Yeah, the score is probably meh but still. Kickass machine I may own one day.

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Never ending game
Daughter was playing tonight with freinds ,Not sure what mode was picked. Had 3 players and on ball 1 For player 3 the game would not end ,Just kept giving another ball every time it drained ? Heres pic before i just shut the game off

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Like sands through the hourglass as I continue to add to the creation of a masterpiece.
Coindropper's custom cards really tie in well with the art on the limited edition and make the apron really pop.
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Could be a bug. Could be something more. That's a really good score regardless of how many free balls it gave out. Was this just a kid or a skilled player?(I know some kids are skilled players) lol.

Stuck switch maybe? Ball trough issue maybe? EB light out?

Not a skilled player ,Only pin i have ,That she is really interested in playing

What is EB light ?

Extra Ball light between the flippers.

I have both and prefer aiq. It also compliments LZ much better than gnr. In all honesty JJps quality control needs a serious overhaul. Whatever they are doing they need to improve on it. Great game but plagued with issues.

In a home environment aiq makes more sense and just takes a little bit of time to understand. Once the penny drops however its amazing to play.

They look like coin mech thumb screws.

From an owner of both guns and zepp. Neither are ‘plagued by issues’ but both have required fixes to small issues.

Cool that color does go well in the machine. I will have to update that store page to include that blue purple as a new color option. Also the guitar mount option if people want to use their own guitar as you did.

I finally have time to experiment with new places to mount a guitar that look good. I obviously have the deluxe guitar and amp in my own machine, but it would be nice to have the second guitar in the game somewhere so I can have both the single and double neck guitars in the game. I'm going to try above the upper flipper and/or maybe on one of the ramps.

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Just added the Mezel Mods Big Ben. Fills the empty corner nicely.

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This is our cue to shrug and say "Welp, it's pinball," isn't it?

Before and after the Space Coast Pinball mod.

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New spinner champ!

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Yeah...so that's higher than most of my game scores and I hate you.