Renting a pro for 3 months starting today.

I've read all of the reviews, seen all of the videos. I get that the playfield is pretty bare and the third flipper flips to nothing, but it still looks like it will be fun to play.

Besides, it seems pretty simple and my grandson may enjoy it more than my Mando pro, which is difficult for him to play.

So last night I played about a dozen games on the pro. Gotta admit....my expectations were low because of all the talk.

Right after I finished my first game, I had a huge smile on my face and said "Wow...that was fun!". Haven't enjoyed a game that much in awhile.

It's nice to play a simple game with tons of flow. Could it have had more on the playfield? Sure. But I have to admit, I'm enjoying it the way it is.

So I've had the pro in my home for two weeks as a rental and just wanted to share my thoughts.

Look...I get some of the criticisms on how barren it is, but as someone who doesn't own it and have no skin in the game, I have to say how refreshing it's simplicity is. Not in the code, which is fine, but in the playfield and yes, the rules.

All I know is that not only am I really enjoying it, but more importantly, my 4 year old grandson who is a huge Grogu fan, hasn't touched Mando in two weeks and always goes straight to "Immigrant Song".

Watching him sing the "AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" part of the song while crushing multiball makes me very, very happy.

Just joined the club! Stern is finally allowing distros to discount some inventory. Just ordered a premium for $7,999 with free shipping and zero tax from Cointaker.

I had rented a pro for three months last year and really enjoyed it despite it's reputation. I have to admit I'm a little concerned about maintenance issues with the rising spinner but I have my fingers crossed.

Thanks for the confirmation everyone. Super excited!

As a bonus, when I rented the pro, it was my 5 year old Grandson's favorite pin. He would howl the chorus to Immigrant Song and was really sad when I switched it out. He's gonna be really happy when I show it to him.

I heard Steve gripe about not including Stairway in the pin but it's a dreamy, slow song for a zippy pin like LZ, imo.

It's like on the new EJ pin, Tiny Dancer just seems thrown in for no reason. I guess November Rain works on GnR though.

That post is from June 2022.

I see Cointaker lowered their price by $300 from yesterday. I sent an email and hopefully they'll credit me as I only ordered it less than 24 hours ago.

Melissa was awesome as always and now my Premium is shipping out Monday. LZ Premium for $7695 from Cointaker is pretty sweet.

Thanks...Love getting a new premium for only $700 more than current pro prices.

Yeah...just from my unofficial take from Pinside and other pinball social media, I would guess that LZ is outselling TMNT on the fire sale 3 to 1.

Again, just a guess as I have way to much time on my hands and that's why I do a deep dive on all things pinball. I could be wrong.

It does???? Ooooh...hope mine does too. Supposed to be here on Monday.

If you get a chance, could you please post what code it has?

Thanks!

Yeah, mine is also coming directly from Stern.

Wow...didn't realize they were still making them then.

Does this mean the code updates don't require a thumb drive?

Officially in the club....Love it!

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Well that was embarassing.

So I'm having an issue with the ball getting stuck in the Electric Magic spinner until the ball search kicks it out. I saw in another thread that CrazyLevi recommended "silicon gel lube" so off to Ace hardware I went. All I could find was silicone spray lube so I asked the elderly woman employee if they had the gel. She looked it up and could only find the spray. She then said "wait a minute...let me look online." She then had a look of shock on her face and turned her phone around. Every product was for sex. She then mumbled something and walked away.

Thanks, Levi!

Thanks...just ordered.

$7695 with free shipping and no sales tax from Cointaker. https://cointaker.com/t/stern-premium

BTW...The game is a blast to play!

So I'm a total moron and while trying to fix the electric magic issue I lost two of the small washers. How important are they?

Dammit.

OK...found the washers, crimped the spinner arm, lubed it up, reattached the EM and after playing a couple of games all seems good so far.

I'm not sure if I didn't notice this before but does anyone else's ball sometimes slightly hop when it goes over the closed EM? It's flush with the playfield..

I know this was posted over two years ago but I just wanted to say "thank you". It worked perfectly!

(sigh)

Now my Electric magic is completely inoperable. I had help following the fix that Stern put out to no avail. I've had a ticket in to Cointaker for over a week and haven't heard anything back yet. So frustrating.

I initially had the issue with the ball getting stuck and the ball search being activated. I crimped the spinner but had to take off the EM to do it. Reattatched the EM and all was well for a couple of games until it happened again. With a friend's help, we did the same thing and it worked great for a couple of games until the EM was slightly raised when it was in the down position, creating air balls. I again evened out the spinner so it was flat with the playfield and now the spinner won't raise and the game won't start, showing an operator's error.

I love the game and really want to get it working. I'm probably just going to have to pay a tech to come out from Vegas (2 hour drive). Although I've been buying games for over 40 years, my tech skills aren't the greatest.

No...It's seems to be flat with the playfield. I may try to disassemble it a third time before I call the tech.

Congrats on your new LZ! Super fun/fast game.

Quite a few recent Sterns have that issue. The glass in my Foo Fighters Pro wouldn't budge when I first got it. After having it a few months, it eventually loosened up a bit. Still have to put handprints all over it when I pull the glass, though.

I bought my NIB from Cointaker at $7695, with no tax and free shipping. If you're buying used, probably around $6999, with no mods or topper.

Out of curiosity, how difficult is it to install those?

Sounds like your pro had @pomc's free code update?