As someone who has ordered a GNR LE (due in Australia hopefully mid year) and a LZ premium (due April) I am also extremely interested in your comparison.

To me, they are so different so therefore the perfect additions to my collection

Now that's news for us Australians patiently waiting for LZ. I've got a premium on order and am told it will be manufactured in February and hopefully shipped and in my home in April.

Does this mean the run of 500 LEs is complete?

Some astonishing playing from you in that earlier vid

Good to confirm there’s something special still to be coded too

LZ Premium in the house - one of the first in Australia I believe

The naysayers were right about one thing - the playfield does superficially appear to be quite bare. But once you start playing this game; wow, what a rush. There is a lot going on and I genuinely don’t think I’ve felt so quickly attached to any machine I have bought without playing it first. Enormous fun and the rules are already fantastic

It does need a pinwoofer kit or - for me the most likely option - an external sub. But all in all, this a classic in the making

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I’m a big fan of Arizona too, we were going to a ranch outside Tucson last year until a certain pandemic put paid to all overseas travel

The yellow button is for tournament games; it arrived installed, as it has on my IMDN LE and GB premium. I have never once pushed this button at home or in a tournament!

All machines sent to Australia NIB seem to only have one coin slot. I’m not certain as to the reason but I suspect it is because it will register either $1 or $2 coins, which are the only coins arcades will accept over here. Sadly, the days when you could get a game using a 20 cent piece are long gone…

My LZ premium was superb out of the box, but the shaker installed by my distributor seems to rarely shake

I’ve done the usual diagnostic tests, am running 1.02 and have felt it working on occasions. No such problem with IMDN when it arrived at my house with the same shaker

Are others dealing with the same issue? Am I right to presume it might change as code progresses?

I do have the shaker on max.

I'll play around with it a bit more. It certainly seems smoother when it is on compared to IMDN or GB

I have the same issue (the only problem to emerge with my LZ so far)

I have found a little shake does the trick, but I accept that is not for everyone. How widespread is this issue?

I have the single neck, but nevertheless, what a great looking mod. Perfect for the space

Hear hear

I never saw Led Zep - their last concert was when I was 11 and last tour of Australia was when I was 6 - but I was lucky enough to see Robert Plant at the Sydney Opera House in 2018.

Yes he dodged a few of those high notes but what a show

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I was thinking just this yesterday. I had been missing my BSD for that rush but LZ is quenching the thirst. EM Frenzy is a truly unbelievable mode

I’ve gotten within one shot of Number of the Beast, and I’m not even close to Top of the Charts yet. But on an arcade GNR, I’ve gotten to Encore once. I do think the first two modes are only achievable on a regular basis by the really good players

In other matters re LZ, I can report while touching wood that my Feb build premium was perfect out of the box. A couple of small mods (thanks Space Coast Pinball and Decals Hut) and a drop of oil on the spinner was all I added

A month later after giving it a real flogging, the EM is still working perfectly and there’s no sign of pooling, scratching, chipping or even dimpling. What a blast this machine is

Showtime on TAF was always my favourite, followed by the thirty million call on BSD. But EM Frenzy blows them all away! And I only have an external sub…

Hey you forgot about me! Ranked 3531 - and proud of it

Same thing happened to me last week - a very special effort. It was the first time in weeks I’ve had to take the glass off, which I think is astounding for a new machine these days

I finally had the chance yesterday to play a LZ pro at an arcade, and compare it with the Premium I own. There aren’t huge numbers of any version in Australia…five of the LEs were stolen from a warehouse and I don’t think they have been recovered.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed playing the Pro - fast and fun, and the volume was set way above the other five pins in the arcade so that was a huge bonus.

But the Pro is still a solid step below the Premium in playing enjoyability, lacking that all time classic Electric Magic spinner device. And the playfield did look horribly bare compared to the Avengers Pro next to it

I have not stopped playing my Premium since it arrived. My judgment call is those of us who are lucky to own LZs possess one of the great pinball sleepers. If you can buy one, get one now - and if it’s a premium or LE, so much the better

I was under the impression Stern has changed things so updates like this will no longer wipe high scores. Is that the case?

Smashed out a 2.4 bill high score last night and I’m keen to retain it for a while for bragging rights…

Who is selling these alternative translites again?

I reckon that one looks perfect with the topper (mine is coming … eventually)

LZ sounds like your perfect match. It is better in every way than Munsters, except maybe the art. Quite deep but not confusingly so, and it will test your playing ability every day. Add the music and your choice is clear.

I’ve only played the Mando Pro but it sounds like a nice combination to me

I agree with this. I had some green Titans hanging around so I just banged them on the lower flippers to replace purple, and they look great

I just put a sling rubber over the posts, and there’s no way a ball is going to get stuck there now. But it may not be the prettiest of fixes…

450 BILLION?

Now that’s a solid score. I’ve been very happy when I pass a mere one billion

It must be planned obsolescence but this exact problem happened to me last night when the boys were around for a few games. First time the spinner has caused any real problems.

But as always, Pinside has the answers. A bit of bending and a bit of oil, and the spinner is sitting proudly upright again

Doesn’t the option for seizure lights return in 1.10? And 1.12 fixes up the ball lock problem created in 1.10?

Mine was defaulted to OFF. Strange

It certainly is nowhere near as crazed as it was. I agree with the poster above - it should scalable for the non-epileptics among us

These bumper caps look fantastic and I’d be all over them normally, but international postage of $40 (the same price as the caps themselves) seems amazingly high for three lightweight pieces of flat plastic which presumably can be safely packed into one very small package?

The LZ Premium at the local arcade has the same issue. The op says he thinks it is an opto problem, but I’m not so sure

Beyond that, it’s a mystery to me. I’d be interested in knowing what any solution might be, given it could occur to mine at some stage

Yes and yes

If you can nail that ramp three or four times a game, you are doing well. And the action button is key to keeping a multiball going - on losing your second last ball you quickly hit the button (provided it is red)