8 more ratings to get the premium on top 100!!

As soon as mine comes in and I get some time on it I will do my part.

I pre ordered it in January...The wait is killing me. I am a huge Zeppelin fan. I got to play the pro at the distributor and loved it so I am sure I will love the premium even more. I just wish they had more songs. They could have put 5 more and it would have been so much better.

Good idea about the code. I was thinking the same thing when mine comes in.

Don't get me wrong. I have loved their music since I was 13 in 1979. I have heard all of their songs countless times over and I never get tired of it. They have so many great songs that it wouldn't have hurt to add some more. When I was playing the pro ( for a few hours) I didn't notice it as limited as I was so immersed in the game. I just recently got a Stranger things premium mostly for my kids but I really like it as well. I can't wait to get the zep premium and spend time on it. Cheers

Yes the hermit is a must for me ... I bought a double neck Gibson and a jimmy page les paul axe heaven mini guitar to place inside. I like the ramp and under zeppelin light kit as well.

Still waiting for my premium to show up. 6 orders ahead of me and that is down from 19. Seems like I have been waiting forever. At least I have a Stranger Things premium to keep me occupied until it shows up. I guess the good thing is the updates will have it more refined by the time mine comes in. The wait is killing me. 46 people on here own the premium but only 18 reviews. Come on premium owners ... get your reviews in and let's see it on the top 100.

I think pinside can officially say the premium is "in production" rather than "production planned." I am still waiting for mine and it seems like forever.

9 weeks!!! Thanks for rubbing it in . I ordered min in January ... there were 19 orders ahead of me. Still waiting .

Forget the topper ... I am still waiting for my premium machine ... sometimes living in Canada has its drawbacks.

I got word today that my premium is going to be in this week or early next week!!! Finally! It has been a long wait. I am so excited. I played the pro and thought it was great. Zeppelin is my all time favorite band so this pin was a no brainer for me. Great to see so many owners loving it more and more as they get more time on it. I have a feeling that not much is going to get done around the house for a while after it arrives.

The day has come!!! . After a 4 month wait I finally have the premium in the back of a van in my driveway waiting for a friend to come help me bring it to the basement. Can't wait to get it dialed in. I feel like a little kid at Christmas. : )

Ok so I played a few games on my new premium. Code 1.02 . I noticed the electric magic will trap the ball and lower but won't put out another ball as if it doesn't sense the trapped ball and then it goes into ball find mode rises and releases the ball from the magnet. Is there any way to fix this?

Ok thx

I checked the spinner and adjusted it and a dab of lube applied. Works great now.

I noticed that when I took apart the top of the mechanism so I could see the spinner from above that when it was spinning one side of the spinner wire that went through the bracket hole was straight and the other side was bent. So I straightened the bent side as it was causing enough friction to make the spinner stop in a non vertical position. I added a dab of lube and now it works perfectly. As a side note I have the newer style bracket to hold the spinner.

I added some stickers. Subtle ... but adds to the rather boring plastics I think.

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I have adjusted music attenuation to -10 and adjusted the eq ... is there any way to turn down the game sounds ? Sorry if this has already been addressed... I went through the menus but couldn't find it anywhere.

Not the speech I adjusted that ... unless that includes the scoring sounds ie noises when hitting targets ramps etc.... . I adjusted the speech attenuation

Does the speech attenuation also include the game sounds. ... ramps target sounds etc? Or is there another control for those sounds?

I was just wondering if there was an overall game sounds ( not individual game sounds ) volume vs just the master volume. I want to crank the music but i find the sounds are too loud vs the music.

I ordered online. Someone on here had a link. There was a whole sheet of different ones.

I only have 2 machines Stranger things premium and now LedZep premium finally. I find the LedZep a much more challenging pin than Stranger things. I am new to pinball ownership but played a ton in the 70s and 80s.

Is anyone else finding this pin to be a challenge in comparison to other machines?

Ok good so it isn't just me then : )

I got over 1 billion on stranger things within a few weeks.

I have only had Zep for 3 days 150 million is my best so far with a lot of games under 50 million.

Whew. Ok good. Thought I really sucked . I used to be pretty good when I was a teenager but haven't played for about 35 years until this spring. I guess I will have to put more time in. What a drag hahaha

Thanks for the support !

I think it is really good that it is tough. It will be challenging for a long time.

Yes the sounds are great but some I find are too loud in comparison to the music. I just wish there was a way to adjust it so everyone could dial it to their own preference.

I did the same but I found it bends again if you hit the spinner when it is spinning and the ball hits it just when it is level with the playfield. Hits the bottom of the spinner and kind of jams it. You can hear it when it hits like that. I think I had 3 or 4 hits like that and it bent a little again. Not sure what can be done other than avoiding hitting it while spinning.

I just got my machine on Wednesday and I have the new style spinner bracket. I thought the reason for the change was to alleviate the issue. I understand what you are saying and you are right , usually you just slow it down if you hit it while it is spinning. I used some dupont motorcycle chain lube on it and spins like crazy now . It is made for metal and it dries and doesn't attract dirt. I am going to put some on the other spinner and see if it helps that one too.

Yep I was telling my girlfriend to watch when the ratings come out all the gnr fans will down vote this and like clockwork here they come. Shows their IQ level is not on the mensa level.

It dropped from 1st to 59 on the day of ratings coming out when you custom filter approved ratings only. What a joke. No manipulation here .SMH

I understand people are partial to certain machines. That is natural so up vote that one... Don't down vote others ( the competition ) to make your choice look better . That is very immature.

Although I don't agree with it ... I would get a good laugh if 50 votes below 5 suddenly showed up on gnr. I haven't played it so I won't vote. I had an opportunity to play it but I can't stand their music. Like nails on a chalk board to me. I like classic rock blues jazz classical but turn the radio off when I hear gnr...sorry to the gnr fans out there. Everyone has that one band that they hate. For me it is gnr.

There were 3 new comments on crap ratings now 2 are gone .

What did you have to do to get to it? Can you describe what needs to come off? It looks like it isn't easy to get to.

Mine is tve same...the end of the rail needs to be more flush at the connection.

Thank you.

Did you have to take the rail right out or did you bend it in place ?

It was so predictable that when it came out at #1 people who don't own it, never played it, played it a few times , or are gnr jjp fanboys immediately came out of the woodwork to down vote it. It went from #1 to not in the top 100 within 2 days.

Prior to the #1 posting the majority of the reviews appeared to be from owners . When you own it you have more experience on the game so your ratings should have more merit. Almost all the reviews since have been from non owners. The huge drop in 2 days shows how flawed this voting system is.

There is no way a game ranked #1 shouild get a vote of 2 -5 out of 10. That is unreasonable. I hate gnr music but if I had some experience on the machine I would still be objective about the game play and rate it based on merit . My bias wouldn'tbe a factor. It is called integrity. Seems like a lot of people didn't have good parenting.

I own a led zep premium and I love it , even though it is a very challenging game and it frustrates me sometimes, it just keeps me wanting more.

Maybe they should set up an owners only category for a separate rating system. It would be interesting to see the difference between the two.

Wow!! I must really be doing something wrong. Balls drain so fast for me I can't even fathom getting a score like that. I have only had the game 1 week but my highest is only 167 million.

To ad to that the side rail on mine is not flush. When I take it apart to make it flush I will make your adjustments as well. Thx for the info.

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Looks like the haters are not only writing bogus reviews , they are starring them when they start getting flagged. When a review of under 5 gets starred it is obvious that these people are troglodytes at best. What a joke.

I just watched rayday and he has his outlanes set at easy. Mine are normal and the game drains like crazy. If it is good enough for him then I am changing mine tomorrow.

Mine is the same. It bent then I bent it back put some dupont motorcycle chain lube on it and now it spins so fast it doesn't even have sound until it starts to slow down. Probably spins for 20-30 seconds. I do the same avoid hitting it while it is spinning. Occasionally when it traps the ball and lowers i have to give it a little nudge and then the next ball comes up. That is only because after I fixed the bend I bashed it a few times so it bent ever so slightly again and I haven't bothered fixing it again because it spins almost too fast now. I put some of the lube on the other spinner and it spins much better too.

The Led Zeppelin premium goes from #1 to 187 in a week. Maybe it doesn't deserve to be #1 , maybe it does but 187 is just ridiculous. There is no way in hell it deserves to be that low.

From my understanding the electric Magic will only raise and lower when the ball is in a safe area left scoop right lock and maybe one more.

If your spinner is not working properly when the electric magic goes down with your ball it wont register it is there. That is why it does a ball search and then comes back up and releases. You need to get your spinner adjusted and it will work properly. At least that is what I had to do as mine was doing the same thing.

That is for the Le. The premium rating is now 7.433 which ranks 187

Not sure how hayfarmers quote got in there

Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Hendrix, Zz Top... I love Johnny Winter but I would doubt that would ever be made. My problem is if they made all these I have no room. I would have to kick out the kids

I agree . Led Zeppelin has been my favourite band since 1979 when I listened to 2 albums in their entirety at a friends place. I proceeded to purchase all albums in chronological order as soon as I had the funds. As soon as I heard about this game it was a no brainer for me and it will never leave my house. It is a bonus that it is such a great game as well. I have it dialed in finally and it is very addicting. Sure ratings may benefit resale . Honestly though I think anyone buying this game would be buying it mostly for the band. The bonus for them is they are getting a top 10 game.

Another thing I find is after playing zep for a while I find my stranger things is much easier to play. Does anyone else find this with other games after playing LedZep?

I don't have an issue with mine. It has to be a good momentum shot for it to stick. If the ball doesn't have the speed the pop up rod will lock it. I frequently get all 3 balls on the wall .

Got my game dialed in ... right flipper ramp rail wasn't flush where it meets the vertical scoop so I took it apart and bent it so it was flush . Now it even makes it up off a bank shot occasionally. Just had a great day. Broke 200 million for the 1st time and my last game got 651 million. I know lots of people get higher scores but I have only had it for 14 days so I am stoked with that score. So much fun when the shots are building and hitting combos.

Led Zeppelin has been my favourite band since before you were born .

The bogus ratings started flowing in as soon as it was publicly #1.

People got butthurt and started down voting it because that is what an intelligent mature adult does. ( sarcasm)

I can see that it wouldn't appeal to everyone and therefore some won't score it very high but anyone who gives this machine under 7.5 is a tool. It may not be perfect but it is a blast.

Just like the music we are more refined and intelligent

I was going to mention that but I thought he must have known or did it for a reason.

Is there a conversion kit to put in 5.25 inch speakers in the back box?

I looked at pinwoofer set but the pyle speakers are not what I am looking for. I think I can get mich better sound with different speakers.

Also can you just swap out the speakers and sub or do you need an amplifier?

Those pyle speakers I can get for $40 Canadian about $30 usd. They can't be that good for that price. I know price isn't everything but if they sell them that cheap the can't be great quality... some reviews say yes some say crap. I would prefer to go with something I have used before like Polk infinity or Rockford Fosgate.

Has anyone used any other speakers than pyle? Any suggestions?

Also is there a kit to change from 4 inch to 5.25?

I don't see any specifications on flipper fidelity for the speakers. They should have the specs listed.

Added a guitar. This seemed to be the only spot that wasn't blocking anything important... not sure I am going to keep it there.

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Shout out to Lermods !!

ordered the Hermit and the ramp / zeppelin led light combo. Looks great ! Easy to install . Fast shipping and great customer service.

Thanks again for everything

Jerry

Thinking of adding a set these if I cand find a spot for them. Any suggestions where they might work without blocking too much?

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Very cool. How much were the sticks if I may ask?

Cool thx

Awesome pic !!

Anyone notice that the negative reviews slowed down considerably since the drop from #1?

Funny how that works

I have played about 3 -4 hours on the pro and I own the premium. The satisfaction from making the right upper flipper ramp shot vs the dead end is no comparison
The electric magic spinner is awesome and sounds great. The expression lighting adds so much. I would suggest the premium.

I am not sure all of the differences in the rules due to the absence of ramp and spinner but the premium is the way to go. In my opinion of course.

Congratulations!!!!

6.5 degrees is standard I believe. Others on here may have better info.

Yes since I read that post i rotated mine a bit. I figured if I rotate it a bit every time I remove the glass it should be good for a while.

Where did you find that key tag?

Just a heads up ... check your rubber by the upper right flipper cross over ramp. Where the ball tries to enter the ramp at the top of the entrance to the ramp. My game is less than a month old and it was almost split in 2. I guess i miss that shot a lot. I rotated it a little bit so the split part is at the back. Hopefully it lasts long enough untill i can get some replacement rubber.

Is it just me or are any of you experiencing the same thing. I find on this game the 1st ball usually drains quick before 5 million in most cases ... and a lot below 3 million. Then it becomes a 2 ball game. By the 3rd ball things start going well but it seems too little too late most times. It has gotten the point where it is almost comical how fast the 1st ball drains. The game seems to find new angles and ways to drain constantly. Doesn't seem to matter where it goes it will find a trajectory to drain. I have had 651 million and 1 over 500 million. 90 %of the rest are under 200 million.

It is getting frustrating to start so poorly almost every single game.

Mine is factory except outlanes are easy.

I just find it uncanny how it drains so fast on 1st ball so consistently.

Jesus 4.4 billion !! I suck.

I wish they treated their Canadian customers the same . I have been waiting for a new playfield for stranger things under warranty for weeks and still haven't gotten any answers regarding the spinner for led zeppelin

Not to mention my stranger things playfield was bubbling and cracking off the clear coat after only 6 weeks so I asked for a populated playfield and they said no.. so a brand new machine and they expect me to do all that work ... it was their faulty workmanship they should pay for the work.

So I finally had a good 1st ball ( for me ) got 550 million.... ball 2 and 3 drained almost immediately ended up with 570 million. So frustrating. Waiting for the day I have 3 good balls in one game.

Thanks for the confidence boost : )

Can anyone tell me the exact replacement size of the rubber behind the drop targets and the one at the top of the entrance to the crossover ramp?

Also is there anyone out there who knows where I can order them from in Canada preferably Ontario ?

Shipping from the States is expensive.

Thank you for any help.

Thx. Boy do I feel stupid. I am new to ownership. I just bought 2 machines this year. Thank you .

I found someone in Canada that has all sizes except 1 3/4 " shipping wasn't too expensive. If there are any other Canadians looking for some rubber replacements let me know and I will forward the info.

I got my replacement spinner kit today. It included spinner, spinner arm , decals , bracket and a new plastic top!

Also included necessary rubber and clips etc.

I know I posted about this in the past but this is getting to the point of being completely illogical. I would say about 90 - 95% of my 1st balls are less than 5 million and usually less than 2 million. Rarely on 1st ball do I get to play longer than a few minutes. At some point you would think random laws would apply but it is getting frustrating. It doesn't happen on other machines . I have it level and at 6.5 degrees. I just don't get it? Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I am frustrated. The laughter is waning and the frustration is increasing. How do you get a good score when you are down a ball almost before you start? I don't understand the scores in the billions. Seems impossible.
Sorry for the rant. Led Zeppelin is my favorite band and I really want to be able to play without having to start over ever 3-5 minutes. My highest score is 651 million. My average is around 80 -150 million.

Thanks to you and all the other responses. I appreciate it.

I am beginning to think my game is cursed. I know it is stupid but I don't understand how it manages to drain my first ball around 1.5 million with amazing consistency. I decided to keep track. Played 25 games and only 3 1st balls were over 5 million. 8 games were under 10 million and 3 games under 3 million. It seems like I can only get 1 good ball. One out of 10 or 15 games i will get over 200 million. Sometimes 3 or 400 million. Highest 651 million. 85 to 90 % of 1st balls drain in less than a minute. Usually one of the other 2 drain pretty quickly then i get one where i get a bit of time. I will hit 9 ramps in a row and as soon as i miss it finds a drain. It keeps coming up with more creative ways to drain too. So frustrating. I can't understand how anyone gets in the billions . I would love to see them do it on my machine. Seems impossible.

It is easy just to say play better but alot of the time it doesn't seem to matter as it will find a way to drain . It doesn't seem to matter where it hits it will find the trajectory to an outlane or sdtm. The thing is on other machines I don't get the same type of creative ball drain. I gan get consistent high scores on stranger things over a billion. Other machines I can get extended play time. It isn't so much about the score as it is about play time and going deeper into the game. It sucks having to start over again and again knowing that the likelihood of 1 or 2 balls draining so quickly and sometimes without a touch is inevitable. When I occasionally get some play time it is a great feeling and a great game. I am just frustrated that it drains so freakishly. Even my girlfriend can't understand it. She didn't believe me at first. Then I asked her to watch and she eventually said that it is really strange that no matter what it hits it goes down.

Well I guess my whining helped haha. I just played and I completed 8 songs and almost the 4th tour ... I actually had a frenzy that lasted a while ... I got my high score 803 million. That should keep me going for a while.
That is exactly what I needed... a good game to alleviate some frustration.
I know that isn't the greatest score around but I am getting closer to 1 billion

You better turn that rubber. Looks like it is starting to wear.

Well I had 798 million on my second ball today. My high score was 803 100... 3rd ball drained right away and I ended up with 803 700. I thought I was going to crush my high score .

Starting to get more consistent with scores over 300 million now. I still don't know all the rules though but I am learning.

I almost completed all 4 tours today. Only needed 2 side ramps. Lit extra ball ... got all excited that I was finally going to get 4 tours done as long as I hit the scoop..... the bad bounce into a right outlane drain.

Sooooo close.

And I was just going to post that I was so happy to beat my high score of 803 million and got 1 325 000 000 and then i read this. Thanks for the ego deflation. Haha

Finally broke my high score of 1 335 000 000!!

Just scored 1 562 226 670... still haven't completed all ten songs. 1 frenzy ,1 mothership multiball,1 world tour.

Ok so I have had the Zeppelin Premium for a little less than a year and I would really like to know if I am the only one experiencing this....

I love this machine but it drives me crazy. It finds new ways to drain almost every single game. The mathematics and physics involved in these 2 and 3 bouce triangular perfectly placed drains is mindboggling enough if it happened once...but to witness this time and time again is beyond maddening. I love led Zeppelin, my absolute favourite band. I love playing this game but I really loathe it sometimes as well.... it seems no matter how many shots I make the one I don't make is a guaranteed mathematical miracle to find it's way to one of the 3 tiny drain areas. I was able to get 1.5 billion a few times but still most of my games are under 100 million... it is getting to the point where it just seems impossible to master. The game is so satisfying when going well but beyond frustrating the majority of the time. I have a stranger things premium and don't have the same experience or frustration playing it.