The game is great. I like the shot flow. But the stock coils are plenty strong with properly rebuilt flippers. I can't imagine why a coil upgrade was needed. Did you put stock lotr coils in or the special pb life ones? On mine, shooting suit case ramp without suit case being open is already so fast that the ball sometimes flies off the wire ramp and into the shooter lane. Btw, a shaker and sub are both great enhancements for this game.

As for rule sheet, I haven't seen I've either. But the rules seem pretty straight forward. I like that you can progress the modes during the multiballs.

Fully agree. I feel the game is under-rated.

+1 I can even backhand the suitcase ramp sometimes on mine.

Like markmon also said, the rules are pretty strait forward. The Chloe targets when all lit, will credit you one shot for whatever mode your playing at that time. Also the AK targets progress the pops. The mole hurry up is also nice, and you can really get some playfield multipliers going on this game. I know to reach Save the President, you need to have kicked all three multi-balls and completed 3 modes. I've never been to Master Agent, so not totally sure on that one.

Congrats on the new machine!

I think you really need to learn about flipper rebuilding. If your car is moving slow because your tires are flat, you don't need to replace the engine. It's like that. It doesn't matter if the parts seemed clean and tight. I rebuilt my flippers on a batman that was new in box and felt a bit weak and the flipper strength improved dramatically. Using the white flipper adjustment tool is key. All my stern games are set to normal coil pulse. on 24, I can easily backhand the suitcase ramp. The left flipper shot, as I said, is so strong that the ball often flies off the ramp. The center ramp shot is extremely strong with either flipper. Stronger coils than this will only break stuff and put extra wear one your boards. On my ironman, the stock coils are also very strong. The game is extremely fast. Shots to the left ramp have even gotten a little air.

Terry came out with those coils for lotr because lotr ramp magnet is at the very back of the playfield. In destroy the ring mode, one ball is held by the magnet and you need enough power to knock it out with another ball. This has to travel all the way up the playfield, jump the ramp, land in the ring, and hit hard enough to knock the second ball out against the force of a magnet holding it in place. This is way more than is required for 24 or ironman. In fact, those games don't even take stock 5020's. You went up 2-3 coil strengths.

For the record, those coils are also not needed in lotr if the flippers are properly rebuilt. I just redid a lotr, waxed the playfield, and the flippers with stock coils are incredibly strong.

Stern uses very strong coils. They may not use the proper flipper gap tool from the factory. This may cause some lack of strength in some machines. Easily fixed though without stronger coils.

As for being HUO with low plays, it doesn't matter. As I said, I had to rebuilt a dark knight new in box. Turning up pulse power isn't an argument for this either. That's like adding turbo to a car with flat tires. It doesn't get to the root of the problem.

Anyways, I'm not telling you that your flippers weren't weak. I'm telling you that special coils are not the answer.

I did not care for the toys but liked the flow of the game alot.

I only played 3 games on it so my opinion is not going to count for much.

Fast game, good flow, good shot map. Rules looked deep but didn't figure it all out in 3 games.

I just thought the toys to be cheap and not interactive enough for my taste.