Quoted from MRG:

The reason for the Aluminum block VS the steel captive ball is that the captive ball will become magnetic over time because its so close to the ball lock. This will cause balls to stick to it and will need to be nudged off. The aluminum block does not. I would not suggest the captive ball.

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

I recently watched some gameplay on YouTube and realized I've never ripped the spinners during Seek & Destroy ..I have a pro that has spinners added but not recognized in the code!(obviously!) Never really knew what I was missing out on.. now it kinda bugs me dammit! Still the best pin I have ever owned and only one I'd consider bolted to the floor

Quoted from RobF:

Can you share a link to the section of gameplay that shows the spinner scoring during SnD? I have an idea for a better way to add spinners to the pro that maybe could mimic the Prem scoring.

Quoted from Kawydud:

I put a neon green ball for my captive lock.
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Quoted from Dee-Bow:

I'd have to watch again but it was pretty early in the video I think...

Quoted from PinFever:

I like block over ball

Quoted from JOESCHALL:

Having a problem that I can't figure out. The rear up-post to divert the ball from making the loop shot pops up and diverts the ball every time that the right loop or left loop switch is triggered. So the loop shot can never be made. I replaced the diodes on the loop shot switches in case one of them was faulty, but with no change. Everything else on the game functions as it should.
Any ideas on what could be causing this behavior are appreciated.

Quoted from yzfguy:

Quoted from JOESCHALL:
Having a problem that I can't figure out. The rear up-post to divert the ball from making the loop shot pops up and diverts the ball every time that the right loop or left loop switch is triggered. So the loop shot can never be made. I replaced the diodes on the loop shot switches in case one of them was faulty, but with no change. Everything else on the game functions as it should.
Any ideas on what could be causing this behavior are appreciated.

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Quoted from JOESCHALL:

Having a problem that I can't figure out. The rear up-post to divert the ball from making the loop shot pops up and diverts the ball every time that the right loop or left loop switch is triggered. So the loop shot can never be made.

Quoted from metallik:

The loop is usually available only as a combo; is the post still coming up if you shoot the orbits after making another shot and qualifying a combo? Combos are indicated by red arrows IIRC (Prem)

Note that the post fix mentioned above is for when the ball bangs off the raised orbit post and comes back down the orbit instead of going into the pops.

Quoted from Chopplebrains:

Hi MET fans! I’m working on my newly acquired MET and am painting sparky. I noticed he has cracks on both feet - cracks are currently pretty small in width but they are long and I imagine it’ll break soon. I’m guessing as the plastic gets older it becomes les flexible over time and is prone to cracking. I also noticed holes in the bottom of his feet and it looks like some kind of plastic was injected in there, likely a previous fix to harden up the feet, but the cracks worry me.
I’m thinking of injecting some epoxy in the cracks as best I can. Are there any other recommended fixes? Any mods like some small metal plates or something to mount under the feet? What are you all doing to keep sparky whole?

Quoted from Diamond:

I had a shoe snap off. Used epoxy and had no issues with it breaking again. I’m curious to see what stern does with the new version of the sparky bash toy. With potentially thousands of Metallica pins going to be sold in the months to come you would think they will want to avoid warranty replacements on broken or cracked feet.

Quoted from Chopplebrains:

Hi MET fans! I’m working on my newly acquired MET and am painting sparky. I noticed he has cracks on both feet - cracks are currently pretty small in width but they are long and I imagine it’ll break soon. I’m guessing as the plastic gets older it becomes les flexible over time and is prone to cracking. I also noticed holes in the bottom of his feet and it looks like some kind of plastic was injected in there, likely a previous fix to harden up the feet, but the cracks worry me.
I’m thinking of injecting some epoxy in the cracks as best I can. Are there any other recommended fixes? Any mods like some small metal plates or something to mount under the feet? What are you all doing to keep sparky whole?

Quoted from metallik:

The loop is usually available only as a combo; is the post still coming up if you shoot the orbits after making another shot and qualifying a combo? Combos are indicated by red arrows IIRC (Prem)

Note that the post fix mentioned above is for when the ball bangs off the raised orbit post and comes back down the orbit instead of going into the pops.

Quoted from lu505:

Anyone hear that they are doing another run of Metallica with Spike 3 this or next month?

Quoted from stompeN:

Made a lil custom topper for my Met LE. Master of puppets tape off Etsy, James/Lars figure that came with the pin purchase and piece of thin board off the back off one of my old arcade1up machines to mount them on painted black. Need to find some lil mini spotlights to put on James and Lars.
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Quoted from newpinbin:

Can anyone recommend where I can't get a protector for the airballs on Sparky? I also need a magnet protector as well.

Quoted from newpinbin:

Can anyone recommend where I can't get a protector for the airballs on Sparky? I also need a magnet protector as well.

Quoted from Apollo18:

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Quoted from stompeN:

I'm about a decade late to the party here but just thought I would share my audio overhaul on my MET. Got a SAM amp kit from PinWoofer and kept the flipper fidelity speakers that were already installed. It doesn't sound as good as my Spike 2's obviously due to audio quality limitations but it is a huge improvement! The bass really thumps! I have an external subwoofer but honestly don't think I need it. It already thumps hard. Song selection is subjective but these are the ones I went with.
welcome home (sanitarium) > ride the lightning
harvester of sorrow > enter sandman
orion(through the never live)> unforgiven
breadfan > sad but true
the god that failed > battery
the four horsemen > seek and destory
creeping death(through the never live)
I swapped out Orion for One originally but I went back and switched it for unforgiven instead. Feel like the Lady Justice ramps mode just wasn't the same without it. Not sure I like my ending sequence as much as the OG but who cares.

Quoted from stompeN:

I'm about a decade late to the party here but just thought I would share my audio overhaul on my MET. Got a SAM amp kit from PinWoofer and kept the flipper fidelity speakers that were already installed. It doesn't sound as good as my Spike 2's obviously due to audio quality limitations but it is a huge improvement! The bass really thumps! I have an external subwoofer but honestly don't think I need it. It already thumps hard. Song selection is subjective but these are the ones I went with.
welcome home (sanitarium) > ride the lightning
harvester of sorrow > enter sandman
orion(through the never live)> unforgiven
breadfan > sad but true
the god that failed > battery
the four horsemen > seek and destory
creeping death(through the never live)
I swapped out Orion for One originally but I went back and switched it for unforgiven instead. Feel like the Lady Justice ramps mode just wasn't the same without it. Not sure I like my ending sequence as much as the OG but who cares.

Quoted from gambit3113:

You have to use Pinball Browser and replace the songs that are in there. It’s not hard, but there is a learning curve and it is tedious. Can’t add anything without subtracting something else, unfortunately.

Quoted from stompeN:

Don’t mind sharing not really sure best way to do it if someone wants to pm me . As far as swapping out the songs there’s a pinball browser thread on how to do it I just kinda read through it and tried it. Gotta try to swap songs with similar length .

Quoted from Codybomb2000:

Pretty sure it’s due to the amount of small storage those SAM boards can hold. Unfortunately.

Quoted from paul_8788:

No, you could have 1TB of storage and it wouldn't matter. Pinball Browser allows you to swap one resource for another, it can't change how the code behaves like adding an extra mode or song.

Quoted from Chopplebrains:

Having an issue I’m hoping someone can give me advice on - the optos in front of soarky’s feet were misaligned. The right metal housing that holds the right opto was slightly bent. So opto was aimed to high and would never activate. I took it off, bent the rod that goes below playfield (held by nut under playfield) and that seemed to fix it. Olayed fine for a day. Now, tonight, the problem is that sucker fires constantly. And n switch test mode, even with machine sitting still sometimes, or on a nudge, the opto is firing.
Is it just a bad opto? Or some misalignment problem?

Quoted from BrokenChair:

Is there a thread for the Metallica remake ?

Quoted from Apollyon:

Went to the Metallica show in Edmonton last weekend. First time with my son. Ended up with a pretty amazing experience. So much so that the news did a story about it.

Quoted from Apollyon:

Went to the Metallica show in Edmonton last weekend. First time with my son. Ended up with a pretty amazing experience. So much so that the news did a story about it.

Quoted from Apollyon:

Went to the Metallica show in Edmonton last weekend. First time with my son. Ended up with a pretty amazing experience. So much so that the news did a story about it.