The truck came today!

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Coin mechs. More pics later tonight.

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Got the game set up. Leveled and 7 degree pf pitch. It really plays great. Looked it over very carefully and cabinet/decals look next to perfect. Was able to locate a few very tiny imperfections in the pf clear coat. You would never see any of them unless you were really trying to find them. I'm very happy with the build quality.

It did come with the coin mechs. Has two different 11629 wrappers on the flipper coils. Not sure why that is? Build date of game is 9/12/17. Playfield is dated August 2016. I'm not sure if there is a more recent run that they will eventually switch over to, but the inserts have a nice dark black text on them and the clear has a beautiful gloss to it. Everything in the back box looks like previous runs of mmr.

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I'm not following what you're saying. Is the speaker in the bottom of the cabinet different than those in the earlier runs? Thanks. Mike

Hello all. I installed the mantis moat jump protector which covers up the playfield where the ball enters the lock door on the castle (the etched piece). The protector also extends to the right, under the castle gate. Does anyone have the ball flying up in the air when it hits this extension of the protector. I don't see a lot of area for adjustment on this. I'm thinking I may have to cut the extension off. Thanks for any ideas. Mike

I'm at 7 degree playfield pitch and like -2 the best. No problem making any shots at all. Not sure how that compares to a newly rebuilt original mm, but -2 feels best to me on mine. I've played plenty of originals in the wild where it was nearly impossible to make the damsel shot.

Catapult shot is by far the most difficult shot to make. Extremely difficult to make intentionally with a cradled ball on the right flipper. What are your thoughts on that? Do you find a certain playfield pitch or flipper strength setting changes the difficulty of the shot? Thanks. Mike

Video mode is available after completing all 4 inlane/outlanes, 10 times (factory setting). I enjoy playing the video mode, so I currently have the setting at 5 completions to make it available. You need to kill 30 birds to light the extra ball and I have never even come close.

The only other difference I'm aware of is that is that CGC built games have a Happ door with factory installed coin mechs. Stern runs had the Entropy door with no coin mechs.

Oh, was not aware of that. Kills all birds on the screen at that time and drops any children that were picked up? Thanks

All mmr standard editions came with the plywood bottom (none ever got the mdf). Early standard editions had the unfinished edges, but later versions had the plastic finish. All LE's had the Entropy coin door. First run of standards had the Entropy door, but later runs got the suzo Happ doors.