location pinball doesnt care about sdtm.
for the most part i dislike location pinball. i like to setup my pins for the way i play. not for cheap drains and sdtm.

Totally agree .. our local arcade has to have the worst set up pins ever... not leveled and totally flat leg levelers. So annoying . Also seems every scoop switch is broken..and they are all new pins .

No. I love the pin. So much so I would like to get something else but I can't seem to let it go yet. Absolutely great pin. I am struggling with selling it and adding cash to get the MBr LE - that is why I am lurking in this thread. But I just can't pull the trigger on it it yet. I still get a rush playing the wizard modes and trying to kill Smaug. Thanks for asking though.

this hobby will eat you up if you treat these pins like pokemon and want to catch them all. you have a pin you are happy with so keep it until its time to trade or sell off for another. good thing is that you can play them for a year and get back 80-90 percent of your money back and move on to the next one. i found when i had too many pins i would lose focus on playing and just worrying about getting the next one.

Tuffy was my first dogs name. He disappeared.
YOU CRACKED THE CASE?

Good advise. Yeah I plan on having only 1 pin for the next few years. Then I'll probably have two, and then the flood gates will open and three won't be far behind...

But enough about hobbit and my circumstances - let's see some more unboxing and in home play vids

I'm still struggling with the popups on my game. I've had multi-balls time out because it can't kick a new ball into the shooter lane (game gives up trying). I also have the SDTM issue with the scoop every 5-10 balls. I've swapped balls, tested elevations between 6-7.5 degrees, leveled and re-leveled, and set power to 'max'. These issues affect nearly every game played. It's as if the ball is resting in the trough properly and the striker is loose and hitting off-center. It's inconsistent but visibly noticeable.

Short of bending things, is anyone else having this issue and sorted it?

Just adjust the scoop or maybe even put a piece of foam inside the scoop like this to make it shoot out more to the right or left.

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Thanks, I'll try that

You're welcome. That is just a piece of ball dead drop foam that i stuck in there on my GB game because it was kicking out SDTM of my flippers and now it kicks the ball out to the right flipper like money every time. Theres probably some kind of foam similar to that at hardware stores i would assume. I got that at pinbits.com i believe a long time ago. Good luck.

It’s hard to find in the same density and thickness that Pinbits sells - id order from there if it’s still available

Just got word last night that my non matching LE is being delivered to my distributor today. I'll be picking it up at the Retro Jax show in Jacksonville FL next weekend. I ordered it back in October, but honestly haven't minded the wait. Kind of makes me remember what it was like when I was a kid, and would get excited as Christmas got closer. FYI, I ordered mine from The Little Shop of Games in Florida, and Marshall has been great keeping me updated on the status over the last several months. I'll post some pics once it's home.

Thanks for this

Good luck with that

This is some great news! I also ordered from Little Shop of Games and worked with Marshall. Hopefully I'll hear from him soon. Now I'm getting really excited! This will be my first pin

Getting close.

Just wondering if CGC ever got back to you on this. I'm having the same issue with the right ramp.

Thank you very much. I thought maybe I could come up some type of modification to affect the kick out and you have confirmed it. Its nice to know that will not be a problem now and I will stay with the order.

And Just when I thought Who-Dey was only trying to sell everyone on a Stern Munsters Pro, and he goes and saves a MBrLE purchase for CGC. +1 for both @playernumber4, @who-dey, and our hobby. This is the kind of help and positive things I like seeing in pinball.

You just leave them standing up and put them in front and back.

Quick question, would you...trade a very nice congo and a very nice fishtails for a mble with under a 100 games on?. Trade is with a friend so not worried about any "unforeseen " issues. Simple trade between good friends.

Wonder if this could be resolved by a redesign of the scoop. Maybe some downward turned edges to give the ball a much more precise exit from the hole.

Those are two really fun games. I guess it depends on if you played MB back in the day and loved it. Monster bash has always been on my grail list and was just too expensive for me to purchase. The remake makes it more affordable and with (hopefully) less issues over time.

Just picked up my non matching LE I ordered day 1.

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no.

Fishtales and Congo for An LE... Hmm... for me, nope. I would keep the LE. Fishtales and something else besides Congo? Maybe. Congo has a player following that I never understood, but this swap is a no brainer for those Congo liking players. I normally would go for a 2 for 1 but Congo doesn’t sweeten the deal for me. Ymmv.

If they are close friends, just do a temp 'borrow' trade? ....leave both your options open

They finally asked for final payment....

+ 1 here. Joe Newhart is my distributor and he e-mailed me today for final payment and to say my non-matching # LE is shipping soon. It could still be a few weeks but this is one of several confirmations on this thread that non-matching LEs are on the way.

May I ask when you placed your deposit as I ordered from Joe as well and if his LEs are starting to come out then that's a good sign for me

Day 1 in October.

Had all 3 and no i would not do that trade unless its just temporary.

Any thoughts on what the preset game difficulty should be in utilities?

I placed my deposit with Joe within the first few minutes of receiving his e-mail as soon as MBR was available. But I'm not sure you can read too much into where you could be in the queue or whether I got earlier priority based on my deposit being in right away. But, indeed, it's a good sign for all of us that the non-matching LEs are being shipped.

Okay, a brief update... Long story short CGC made good, and I have my monster bash and its working really nice. They went above and beyond, and were total pros and aces and great attitude. So while I was most likely a customer for life, it further cemented that for me.
Now, I just need to tweak and get all the nasty bugs out of my game... Which will be saved for a future post...
I do have a question. I lowered flipper strength by 1.
But, my machine is a 6.5 level... Thinking of raising it a bit.
I don't really get airballs now during normal gameplay...
But, during frank MB frank really sets them flying.
If I raise the pitch to a 7 or 7.5 will that be cut down?

You could experiment with the drop dead foam anyplace in that scoop to change the deflection of the ball. I am confident that enough of us will try different things and come up with a common solution. It sure is easier than making aluminum shims or spacers that I was thinking about.

I don’t think foam will work for my location machines. It will get worn and tattered pretty fast. It’s great for home use, though.

Mine has been in my ghostbusters for a long time now. If it comes loose you can just put in another piece. It may not be the best solution to the problem but it does work well, at least on my GB it did.

Shhhhhhhh.....

It's heeeeeeere!

No cabinet issues and built like a tank. Great job cgc.
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That is beautiful delt31, congrats!

Can you upgrade the ce to se or le playfield enhancements ? Like the creature upgrade. if so where the Hell do you buy them?

Hello everybody,
I hadn‘t until now the chance to see a monster bash remake - only watched it on pics and on YouTube. I know the original and this edition felt too dark for me. I like the gameplay very much. Is the remake with the led really brighter? is there a real difference compared to the old version? Thank you for your answers!

I don’t think they’re being built sequentially. -1190 and 360(odd) unboxed within a few days?

I’m in Oz and still yet to hear anything solid. I believe 60 are coming here. Cant wait!!

Now that I own one, I changed the GI color from warm to bright white and the game to me pops even more. I'm also someone that loves a ton of light so might be too much for some. There is also a LED strip option in the background to make that brighter which of course I turned up too.

FYI - as I didn't even know about the LED strip option in the back.

Non-matching LE #804 will arrive tomorrow. I placed my deposit on day 1 and paid in full a week or two ago.

Are you saying the game comes with an LED strip in the back that you can adjust from the setting menu?

Yes it's in the cgc setting menu.

Most people have flipper strength on -6 or so.

Brighter and a light show.

LTG : )