I recently picked up a MBr LE. Having a blast with it, but have a few kinks to work out. My son and I have noticed that the sinkhole ejects the ball straight down the drain about 30-40% of the time, a real bummer. Is this by intention? I would rather have 100% of the balls come out somewhere playable. Can anyone suggest a fix? I am wondering if I did not get the legs of the table even when I assembled it, so it may be draining to the right of how it was programmed.

Thanks to all of you who have written great posts on MB.

Thanks a lot. I decided to go with option #2, just putting a little built-up tape on the right underside of the scoop. Easy-peasy if it works.

Gameplay question from a MB newbie: Diabolical Directions include:
Monster Items: Shoot Mosh Pit to collect them. USE MONSTER ITEMS BY HITTING LAUNCH BUTTON DURING FEATURES FOR EASIER SCORING.
Does this mean you are supposed to pump the launch button while ball is in play? For example, during "It's Alive" multiball or Drac Attack?

Thanks a lot. Next time you're in Transylvania, let me buy you a beer.

I got a MBr LE a month ago. I am a pretty lame player, and it will take me hundreds of games to uncover all the action in this game. Not much else to do these days with Covid, so, that's okay. I got my first pin, WCS, about 3 years ago to introduce pinball to my son. It was great when he was 8, but now as a tweenager, MBr is a lot more fun (though, we wish it had the "buy-in" extra ball feature that WCS has).

Quite often, when phantom flip light is on (right side only), it doesn't engage my flipper and the ball rolls down the drain. The ball gets auto-saved, but is that draining issue supposed to happen at all? Any remedy?

I am getting balls stuck in the left Ball and Chain ramp. This happens when the ball runs out of momentum part way up the ramp. Is there any easy fix for this suspended animation? Thanks.

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I kept having Phantom Flip lit but not activating the flipper when the ball rolled down the lower lane. When the ball drained, it saved the ball, but it also was a momentum killer. So, I just turned off Phantom Flip and have not missed it.

We have a MBr LE and planning to get a new pin this year. Have had brief play on Black Knight ("brief" describes most of my games), but my son likes BK a lot. Since you have both, would you mind saying what you like or don't like about BK vs MB? Which do you find yourself playing more. Thanks.

Thanks and I think that sort of confirms my first impression, somehow it doesn't play quite as smooth as MB, but hard to put my finger on it. Well, there are so many pins out there to choose from. MB is my one keeper.

I noticed the MBR backglass has a signature in the lower right -hand corner. You can see this in the picture above (Filimurz post), and on my MBR LE, so, I guess it must be common to all MBR and original Williams MB models. I can only make out the first name "Kevin". Is that the name of the backglass artist or someone involved in creating the game?
One more question, is the backglass art the same on the remake as on the original Williams MB? I remember someone saying that they could see Wonder woman in the background, but try as I might, I can't find her.

What a great line-up you have. I have had a MBr LE for 3.5 years now. I have never had a mechanical failure, no bugs, no plastic issues and no damage to the playfield. Talk about solidly-built. It is definitely a lot easier to figure out the rules than the new Stern games. If you are like me- big on keeping the ball in play, not so much on strategy, then it is a great game. This contrasts well with the rest of my lineup, Mando and GZ. I am curious what is on the docket with CGC.. Is that already out there or unknown?

I gotta say I have not noticed the problem with my MBr LE and am pretty sure it has never been modified. Once in a while it will go SDTM from R orbit, but pretty infrequent. Maybe some batches had this issue and some not?

My right orbit is not activating/advancing the Wolfman. However, when I go into test mode and test the switch below, it seems to be working. I don't understand the mechanism for advancing Wolfman, but assume it is triggered by this switch. This problem may have started when the swinging wire at the base of the R orbit came loose (not sure). Any ideas? Thanks

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Thanks for your suggestion. Turned out that when the wire came loose on the switch below, I didn't put it back together properly. The metal arm that is supposed to be above the wire had fallen below. This shows correct reposition.

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Yeah, I think so.

I have the ball save time maxed out, which I think is 30 seconds, but it does not ball-save on Ball 5, I assume that is something set in the programming. Most people are probably playing three-ball games, so not an issue. At my skill level, 5 balls is good.