#35 just landed

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You will like it a lot
I've had mine for weeks now, only game I'm playing.

I use Perfect Play and have never replaced them due to wear and use Titans as well. I think they are too similar for anecdotal opinions as both are good. Try both and see which you like.

I'm pretty loyal to Titan. I believe they created the first multi colored rubbers. I could be wrong. However, I've never been disappointed and they have great customer service. The only time I use Super Bands is for posts.

I have the machine for two weeks and I think it's time for a little review.

Rules wise, this machine is top notch.

I think it's a little disapointing that two of the gems battles (Reality Gem and Space Gem) share the same little blurry background (the city). I think that the latter battle could take place in a space ship (Q-Ship). A wider range of characters animations would be a strong point too.

On the sound side, it's a little short in variety, there's not enough tracks and it misses epic tracks for multiballs modes. The sound FX are excellent, as always with Jerry Thompson. I do like the callouts too.

It's overall a very good start, with fantastic layout and artwork on the playfield. There's some range of improvement in the software and that's exciting because great coders are onboard (Rick Naegele and Raymond Davidson).

Testing placement of Captain Marvel on her ramp. Solid one piece design in the same costume as she appears on the playfield. This simple $4.00 addition looks factory, and not like adding a toy action figure. Perfect size for mounting to the plexiglass. Find them on eBay.

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I've used both as well, sometimes just based on color (the purple in particular are very different between the two) and have had similar results with both. Both can and do wear at the tip and probably a little faster than good black rubber ones but the trade-offs (easier to clean, less black ball-trails) are worth it to me. I just received a set of the Titan reduced-bounce ones but I haven't installed them on anything yet to see how they do.

Wow, that's a really well done, tasteful mod. Matches the ramp perfectly.

I've used the Perfect Play rubbers for a couple years now and like them. The tips of the flipper rubber can start to wear, so I rotate them on the flipper from time to time. They don't seem to "shed" but the "dust" will collect on the face of the rubbers, so I give them a wipe with Novus 1 every couple hundred plays.

I'm not usually a fan of figures being put on games either. This is really a nice exception though. It not being jointed, along with it having the right costume and look really makes it seem like it was meant to be in the game. Nice find and it looks like you did a great job with the mounting.

Looks great! How did you go about mounting it? Velcro?

Went down to the Tru-Value hardware store and picked up threaded screw. Drilled hole through Plexi, and screwed into the drilled out figure. Took 10 minutes.

Curious chuck, why do you hate superbands? I love them. I get great control with them. Not too much bounce either. Thoughts?

Besides every game needs a hot little blonde

Super bands make nice rubbers that are super durable. Great for locations. Go with what you like. Some say they are to bouncy.

Too easy to trap up and they don’t dead bounce well. Oh and you need the hulk to put them on flippers.

Got mine today. Some minor things...
-Widow ramp rejects of the top sometimes
-Hulk spinner wasnt registering
-Portal disc is very uneven
-the guide fron the tower to the upper flipper was WAY off. Ive moved it to what seems better but still not quite right

Other than these smaller things, everything seems ok so far. Ive got a production date of Oct 28 and the newer subway.

The disc realignment seems like the biggest hassle. Clearly my game wasnt play tested if the Hulk spinner wasnt registering at all.
Oh, and ive already had a ball get stuck behind the left pop.

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Well that was fast. One more thing to do.

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I'd like to see flipper presses do lane changes to move lighted letters for I R O N .

I like the fact you’ve got to hit the disc to move the letters (probably feel different if I’d played the game) it’s a different rule and hasn’t been done before I think. Why have it the same as every other game?

It will never happen. Best get used to it.

So my pro just got delivered today! Everything's great, it plays fantastic, I just have one gripe-- when I shoot up the stark tower to begin the gem quests, when the ball drops from the tower it comes down with enough force to fit through between the up post and the sanctum plastic. Has anyone else encountered this? If so, what were your fixes?

My second game played I had the ball get stuck behind the left pop happen... hasn't happened since in 160+.

My Premium has had ZERO quality related issues. As with any mechanical device, that can be a roll of the dice, so I consider myself lucky!

I find my super bands dead bounce fine, just need to work them in a bit.

As for putting them on, warm them in your hands and give a little prestretch and you should be ok.

Now, the mini flippers (like on maiden), that's Hulk territory.

Duplicate post

Got my premium today, and didn't seem to have any of the issues I've seen earlier. I did notice one thing this afternoon though-I'll occasionally get phantom disc movement. I noticed it while the ball was in the subway-it was registering points constantly, and I noticed the IRON letters cycling. I went into test, and there are a few positions where even while completely stationary (with no vibration on the playfield) the disc is registering movement. I captured some video here:

and you can see the angle/RPM changing.

I didn't see anything in the manual about how this should be adjusted-is there supposed to be a gap between the bottom of the shaft and the magnetic angle sensor? Might try adjusting those closer. I'd figure that some movement is bound to happen at certain angles anyway (because physics), but to have it actually trigger things like the inlanes to cycle when not visibly moving seems like the threshold for registering a change in the disc position is too tight in the code, since the angle is only changing by a single degree. Anyone else seen this on their game?

Or just skip all that and use something else.

I like this feature as well. Every game these days seems to have lane changing and it’s refreshing to not have to pay attention to it. If my R is unlit I know I can nail the centre ramp and boom. Same thing for the O and the black panther shot.

Made it to BOM today for the first time. I also had a soul gem quest where I was trapped up on the right flipper with one flip left and 7/8 shots made....

I like the pretty colours.

My game did not have a rubber on this post. I ended up putting a blue one on. Do other machines come with no rubber on this post?? Thanks everyone.

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Also, are people still changing out coil stops with all new stern machines right when you get them? Thanks for any input.

Omg ..... this again....... it's like the phone call you get from the same number everyday and the exact same time

Sorry man. I don’t have time to read through this incredibly long thread. In the time you spent writing your response, you could have easily just given me a cordial answer. Some folks are just cranky these days.

There’s no rubber on this post, no machines have it. I even checked the operations manual to double check that it wasn’t missing. There’s no rubber listed here, I would take it off.

Thank you so much for your reply. Much appreciated!!!

Spinning Disc Adjustment Points and Procedure - Click on the pdf - it's multiple pages

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It just takes getting used to. I like that Keith's trying different things. Next up? More complicated subway with diverter functionality. Drag Stern into B/W subways.

Please god no.

Not supposed to have a rubber on it.

Oh, yes, Yes, YESSSSSSS! Hahahahahahahahahaaaa...

Think of them as under playfield ramps if you must.

Never understood the fascination with having a ball do things the player can't see.

So ball troughs are inscrutable to you?

Sounds like you’re running really old code, you shouldn’t be able to start modes at Stark Tower anymore for this exact reason

It would be nice if it were an option in the menu to make the lane change function conventional. It's pretty tough to light all letters of IRON. The disc changing the position is different, but I think that leans more toward really good players completing it or just being lucky to get it done if your skills aren't great. I find the disc changing the letters to be fairly tough. I'd like to see IRON completed more when I play.

I did go in and set IRON to Easy setting and it helped a little, but not much. Maybe an Extra Easy setting for chumps like me. I'd like to see that anyway, if an option for conventional lane change can't be coded in as an option. I don't play as good as Chuckwurt and some others.

I should eat Cauliflower too, but I'll never get used to that either.

I am really liking my game. Got my Pro Thursday afternoon. Very nice game.

Shout out to the delivery driver. Covid put a bunch of drivers out for the company that delivered my game. They called a guy who was retired for over a year at 7 am Thursday morning... He reported in a short time later and ran the load which included my game. Thanks Retired Delivery Guy !

Very admirable for a guy retired over a year to answer the call and drive for the carrier at a moments notice.

Gotta get that fixed! Cauliflower is amazing.

Iron lanes are hard, but I welcome the change. Lane change has been an afterthought for too long.

I gotcha Chuck - I just think something in the code where you could adjust settings to make it a bit easier for lesser players would be good. I want to see Ironman more often.

You are not talking me in to cauliflower though.