Your first LE is a special one. Enjoy it!

I had a Stranger Things Pro and then a LE. The only difference are the upgraded LE Kenwood speakers. Definitely better than the pro speakers but don’t expect it to be the greatest thing you’ve ever heard. Haha

But if the music in the game is good, I highly recommend the pinnovators sub kit ($35) and an external sub.

Yeah i thought this too, but I cannot find anything on the game that is different sound wise from the pro to the LE outside of those LE Kenwood backbox speakers. I could be wrong though.

Do you have any more information on this? I thought the same thing, but the hardware between the pro and LE looks identical to me.

It’s still on. Deadflip on twitch.

Has their animations ever matched the artwork of the playfield and the cabinet?

Just asking. I always thought the LcD artist was different from the playfield and cabinet person.

That’s fair. Just trying to understand.

You’re in the top ten at your distributor. Doesn’t have anything to do with sterns numbers. Just where you are in the allotment that your distro is getting.

Stern never releases production numbers except for LEs.

Yeah nobody knows. All I can say is the bigger the distro the bigger the allotment (or i should say that’s definitely how the LEs are divided up, so i assume all runs of games are done the same). Your distro should know how many premiums they are getting in their next run. I would ask them.

If you’re going to do any aftermarket upgrade and want to hear real difference, Pinwoofer is the way to go. You might as well just get off the shelf aftermarket speakers if you’re considering pinball pro or flipper Fidelity.

This sets them apart. Sure better speakers will improve things, but the game needs a better amp to really use the better speakers.

Yeah they stepped their game up big time with that new amp.

Message lodgingdolphin he has it in a couple LEs. I think it depends on the game.

Looks the same as in the promo video to me.

My guess is they had all these parts already and didn’t change anything. But I could be wrong.

Hopefully someone comes up with a mod to make the gems clear instead of frosted.

Always. Just gotta ask around a bit more sometimes. Rule of thumb. Always start with Trent if you want a LE. He probably gets the most allotted to him.

Tilt amusements, hell of a nice guy, better pinball player, best Wolverine look a like when he wants to be.

You should see him when he does the hair too. Haha

Nope. Inspect the balls and replace them if they are crappy, put the tilt bob in, play.

Forgot about shooter lane protection. Lower the trough eject power all the way, then put self adhesive felt in the shooter lane where the ball hits upon eject.

It looks like black felt in the shooter lane. Haha.

Mylar has always worked well fir me too, but others said on this game the still saw damage early on with Mylar.

In my experience, you may see an initial small chip, but nothing after that. Saw it on STH and now 1500 plays later, it hasn’t gotten worse. No big deal for me, but could be for others.

That’s with Mylar to be clear. The felt may provide that extra protection to avoid any chipping at all.

Yes. You’re calibrating it so that when you put it on the playfield it will give you accurate readings. Put it on a counter top or something and calibrate it. Then use it on the playfield.

How is that possible? Haha. Just tighten the bubble level down and should but good right?

Haha. Yeah not surprised they cannot be trusted. Since I have nice and flat even ground in my basement I Jack the back legs up usually almost all the way out, and front all the way in. This typically results in the bubble being close the touching the top line of the bubble level. Some games play a bit better if they aren’t so steep. Stranger things is one. I keep that one about right in the middle of the bubble level.

But most stern games are way more fun if they are steep and fast.

Yep. Looks like it chipped when they hammered those parts into the pf.

Take the glass off. Calibrate the app with the case on your phone. Leave the case on and place the phone on the playfield in the middle. The app will talk to you and tell you how to level the game.

Any marvel ramp rejects?

Is that the name of the mode for collecting 24 trophies? If so, yes.

Whatever you this is good, times that by a million and you’ll get Johannes

Then no. That’s not the final wizard mode.

I consider the end of the game to be the end of the game. IE, nothing else to accomplish. Battle Thanos is not the end of this game to me. You haven’t done everything.

It’s funny to me that people need their pinball machines to make less noise.

When you change from regular rubber to super bands or Titans the game will play different. It’s just how they play. Put in the game what you like best.

They are silicone just like Titan. I don’t notice a difference in play at all.

Posts aren’t causing the dirt imo. I always leave those stock. Just change out the flippers and all the rings.

Put the game into diagnostics and test the portal. Open it. Leave it open then put the game into switch test and roll balls down there. Make sure all the switches are registering and the balls are passing through correctly.

Haha. Good point.

Make sure the thick ground strap is not blocking things. It happens. I can almost guarantee something is blocking it. Just hard to see.

Yeah that doesn’t look right at all.

Loosen the mech from the game, take it out, and adjust the fingers out of the game.

the right orbit rubber is deliberately different on a Pro vs. Prem/LE due to the pro having the captain marvel spinner U-turn. The game is designed to have half-orbits bounce off the rubber just like in JP on a missed helipad, but on the Pro since you're actively shooting the ball that way KME wanted it to be smooth since it's an actual shot.

Or be on your toes to bump it off that wall on the squirly ones.

That’s fixable. I know from experience.

Correct. It was taken out in .91. Not ready yet.

Two smd clear dome bulbs. Comet has them.

All the inserts are led pcb boards. GI are the only traditional led bulbs in the game.

Even if you look at the description of the cool white 2 smds from comet they say they are the same that modern sterns use.

It’s heavier. Assembled table wouldn’t be bad at all especially considering how wide their stairs are.

Only got to play 3 games on this last night but it shoots so good. I can’t wait to dive in more and learn all the nuances to the rules. But for three games it was a blast to just shoot all the blinky stuff. Haha. Every shot felt good on the pro.

I’m terrible at timing the balls coming out of the magnet lock. Haha

There is. Don’t whiff.

It was super disc.

Just play the game and learn little by little. Overwhelming is a good thing. Means the game has lasting appeal. Just concentrate on one aspect of the game. Once you have that down, move onto the next part. Don’t try to understand it all at once.

I’m the same way. My approach is always to just play and learn as I go. Can’t learn it all in one sitting.

Tutorials usually don’t start popping up until the game is complete.

I’ll see you and raise you a Stranger Thungs LE. Took like 6 months to dial in. Haha

Or the transition from the lack mech to the VUK is not flush causing a hang up. I would make sure that is flush or slightly higher than the VUK edge so balls don’t come to rest there.

Step off the ledge and start troubleshooting.

If your shots are barely making the ramps then still flying off the wireforms at a point, something is physically causing this on the ramps. Take a slow mo video of each ramp return to find exactly where it’s happening and adjust the ramps to fix the issue.

Not sure what your TMNT issue is. I’ve seen you talking about the left outlane, but there not much you can do there besides a Siamese post. TMNT is just a hard game.

Where is the ball coming off at? Something physical is causing the ball to fall off the ramp. Maybe your game is pitched too shallow? Maybe the ramp is tilted weird. Maybe it’s missing a guard that other games have.

Take the glass off and put the game in switch test and start hitting these shots over and over. It should be easy to see what is causing the ball to come off the main wireform by the VUK. Hell since your flippers are set so weak, you could just set the ball on the wireform and it will come off by the VUK. That’s where you film in slow mo. Something is touching the ball and knocking it off the rails.

The marvel ramp will be harder. Something is physically impeding it’s progress. Again. Do slo mo for a made shot and a rejected shot and compare the two.

Only took one shot for me the couple times I got there. Pro.

It appears it’s getting stuck in the slot of the last finger. Cover the bottom half of it with Mylar. Should still be plenty of room for the finger to move up and down and the ball won’t get caught there. Same issue as Flight 2k sometimes.

Easiest pro decision I’ve seen in a while. And really, all Elwins Pros are great.

Not surprised by that at all.

Half the time? Sounds about right. Haha. Nudge better to help improve that. Don’t let the ball get past the slings.

This game is like game of thrones. Might not be the most difficult to beat, but the staying power comes from all the crazy stuff you can pull off to maximize score along the way.

The fact that it’s not a drain monster helps too.

The switch actuator arm.

You can get portal locks before you start a gem mode. You can make any gem mode up to a 3 ball MB that way. Also there’s a multiplier for the balls in play too. 3 in play for 3x, 2 in play for 2x

Yeah hopefully it’s a simple code update for all previous games.

That’s the stern fake knocker noise. I recommend buying a real knocker kit from pinball life. They are great.

Sounds like the optos may be backwards. Put the game in test and see if the ramps are registering the opposite one. If so, swap the connectors to those sets of optos.

It’s good to always keep an eye on tilt forums. There a dedicated thread for every game’s rule sheet. Best part is it’s a wiki so anyone can update it.

http://tiltforums.com/t/avengers-infinity-quest-rulesheet/6740

Chances are these types would never know there’s an issue. Haha

Pro is awesome on this.

Yeah I typically go pro then if I fall in love with the game and it’s a keeper maybe get the premium later to switch it up. That’s what I did for GOT.

If it’s a dream theme I cannot resist (STH), then I might go all in on it. I doubt I ever do that again though. Not many themes are that great for me that I can’t wait and just go pro.

Since that flipper takes such a beating I would try something else as well. Keep stock rubber, red rubber or superbands on it. The regular Titans May last longer too as the low bounce are thinner I believe.

They forgot to install it. I’d get with your distro to get one.

They should have it though. It’s not an optional accessory. Haha

Yeah if it’s not in the manual you might not have luck getting one free. I assumed it was in both manuals.

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I change the rubbers too because I hate cleaning the game all the time. I would definitely leave the upper flipper as regular rubber though in this case.

I always leave the posts. The flippers and slings do the most when spreading that rubber around.

They do no leave the black ball trails like the stern rubbers.

Super bands suck but last forever.

Titans are a good middle ground even though they tend to break sooner than good regular rubber and really break down quick in certain applications like noted here.

Never tried them. Never been disappointed with Titan to try anything else.

I did see some GNR owners note that the perfect plays on their games were wearing faster than the Titans. I guess JJP uses like 3 different companies for rubbers/silicones in their games.

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

It will never happen. Best get used to it.

Or just skip all that and use something else.

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.

Would love to see the complex subway return from STTNG. But this time use it to have multiple scoops that could fire the ball at the player but it’s unknown where it’s coming from. Coyle make for a cool multiball start as well.

Totally agree. Love the idea to simulate ball warping across the playfield with staging like spectrum. Time to put that to use on a game that is actually good. Haha

I would email stern either through their bug report email or maybe your distributor to tell them about the opto mis labeling. Seems to have affected a lot of games.

Why would I do that? Pays way better than anything else.

Yep. Need more of that

Looks fine to me. Haha.

Yeah .93 is supposed to fix that.

There’s a post pt two going through the playfield attached to the bottom of the guide that need the nut taken off the underside of the playfield. Then it should lift out.

Embrace it.

How long did it take to make that picture? Haha

It holds the ball for super jackpot in iron man mB, then if you put a second ball up there it’s a double super jackpot. Not sure if it’s done any other times.

Can’t remember exactly. I thought it did hold them briefly.

Edit. Yep it does.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGOHdRnnXdz/?igshid=nif8shu51qhu

Any rules nerds in here?

So I have the mind gem on a level 2 avenger.

Start a 3x gem quest, add iron man and Thor. Got all kinds of craziness going on. I hit the lock bar button. I get all lit shots awarded at their multiplied values?

Sweet. Just making sure if shit is multiplied too I get those multiplied values, not base values.

You read my mind. Haha. Just started to get time on this game. Didn’t get to play it at all last year. Such a good game.

Go into the service menus and look up the node board test and run that. It should tell you what is causing the over current. Then go to that area and check it. It will be very specific. See this thread below for more help.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/spike-2-node-9-overcurrent-protection-gi-failure-stern-jple#post-6064157

What about the tdiddy mod for the ramp? I thought that solved the rejects?

Well dammit. I assumed that was a fix for all. Haha

This pretty much guarantees me getting a pro unfortunately. I’ve had enough of dialing in a ramp shot for 10 lifetimes. Haha

But man, when that ball zips around that ramp it is so cool.

My time on the game is pretty much exclusively a premium. Sounds like the ramp won’t be able to get to a point where I won’t be disappointed with it. Definitely disappointed with it as it is right now. Maybe a mod and a couple tweaks will change my mind. We shall see.