Great layout with an excellent and fun rule set! Build quality is excellent with not one playfield issue. Hot Wheels is a winner! Fun, fast, and furious game

They both will be as soon as it is allowed to open .

I just had the most “hot wheels“ thing happen that really helped me feel the theme. I hit one ball one direction on the inter orbit and another ball the other direction on the outer orbit while having a previous ball race down the ramp.

The layout on this game keeps impressing me with its simplicity and flow.

Thanks! I also upped the back box lighting, as it appears to be tied to the ‘stadium’ lighting above the back of the playfield.

Was able to get my first billion+ game in on the current code, mostly thanks to a good loop crash multiball. Only made it to second gear!

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^This is a great comment-- and it is so true.

It is also really satisfying that both outer orbit shots can be shot at the same time, and the balls will not collide.

Cool I wasnt sure if they were open or not. Cant wait to get there and play your pins!

Is this an Easter egg?

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well, would have been if the 4th title of API was hidden there, not OF...
or than its a subliminal message for your next buy

Nope, Flip the playfield and play some Okto!

you totally beat me to it.

always just stuff the rag in the kickout. that's how grandpa used to do it.

i actually do, too. and put them in the coinbox. my absent-mindedness comes into play when i always forget to put them back in and realize this after i've closed up the game and press start.

On most games, I like to remove the balls and place them in the lockdown bar receiver. Makes it impossible to forget about them when putting the game back together. The downside is that sometimes you knock the balls off when reaching over the cabinet to do whatever you're doing on the playfield, although it seems I mostly approach playfields from the side when working on 'em.

My move is to put them in my pocket and to forget to put them back in the game 100% of the time. Haha

Loving the LTG gorilla!

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I pushed the "E" back a bit, and I think that fixed it.

This game screams, I have the flippers at 28 on power, and that seems perfect.

If they can improve the background music at the start of the game, then this will be a GEM

Took a picture or two the other day. So here's one of my Hot Wheels pin sitting next to Houdini.

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Beautiful line up.

No Oktoberfest ?

LTG : )

No I don't have an Oktoberfest, but I'd sure think about it if a smoking deal would pop up !

Thinking ahead I also have to wonder what title #4 from AP will be like...

Hard to guess. Houdini can be a little hard to get rocking like TZ. Oktoberfest is a festival kind of fun. Hot Wheels is crazy fast fun.

Since they are making each game more fun. I'd suspect title #4 will continue on a lot of fun path.

LTG : )

Thanks for the update! Looking forward to seeing the new choreography and rule tweaks.
Doubt anyone will appreciate the new music track for Legend Multiball except Josh - but maybe one day.

New code...sweet. Can’t wait to install.

Made numerous adjustments today...

Replaced the foam backing behind the three front car targets. (Previously replaced RPM target foam). On my machine this was absolutely necessary to prevent airballs. No more airballs!

Had to adjust the left flipper. It wasn’t aligned to the alignment hole. It was raised too high. Lowered to match the alignment hole and shots are more accessible, specifically the turbo and Draven’s tower. Nice!

Also applied a small amount of lithium grease to the spoon of the pops and adjusted the gaps. Much more active now. Great! Thanks for the tip.

Finally, noticed that my play field had a slight twist in it. Sloped one way at the pops and the opposite at the flippers. Added a spacer at the lockdown bar and leveled it out. That was a tough one to figure out. Kept draining STDM from the pops previously. Hopefully fixed now.

Added bonus, added Invisiglass; this is a great upgrade. The backglass on this is so great, but just not when it reflects on the glass. No more reflections.

Question: on auto launch, does the ball go to the pops or make the full orbit?

Almost forgot...and this...inspired from folks at the JP2 thread. No more dust.

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after new code update, ball won't kick into shooter lane upon start and no flippers Anyone else? rosh ?

Reverted back to old code same issue.
I only find 2 small fuses under playfield and none in the backbox.
Flipper Buttons aren’t responding at all not even “reving the engines” while waiting to plunge. Game was fully functional prior to code update. Weird

My game wasn’t booting up after the update. It said the update was successful but would get stuck at a screen with text in the upper left corner and never start up. So then I downloaded the code to a different flash drive and it worked that time. No issues with the flippers, etc.

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Verified all coils not functioning
No pops
all coil tests don’t work either?

i had a clean smooth install. no issues. wish i could help. definitely put in a service ticket asap.

Check to see if you have 48v at the coil driver boards.
With your playfield up and coin door closed, check the brown and black wires going to the driver board.

You can also check to make sure you have 48v at the coin lockout switch. I’ve heard of that door tab getting bent and not pressing the lockout switch fully.

Which boards are the coils driver boards ?

It's really easy to tell if you have power to the PD-16s mounted under the playfield as they have an LED right next to the power inputs. If you don't see those lit make sure to pull out the interlock switch if the coin door is open.

Center of the playfield. Has all the transistors.
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Ok
That’s what I thought. Are all the leds next to the transistors supposed to be lit. I only have 5v and 3.3v indicators lit

Also updated to 20.08.01 with no install issues. New sounds and video noticed right away on first play on new code.

@ joefox22 - hope you are sorted out soon.

Certain USB sticks can be problematic. When you find a good one stick with it, and clear all files off before grabbing code for updates on any game.

There are high voltage power indicator LEDs next to the power inputs (brown / black wires) on both sides of both boards, if those aren't lit you don't have 48V to the boards. Double check the coin door interlock switch but I'm sure Dave can get you back up and running if that's not the problem.

Yea no 48v. Pressing Interlock switch I’m and out and pulling it out. No difference

There are fuses in the backbox too; they’re hiding behind the monitor in the metal box.

Most of the time, should make the full orbit.

Yea founds those too all good

Pull and check with a meter ?

Check connectors involved, please make sure they are on tight and don't have a wire sticking up from a connector.

I don't have a game to check. There has to be a power source, I'd get a meter on it and see if the problem lies there.

LTG : )

http://s4.american-pinball.com/img/support/2020-7/Hot-Wheels-Manual-7-13-2020.pdf manual from the American Pinball website - page 39 has the power distribution.

I would check that the wires are on the high power interlock switch, on the opening left side of the coin door hole, are on tight. Try testing or playing a game with the coin door open and the high power interlock switch pulled out to enable it. Maybe the metal flap that pushes it closed isn't pushing it in far enough - if not bend it a little.

LTG : )

We ran our HW Speed Run Contest yesterday and a number of people had a blast. No one was able to take down the $1000 bounty for under a minute.

The winning times were:

1st: 1:28
2nd: 1:48
3rd: 2:43

I wasn’t eligible for the contest but managed to take down Josh’s best time at the event. I even have proof as it was live streamed .

Putting code update in right now looking forward to the update.
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