This could be an interesting summer. Hopefully both my Hobbit SE and the GBLE I ordered earlier today arrive. How crazy would that be if they showed up the same week?

Well, here's to hoping my Hobbit arrives much sooner! Anyhow, I had no real intentions of buying a GB but this reveal was simply too much to resist. Good job, Stern! (let's hope the play and rules knock this thing out of the park!)

There is a whole thread on that topic.

That Hitler video cracked me up. Very excited about this pin.

My distributor told me possibly late April for the LE so I'm guessing sometime in May.

Also, I ordered within a couple of hours of announcement. By that time the first two distributors already had a waiting list. The third I was able to get confirmed at a price of $7995 with only $100 refundable deposit. On top of that there is a 3% discount if paying by wire transfer so I'm very happy with my purchase and I'm sure I will be using my distributor again in the future (this was my first purchase with them).

dupe. sorry. meant to edit my original post and not quote it.

Where can I buy that mod?

Just got a call from my distro...LE's shipping next week or week following supposedly. Have to pony up my balance!

kpg, sent you a PM.

Pretty large distributor. I'm just relaying info I was told. I really hope this is accurate.

I'm happy to share my distro but just not sure of the forum etiquette of doing so. Is it okay to share this?

'Tis why I have not posted it. Let's just hope this is accurate info.

Apparently pinball is not the only new ghostbusters game on the market. Just saw this in Gatlinburg today.

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I think I want that topper!

Craftsman torpedo level was the best $30 I've spent in pinball. Much more accurate than either iPhone or Android app in my experience.

yep.

That is tempting. I'm really looking forward to my LE but these high numbers certainly make me wonder.

Really laggy for me sadly. Guess I'm just going to have to wait it out. So from what I gather it is a drain monster. Hope that doesn't translate into just frustration instead of fun. Really looking forward to the LE but starting to get somewhat nervous.

Closed twitch and reopened and now streaming great. Doesn't look easy. So hard to get a feel for the game by just watching though IMO.

Little known there was also a GBLE at the SFGE this weekend. A couple of my buddies have been down there and told me both the pro and the LE are really fun. Tough but fun. Said it is as hard as Met or Tron but not in a frustrating way. Well, I like both those pins pretty well as do a lot of folks so I bet this game ends up being pretty good.

Here is my prediction...LE prices will drop in the next 6 months and a few folks will be able to pick up an LE for about $7k at which time prices will increase (just like Met LE did).

Anyhow, I'm in for a LE already and I don't think mine will be going anywhere for a while. At least I hope not.

I heard mine would ship maybe 2nd week of June which is this week so here is to hoping!

Keeping watch on this. I've been patiently waiting on my GBLE and consoling myself with the "at least issues will be fixed" idea. Well, maybe not!

Got an extra one I can swing by and get sometime?

Got to 16 million and gambled it for the loss which is my best (and worst apparently) attempt.

Playing stock LE with no changes other than low cool power. Flippers with regular green rubber. Got a number of extra balls and a nice 80 million held bonus and a couple of 80 million or so skill shots.

Most of my games are maybe 10-20 million and best before this was 270 million.

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I'm also in for Blitz. Bought one tub of it when I started this hobby and still have many, many years left of pinball waxing left in that tub for sure.

Scoring question here (LE running 1.12 with stock flippers but the Pinball Life fix-it kit with center post installed):

Please note I'm not a very good player and so far my GC score I just hit last night is 665 million (was about 1.3 billion before code update):

Most of my games are pretty poor in the scoring department and under 100 million (most closer to 20-50 million) but then I'll have these games where the score blows up and that is usually due to only one amazing ball. It seems to me that to get any kind of decent scoring you have to have 6x PF going and keep it going for a while. For me, the only way that practically happens is with the "K" skill shot which is not an easy shot at all. It seems like such an unbalanced scoring is somewhat more "luck" than "skill" on getting that little ball to drop in the "K" slot. I know those multipliers can be lit using the captive ball but it just doesn't happen for me often at all.

Given that GB is such a penalizing game it would be nice to feel like there is at least a chance of a decent score without the multiplier going. It is highly possible that I'm missing something (besides skill! ) in the way of strategy that could give me a fighting chance of more consistent better scores.

Any and all thoughts to this are appreciated.

Thanks,

Darin

Well said. When I have a good score and balls remaining I definitely go for the 10% skill shot. Most I think I got was about 85 million before I updated code and scores reset. I have yet to complete a ladder. I've made it to the last ladder insert a few times but never completed one.

Overall I do love this game however. You think it is just better or more consistent to go for mode start skill shots above trying to get the k lane skill shot?

I know this has been discussed but thought I'd bring up a thought or question:

I've recently just had my best game and broke 2 Billion and new champ scores for SFMB and Super JP. (v1.13). Obviously while playing MHMB I had the flippers switch action on my 2 different times and even though there is a new sound to warn the player I guess it didn't sink in. So, here's my thought:

Have a setting which allows the player to choose one of the following:

1. Leave SFMB in reversed flippers throughout and ignore the change on captive ball hits

or

2. Leave "as-is" but increase a PF multiplier every time the flippers switch up to some certain maximum. In this scenario there would be some risk/reward as the multiball is very likely not to last as long but if you are able to keep it going it could be extremely lucrative and reward those who could accomplish what I would think to be a very difficult task.

I also have an idea to add some risk vs. reward to the Slimer mode and make it more interesting: Instead of simply cashing in the Super Jackpot after cleaning up one green arrow, why not light another green arrow and have hitting up the second slime double the jackpot. This can go on indefinitely until all the green arrows have been consecutively hit. There would have to be a timer on this mode and the chance to double the jackpot could be lost and the jackpot amount set upon either hitting Slimer again or by collecting the Super Jackpot.

Thoughts?