Quoted from ThePinballCo-op:

You can get on the LE list by buying many NIB LE's from previous years.
It's an elite club that you and I are not invited to.

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Quoted from Rarehero:

Every shot in JP is tight…but it’s sooo satisfying when you make them, especially combos.

Quoted from Rarehero:

JP is def a game for better players. No judgment…I can see how people would get frustrated with it. I’m at a point with it now where I’m really tuned into the geometry, and it’s mostly just combo combo combo flow flow flow. I had a crazy game yesterday & my arms were numb after lol. I still can’t get much further than the T-Rex paddock….so even tho I feel like I’m good at it, I’m not that good.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

So based on what everyone saw tonight, what is the feeling on the LE for this title? Is Godzilla’ Stern’s next big hit blockbuster?

Quoted from EaglePin:

Thought the game looked really good. I thought the music, layout, and the different modes and the mechs looked like a lot of fun. Can't wait to see what they have in store for wizard modes too!!!
I like how they use the the magnet. That "drop-kick" shot from it looks fun, and it was also pretty cool how the magnet would sometimes grab the ball and send it a bit up the left orbit to set up an upper flipper shot.
I have both AIQ and JP3 and as much as I love those games I think the one relatively minor weakness on both of them is the callouts. In the stream last night though it seemed like the callouts for Godzilla one were done really well in the radio announcer style to fit in perfectly with the theme and the game action.
The only complaint I have from what I saw on the stream is how the Insider Connected notifications stepped on game play. I like the idea of Insider Connected and achievements, but I hope they don't plan on letting the notifications continue to completely cut out all other audio going on in the game when you get an achievement. It wasn't good to have that great Godzilla multiball intro completely cut off for the achievement notification. The pop up on screen for an achievement needs to be way smaller too. They're giving a summary of the achievements at the end of the ball anyway, so there isn't a need to have such a big pop up on screen during game play.
Overall thought the game looked great though!!!

Quoted from wtatumjr:

My first pin mod is always a powered sub. I just ordered the Pinnovators sub adapter for GZ today. I already have the splitter - it works great and you can adjust the volume of each pin you hook up to a single sub.

Quoted from chickenscratch:

Where do we get these?

Quoted from chickenscratch:

Great - thanks all. Picked up a damaged box of that model polk woofer on Amazon for $119 and the conversion kit. Will throw on IMDN and see how it goes and if necessary for rest of pins.
Now on LE’s, I know they come with better 5.X” speakers but do they come with woofers too?

Quoted from stf_dnx:

Game looks insane, but am I the only one concerned about how well these mechs are going to work?
I owned 3 different Stern, and, well, let's just say that mech reliability is not their forte...

Quoted from Frax:

Disconnecting the molex should fix it. :p

Quoted from Frax:

They're going to piss off a lot of ops if the game won't operate without the QR reader, but is otherwise fine. Sure, it's unlikely to fail, but that's just lost money to ops for no good reason at all.

I'm pretty sure you're correct, in that they said there would be alternate apron art to cover it if you want...but if it can be disconnected without making the game be unplayable, why wouldn't you? Just wasted electricity.

Quoted from sushko:

I don't think Stern is going to make it mandatory for your pinball to be connected to the internet to update. Just look at video games if you want to play online you need to connect to the internet but if you just want to update you can always just download it to a USB and update. As far as code is concerned Stern has a good reasons to protect it and I respect that. I would also like to say if there's a will there's a way so. Hacker's love a challenge.

Quoted from BallyKISS1978:

If no one is making money off of the code mods and the games are not being sold as new with a markup because of having new code, I don’t understand wtf does stern care or the IP?
No one is profiting off of anyone except stern. How many sales has cleland helped with Guardians and Stranger Things? Screw Stern.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

It is going to have to grow on me as well. Not a big fan of the song at this point.

Quoted from Da-Shaker:

I think the song goes great with the machine. However, if you don’t like or it gets old you can turn it off in settings

Quoted from PinKopf:

I would really like to see some Pro gameplay. I'm not convinced it won't be quite awesome itself. Adding $2000 to the price is a huge jump to go premium. When you get right down to it the building is basically just a fancy ramp diverter, with a physical ball lock on the roof. Apparently there is no bash component with it. I can do without those extras.
Mechagodzilla - I'm not sure I don't prefer the Pro spinner mini-loop, and it might be really fun to try to hit those stand-up targets from the upper flipper - if necessary. It will be interesting to see if/how the spinner and spin counts are used on the Pro, and how exactly those targets are used in the rules since the spinner is always available on the Pro.
I couldn't really tell from the stream, but the bridge may be a lot of fun, if it feels like you're bashing it and it wobbles, etc, before breaking. That interaction will be missed on the Pro for sure. But for $2K??
Elwins Pros have been homeruns so far, imo. I'm torn on getting an AIQ Pro vs this...

Quoted from flynnibus:

You ever look at how many Metallicas were made?

Quoted from HoakyPoaky:

I think the most underrated thing about the moving building that most people don't appreciate is the fact that its a huge ball diverter with multiple paths.
So every time you shoot the LT or RT ramps on the Premium, it will divert to the LT or RT habitrail, depending on the building height. So a shot to either ramp may return to either flipper! That's insanely cool to me & keeps the shots fresh & changing all the time. And the game is making all this happen while you can just focus on making your shots.
The Shadow does this too, but the implementation is different & user controlled.
So IMO that building diverter feature alone is worth the extra money for the Premium....let alone all the other cool shit that's in there.

Quoted from Forehead_Slap:

That was EXACTLY how I felt. I heard it was Godzilla and I just was not excited. Then I watched the gameplay and was pretty impressed, and decided that I had to try it. Turns out the delay cost me! LOL.
You never know... maybe people will drop out.

Quoted from Utesichiban:

So does the LE have speaker lights or are those round areas just the upgraded speaker inserts?
I wish they had included the Japanese characters on the premoum/LE art as well. Odd they would put it on the pro but not the others. I think the art on the pro is the best of the three on this one.

Quoted from RoyalJack:

Where can I get one of these to go with my LE?

Quoted from Txcoastal1:

First observation, this pro is not lacking, still a lot going on for a ton of fun

Quoted from fswanson24:

Going to play a Pro on location tonight!

Quoted from onyxx:

I was supposed to get my first batch LE by end of October and was just informed by my distro that it is delayed a month and will now arrive by end of November. Distro/shipping problems, mechanical issues or production related, who knows? One thing I was thinking of when I watched the dead flip Premium stream was that the bridge was almost deactivated and was thinking that they were having some mechanical issue and disabled the bridge for the stream - I hope that it is not quality related and that it is just overseas shipping issues.

Quoted from SirMachismo:

I thought the same thing, I really want this shot to be makable.

Quoted from KingVidiot:

I'm guessing because it's a more dramatic effect to see the building drop from its highest position, all the way down.

Quoted from Txcoastal1:

Question:
Is the godzilla pin subwoofer worthy?...LE coming soon

Quoted from Green-Machine:

I don’t think you’ll need the pinnovators board on GZ. If I’m not mistaken the specs mentioned an external sub hookup already on the GZ

Quoted from Green-Machine:

Okay…. I have pinnovators on JP but thought this was different

Quoted from Hayfarmer:

I thought same on zepp. Not sure what the output is but it's not a direct to sub like pinnovators. And pinnovators are a great product and good people so I like to support em

Quoted from NickBuffaloPinball:

Has anyone placed mylar by the magnet? It seems the force of the magnet could create accelerated wear in that area over time.
For that matter, anyone seen wear in that area that's had their game on location for some time?