only haters will say TRON is a poor game... (and do they really think it is ?)

to me, i'm still aiming to fully finish PORTAL, which i think it's something you have no 100% real control on it (must have a part of luck to complete all that shots) ... or i'm just so bad !?

last good game was few days ago, at 196M, and no "name entry" as my son got 5 better scores than that ! lol

forget about the score, just enjoy your games, and than points will follow...

i have this "free play" card done in the same theme

http://dk1.ti1ca.com/get/91.180.212.220/g2dvt5l6/TRON2%20own%20kit%20by%20RipleYYY.bmp

finally put 1 gumball on mine, i found its a good idea

+1

about your score, nice, but you're still under my son
and i think he already got X12 (must be confirmed, but if you wanna know, remove the glass and try, you'll will know in 1 minute)

@robt

and i confirm X12

again, the prob is NOT to reach portal, but well to finish it !

these pop bumpers caps are great !

well, a little misery now...

just noticed that the arcade was not more full square (hit by air ball ?), and was not more fully assembled/glued
i took it of, it goes in pieces

i know i can rebuild it... but...
dont tell me to buy the last arcade "mod", i know its beautifull and surelly one of the best mod in pinball history, but it's way to expensive for me (even more when i had already the version 1 and it burned after 3 seconds of work... no luck !)

now, i than replace the flash above the scoop, and to be honest, the first feeling is strange, but it became quickly addictive, as the flash hit you in the face while playing, and the view seems now clear in/to the bumpers ... !!!???
my son say the same (are we mad ???)

now, if you got some original idea to "cover/hide" the flash with a toy or something else, tell me, i can change my mind (and a small cap didnt do it, i tried it, with the other one on the ramp, its not good)

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tanx for the feedback about my prob

pin is not more under warranty from time, even if P.P. is a nice guy, i doubt they send me a new one (but OK, its xmas time, i may ask, we never know)

and tanx quartergrabber+centerflank, you're already nice guys with the proposal, but i still got mine, not broken, just de-glued, and i still got another, the one bought/get with the v1 mod mounted in it

than, at the moment, leaving it as it, until i'll find something original, or... break the bank and get that v3 mod (but now i'm really in love with these new bumpers caps, the full plastic set, and some mirros blades)

Santa, are you listen to me !?

thats what i was thinking BEFORE i'll tried... and than i was more than surprise by this new "efx"
bah, lets see how it goes in the future

again

i have now set the angle of the socket to follow the scoop, its blinking more with the reflections on the metal
and/or i could also place it just on the wood level, right on the hole behind the scoop, easy trick

enfoiré !!! lol
and welcome to the club

yes, i agree, really nice, fit perfect on the pin

now, as we admit that we need 2 colors, blue vs yellow (to respect the movie), why not white for the 3rd bumper in the back, near the ZUSE spinner...

!?

10... the same as my son (but dont know nothing about orgasm)
btw we're still chasing to fully-beat the PORTAL

and the chrome caps are very nice, well done

lol...

but dont feel alone
i just go to portal one more time, and it ended as always, with a 6.5M misery...
than, still trying to finish it

nice, but not so sexy as CT new toy...

thats how i linked my added led in the recognizer, with the GI cables behind the back panel...

yep, and even if we're playing home, its a pity to only have that "mistery" to sometimes enabled the outlanes SPECIAL... btw, its now monthes i didnt get an extraball from there, still 0 (!!!) since code 1.74

means code need just few details to be "perfect"

more here : http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-tron-code/page/8

@hassan : well done...

@doc : 2 days ago, +/- 120M at first ball : SOS, than completed all was missing, than PORTAL enable, ball ejected from the scoop, bad control, and... out

(i prefer do not talk about the PORTAL battle on next ball, it ended as always, with a great bonus score of 9.5M)

yep, as said lots of time already, the prob is not to reach portal, but well to complete it...
gone there again yesterday, with another misery score of 10.2M
i do believe that luck is more important than skill to beat it (until i see a pin wizard getting full control on that)

btw, same conclusion game after game : this is a GREAT pin for sure, i love it (more than lamp) !

the "gem" skill shot was surelly not initialy imagined by the conceptor, was it !?
my son not bad at it

btw, about the super skill shot, its just the skillshot 2 (left turn, left shoot upper right flipper to right ramp) + to the arcade scoop at the end of turn

and to me, 3rd PORTAL reached in 3 days (while only playing few games), and ended with the same usual misery

btw, i'll repeat this ask here : since the 1.74 update, did you get "extra ball" thrue the "mistery" scoop ?
its now +/- 1000 games played here, and still 0 EB collected there, no matter how i set the "% level"
i'm than quite sure its linked with the number of EB you get in regular play (if too much %, than no EB)

ok guys, noticed for EB
before 1.74, also got some, but since...

what !? 2 days ago for the last post !!!
seems the lamp is broken

ok than, just to say that we finally got an EB from the mystery spot ! its the 1st one in 979 games since 1.74 update
!!! hallelujah !!! we're at 31% of EB, finally, i dont know if this got something to do

and love to see my son kicking me in the ass, while playing as it
another fine game (still in 3 balls), with 1 SOS, completed, than PORTAL, not beaten it (as always), than again all step completed except the motorcycle and than just missed that 2nd PORTAL... all this with a (not so good score of) 257M

ha yes, forgotten, the other day, while in disc-multiball, i got 2 balls blocked/waiting behing the moving bank target
1 is quite regular, 2 is more than rare...

Hassan, please stop playing with your hands IN the pinball...

good job m8 !

welcome !

hmmm... at 49K i sell mine too than !!!

with NO doubt, i miss my Sorcerer...

ok guys, i think its THE right topic to ask, i dont wanna create a new flaming one with pro & cons, going nowhere...

here's the story : i got my TRON LE from the begining & i still enjoy it, no doubt about that
but (yes, but... ) i also want to see & try something else, and from days i'm now torturing my brain
i got some offers (deals) already for my pin, all seems nice, but not as attractive as what i have in mind, 2 ideas :

- a deal 1 vs 1 against a ST LE NIB (i actually got that proposal)

- selling the TRON LE, and than buying 2 NIB, a ST pro + MET pro !

to me, the second idea is more appealing, as i'm really in love with the MET pro at the moment (and this should grow with the new code coming)
i dont know about the ST, i played only few games on it, of course seems good, but... !? and what about a pro VS LE

now, we're in a TRON lovers topic, i'm a TRON fan, than you (lovers of the lamp), tell me what you think

tanx

(biglol, was waiting for this kind of words, and it takes less than a quarter)

and than, all you wanna do is torturing my brain a few more !?
btw, must admit its an interesting idea too...

ok, you've won...
my NBA is just gone, than no more "need" to sell the TRON LE at the moment !!!
honor is safe, may the lamp accept my apologise...

(and of course, will bring only one pin to replace, i've gone for the MET pro)

wow, very nice "wall-art"

since i got the MET home, i have a bit (well, must admit completly !!!) forget the LAMP on his corner...

do i deserve a blame ?

my son told me its logical, when the novelty & exciting from the MET will pass, we will go back to the LAMP with no doubt

!?

for people from west-europe, i'm selling mine...

pics : https://plus.google.com/photos/110304160913314353072/albums/6014108705987901649

(and for the lamp lovers, dont booh me, as it still shine in my garage !!! lol)

and another portal misery... as often, quite "easy" to reach it, but after... (i love this pinball !!!)

again today, same shit with a fantastic 2.5M scored on that wizard mode...

@time bandit : what are these inside-box decals you get in yours ?

@bjorg : i tried a white gumball in mine, its fun, more speedy (!!!), quickly dirty too, and i think with luck i didnt broke anything... my son finally asked to remove it

but even if it gives nothing more in the gameplay, why not !?

quite the same, with TRON & MET...

completly missed this... tanx

yes

no, it was in a plastic, paperglued on the main glass or the front panel as i remember...

edit : just checked old pictures, it was right on the backglass

let's admit : your tongs are just superb !!!

yep sorry, needeed a "h" in english, not in french...

wolverine must be scary now...

yes i know that feeling, with my MET...

when arrived, we (with my son) didnt touch the TRON for long time, i even set it for sale, but it's still home, as all the proposals (some great/good for sure) i got didnt satisfied me until now, but may be the 1st reason is because i dont really want to sell it !? my brain is upside down when i think of it, i have only few options i could be tempted to do it

and now, as the MET madness is less hot, we're going back on the TRON, we're happy & enjoying as we were previously, and than yes IT'S a very good pin & addictive for sure
but as said just above, dont need to say that on this topic, as we all agree of course...

we spoke (long ago, here or another topic) about the higher END OF LINE jackpot, just did 7.7M
for what i remember must be the higher i i've done

---oups---

#73bis : less funny, when after the "arc", it goes to the opposite... outlane

EOT ! yes, i'm not wrong, not EOL...

seems end of... time has come for mine, just left the house few minutes ago...

btw, with no doubt, i'll still be with you, to enjoy and read about this beauty i'll never forget

i have found my TRON LE replacement... i'm still in a similar game design...

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dont be afraid, and join me (lol)... the key of the backbox off my Magneto (!) is numbered triple 6...

do you mean... his joystick !?

yep, that feeling while PORTAL is blinking on the scoop, and your heart is quite to explode !

"get in get in" (said quorra & gem)... and finally it ends with no satisfaction...

(lol inside)

i hope its more longer with your wife...

(relol inside )

of course, even for those who have sold their pin... (snif)

well, not really, as it's easier to... win at lotto !!!

just back from a week-end at Eurodisney in Paris...
we meet 3 Trons (pro), 1 working very bad, 1 not tried, and 1 working good, at the arcade of the Disney Village (hello to the owners if your read)

we spent 2 hours there, raping the pin & getting the 3 first places, with 4 portal reached, and leaving with credits on it (because my son did get enough)

now, what about these, is this the best knew hiscore score in the world !? i dont know, but its quite amazing, done by my son (not me lol) :

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1 SOS & 2 portal played (not completed) in the same game
to be honest, lets say pin is dirty, than playing slowly than usual, tilt really friendly, last code version on it, and 3 balls game with EB

than tags ANT & MIC are from us, if you go there and play a game, almost you know...

yep, its hot (the score, not the pin)

as others said, not only climbing the right ramp
i remember 1 time a stunning return right STDM, "bang" on the metal piece, than goes left to came back thrue the left outlane and on the playfield

oh boys...

still feeling bad (to have sold my lamp), and cant "disconnect" from this topic !
have to call this a mind torture !?

its just even more simple : i can get back my TRON LE from the actual owner, the pin is available, i got the money (as selling more than easilly my MET)...

BUT

1. it tooks me monthes to finally decide to sell it, the main fact was : as it, i can bought/sell others pins, and try/play something else home, making a turn over (at the moment only 1 pin home)
2. that's what i did, with xmen & st , while MET is still here
3. taking back the lamp, again i will be "prisonner" of the pin as than it will never leaves, that means no more turn over !?
4. my son told me i was stupid to sell it... now he says : you'll be even more stupid to bought it back (and he's right considering what i said here above)

than

going to portal is a 1st (easy) step
but finishing portal is another story
than, to reply your ask, you have to lit ALL the insert of every lane/ramp shots... than big jackpot (even better with X2 running)

PS : when you lit all the insert of a shot, than you get add-a-ball

good luck

i suppose the GI is linked on the inserts attract-mode, while these inserts are off !?

please, someone free my mind !!!
... as its now quite a long time TRON is gone, and i'm still caming here

HELP ME (lol)

why the TRON's haters are the guys who :

1. doesnt own a LE
2. just never played TRON
3. or more dramaticaly, never seen one in real

... !?

TRON is something special, it will be a part of the pinball history !
who have a doubt !? nobody here i think...

did your wife agree ?

so low !?
well, of course having 2 or 3 pins "only" home makes to have more games on them...
mine gets 7000-8000 when sold, and still beautifull

you all very low

btw, also forget to say (in my case) that we are 2 playing : not only me but my son, for quite 50% of the hits...

not a prob at all if you were Quorra...

c'est beau hein

Boing Boom Tschak !

(long live the '80, even if they began in mid '70)

i always said that a pro will never be a LE...
now i must admit that yours is a real blast, fantastic job on the lightning

my TRON is now gone from time...
but i can't resist to came here as before, to read & watch

tchin !

for a moment, i have played mine with 1 (not 4) ceramic ball in it, as intended was faster for sure for that ball...

this can be considered for lots of others pins (without magnet, even if TZ got some, code was adapted), as it's "linked" to the theme, for example TF

long time now i've decided to not more follow this topic on pinside (and try to forget TRON)
than just came back and read/watch stuffs about it, and directly got goose bumps... WTF !?

(lol)

1. no... just a bad contact cause ball is too fast (happend on mine too)
2. no, giving only small points in that case

reach portal OR finish portal ? (as 154 is not that much)

ok, cool anyway of course, and congrats

as i really think that not 10 guys on earth did fully completed it, a more than very hard task for sure

well, not to bore you ( ) but reaching PORTAL is not the challenge on TRON
but than yes, finishing it is another story... not much guys have done it
good luck !

we keep ours for +/- 3 years, putting something like +/- 10.000 games on it, gone to PORTAL more than 100 times, but never completed it home !!!

than, my son beat PORTAL while we were in a pinball meeting in Holland, than not on our pin...

also remember when we visited Eurodisney in Paris, at night we found a TRON in an arcade, TILT was very (very) loosy, we did abuse the game all the evening, my son scoring 667M !!! (he still remember that lol)

answer is simple : all inserts are lit : you should set them OFF... (while staying in multiball)
for what i remember, you get an "add-a-ball" each time you complete a serie/trajectory

edit : my son confirm the "add-a-ball", but than also the moving inserts (not all lit as i said above)

problem knew on TRON, we're a lot to have seen this
just need to re-align correctly the optos...

than a micro-faillure on soldering ?
mine also had this, cant see it while "just looking", but than, depending of shocks while playing it was activating on/off for none other reason
once resoldered correctly, all was gone

guys, reaching PORTAL is not really hard
the big task is to fully COMPLETE it...

easy ! you can do harder than that

few days ago, on TRON siamese brother (X Men), i've got the 4 balls mutliball in the scoop (yes, its possible, as on TRON too)
than if you have the key ready on the coin door, quickly open it to desactivate coils, and you're OK for more than 1 beer !!!

what a beauty !

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i mean, the cat !!!

same for mine (EUR), for what i remember in early talks, none were matching...

libations for everybody than !

yep, its only & very (very very) rare from the mystery...

yes, again

we had near 10.000 games on ours in 3 years of owning, and i'm sure we didnt reach 10 special lit in total, that's than less than 0.1 %

but than, did you (only) reach PORTAL, or did you fully complete it ?

lol
and i'm in the same boat... we've gone there quite often in 3 years of owning, but only my son beat it, and it was not home on ours but in location !!!

see you later than

as often said, starting portal is not that hard... but to finish it is another story
good luck