Drag, anyone make plastic protectors for this game? I’m not sure a standard washer would cover it.

It would be nice if those LV lighted side blades were also for sale as an upgrade.

I know this seems low tech but sometimes it's just a bad hdmi cable. Replace with a known working one. Also I drop a dab of hot glue on usb, fuses, and hdmi connectors on all the control boxes. Worked great for all my weird bugs. I'm solid with 2.2 image and 3.0 code.

Supposedly, a company out of Germany makes real nice protectors called "Convolux". I ordered some months ago and yet to receive them though. Freddy's Pinball Parts I believe is the name of the company.

Colywobbles makes them in clear an a couple other colors

Right on, thanks for that. I need them like…yesterday though haha.

Awesome, thank you. I’ll shoot them a msg

I had a plastic break. They sent me a new one. I was one of the first 50 games made so they were very very generous to me, I also brought it to Houston Pinball Expo last year to show off which they appreciated.

I put plastic protectors on right away after that first break.

Just go buy some plastic repair tape.

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I’ll do you one better.

On ‘Today in hacks: Pinhead edition’

Lol…color matched to boot!

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It actually almooost looks cool haha

Nice!

Anyone know who is making the green plastic protectors for the SV? I have seen pics but can't seem to find a store selling them.

I was just looking around too. I see a site selling clear ones (https://www.playfield-protectors.net/products/alien-limited-edition-2021-pinball-brothers-plastic-protectors), but I could've sworn I saw green in someone's video.

Colywobbles is your guy

Question for LV owners, Has PB fixed the issue with the Shaker Motor going full blast at startup ?

No

I didn't know that was an issue...just normal for this machine.

It's a bit jarring - also the main display not coming up...is anyone not experiencing this issue? Its quite frustrating. I thought I was getting better results by shortening the time to turn back on to 1 second after all the lights go off...but took me 4 reboots, so that LOUD shaker each time...I did get it to come on after waiting about 10 seconds between the last power cycle... If this is a 'every game' issue, I wonder if the Queen pin will have the same issue

I am still good on 2.4.I want my game to work and don’t care of my stand ups light.when bros get it sorted I will update.

I am considering joining the Alien club by buying a year old machine. The pin I am after however has a problem - the monitor on the playfield, I mean in the back of the pinball machine (it reads something like "Loading dock, outer door" on this monitor) does sometimes not come up when starting the pinball machine and then one has to reboot the pin and after that it works ok. I tried to make searches, but could not find a solution for this. Is there a solution for it, what kind of problem is this to fix? Thanks for any info!

I’m dealing with something similar now

Read a few posts back, guys... this sounds similar to what we were just talking about.

That's not good to hear... I thought this is something for which there is a solution already...

Mine was made in January 2021 and I had that issue when I set it up. Because the HDMI goes from the cab to the head it can be pulled partly out. I reseated the cable at both ends and it went away.

Only need 3 more ratings for the LV to get it on the map. Let’s get this game up there in the rankings where it belongs.

3 more!!

2 more

Now just 1 left! Any LV owners that haven’t rated the game yet, please do.

ok I rated it, but realized I haven't rated any other games yet - so it told me I have to rate 6 others...I'll do that soon

If youre a new game owner, read through the whole thread if at all possible... Many of these issues are being brought up in this thread multiple times. Granted some them still dont have 100% reliable answer but, they are known and fixable.. example;

Main screen not coming up - if the HDMI cable between the main screen and the Small screen is loose, the main screen can start black**) It is likely the connection at the small screen input that comes loose from game action... use tape to 'pull' it closed. If you dont see any indication of the 2nd screen working it could be a deeper issue worth opening a ticket with support, but if the screen is intermittent, try a method to 'hold' the connector in the socket (think a bad cell phone charger..) Im sure doing this would help you.

**This can also apply to flickering screens, small screen showing up on main screen, etc. Screen-related issues

Plastic protectors in the glow colour; (or any colour Im sure) Colywobbles is your guy - just about to order myself a set

Also Pinball Bros has replacement plastics for sale just a google away or check their website I believe they made a post linking to their official store

Wow...first I'm hearing this suggestion, I will check..because last I heard from PB support they were aware of this issue...and mentioned they were looking into it but didn't have a solution yet. (This was in june of this year). So folks are having 1 time on boot successes with the main display coming on?

Does the LV have dual stage flippers and do they have different speakers? Just looking into the differences of the LV and SV.

We got 30 ratings so this will be included in next week top 100.

Anyone have an idea on when the last shipment of games came in? Has it been a few months?

I am about to pull the trigger for a game in the next batch but hoping enough time has passed since the last shipment for them to address some of the quality control issues

A quick google search may also reveal that they are out of stock, they don’t carry individual plastics and that the entire set costs 246AUD before shipping. That’s a hard nut to swallow for a single .5 in broken piece of plastic.

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THey have been out of stock for months.... as soon as website went live, Hieghway owners scarfed up the plasitics i imagine since they are compatible.
i have been emailing the support desk every 2 weeks or so... no idea when they are going to be back in stock.

That website is not in AUD (ie Australian dollar), that’s Euro … so it’s even more expensive than maybe you first realised.

Mpddvdpin I can try and help you out here. Will send you a pm...

Alien translites - ok my costs have gone up yet again and on the last run 3 people never replied or followed through after ordering. So I'm pretty much done this time as it is a massive effort to get it all organised packed and shipped and believe me its almost a not for profit exercise. To give you an idea 14 sets covered my own....so yeah it's not something I want to keep doing.

I have 4 sets on hand, LV blue green style front, 2 Queens and 2 Aliens with tail rear panels. Think this will be it as the costs are blowing out too much and I am not keen on upfronting costs to be not replied to anymore. Send me a pm if you want one of the last 4. Thanks to everyone who got a set and all the comments...really appreciate it when an idea works well.

I mod alot of my machines and will be doing more custom stuff for other games and always happy to share my mods up to a certain point, but its just for fun for me.
Cheers
Kurt

Man, that's a shame. They look amazing and I hoped to get one some day. You did great, and thanks for being willing to share your talent. If it's not been profitable money wise I hope you can hang your hat on making a bunch of these games look that much better and the joy of the hobby you shared.

Sorry for being mushy. It's been a day.

So I think I figured out how to lock steal on the hypersleep lock. When 2 players have balls locked, there will be 2 balls in the lock. I discovered by giving the machine a good shove backwards you can bounce the second ball back and assuming the player had already locked a ball there it will detect a second ball and start hypersleep. Stacking this with a mode and adding sentry gun mb means huge points

Alien LV top 100 number 1

Took down GZ for #1! The pinball landscape is really shifting here. As Stern puts out lesser games for more money the competitors are creeping up from behind! Great to see!

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I think you need to adjust your tilt homie

Also for the PB reading this thread please add this to the list of code issues to work on but put it at the end. Like the very end. Please fix the one where the game stops responding to switch inputs and needs rebooted first.

So is the alleged Pinside mod/expert that rated Alien SV a 7.3 going to revise their rating? That one has always rubbed me the wrong way given what a great game it is. Not saying it needs to be rated a 10 but I digress.

Doesnt look like his review matters now haha

I think there were a lot of troll votes on the SV voting... There's no way the SV is a full point below the LV.

I do like the LV, but there are some ways that I think the SV is better... such as lighting. I think the LV is way too bright. The darker look of the SV is way more appealing to me.

The Stern shills looove to neg other manufacturers games publicly. It’s almost as if there are benefits to doing this. Looking at you podcasters, LE flippers etc etc

We did it, we beat the system......hahahaha

No really this is just a great game! Not bad for a human

I think the early glitches and problems affected the SV's rating. More recent ratings are more in line with the caliber of game it is IMO.

Godzilla is way overrated.

And yet it is the only good offering of Stern in what…two years? They are slipping hard if you ask me. I enjoy GZ but I’m having more fun with wildly different games none of which are Sterns.

The only 4 Sterns I would ever consider buying is Jurassic Park, Elvira HOH,Stranger Things and Tron VE. The rest is location play only for me.