a handful of people got invoiced today including me (from the "other" thread) .. i am assuming it's on another boat that leaves on June 8th.

I got a response on June 10th asking about the 2nd shipment (my invoice stated June 8th shipping) and was told they are being loaded onto a container in Italy.

For those that picked up at CT , were you refunded any shipping charges?

look for ferrets posts on this ... believe he said its situational based on what else may be active / lit

really wish cointaker was more proactive in relaying messages about delayed shipments ..

Anybody else in the same "boat" as me .

Paid in full and left wondering where your "shipping June 8th" Alien is.

I did email CT, as i would probably advise others to do, and my email (sent July 20th) was not answered.

i did not see an alien .. but CT said the 2nd batch is "on the water" .

Hoping to see mine soon.

Ultraman was impressive. The limit was one ball , so it was hard to a get a complete feel.

The Uttraman thread has a link to a video of some upper playfield play and a multiball.

The shots all felt good and the loops were really buttery smooth with the right loop having a GETAWAY feel for repetition.

The "lifters" were surprising everyone with drains because its an unexpected ball feed from a blind spot in the inlane.

LCD graphic display worked well the the battling and the animations were interesting.

Spooky team has done it again; and the crew watched almost every game . smiling and encouraging the players. Youth in pinball design and manufacturing is a refreshing addition to the landscape.

it's either on a boat or they received it .. although i guess its possible to start processing shipping info before they actually have the game.

i am anxiously awaiting my notice .. bought 2 machines yesterday to make up for it .. lol

Ship shipping is hard!

congrats! .. were you "2nd batch " .. i am no. 44 PIF and have heard nothing

I resisted posting this exact thing .

Just going to express my disappointment (again) with Cointaker and their "no information policy" with people who paid in full.

I was dumb enough to buy from Andrew Heighway and got refunded from Discover . Rolling the dice again.

If there is a delay in shipments , why not communicate that to your customers?

i do want to thank everyone on this thread for sharing information for free.

A facebook post on the Saratoga pinball show said they are still waiting for the ship to arrive at port.

Maybe on the 3 month anniversary of payment received

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/updates-from-cointaker#post-6451533

"Just spoke with cointaker and they have 59 units inbound over 2 shipments. Waiting for my location on list, and count how many folks above me to see if there is a machine for me in this batch... i dont think so though."

I can only speculate a container backup at port or delays of that nature.

Was more fun when we had the ship # to follow .

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Thanks . pasting here for the "not-so-patiently" waiting .

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Now 8/25 .. Customs agents playtesting .. don't worry

Looks like my ship has come in!

No tracking number . For those with experience , does FED EX call?

Pinside can breath a sigh of relief as i will no longer have to bitch about this!

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Did fed ex contact you?

Just as i was reading these replies i got my notice for Friday! The Aliens have invaded!! <alien head emoji>

Nope , no truck yet ... maybe if i look out the window every 10 minutes it will arrive faster?

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Luckily , i dont have to take the day off to do this. Fearing a delay until monday at this point. That has only happened once in the NIB experience.

I have a tech coming to fix any potential issues and help me move some pins around.

Playing great so far .. needed to adjust egg bumpers , flipper sticky and updating code to see if it improves ball grabbing and mutha kickout (a little wonky!

long live Alien!!

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Morning Muthas

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previous high was 90M

Extra flamethrower to battle these space beasts.

i have had issues with the tongue .. if it doesn't pass the boot up test , then the tongue is disabled. I will have to go back and look through adjustments for that.

The tongue is very noisy and seems to be binding (due to noise only.)

Also my tech tried to fix the bushing issue (like hurry up pinball) and seemingly made it worse. All 4 flippers were sticking the next day (somehow the more you play the less they stick) and i had to adjust the height they sit off the bushing.

Anybody figure out how to tap into the sound for headphones . I emailed Pinnovators today asking the same. Coin door appears to be exact match to Stern JP.

Headphone kit with Woojer is "out of the world" on Jurassic Park and will be "out of this galaxy " on alien.

i would consider mine loud too .. only went from 2.2 to 2.2 d and didnt notice a significant improvement , although i wasnt expecting one , so ill have to pay more attention.

Pinnovators is working on a headphone kit. I might be the beta tester for this one.

Running the 2.2D and have the same issue in Airlock and MUTHA .. haven't let it get to a ball search , but yes the ball sits unnoticed (by the switch?) unless a flipper is hit .

I will report today along with constant sticky flipper on my right lower.

Unfortunately, the days of games being play-tested for months before selling to the general public are over.

Spooky is on the right track with keeping their halloween games around the shop for a couple of weeks before mass producing .

The only hope is to have great customer service , which PB is currently excelling in.

I often wonder if my glass is anti-reflective too .

There is no glare , but the backglass light is only coming on at boot-up for me , although i haven't checked in a while. I do turn down the backglass light for modern Sterns during gameplay , which is a great feature.

last time i found a beta update it was in the section where you click to start a ticket ; where you wouldn't expect it to be.

Cato sent me 6 rectangle targets and 2 square .. not sure if the squares are replacement for xeno or the chestburster and other square one (forgot the name) .. any way to tell? probably a stupid question , but i feel stupid

my example works like this ... others are having issues which should be reported.

Will the Stern flipper switch solve the "fluttering flipper" problem. Have had that issue on the lower flippers after the update and was able to turn up the flipper power to offset it , but it keeps returning and needs to be addressed. Cato had said to check the coil wiring as well , but my tech is gone for now and i'm not messing with it.

FYI:

I was the test machine for an alien Headphone kit from Pinnovators.

The awesome news is that my test was successful and you may be able to contact them for a kit for your PB Alien.

Also works great with a Woojer , which Pinnovators has been incorporating into their show booth.

Headphone kit can silence the game speakers or keep them on while enjoying the headphones, as well as bring headphone and game sound level controls onto the front on the coin door at the dollar bill acceptor.

maybe can't hurt to put a code update USB in and see if it boots after that process

https://pinballbrothers.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80000956738-alien-delta-game-update-2-4-

same problem for me .. had my drops fixed and 2.8 doesnt work properly

Hi Alien people!

I am posting my ticket to Pinball Brothers describing a problem i am having with my early run SV.

I read a lot of these posts and see that some have left older code on their SV's . I upgraded to 3.2 and have the Apron mod too .

I believe my issue is related to the software upgrade , because it is primarily a "multiple boot-ups" issue. I can play for hours after booting up 3 or 4 times.

Thanks for any help!

<<<< I was running my early model SV on older software 2.7 , i believe and upgraded to 3.2. I do not have the latest firmware.

I have a weird issue where it takes 3 or 4 times to get it to boot up (turn machine on) to a playable condition.

First boot:

Sometimes the screen doesn't come on or screen comes on and it doesn't recognize the coin door functions and isn't able to start a game ; although the start button is flashing.

Second Boot (turned game on and off) :

Game will appear to boot up fine and now recognizing the coin door. Will not start a game and or will start a game , but the drop targets will not register. I did receive a replacement drop target board at some point. (new drop target parts were sent by PB in March 21, 2022)

3rd boot (turn on and off again :

For the most part booting 3 or 4 times ; depending on if the Alien head successfully tests the tongue ; will result in the game playing fine. I can play for hours without a problem.

Please let me know what you think.

I am reluctant to proceed without some advice because the original SV's were made with parts and boards that may have been upgraded.
Thanks

Ed Z >>>>>>

thanks for the replies

The upgrade to firmware .71 changed the boot up behavior a bit and vastly improved the alien tongue "smoothness" in the initial test. That used to be a grinding noise. The tongue retraction in gameplay knocked the ball off because of an increased speed. I can start a game on the first boot but have the switch issue below.

I did notice the unsuccessful boots feature switches on the right side not registering , along with the drop targets. Targets by the right SHIP 180 ramp and the ramp switch itself do not work in this situation. Turn it off and on again one or 2 times gets the game fully working.
PB is suggesting some USB cable checking and a fuse swap and ultimately a possible complete re-install of software to 4.0.

I'll keep the thread updated , in case anyone else experiences these issues.

This game is for sale BTW.

As a follow up to my having to reboot multiple times to get my early order SV working 100% ;

Hoping that someone knows which cable or fuse to look at for an array of targets that do not initially work. See No. 3

1. Reseated the USB cables and swapped fuses 1 & 3 as suggested by PB and have the same issues. Seems to be worse since switching fuses.

Couldn't tell if i have the 5amp fuses. Maybe replace all of them with 10 amp? I read that on their website i think that they are supposed to be 8amp.

PB still thinks it's cable issue , but they did not answer my main question

2. Upon a unsuccessful boot up :

A. Sometimes first boot has no balls found , left outlane rescue , a zeno related switch "left" registering as "active" - reboot

3. Main problem:

A. A lot of right side switches and the target opto do not register and sometimes i can start a game and they will "turn on" at the start of a new ball (from
what i remember) . Sometimes the screen does not come on either.

B. Switches affected : (didnt test them all but can)

Drop Target bank
Right "SHIP" 180 RAMP
Targets AT 180 RAMP
Vent 2

Thanks for any help.

Ed Z
(feel free to PM if you don't have any of my multiple walking dead sound mods) always free.