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Post a photo of the strange place your ball got stuck.

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#901 2 years ago
Quoted from goingincirclez:

I mean, the Dragon basically ate it!

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#902 2 years ago

It's not mine, I saw this on Facebook but definitely worthy of a post on this thread.

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#903 2 years ago

There seems to be 3 categories.

1 - Stuck balls, glass needs to come off.
2 - Balls that are balancing, require a nudge.
3 - Mechanically stuck due to ball overcrowding. (Flippers, upkickers, etc)

Keep 'em coming!!

#904 2 years ago
Quoted from ImNotNorm:

There seems to be 3 categories.
1 - Stuck balls, glass needs to come off.
2 - Balls that are balancing, require a nudge.
3 - Mechanically stuck due to ball overcrowding. (Flippers, upkickers, etc)
Keep 'em coming!!

Glass off are by far the most interesting.

#905 2 years ago
Quoted from Stebel:

Glass off are by far the most interesting.

I love them all, the unpredictability of this world of chaos under glass that is pinball. It seems if you play any game long enough you will see something that truly defies all logic. Here was a glass off shot on a stranger things in the wild, and the nice thing about this one is the attendant through a few credits our way for the inconvenience. I just thought it was cool my sister jammed up a machine.

Spoiler, if you can't find it in the picture....

Wedged behind the rubber under the red dome, how does that happen?

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#906 2 years ago

Here’s 2 recent incidents…

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#907 2 years ago
Quoted from Apinjunkie:

I love them all, the unpredictability of this world of chaos under glass that is pinball. It seems if you play any game long enough you will see something that truly defies all logic. Here was a glass off shot on a stranger things in the wild, and the nice thing about this one is the attendant through a few credits our way for the inconvenience. I just thought it was cool my sister jammed up a machine.
Spoiler, if you can't find it in the picture....
Wedged behind the rubber under the red dome, how does that happen?
[quoted image]

Wow those pops were hopping!!

#908 2 years ago
Quoted from PinPickle:

Wow those pops were hopping!!

Ha! You called it, that's exactly what did it too.

#909 2 years ago

Had to pull the glass off and wait for the game to move the mechanism to retrieve this one.

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#910 2 years ago

Never seen this one before. Glass had to come off.

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#911 2 years ago
Quoted from ImNotNorm:

Never seen this one before. Glass had to come off.
[quoted image]

without a doubt, you're GRAND CHAMPION !!!

#912 2 years ago
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#913 2 years ago
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#914 2 years ago
Quoted from taz16:

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Had this happen recently after cherry bomb. Ball search was a no go and the flippers were dead so had to tilt it to get them free

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#915 2 years ago
Quoted from Nikrox2:

Had to pull the glass off and wait for the game to move the mechanism to retrieve this one.
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i had the same location on mine yesterday

#916 2 years ago
Quoted from Nikrox2:

Had to pull the glass off and wait for the game to move the mechanism to retrieve this one.
[quoted image][quoted image]

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#917 2 years ago
Quoted from ImNotNorm:

Never seen this one before. Glass had to come off.
[quoted image]

It got stuck here again. I ended up just putting a spare pinball in there. Hopefully that remedies the stuck ball situation.

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#918 2 years ago

Found this in my archives:

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#919 2 years ago

This was a “glass off” ball stuck.

Bricked the spinner, ball shot up. Landed on top of what my wife likes to refer to as the “truck nuts”. Can’t believe it got wedged there.

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#920 2 years ago
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#921 2 years ago

Glass had to come off for this one. New Vector owner here. Ball wedged itself pretty good between the plastic and the glass. Let's have a closer look. Yep, it's wedged in there pretty tight. Wait a second, what is the bald guy watching on his monitor over his shoulder? Why The Addams family of course, not out of place on a futuristic, fantasy sports themed game. I love it,I can't believe I never noticed this before.

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#922 2 years ago

So this happened last night...

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#923 2 years ago
Quoted from hwyhed:

Played a few games w the old lady last night..ball just sat there, I grab my phone to take a pix. She’s probably thinking what a nerd you are..but I didn’t care..
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Iv had a stuck ball there also.

#924 2 years ago
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#925 2 years ago

Found this earlier:

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#926 2 years ago

Was wondering why Kobayashi maru multiball was still running after I drained down to one ball.
Took me a while to find it. Was not visible from my standpoint. Sneaky!

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#927 2 years ago

this is the hyper-mega-super skillshot !

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#928 2 years ago

Undertale, on route at my workplace. I specifically added this airball shield to keep the ball from getting stuck under the ramp... only for this to happen.

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#929 2 years ago
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#930 2 years ago

Cleaned, waxed, and installed the more powerful flipper coils in one maintenance session...interesting stuff has been happening since then

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#931 2 years ago

Not so much a "strange" place for a ball to get stuck; more like the norm for all the latest Sterns we've had. Too bad the game couldn't hold up as long as some Rush tunes.

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#932 2 years ago
Quoted from LeonSpinkx:

Not so much a "strange" place for a ball to get stuck; more like the norm for all the latest Sterns we've had. Too bad the game couldn't hold up as long as some Rush tunes.[quoted image]

Been to two pinball spots this week and both machines get stuck in the scoop.

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#933 2 years ago
Quoted from untamedinc:

Been to two pinball spots this week and both machines get stuck in the scoop. [quoted image]

Exactly. The metal is flimsy as hell and is lifting away from the playfield and jamming the ball. The tech put some glue on it last night so here's hoping it stays.

I did get this before I went home:

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#934 2 years ago

This happened to me on an Xmen during a 4 strikes tournament.

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#935 2 years ago

Bally Dolly at Blairally!

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#936 2 years ago

Just started multiball and this happened

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#937 2 years ago

Had this happen several times on Rush LE, ball ended up stuck/ balanced on the gap between the ramp and time machine.
Most occurrences happened during multiball so could just knock it out, but a few times had to wait for ball search to lower the ramp.

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#938 2 years ago

This must be the new Godzilla Armpit Lock.

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#939 2 years ago
Quoted from epeabs:

This must be the new Godzilla Armpit Lock.
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I had the exact thing happen but I couldn't get a picture in time for Godzilla to rotate, which dislodged it.

I DID find this:
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#940 2 years ago

Back hand shot and couldn't find the ball for a couple seconds .

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#941 1 year ago
Quoted from RipleYYY:

this is the hyper-mega-super skillshot !
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Hah! You wish Munsters had that depth.

Finally got the Super Skillshot on my Fireball though... IMG_20220408_100051.jpgIMG_20220408_100051.jpg

#942 1 year ago

Had this happen on my homebrew today. I don't really know how it happened. I guess it jumped.
Had to take the glass off and fiddled a while to get it out.

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#943 1 year ago
Quoted from stefanmader:

Had this happen on my homebrew today. I don't really know how it happened. I guess it jumped.
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Squeezing between the targets?

#944 1 year ago
Quoted from Boof-Ed:

Squeezing between the targets?

no there is not enough room. the only way would be that it went up the protective plastic, or jumped to the top and fell through..

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#945 1 year ago

So this happened tonight on my DESW during tri-ball. I left it there until the other balls drained, then a little nudge and game on!

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#946 1 year ago

Obviously stuck because plastic has broken, Final half came off yesterday. Still had to pull glass down to free.

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#947 1 year ago

1967 Gottlieb Super Score. That ball has been in there awhile.

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#948 1 year ago
Quoted from mcmnky:

So this happened tonight on my DESW during tri-ball. I left it there until the other balls drained, then a little nudge and game on!
[quoted image]

In tournament, you'd have been disqualified

#949 1 year ago

Penguin is a ball hog. Who knows how long that first ball was in there.

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#950 1 year ago

This also happened to me!

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