Or they simply weren't willing to accept the sub standard quality, or had serious concerns.

This assesment fails to take into account the mediocre build quality stern is chucking out there.

It is a real thing, surfacing in quite a few threads;

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-fixesplease-keep-everything-else-in-the-other-thread#post-5425765

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/continued-playfield-issues-with-jjp-and-stern/page/92#post-5448889

Couldn't agree more

Some other TNA "mysteries" include...

Choose Your Score
42 Extra Balls
Lionman!!!

Lol

Mum said "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

Seems no different than alot of games. Getaway is but one example, the upper orbit shot has a "sweet spot" (or window) and if you do not strike within it then the shot is not viable.

I agree.

Also, those new spinners when fresh off the press seem a bit "dragy" and tight. My TNA spinner when new did not spin anywhere near as freely as any of my older games. After it had a chance to bed in it was a bit better, then a spot of dry lube on the wire where it spins helped even more. Now it spins quite well.

I think this will be the same, a little fine tuning will help alot.

I heard a story once, about the arival of a "groundbreaking" hit game in the 80's ... 2 days after siting, an operator had calls for machine malfunction; coins not registering. ... turned out the coin box was so full that coins could not escape the coin mechs... 2 days!

Certainly will be interesting to see how this one goes!

It was in Australia... Firepower, I think it was... they came over by the multiple container load.... I was actually thinking of the local story.

I guess this story essentially repeats itself at various places and occasions through history.

Might it be coming again?? ... well, not if the Op is using a card reader!

Yet still the fact remains that they are not both steaming piles. The content and vibe of each thread says it all really.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-best-rollercoasters-and-theme-parks-

Definitely check out the Whirly Dirly!

Streaming with the "Spooky Pinball Crew" !

Just the Pickle Rick frangers was enough, then you ad the "Pickle Flavoured" component ...

I have a hunch it may be something to do with the location being revealed ahead of time, if it is cancelled.

Imagine a couple of thousand RaM and/or pinball fans just showing up ... ?

There will still be a stream at some point, of course.

In under 3 months !?

Bricks seems to be much more like what is in some peoples heads Lol

#749

#750 has already been auctioned for charity

I bet some of the Jerrys crying recently would be the guys preaching "I'll just get one on the used market later, for new price or less!" ... and now, they're waking up to realise they will likely need to be forking out premium dollars to snag one...

Hilarious! lol

No way I would have been in on RaM if it was a semi complete half baked turd thrown out there by stern.

Stern making this theme would have ensured you could get a used RaM for half new price a year or two down the track.

Sterns rep for quality work sank long ago.

I wouldn't be so sure Justin would have been so generous for other makers with those bucketloads of bonus profanity callouts, if it wasn't the friendly crew at spooky the game could have been much much thinner and cut down. As you say, sterd would have opted for some lame voice actor and the game would have sounded like crap. It would have been the biggest let down since DE BTTF backglass.

The only thing that might have been able to save it from massive flop status would have been if it was Elwin rather than another deadshit boring cookie cutter fan.

Sterd are killing it right now!! .... their customer base that is...

Forgot in the Premium and LE versions a magna save magnet for an additional $249.99!

LE models get the lockdown button for magnasave, while the Premium just uses the right flipper button to activate magnasave...

#Gopremium

I've tried all three kinds extensively over the past years, compared (rubber, silicone, eurethane).

I now only replace rubber parts on my machines with eurethane. Partly because they last indefinately, but also (to me) they play better as well as being cleaner for the machine.

Rubber is high maintenance with crap residue gunge being spread all through your game. Silicone is weak and prone to wear, tearing, premature failure. They are not durable like eurethane. I don't mind the way rubber or silicone plays, don't see that much difference than eurethane at all really. Eurethane turned ot the best value for money by alot.

A few thousand plays down and my TNA silicone is about done. Shabby, frayed, and distorted. They will soon all be getting replaced with eurethane.

Not a big deal. Just the way things ended up from my trying stuff out, and economics. If I noticed that eurethane played really badly or noticably more difficult, then I wouldn't be using it.

There's nothing worse than tearing a complex game down to the playfield to replace rubbers, then a POS silicone rubber tears/snaps merely months later leaving you to tear the game down again. Silicone by nature is prone to tearing if there is Any defect or nick. Yet I have "defective" eurethane bands (air bubble inside) that are still the same condition as the day I installed them in 2018. Silicone simply puts me at risk of a whole lot more uneccesary work.

I will buy rubber if I must, but will never buy "silicone" for pinball bands again. Imho the material is kind of unsuitable for the purpose. Speaking as a fitter and machinist, and pinball tech.

I am grateful to spooky for putting something Cleaner than rubber on my TNA. A local guy, a mate, got himself a NIB Deadpool LE last year. That mob are so tight; among other shortcomings the thing came fitted with cheap dirty old black rubber. On an LE!? WTF?? .. Cmon Sterd.

Just in the last few months .... since becoming the home of R&M Pinball!

Is that quoting sarcasm with a reply of sarcasm?

Not just any multiball .... 6 ball multiball

*Or maybe 5 ball multiball ? Lol

Dirty shooter rod! ... spreading Grime and Crap onto Players hands ....

No, lubricant on shooter rod is exactly the same concept as why you don't do it with coils and coil sleeves. Then some.

Rods .... They become gummy and sticky in no time with wet lubricants, coil or no coil.

Is he assuming all pinball companies have the questionable principles of Stern ...

There is no argument. You don't get it. Go back and do some reading of reasons in the thread.

It aint going to happen bro. 100%

It is stretching/bending the metal (and powdercoat) below the slot on the apron, in the pic above ...

The metal apron tab could simply be placed lower, so that the apron doesn't pull down so hard on it. ?

Or the washer between apron and hanger maybe.

Um, Yes. It is plain as day in the pic there.

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Open your eyes then

Exactly. Just because someone standing in front of a game doesn't see something the first time. Things stand out captured in photos. Just have to look and recognise. Sometimes twice.

Yes the apron metal is evidently stressed. Unless it is CGI Lol

BS. Don't you comprehend parallax? Lol

This guy, science

Think whatever you like buddy

Not once removed, I guess. I am assuming the slot in the apron is parallel?

The image shows it distorted when screwed in place (unless the slot is actually tapered?).

If the apron slot is tapered or an elipse shape, well that could also explain the clearly visible discrepancy in the hangup image above.

The piece of apron below the slot is not in the same line as the apron metal above. It can spring back when removed of course.

All I was pointing out is that the apron metal below the slot shows to be not in line with the apron metal above the slot in that pic. If it flexes back when apron is removed, great. But powdercoat won't stay intact on severely flexing metal for the long run. Same concern for me as bending shooter ramp wires willy nilly. What will the effect be on powdercoat in the longrun?

Looks like a simple issue to solve anyway. Just mentioned it for the benefit of the game owner. If they don't care that's fine, of course. What the image shows has now been highlighted. Continue

I have read every post thoroughly. Nothing is covered about the apron being pulled back hard into the root of the clip.

However, some methods of solving the ball hang up will also correct this other issue. Who knows, maybe spooky intended it to be wedged in there tight to prevent any rattles from the awesome sound system!

I think the superband posts are a tad thinner. Same material...

For RaM it seems pointless. From all reports these playfields are already top notch, and the reworking adds no value.

My guess would be licensing stopped that....

Did I read somewhere that the Game Restart callout is <wind whispers>: "Looooseer!" ? Lol

No we're up to season 4 ....

Does Rick and Morty not have a propper Lockdown Receiver??

I suppose. I can't say I'm not disapointed though.

I get that. As long as it doesn't go the way of my ACDC VE where the screws pulled out of the front of the cab with the tension, and repeated lockbar removal, fixing the various problems. Not as substantial in the stern setting from my experience. Onsite was concerning.

Of course I am aware the stern cabinet was likely much softer wood than Spooky is using for cabinets, so should be no worries!

Nothing related to the EOS switch adjustment several pages back? .... maybe as well, if you missed it, was causing dropping flipper syndrome from scoop.

If it was litterally a light year away that would be a Distance of about 9,000,000,000,000 kilometres. (6 trillion miles or so)

That means that IF the courier is travelling at about one billion killometers an hour (roughly the speed of light) it would still take about a year to arrive (from the shipping date).

It's not the DR thread

You are right of course... C-501 Rick and Morty will be arriving from that dimension via portal, to find the rightful place in C-137.

I wonder if Spooky Rick and Morty pinball might make the show in some way.... like more than this

My Rick and Morty are coming from the next dimension back, C-500 .... and on a different timeline.

Can't wait to get Rickety rickity Wrecked!! (for science) lol

Curious, is the new attract mode flipper press from Birdperson "... considered a dick move.". Can't help but wonder. Lol

Fascinating indeed! ... this is a cool vid, puts the path you travel through time and space over your lifetime into some relative perspective.

"The Great Attractor" comes in around 19:30, right before the finale, your path in life.

"Literally The ride of your life!"

Rick and Morty C-500 (resized).jpg

Noooooo, it's all part of the relativity, portal gun algorithms account for it all!. Contrary as well, the constant movement is what makes your portal travel Possible!

Jeez, Ricks portal gun is pretty advanced. Can't be that complicated if some Jerrys managed to account for this movement to land on the moon?

I thought it was an ad and he was trying to flip his game Lol

I think it means you have two chances of getting a game from the Spooky wait list, like, none and buckleys (fu@k all).

Me too, straight onto Spooky with the announcement

^^^ yep This!