Just joined the club.. Sopranos came in a couple weeks ago from Italy. It's rough outside but pf is good. Couple questions.. Anyone know about getting a couple parts:

New lower fish jaw. Seems to be out of stock is this unobtanium now?

Dancer. Probably out of luck I'm guessing..

Cab decals??

And any alt translate?

Thanks!!

Sweet! thanks for the link on the translite!

Fish lower jaw came back in stock at marco, lucked out.

Dancer -- found it on amazon.. not exact match but you wouldn't know it if you didn't know what was supposed to be there.

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Surprised there's not more activity in here.. Used to the shadow club. I wonder if it's because not many pinsiders own sopranos or it doesn't have many issues or there just isn't a ton of love for it..?

Anyone have an idea on production numbers? It seems like there aren't too many of these out there -- I'm surprised when I hear people have not played sopranos, such a fun game!

I just did a quick check on #'s from the top 100 pins -- it seems like about 10-15% of production numbers are generally accounted for on pinside (I'm figuring a lot of op's don't add all their machines to their collections). If you figure that, then there were probably in the range of 2,000 to 4,000 Sopranos produced. So not as low as some machines.. but certainly no TAF.

That's really going to make the game pop with leds -- very excited to get it installed and see it in action!

FlashInstinct is selling a target decal set if anyone is interested and didn't already see it.. I just installed it this weekend and I really thought he did a great job. Safe, spinner, and 4 target decals.

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You and probably half the other owners haha. I nabbed a supposed nos sopranos plastics set last year off eBay. Then last weekend I finally opened it up to install and find the previous owner swapped out the green plastics for his broken ones. That's all he needed.. And essentially all I had needed too. Super annoyed

I'd have to check but offhand that appears to go above the right most pop bumper ( below boat ) ?

Soneone on here has a homemade set in word. If they Don't pm you soon pm me..

Yeah @mitch1985 I had problems too -- that's why I tweaked them and rewrote a bit. I'll send you that version if you'd like, shoot me an email if you want them

I don't think they ever get stocked as no one makes them? I got mine off amazon if you don't mind it looking different than original.. I think it fits pretty damn good considering it was not made specific for the game

$75 ouch! At least it's supposedly available though

I checked and out of stock -- at least as of a few weeks ago.

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Ohh -- where did you see the shaker add? I want to do that, was figuring on using custom code via arduino tied to flashers or switches to run it

Which one did you get from pinbits? -- are they all identical..?? Afm, etc, they all tie to the flasher?

Regarding coding, it's much cheaper to buy a stern shaker, and either use relays to trigger (based off the flasher), or use an aurduino and code in something a bit more complex with a transistor controlling the shaker

Delta9 -- absolutely, I'd use a pinbits one if I had one, but they are always out of stock and pricey.. just figured if someone was so inclined the same hardware could be made diy fairly cheap

Regarding driving off switches, pretty sure shakers are either 12 or 24v. Pretty certain there's some additional hardware with the pinbits kits, the flashers likely aren't pulsed long enough to get a shaker spinning

I've downloaded it before, pretty sure it's there or if not you should be able to find by googling

I may have it -- if no one else chimes in.. I can check on Tuesday when I get home. Maybe shoot me a blank pm with sopranos blue plastic in subject lest I forget

Got it thanks. I'll let ya know

Fine to leave Mylar. Not too bad to shop -- average to easier side id say..pretty straight fwd and not a ton of stuff to remove.

Pf should stay fine though in home environ.. with cleaning and waxing. I'd consider leaving as is

Nope -- on boat and 2 on the dance floor. Pinball bulbs kit puts several on top of the slings at middle of Playfield. Could diy it too for pretty cheap, def lights it up nice.

That is not normal behavior. 1 minute ball save? Check menu settings. For sure there's a ball save but I think it's only 15 to twenty second range

Mine landed on big points pretty often when in adult mode. Think it's on standard settings.

Red dmd filter looks great -- but man the colordmd on this is worth the $$. Running the smoother on mine

Thanks Tuna_Delight -- glad you and others were able to enjoy it! My first year bringing a game as it's a pain to haul them out of narrow basement -- but totally worth it to see others getting to play. Plan on bringing more next year, sopranos may return

I got mine at Marco -- similar price, I would guess they will b back in stock at some point

18 bucks?!? Gonna order a spare!

My jaw rattles loose over time from all the up/down action then eventually falls off. Tried thread lock but no better. Then I accidentally over tightened the screw and found out that it's really easy to crack the jaw that way, probably making the loosening issue worse.

I still go by Pinball bulbs kits. That said, pretty easy one to do without a kit —lots of white GI and mostly color match inserts. Stage looks nice with an overhead led strip

I have one installed - huge huge improvement, although I think that’s true on any game. Makes it look much more modern

How does yours play in comparison?

I just avoid hard drop target hits from left flipper

17 days holy shit! How many seasons is that - there were at least 5 right?!

I think I did 4 seasons and stopped. Great show — but others were calling and only so much time. In comparison though, breaking bad was the most amazing show I’ve seen. Starting watching better call Saul again last night - almost makes me want to rewatch breaking bad

Scott8806 I keep spare parts in case stuff breaks but if you are interested.. this is used but good condition.. I’d send it over $12 shipped if you want it

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Yeah it’s the tilt - confirmed here too.

I don’t think so??

Super skill??? How did I not know about this - what’s the super skill shot??

I’m always down to episodes as well, and usually meadowlands too. The others aren’t too bad I find. Always shoot the drop targ from the right flipper to avoid airballs

That sucks! I had the same thing happen when I bought my “full” set.

This only happens in multi player games? My boat used to do this with all games, I added a second spring on the up post. Works perfect now.

It also happens if you use the hold start method to reset your current game and and a ball locked already. Happens pretty often for me because I hate having a bad ball 1.. immediately reach for start to reset and start over.

Add the second spring and you should be good.

Personally I think upscale looks way better on sopranos. I have all color dmds on my Games and run dots on the rest but sopranos - to my eye - looks better with upscale.

Good luck. No actual replacements exist. I found one that fit right in (in a different position) from Amazon. Search stripper doll or something like that

Every single time? I adjusted the safe switches on mine and it’s easy to over adjust sensitivity so single safe hits award 2

Sounds like the switches — no need to tear anything apart- you can reach the switch blades with a switch adjuster

Yeah two microswitches up near top, behind safe halfs. And yes, if the blades are set in too far it gets too sensitive and can register double hits. Should only register decent hits to the safe, to engage one of the switches.

I’ve pulled with mini flat screwdriver but def. that chip puller is the way to go to avoid potential damage to boards and/or chips/chip legs.

You can’t get the original ones. But check amazon for mini stripper doll or equivalent.. you can get something close.

Odds must be different on the pinball, I think I’ve gotten one as well

Add a second spring to that coil so it pushes it up just slightly faster between the first and second ball being released. Just be just enough to fix it. Had same problem myself and this worked well.

I agree with this, they just aren’t a huge focal point of the show

Don’t get me wrong, I think it looks good. Just seems like the stripper is overly prominent on many of the alt ones you see available.. I wish there was one w/out, but I don’t hate the original either to be honest.

Yeah I agree - kinda hard to get to and Also thinking different bulb. I used the pinballbulbs kit when I did mine which uses cool white and I think that looks great

What’s beta Pinside? Tried to visit thread but it’s asking for log in info??

timlah79 ill try and takes look tomorrow — but agree that on mine the sound is sort of similar to what you describe, although my buddy came by and upgraded it a while back with new speakers and possibly clipped a couple resistors or caps on the sound board? Trying to remember now.. I could be mixing that up with a different pin. It does sound better for sure, but not quite hifi

I’ve seen one somewhere a while back.. possibly even on Marco? $650-900 range??

To me, sounding the same

I added a spring to push it up a little harder. has worked perfect ever since.. mine seemed to be releasing the 2nd ball because the post didn't come up quite fast enough. Certainly a switch adjustment there could help too potentially.

I have an extra if anyone needs one.. $30 shipped

I can double check tmrw but im99% sure that’s #3. - standard 6-32 post screwed into a t-nut in the underside. You can try to unscrew with pliars but I’d personally try double nutting it from the top with 2 #6 nylock nuts and back the lower up against the top one and it should then unscrew the post from the t-nut

Never seen those at the hardware store but you could use #6 all thread cut to length with a nut and washer and be pretty close. Hell, could just reuse the #6 thread you pulled outta there actually lol

Interested if you find something at the store though. It’s a $2-3 part from Marco or pinball life.. shipping’s annoying though.

You’d have to search this thread or scroll back a ways. Amazon has had ones that fit. They are not in the same position and took a bit of trimming but imo look as close to stock as you’ll get, cause the stock ones are not obtainable

LEDs look great imo. Standard Mirror side blades go well. No clearance issues on mine

Tuna you’ve got a gorgeous sopranos! Weren’t you going to sell it recently? You decide to hold on to it in the end? I love the red armor

read up about 10 or 20 posts for the last person to ask and the responses

Nor have I, and I concur about the modes and always focusing on multi balls instead . Both multis are so satisfying to get, every time!

I didn’t know the show before I bought mine, and still loved it. It’s just a fun game overall. Watching some seasons of the show later on only made it better. Under appreciated game, I guess because it’s not real deep?

Allen key required, yes. And the standard 6 nuts for the hinges.

Colordmd is nearly plug and play. Pull old dmd, put in colordmd, plug in and usb install sopranos file. Pin2dmd is more involved if you put it together yourself.

Isnt that controlled by pop hits or something? Can’t quite recall ..

I might have what you need, I’ll take a look