I can't get more than 5 consecutive loops and it's killing me haha. I hate seeing that high score still the factory default

it is great to hear this from experience. as a new pro owner i am super excited about owning a pinball machine!!!

I would look at the optos. If one is slightly mis-aligned, it can register from local vibration when the beam is broken. It also is common that the wires to the opto can break inside the insulation, which causes an intermittent connection that triggers the switch as the power is applied and broken, etc. In switch test mode, wiggle and tug the opto wires (from under the playfield if necessary) and see if that triggers it.

I've hit 10 loops before when I was getting a little rattle to slow the ball down. A few smooth shots near the beginning of the guide gets the ball moving so fast that there's no way for me to continue looping.

Might have been mentioned in the past but worth making sure the screw circled in the pic is not coming lose. Had mine since October and it was almost all the way lose and about to fall out. Likely from the bridge hitting the plastic and shaking it lose over time. Worth adding to you maintenance schedule.

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My feedback for stern connect is that achievement numbers are FAR too low for HUO machines.

The verified should be separate as those are like related to $$ but for ones that are just complete they need to drastically pump those numbers up.

Less than 100 plays on my machines and some of the lifetime achievements are done already.

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It would also be nice to see really detailed stats around everything in the game.

Length of games, number, duration, score rate in various multiballs.
That sort of thing.

Link those to opt-in for automatic/in progress lifetime achievements in game notifications.

"You are now on/Most ever loops/That was your longest xxxx ever! - previous best 15 mins!"

Give the player some sense of their own personal goals.

I get a lot of those stats in my R&M audits. it's neat

It's actually 6 consecutive loops to lite ally, not 5. My record is only 7, but that happened during a multiball and was a bit of luck. I've gotten 6 a couple different times during single ball play though, including yesterday.

I'm curious does anyone know if you can earn the ally from 6 consecutive more than once per game? Once per ball?? I don't mean by hitting 12 in a row, just two sets of six consecutively at different times during a single game. Seems unlikely I'll have two different sets of 6 in a single game based on how infrequently I've managed to hit 6 at all, but you never know...

There are also destruction jackpot multipliers, or maybe annihilation jackpot +1% awards, at something like 15 total loops (or was it 25?).

I had a similar problem with the right ramp exit optos... Kept on realigning them, but tapping on the habitrails with the back of a screwdriver would keep setting them off. Eventually switched out the opto pair and that completely resolved the issue... (if nothing else works first)

Giving a shout out to Doug @speakerlightkits

Amidst the confusion for the flaming light kits and the additional skyline for the effect....Douglas issued a $8.45 USD refund....

I had ordered the lights on one order, then saw in this thread we needed to add the skyline, so I ran another order, which included another shipping charge...my bad, my mistake.

I know it's only $8.45 but the fact that he combined the order and shipped, and also gave the shipping refund makes for an honorable vendor.

Hes been great to deal with, his kits are a must for every pin I buy

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**I made a mistake and own it**

And then there's the compression...
AOL and CompuServe called and want these clips back.
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Lastly, is this gap normal in Stern games?
It's pretty noticeable from the front of the game while I'm playing. They could've at least used black tubing mounts here.
Again, these are small touches tied to QC. You can't keep raising the price, while lowering the ball in quality -- no matter whether it's home-use or commercial.
#end of rant#

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If that’s what you’re upset about I think you’ll be ok

Upset about what? Mediocrity?
Successful companies progress and make their products better year-after-year, even with cost-cutting. Apple, Tesla, Samsung...I can go on. These were small companies at one time.
Why is Stern any different, especially at $9,000?

Yep, total laziness…

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But, let's hear why the video compression on Godzilla is SO MUCH WORSE than prior Spike games, even on the how-two video "outside" the actual game...

I was wrong! Thank you for sharing and setting me straight.
Wow. Shame on Toho.

It's not the weirdest English approximation you'll see in Tokyo or Hokkaido or Nagasaki, etc IRL even now. They didn't invent it just for Godzilla.

Absolutely. I know this firsthand having worked for Japanese companies. Same in China.
That was a solid follow-up by @sk8ball. I should've researched prior to posting.

I am glad that you agree on the compression.
Again, I still love the game, but it's pretty bad. I just worry about it being deemed acceptable at even higher price points.

My favorite one was on one of my trips they had just launched a new fortified water in Japan and had ads all over Tokyo with a baseball player posed drinking the unfortunately-named drink and the tagline "SPEED: For Professionals"

Cracked me up every time I saw it. Obviously there was no understanding of what speed was slang for in the US and how that changed the meaning of their ad.

Today i played My godzilla, shoot two ramps and the scoop. To my surprise the “Alien” scene was replaced with a goat sitting in the office

Funny as hell

Do we know what the "lazy" team had for playfield pitch angle during GZ development? Is this machine similar to JP at preferred/designed at 7 degrees?

There should be a Pinside achievement for having your rant dismantled by a game’s designer in its own club thread.

Thanks. I thought I'd fixed it by reseating connectors initially but the fault returned. I'm pretty sure I've got it now, I just re-flowed the solder pads on one of the optos. Seems ok now.

Looks like Godzilla is here to stay as the number 1 pin on the top 100 on Pinside. Well deserved!

Five loops is my best so far, the ball speed keeps getting faster when you nail it just perfectly, so the ball is really flying on that sixth attempt, and I always get a little ahead om my timing to try and compensate.

Great game, really enjoying learning how to play this layout etc. I just need to play it more, work keeps getting in the way

Work is overrated , but I'm semi retired so,,,,

To be fair, stern has improved in many areas:

1. Code development and completeness @ delivery
2. LCD dev
3. Designers
4. Toys/wireforms, metal ramps (BOM)

I am beyond furious right now.....

4 months checking Stern website for Godzilla accessories......checking 4 times a day......waiting waiting waiting for them to be listed for sale.

Just saw they popped up on Stern's website this morning! Art blades, shooter rod, armor.........INSTA SOLD OUT

WTF Stern? Seriously?? Can't find them listed in stock anywhere.

Maybe they aren't sold out, but they just created the product and they haven't entered in the stock yet

On every website now they're listed? Not likely

I had the same thing. I pulled out the big loop opto bracket (switch 59 I believe) and the side with the red and brown wires would trigger with very little flex of the board. Stern sent me new optos and I haven't had a problem since. Took two minutes to replace.

i'm guessing the stern resellers/distros are waiting on inventory count from stern before updating their stuff. i doubt marco, lsog, etc, all sold out immediately this morning at the same time; they likely don't want to overcommit and have people waiting and getting upset (as has happened with the delays on machines).

It's possible, but I am guessing that these items are domestically produced and the logistics chain on these won't be as long as say a topper or a pinball machine that requires circuitry.

Especially the vinyl game blades.

See all the enthusiasm about the new code and can't play, after about 50 plays in, my building started getting jammed, and now it just jams continuously, either going up or down. Looks like the building is bend, probably by the weight during transport. Waiting for a new one now....
Disappointed, such a great game though

Anyone interested in a Godzilla pro translite? Also have EHOH, GOTG prem and Mando pro translites. Not free, but I’ll undercut eBay prices and ship for free in the continental US. Shoot me msg!

Disable the building mech in the game settings, and play away.

uh...didn't even think of that, thanks

If all of those accessories had actually hit stock, there would be people in here reporting having scored the stuff and linking to the site to purchase. The distros clearly just got links and graphics to put up on their own sites. Nobody bought anything yet because none of these things have even been stocked.

Calm down, dude.

Email Terry at pinball life. He may be able to order them for you.

Easy - no competition. All those companies you listed have significant competition in the marketplace.

$180 for that egg shooter rod? Does it even light up?

Or hatch? I might be in for that.

ya, I'm not going to lie, my house is very mothra-loving, and I thought this rod would be a slam-dunk buy, but at this price point, it could easily be reproduced, and the value just isn't there. it's a shame, but that's how it goes sometimes.`

They are definitely not listed anywhere else.
Told my distributor to put me down for side armor and shooter rod.