Looks great, I may have to order sunlight just so I can see the difference. I’ve been very happy with sunlight GI on other machines…

I’m in the club! Finally. Yesterday was nuts. Got DP And Godzilla delivered. Super excited. Born May 31st. No issues with glass or menu buttons but shooter rod is not plunging correctly so need to look at that. Otherwise awesome machine and can’t wait to play a few thousand games or so.

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Do you remove him from the playfield to do so? New game, got stuck there twice. Thanks.

Nope. I left him where he is. I heated up his arm with a heat gun (hair dryer will work) for about 15 seconds, bent his arm where I wanted it and held it there for another 30-45 seconds to let it cool in place. That was it, and the arm is no longer in the ball path. Super easy fix!

Thanks!

Damn, just powered on my GZ to play this afternoon and immediately found the scoop not registering a ball. Was expecting to find a broken wire, but instead found the whole leg/post on the switch broken off flush with the switch body, doesn't seem repairable.

I hope my Distrib (FlipNOut) and Stern can get a replacement out quickly, tried to just buy one but no one I can find in the US has the dang thing in stock - part 180-5209-00

GZ down for the count...

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If it is a standard micro switch you can swap it out and replace the actuator with the one from your machine. I’ve got a bunch of switches laying around if you want to come to Roswell to pick it up. Let me know.

Just got my GZ and pulled the playfield out just to do this after only 1 or 2 starts. Huge difference thanks for sharing.

This is my second favorite pin (slight behind JP). I own an LE and despite having seven other games, this is the only one I have played over the last six months. My personality is the type that I dive deep into a topic and nothing else will grab my attention until I master it.

What am I getting at? I have seen so many posts about people enjoying this game but not really understanding the rules or strategy to put up good scores. Here’s the point of my post.

I will be visiting the twitch chromecandy stream next week. If there is enough interest, then I will stream a tutorial on GZ for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. I know a version of this has been done by other streamers, but it is usually based on the viewer having a decent understanding of the scoring. I’ve always enjoyed explaining complicated concepts in understandable terms. This game (like most things in life) is way more fun if you have the right information to make strategic choices.

If there is interest in this, then I would be happy to do it. If not, then I will have some fun with the 20 other games he has.

Count me in! Would also like to see you do this on JP too!

I would like this as well. I finally understand the basics, but there is so much in this that more advanced scoring strategies still elude me.

I don’t know if he has JP anymore. He was borrowing it from James. If he does then we’ll do it.

I had this happen 4 times on my Deadpool. I turned down the eject power and hasn't happened again, hope I didn't just jink myself.

Found another bug:

During GZ Mb, if you have the mothra out lane save lit and the ball save is still on for MB and a ball drains down the left outlane, it will use your mothra ball save ability. I saw it on Karl’s stream a couple weeks ago and confirmed it’s still in the 0.96 code update as wel.

Thanks for the offer, but it doesn't seem to be a standard switch with a removable actuator. It actually enters the body of the switch, perhaps there is still a way to remove it, but I don't think it would then work with a regular switch where the actuator just slips over external arms/nubs where it rotates.

Hopefully Stern can get one out fairly quickly, or I may look more into a substitution.

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Thanks, I looked at them earlier actually, but misread the stock status once you add them to your cart, looks like only one of their warehouses is out - but one does have them. Now to see if I can come with enough stuff to make their $50 minimum order...

https://www.actionpinball.com/parts.php?item=E63

You can use E63 as a substitute. But need some adjustments, because require more force to activate.

That is the same switch that is removed from Rush pins when swapping in the factory replacement for the “recall” (of the switch and scoop protectors) that most new owners got for free when they got a Rush pin. So if you know somebody with a Rush who did the switch swap, they removed this switch and may still have it lying around.

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Very keen for more pinball tutorials, especially since I own both those Elwins!

No. The wrong switch was installed from the factory on the early pins.

Had Premium for a week now - and looking for some info on the collapsing bridge...
I never see the bridge actually collapse in game. Diagnostic check has it working, but not sure which feature or shots needed to activate the bridge collapse.

Looking for a knowledge dump on how/when this becomes part of my gameplay experience.

Also - is there a good guide out there explaining all the game modes, battles, etc.?

This is a good overview. I actually printed it out and keep it near the machine.

https://insider.sternpinball.com/documents/15/Godzilla-Rulesheet.pdf

Yes please! Can/will you save it (VOD) for later viewing? Just want to make sure I get to see it

thanks!

Yes, I’ll have him set it up like that. Will probably do it live next Friday morning. I will create a new post with particulars. Thank you all for the feedback. Looking forward to it.

Wanted to give a big shout out to ZMeny for taking care of me with Godzilla Premium. FedEx freight damaged my initial order and Zach had a new one shipped and at my door less than a week later. Incredible service! Thanks man! Happy to officially join the club!

Thanks SimplePin - Printed.

Just will look for tutorials/videos/explanation on how to actually activate the bridge collapsing

Short answer is you hit switches to reach a threshold to then light the magnagrab to damage the bridge - effectively a virtual lock. On the premium I guess the bridge will shake when you make that damage shot. You repeat that until the bridge is out, I think 4 hits to start, the bridge physically drops down/opens, and one of the ramps will be lit to start the Bridge multiball. The ball will fall off the downed/open bridge to start it.

Officially joined the club today and pretty stoked to have one of these... BUT

After setting up the machine in my basement and powering on the game for the first time (coin door closed, high power active) the building motor emitted a continuous whirring / whining noise after which I immediately powered the game down.

After shutting the game down, I checked both above and below the playfield for any physical obstructions to the building (i.e., loose wire looms, etc.) as well as checked whether the building was making contact with the sides of the opening in the playfield. I found no physical obstructions that would cause the building to "stick" which in turn would cause the motor to just whir / whine. I then attempted to move the building's lifting / lowering mechanism by hand by turning the belt manually. I first lowered the building and that appeared to work fine as the building appeared to lower to its resting position without issue. However, I then tried raising the building to its highest position. That was problematic. While I could raise the building partially by manually turning the belt, at a certain point, it would just stop moving as if the mechanism was blocked from the inside. I suspect this "blockage" is what is causing the whirring / whining motor noise that I hear (i.e., the motor is attempting to raise the building fully but cannot do to some obstruction in the mechanism).

I presume something got jostled / jacked up in shipping or else there is an issue with the mechanism itself. I have just sent an email to Stern and hope to hear back in the coming days but if anyone out in the Godzilla universe has any ideas as to the possible issue let me know. (May 31, 2022 Build BTW). Thanks!

That sucks. I seem to remember at least one building that was jammed up by a screw or nut that had found it’s way in the mech. Worth checking carefully! Hope it’s an easy fix.

Watch next Friday. I’ll even show a nice little strat to get into a second round of supers.

Just did this. Very easy. So happy with the results. Thanks for posting!

Just put in my order for a Premium machine! I'll soon own my first pin ever! Should get it in 2 to 6 weeks and already had two sleepless nights thinking about how I'm going to rearrange the room for it and stuff.

It will feel like waiting for Christmas,The night before it may be impossible to sleep.Enjoy

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Join the club the other day, premium with a build date of May 31st.
I had the shooter Lane problem too where the plunger is hitting the auto shoot metal bracket. The fix for me was simply to slide the playfield to the left a little bit. Playfield definitely has more left to right wiggle room in the cabinet than my other two sterns.

What do people have their scoop eject power set to?

When the ball shoots out of scoop on my machine the left flipper has a lot of give. I would expect it to be like a bunt in baseball and The flipper not to move. Should I try tightening the flipper or do others have this as well?

I have 5/31 machine also. I just lowered it a bit until it would come out, bounce off left flipper, and go up right inlane to set up a shot (I haven't been able to catch it at this setting, but its better than it bouncing into a slingshot. I want to say the value was like 215 but i cant recall

Me too! Seems like it was a busy day as I have seen a bunch posted with 5/31 build dates

Some people ordered in Nov. 2021 and are still waiting, you only have to wait 6 weeks?

lol i ordered in the first hour after reveal and still waiting

Rejoined the club this past week with a May 31 build machine. I previously owned a “display game” but took the opportunity to replace it with a brand new one. I originally ordered this one last September.

Works perfectly out of the box. Flippers seem a bit stronger than my previous one. Such an amazing game - this and Rush are two of the best games Stern has made. They are truly firing on all cylinders right now.

I ordered one last Friday and got it this week Thursday, 6 days from contact to delivery. I contacted at least 15-20 distros over several weeks. If your deposit is refundable you should shop around..would not be surprised if you found one in stock. The 5/31 run was huge, and someone said they went back on the line this month. And July..

People that ordered from the most popular distributors seem to be the ones waiting the longest.

Fingers crossed, hope to be part of the 5/31 club.

Is my playfield print bad or am i nitpicking?

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Bingo... See pics. The loose bolt was jamming up the building motor... Now I just need to figure out if that goes to anything. I have updated Stern on the finding and will see what their tech support says about it. Machine is not showing any errors and I downloaded 0.96 code update successfully (I have a 31 May build date which apparently shipped with the 0.94 code).

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That bolt is usually in the coin door on the coin mechs

I'll check there and see if there is a missing bolt... Thanks!

Joined the club this week - mine has a June 1 build date. Two issues that I have run into and can use some advice:

The ball plunger is very erratic. When I first played the game the plunger couldn’t launch the ball onto the playfield. Lifter and readjusted the playfield a bit but it’s still off. Works so,Erika’s but is really weak. Auto plunge is ok.

Other issue when the ball is being returned for, the ramp to the right inlane the ball doesn’t just fall through the wire form into the inlane, it bounces off the end of the wire form, goes backwards, and the falls into the inlane. Assuming it’s just an adjustment I need to make but not sure what to adjust