We need 2 more people to rank Godzilla LE and the result hits top100 in 7 hours. Where will it rest, oh my?

Godzilla has such fun music and callouts!

Mechzilla wasn’t that interesting to me. Doesn’t help that the multiball for it and bridge seem less interesting. Need more time with those rules i guess.

The building is great tho… if it dropped instead of the slow elevator ride down it would be life changing. Using the different ball returns to help finish gigan etc is sweet.

Pro is an instant hit. Premium is a must have. Le is sexy.

Iron Maiden Premium plays a LOT differently than the Pro. Having had both, I prefer the Premium.

JP and Avengers? Pro is fine IMO.

Godzilla? I have a Pro currently, but I think if you had a choice to make, the Prem would be worth it. That rotating jump ramp, magnetic mechazilla, bridge diverter and collapsing building are all very cool and tightly integrated to gameplay.

I knew what you meant. Just having some fun.

I think as more people get experience with the benefit of Tibetan Breeze kits keeping the coils cool and flippers snappy, you will start to see them bleed into tournaments. Some games need it more than others, but all can benefit from having the cooling in a tournament. It's only a matter of time, IMO. Once you've experienced the benefit, it's hard to go back.

Speaking of which - the green special launch edition kits are shipping starting tomorrow. I got backed up because a restock order of the wiring harnesses ordered months ago got held up in customs and I literally ran completely dry so I couldn't make new kits.

This might anger you even more then…

I just got my invoice and informed my premium will be available for pick up this week!

Is this confirmation that prems have been on the line for a few days? Were they shown during the virtual tour? I thought it was all pros and LEs…

I would say that definitely confirms it!

I heard (which means nothing of course but take it with a grain of salt) LE's are done and two lines are pumping machines out. One Pro's and the other Prems, which would make some sense as weren't there Prems at the Expo?

Several

That's what I thought as well, thanks.

Zilla is King. @.80 code this thing is amazing! Wait until the code matures. This thing will be very hard to beat.

Yes Godzilla in my opinion is better then JJP POTC.

And in his presentation at Expo he said they have something planned for code that's a bit different than anything they've done before. Looking forward to it!!!

Lucky for you guys. I was told we won't see anything till some time in January here in Aus!

Is there any transcript of the talk or anything by chance?
I'd love to hear more details.

Edit: FYI for anyone interested, the reference above is in relation to an alternate play mode that’s planned for Godzilla, like the Escape Nublar mode in Jurassic Park.

There's a direct link to video of the session in the pinball expo thread here...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-expo-2021-new-location-/page/10#post-6578460

Has anyone figured out if you can start in any other city besides Tokyo?

Just waiting for the Premiums to be made and then shipping LEs and Premium together. Pro's land in a couple of weeks

I haven't played a Pro yet but I have about 30 games on my LE so far and have had a few people stop in to play that are pinball regulars. All of them left wanting to buy their own premium and said that the building is the major reason why. The changing ball paths are awesome, and the 1st floor/2nd floor have different width openings making for variable challenge depending on building's state. As for mechagodzilla I think its way more interesting than I originally expected. When it rotates to shield target bank facing the flipper its a much more dangerous area to shoot.

With all of that said I'm very happy I have the mechs but I'm sure the pro is still amazing, especially with today's prices.

I am sure the Pro is a great game. But I couldn’t own this machine without that building mech after having done so. The ball changing paths on every floor is just next-level good shit.

With sea freight the way it is at the moment i think your Distro is a bit too optimistic. Unless theyre coming Air?

Having said that if you guys are not full containers you may have better chances. Full container bookings are a nightmare.

I own a pro and got to play many games on a Premium this weekend at Expo. I really like the premium and would love to own one, but have to debate if the $2k price diff is really worth it. I am not sure it is for me. I did like the way the ball paths change but not sure that is worth that much of a difference to me. Combine that with the wait times and lack of availability I am glad I went with a pro for now.

What really surprised me is how good the pro is without the Prem extras.
It’s definitely not a slouch.

When JP came out I thought it wasn’t worth the extra initially for the prem… once the code matured and they really made use of the Trex I felt it was justified to go prem. I hope to get that same feeling with Godzilla.

Will be a shared container.

I'd love a pro. The extra toys are cool, but I personally don't think they're an extra $2k cool.
But that's me.

This is one game you can't go wrong with your choice. It's THAT good!

After checking IMDB, I must have been confused about what I watched on TV 45 years ago. The scenes and costumes shown in the Pinball game looked like what I remember the "TV show" looking like. So I must have wrongly remembered the movies as being a TV show. Everything I'm seeing of Godzilla TV shows from that era - late 60's, early 70's seem animated and not what I remember watching.

https://www.imdb.com/find?q=godzilla&s=tt&ref_=fn_al_tt_mr

From https://www.jioforme.com/godzilla-pinball-machine-unleashed-by-stern/755595/ :
"Godzilla Is the longest movie series produced by Toho, and 32 movies have been produced since 1954. ... This game highlights the video and audio of 10 Toho Showa Godzilla movies * to create a unique immersive Godzilla pinball experience."

As far as the movies I was referring to in my original post, I was referring to ones released in the last 20 years, of which I have watched very few because of my negative bias on the franchise. I may have to revisit my stance and research the modern Godzilla movies and work down from the highest rated.

Question for you pro owners… is there anywhere onnthe playfield that indicates the ball lock for GZ multiball. I like the Premiums indicator on the backboard…. Trying to figure out a way to mod that in?

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Have you actually played the game?

New year delivery for the land down under
Can't wait.
That sound can mean only one thing........................................

I don't know this for sure since I didn't get my premium yet, but in the menu is there an alternative soundtrack to select like in BKSOR?

I would take a look and see if there is.

Yes there is. Default is Hybrid, which is a mix of the rock and the symphonic versions.

Thanks for letting me know. That's cool and I was hoping there was.

Agreed. I reached out to my distro and changed my order from a pro to a premium last week. Really looking forward to this one showing up soon. Ordered a speaker upgrade kit for it as well, first machine I’ve done that for in five or six years rather than just use a sub.

Can’t wait to see what the code updates bring. This game is really something.

I don't see ball locks for any of the multiballs. They just have percentage indicators, like how much damage the building has taken and when the damage bar hits 0%, next shot into the building starts Godzilla MB.

Yeah they changed the way GZMB works on the pro. No more locks. Only damage percentage until MB is ready.

The building collapsing is awesome! Fun for everyone.

My Godzilla LE should be delivered on Thursday.

Looks like the LE run is finished and Stern has moved on to the Premium Godzilla.
I still have not heard from my Distributer on my LE. Anyone else still waiting on call from their distributor?

Raises hand.

I was told everything was expected to ship by October 30, so I'm hopeful I'll hear something today.

Mine looks like it took the long way throughout the state for almost 10 days. Finally made it in town today, so hopefully soon.

Me too. Although I am feeling a bit impatient I understand there is a lot of going on with shipping delays these days. Hopefully we will see it this week or next

for those that are wondering, i think the mechzilla mech on the prem/le is so worth it. i love to rip that spinner and then see it rotate around to hit the targets to get mechzilla mb ready... love ripping all three spinners on this thing too.

Still waiting, no shipping notification yet.

So jealous, still waiting on my phone call.

At least I'm not alone. It's good to have others who are just as anxious...