And now for another edition of Find the Ball...

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Nice catch mecha

I had a nice Saucer Attack Multiball today!

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Wow, how did it get up there off the wire form or an air ball?

Today , I had all 3 balls on top of building for multi ball and nothing happened.
Building went up and down.
Ball search started. Another ball came out
Played that ball and the whole system went out of sync.
Eventually the balls on the building were released .
Multi ball started and while that happened one ball went back up on building and stayed there.

Check the function of the building "Exit' opto switch on top of the building. Wire broke on mine and similar happened.

I have been seeing this since 2017.

Ugh , ok I’ll take a look
Only happened once

One more….
Every once in awhile I get a ball not shoots on top of building for multiball.
It cycles through the find ball then shoots up.
Is this a magnetized ball issue or something else?

Your plan works fine, that’s what I would have done.

Air Ball. Sometimes it comes around from the center spinner, down to the left flipper with speed, then up right right spinner and arm of mech..

the bounce is stronger with the the full metal ones and less with the halos from what i have seen.

I played my first game with the new code and collected all imposters without even noticing. That does not feel right.
Maybe changing the setting, so that if the magnet doesn't grab the ball, the magna grab is lit again for a second try.
So you can experience the imposter again and dont collect the 4/4 accidentally.

Seems to be very common
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I kind of get the rules for the imposters, but I don’t understand the lore behind it. Is there something in the Godzilla movies about imposters?

I got 4/4 imposters last night. I don't even know what imposters are for crying out loud.

I got the option to "collect" them from a scoop shot, got 250,000,000 from it.

Seems like it must be a bug. There's a power up available to collect one imposter, but it doesn't seem like it should award all 4. Unless the new code changed it.

Could I have actually earned them? it would have been unknowingly.
I had a 1.15 billion game.

I seriously need to sit down and read the rules booklet I printed off.

That’s only a tough one because they have been difficult to get. But 6-9 months now seems punitive.

If it was the head, absolutely keep. Head decals are easy to do, and even replacing it if it’s damaged is pretty easy. The body decal is a bunch more work, and you’re unlikely to do a good job on your first crack at it. So that would have been a much longer chat with it my distributor.

Kind of. When Mechagodzilla (and Mecha-kong, although Godzilla is not in that movie) is first introduced, he looks exactly like Godzilla. Later in the movie his skin gets ripped off and it’s clear he’s a robot

May I ask where you found said rules booklet? I’m familiar with the rules at tilt forums but would love a nice printable format.

Anyone know who makes the HD Glass for Stern?

It’s possible you earned them of course. I might have missed seeing it in the rules, and I’ve never noticed it in a game yet playing multiple times through Planet X. I haven’t played on the new code though.

I thought imposters were only awarded when you earn them from a magma grab (no need to collect at the scoop). And I thought the only scoop collect for one is a power up award you can choose.

Haven’t seen any collect all four before but there could be something in the rules that does it and I hadn’t noticed it.

I formatted a printable version a couple months ago here:
http://bit.ly/gz-rules

Here is the Stern rules PDF https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Godzilla-Rulesheet.pdf

I think I may have printed off the Tilt Forums on and tossed into a doutang.
I'll also have to check out these stern ones

Stumblor's Tokyo Neon Sign mode is a MUST!

Impostors way easier to get now. After magna grab, awarded if ball goes behind the flipper either from the top or the bottom. Doesn't have to go all the way, either way, and I it feels like a significantly longer timer than before.

Going to admit my ignorance. I've read the rules, but I don't understand Imposter battles. Are you supposed to stick the magna-grab then while it's swinging release it to the spinner lane behind the upper flipper? Or is it simply shoot the loop after a magna-grab?

Also, Is it a single reward or can you continue and build like the super trains?

Thanks

(edit. literally hit post as the above refreshed)

I also added an MRS switch now above my upper flipper. Maybe it's actually registering many more now that it's there

Updated to 1.02. Unfortunately, they didn’t fix the issue with Insider Connected using your user name for high scores instead of your initials.

Sterns website

It shows my name on my machine. It's a setting where you have to change it from initials to name in the service menu.

I don’t think so. My high scores are set to initials but when I log in with Insider Connected, it uses my user name instead. I don’t see any other settings unless I’m missing something.

You have to set high score to 10 characters in the settings.

Yeah if you have it set to initials, it's going to show initials.

As Tomass mentioned, you have to change the setting in the service menu to 10 characters.

I think Nokoro is saying he has it set to initials but it's still showing username.

Yup he's talking about where some insider connect games show name some show initials its been that way since launch. It always gives you the option to change when you get on the board so it doesn't bother me

Correct.

Ah. I didn’t know you could change if you were logged in. I’ll try that. Thanks.

You can release the magma grab when you want ?

I have not had that happen but here and there a bell will hit his arm and fall into the wireform lije JP .

On the Magna-Grab (for magnetism) - as you see the video clip of towers getting magnetized to Godzilla's chest you can act early. Pressing the flipper buttons will release the ball earlier if you don't want to wait. Shoot the loop. Note - this is NOT the annihilation bonus where you get another bonus for looping. The annihilation bonus is a count down bonus and you have to wait for the ball to drop for it to start.

Imposter mode - if I remember in some of the Godzilla movies, other monsters/etc were imitating Godzilla - maybe Mecha-Godzilla in one movie and they caused damage that was blamed on Godzilla. See if this helps:

https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Fake_Godzilla

Doug, any work on an estimated timeline for new orders for flamin frames (if placed today)?

I posted that a day ago, not much has changed since then. The wait time should shorten as there are fewer orders placed for them now than when they first went on sale, but I'm not willing to give any estimates.

Doug (SpeakerLightKits.com)

Hi all,

Today the magnet on my Mechagodzilla and the whole two inch bolt thing it's fastened to fell out. All that's left is a hole with a washer sitting in it. Even looks like there could be some damage on the plastic around the edges of the hole. Curious if others have experienced this and what the fix entailed. Thanks.

Like your moxie kid asking him a question. Brave you are lol.

First time I've had Godzilla freeze and then reboot.
I was on my first ball and in London. Had Gigan battle going and also Godzilla Multiball. Gigan battle was counting down and I summoned Anguirus Add-a-ball and started to use the Heat Ray when the screen froze and then the rest of the machine shut down. After about 30 seconds, the game rebooted.
Stern Godzilla Premium Pinball 1.02.0 Code
I emailed Stern Bug Report.
I happened to get it on video...

Last night my son and I were noticing that the magnet on the front of Mecha was starting to stick out and move when it grabbed a ball. I think mine is about to fall out.

This happened to mine just last week. Easy fix. First go to page 56 in the service manual to see the exploded parts diagram.
Lift the playfield and find the screw that goes in the back of the magnet core (his belly button). Part #7 in the diagram. You will also need to find the spring washer (part #8) which is most likely still inside Mecha, just fallen down.

Two tips.
First, while the Magnet core is out of Mecha take the screw and thread it all the way back into the core. On mine, the threads had "tightened" I think due to the heat that gets generated. Had to drive the screw all the way in to sort of re-expand the threaded hole. Was no problem, just could not get the leverage while it was in place trying to reattach.
Also, holding the spring clip in place was a bit of a challenge until I used my magnetic grabber tool to hold it in place while I slide the magnet core back through. Super easy with the magnet tool assist.

15 minute fix. Five minutes to search for the screw. Five minutes to scratch my head and strategize. Five minutes of work.

Also, I put a dab of blue lock-tite on the screw when I replaced it (distributor's suggestion).
Probably 100 plays since fixed. No further problem. Working as it should.

Best way to hook up a polk sub?
Pinsound connector?
Or pinnovator?

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