Quoted from Pinfidel:

So I finally opened up my game to take a few pics of the shooter rod. Shame on Stern. Honestly, this is pathetic. The rod tip is almost a half inch away from the ball and it hits to the right. This is definitely why the ball hits and bounces around in the Mecha-zilla area.
I ordered a new shooter rod from Reflex Mods. Not only does it look cool, he said that it is longer than the stock Stern and will rest right up to the ball. I'll post a picture after I receive it and get it installed.
Pic 1 - The rods distance from the ball.
Pic 2 - The rod pushed up against the ball so you can see how far off center it is.
Pic 3 - The Reflex Mods shooter I purchased.
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Quoted from mcvetyty:

I can't speak to your first qualm, but your second can be fairly variable simply based on how you last put the playfield down. Have you tried raising it and lowering it with some additional pressure to the right? This will likely center the plunger.

Quoted from mcvetyty:

I can't speak to your first qualm, but your second can be fairly variable simply based on how you last put the playfield down. Have you tried raising it and lowering it with some additional pressure to the right? This will likely center the plunger.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

So I finally opened up my game to take a few pics of the shooter rod. Shame on Stern. Honestly, this is pathetic. The rod tip is almost a half inch away from the ball and it hits to the right. This is definitely why the ball hits and bounces around in the Mecha-zilla area.
I ordered a new shooter rod from Reflex Mods. Not only does it look cool, he said that it is longer than the stock Stern and will rest right up to the ball. I'll post a picture after I receive it and get it installed.
Pic 1 - The rods distance from the ball.
Pic 2 - The rod pushed up against the ball so you can see how far off center it is.
Pic 3 - The Reflex Mods shooter I purchased.
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Quoted from gandamack:

Machine downloaded latest code update:
What the hell is being said at the end of ball??
"We are tallying up the damage that Jason (weson, weasal, geeson) has laid on the city?"

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Now, for a few pics of some of the Mods I did on my Premium Zilla. More are coming.
Pic 1 - The awesome Tesla Towers. I took teal colored wire and connected it to the electrodes the way they'd be on a real tower. I originally did copper on there, and while it looked great, I wasn't happy with it. I went with the teal to give it some color pop and match some of the teal color in the game.
Jet Jaguar is off to the far right as well.
Pic 2 - The Incredible articulating Godzilla mod from dparnell. This thing is not only awesome, it's a must have mod IMHO.
It comes with the splines painted Metallic purple, which did look cool, but that's not Godzillaesq. I painted them teal blue, went over them with dark blue and then painted all the tips white. I love how it came out.
It not only looks awesome in the game, but with the way the head acticulates back n forth and how body moves, combined with the bright white LED in his mouth that looks like he's blasting his heat ray off the building and bridge, it's absolutely awesome! Couldn't be happier with it.
Here is a link to the mod thread, complete with videos of it working. You have to check it out. It's the best Godzilla out there...period. Mho ⬇️
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/interactive-godzilla-mod-for-prem-le
Pic 3 - An Army helicopter taking off from the helipad. Unfortunately, it's not in the position I'd like for it to be, but when I put it even close to where I want it, it hits the glass or gets caught up in the ramp as the building moves up and down.
Pic 4 - A full pf shot showing the army vehicles I added. I have Sabre Jets coming and will add them on in a few weeks.
Pic 5 - Daddio's super cool red, green and white led maser cannon on the far left. And to the right of that is my favorite army add on. It's a rocket launching helicopter doing a hard right bank turn. I love the look of it with that positioning.
Anyway, those are so.e touches I added. I also upgraded the speakers and added in a separate Polk 10" subwoofer under the machine. Why? Cause I'm all about dat bass. Lol
I'll take a few more pics after I get the other mods in and installed. Thanks all!
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Quoted from northerndude:

Yes, or buy these to put in cabinet to centre the playfield. Stern did not put these in Godzilla
https://www.pinballlife.com/switch-plate-left.html
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Quoted from Pinfidel:

Yeah, I always put the pf down easy and right into its drop slots. Never off kilter, left or right. That's not the issue. The rod itself is legitimately off. I'd have to loosen the rod housing, center it and tighten it. That's the only way to fix that issue. I'll do that when the new shooter rod gets here. Looking forward to it.
That aside, I do have those in my PBL basket with some other things I'm buying for it, including the mod extension power board and some wires. I just wasn't done with the order yet. I'll have to finish that off and place an order.
Thanks brother!

Quoted from acedanger:

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I think when you lower & center PF from vibrations & nudging it has enough play 20 - 50mm to shift over. I just bought my switch plates I'll update everyone after they're installed.

Quoted from GCS2000:

Dumb question - where do these mount?

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Question for those who've downloaded the new update code:
When you download the new code, does it still keep track of your total games played and balls played?
My machine only has 107 games played on it right now, and if everything resets to zero after the update, I want to take pics for proof before I update it.
Thanks.

Quoted from northerndude:

holy christ that's a pile of stuff piled in there

Quoted from GCS2000:

Dumb question - where do these mount?

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Now, for a few pics of some of the Mods I did on my Premium Zilla. More are coming.
Pic 1 - The awesome Tesla Towers. I took teal colored wire and connected it to the electrodes the way they'd be on a real tower. I originally did copper on there, and while it looked great, I wasn't happy with it. I went with the teal to give it some color pop and match some of the teal color in the game.
Jet Jaguar is off to the far right as well.
Pic 2 - The Incredible articulating Godzilla mod from dparnell. This thing is not only awesome, it's a must have mod IMHO.
It comes with the splines painted Metallic purple, which did look cool, but that's not Godzillaesq. I painted them teal blue, went over them with dark blue and then painted all the tips white. I love how it came out.
It not only looks awesome in the game, but with the way the head acticulates back n forth and how body moves, combined with the bright white LED in his mouth that looks like he's blasting his heat ray off the building and bridge, it's absolutely awesome! Couldn't be happier with it.
Here is a link to the mod thread, complete with videos of it working. You have to check it out. It's the best Godzilla out there...period. Mho ⬇️
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/interactive-godzilla-mod-for-prem-le
Pic 3 - An Army helicopter taking off from the helipad. Unfortunately, it's not in the position I'd like for it to be, but when I put it even close to where I want it, it hits the glass or gets caught up in the ramp as the building moves up and down.
Pic 4 - A full pf shot showing the army vehicles I added. I have Sabre Jets coming and will add them on in a few weeks.
Pic 5 - Daddio's super cool red, green and white led maser cannon on the far left. And to the right of that is my favorite army add on. It's a rocket launching helicopter doing a hard right bank turn. I love the look of it with that positioning.
Anyway, those are so.e touches I added. I also upgraded the speakers and added in a separate Polk 10" subwoofer under the machine. Why? Cause I'm all about dat bass. Lol
I'll take a few more pics after I get the other mods in and installed. Thanks all!
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Quoted from BlackBelt:

Noticed this too…Anyone else annoyed by this as much as I am?! It’s super tacky and I wish stern would just put back in ‘godzilla’.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Question for those who've downloaded the new update code:
When you download the new code, does it still keep track of your total games played and balls played?
My machine only has 107 games played on it right now, and if everything resets to zero after the update, I want to take pics for proof before I update it.
Thanks.

Quoted from AMartin56:

My girlfriend caught the reference. Apparently it's this guy:
https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/waison-cheng
I'd also prefer that this sort of Easter egg be a bit more rare. I heard it within 2-3 games of updating. If we didn't watch a lot of pinball YouTube in the background while working from home we wouldn't have had a clue who he was.

Quoted from BlackBelt:

Cool cool cool…so a guy’s name that didn't even work on the pin replaced Godzilla…on my Godzilla themed pinball machine. Next thing you know Stern’s gonna go full ‘George Lucas’ and replace video footage of the monsters in modes with Stern employees.

Quoted from Zablon:

That makes no sense?? Why would you put a podcast person on a unrelated pin? Maybe I misunderstood this...
but also...
TIL there's a Brookes and Dunn machine.

Quoted from BlackBelt:

Noticed this too…Anyone else annoyed by this as much as I am?! It’s super tacky and I wish stern would just put back in ‘godzilla’.

Quoted from Apollo18:

Question:
In middle of a game, MechGz MB.
Upper left flipper started randomly firing
Then just stopped working.
Tried switch test. Flipper Did not work
No technician alerts.
Game is still on. Ball 2
Even as I am writing this must tried the flipper and it fired up then died again.
Buttom 2 flippers both working fine. Just the upper left that has stopped responding
Help. Thank you

Quoted from AMartin56:

Have you lifted the playfield to check out the flipper mech? Everything look okay visually? Turn the game off first.

Quoted from Apollo18:

no flipper response.
UPDATE:
Solder broke off once I touched it.
Discovered broken connection.
Will solder back. Thank you for the help.

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Quoted from Fsdre:

What is the edge molding called if I wanted to make it a different color like on certain sterns? Just trying to find some different colors but I am not sure what wording to use to find the right product.

Quoted from Fsdre:

What is the edge molding called if I wanted to make it a different color like on certain sterns? Just trying to find some different colors but I am not sure what wording to use to find the right product.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

The key to mods is doing tasteful stuff that not only enhances the machines looks...

Quoted from Fsdre:

What is the edge molding called if I wanted to make it a different color like on certain sterns? Just trying to find some different colors but I am not sure what wording to use to find the right product.

Quoted from AMartin56:

I suppose it depends on your height but I'd be worried about some of those mods blocking my view of the ball.
On Godzilla I feel like the back right is the big void area that needs something. And I'd like to eventually find something to jazz up the Maser Cannon area. But I've tried to be conservative everywhere else

Quoted from AMartin56:

My girlfriend caught the reference. Apparently it's this guy:
https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/waison-cheng
I'd also prefer that this sort of Easter egg be a bit more rare. I heard it within 2-3 games of updating. If we didn't watch a lot of pinball YouTube in the background while working from home we wouldn't have had a clue who he was.
Edit: And I don't me to slam the guy. He seems nice enough in the streams..But if you don't know who he is it sounds like gibberish or that the voice actor flubbed his line.

Quoted from tedwasright:

Weird thing just happened. I logged in, my name showed under the score. Played a great game 1B. When it ended it asked me to put in my initials?
Usually I just hit the heatray button and it puts my login up. But I had to manually put one in. I freaked cause I was stressed I didn't get credit. Hah.

Quoted from KidRichard:

As others of said, go to www.t-molding.com. For size you want 3/4" and 20 feet of it is more than enough for one machine. I went with Light Blue on my GZ premium and it looks amazing! It took me less than 30 minutes to swap out.

Quoted from Bundy:

I guess "tasteful" and "enhances" is in the eye of the beholder

Quoted from KidRichard:

As others of said, go to www.t-molding.com. For size you want 3/4" and 20 feet of it is more than enough for one machine. I went with Light Blue on my GZ premium and it looks amazing! It took me less than 30 minutes to swap out.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

I've changed the T-molding out on several games of mine over the years. The light blue color choice sounds awesome. Please post up a few pics. I'd love to see it.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

That's what's so awesome about modding. Some like tons of mods, some like bare bones stock and others somewhere in between. There's something for everyone out there.
As for your view being blocked... While I'm 6'2", my wife and daughter (5'8" & 5'6") have had no complaints. But not everyone is the same.
As for the upper right "dead" area, Diddys Tesla Towers are the best thing out there. Those things look absolutely killer, and to have them light up with that awesome blue colored light the way they do is the icing on the cake.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Why the heck would Stern put this guy's (or any person's name for that matter) in any of the call outs? Especially at the end when you want to hear Godzilla's damage, not some guy no one knows. They'd better re-code it and take it completely out. #Dumb

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Thats cause when you weren't looking, your machine downloaded the new code.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

I've changed the T-molding out on several games of mine over the years. The light blue color choice sounds awesome. Please post up a few pics. I'd love to see it.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Amen brother! Just like a person's choice in their significant other. One may find the person stunning and another find them a hideous beast. The point... Never eorry about what someone else thinks. As long as YOU'RE happy and the person YOU'RE with enhances YOUR life, that's all that matters.

Quoted from GCS2000:

Any GZ owners have the Pingraffix Power Bladez if so would love to hear some feedback on them and perhaps some additional video while playing the game vs attract mode.

Quoted from Baggerman:

any special tools required for the install?

Quoted from DudeRegular:

You can quote multiple posts all in one post, just FYI.

Quoted from KidRichard:

As luck would have it, I have an image of the job halfway done to show the difference.

Quoted from Pinfidel:

Why the heck would Stern put this guy's (or any person's name for that matter) in any of the call outs? Especially at the end when you want to hear Godzilla's damage, not some guy no one knows. They'd better re-code it and take it completely out. #Dumb