Just thinking the same. I'm scheduled to join the club with a Pro on Friday. Coming by Fedex Freight. Wish me luck...

Nice! Let us know how it goes. Congrats to you too Scott!

Do you have a cliffy protector in the shooter lane?

If not installed properly, the protector can change the angle at which the ball launches. (the protectors are pointed towards the left or the right of the shooter lane.)

Can you post a pic of how the ball sits in the shooter lane and where the fork and plunger tip hit the ball?

https://www.pinballlife.com/mechagodzilla-figure-for-stern-godzilla-pro.html

For us lowly (impatient) pro owners. I love it! Too bad I had just put in an order for a Shaker and quiet fan a couple days ago, otherwise I probably would have ordered this too.

Joined the club today!

I want to add some additional lighting as the red modes get pretty dark but beyond that, it plays really great out of the box. Haven't had to make any adjustments yet. The glass is SUPER tight. Having to force it in tight. I loosened the rail screws a bit as suggested, but just barely helped.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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He only offers the scoop, outhole, shooter lane, and switches. I ordered the scoop, outhole, and shooter lane. I'll probably swap out the factory scoop protector when I do the other ones.

I play in the dark, and there are too many moments where there are only flashing inserts. I love the effect but I need some GI all the time! Also, I'm gonna need to look into a sound mod...

Besides that, it's a great shooting game. Still debating on some figures for the game or not.

I've had the game for a week and had my best score so far last night. Got to Monster Zero and the Ghidora battle. It was intense! Didn't break a billion but it felt good! So for me, it was a great game.

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Not enough could be said about Lyman. RIP

I've been thinking about the building mod also, so thanks for the reviews. I'm usually not a mod person but had to add a few. With the building being such a central (literally and figuratively) aspect of the game, that would have been mayybe one thing that could have been nice from the factory.

I wired a 12v white LED strip at the back top of the playfield where the back board is. I play in a dark room and there are too many moments where the only thing that is lit is the light show with the inserts (like after MechaGZ multiball). I would drain because it was literally too dark to see. That's besides all of the red moments that are in the game. Much nicer now to have constant GI on but still be able to enjoy the light shows.

I also added two white spotlights wired to red bulbs. One is pointed towards the center of the playfield and one towards a GZ toy that I put in to replace the plastic. It was a much needed contrast to the red GI.

Am I missing anything else?

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It leans towards more orchestral tracks if there is an alternative song choice, but each of the kaiju battles only have the one song choice, so there is no variation there, and of course, the BOC song that plays.

Going through some of the songs is high on my "mod" list.

I guess it's new code day? Just started on its own while in attract mode.

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I already installed code from 11/30 tho, but I don't see any new code on Sterns site so...

It's still 1.03 unfortunately lol

Haha yeah, I was surprised too. Still not sure why it randomly decided to run the code update again even though it was already on current code.

If it's not messing up your plunge at all, then I'd just leave it. Or you can remove it and put mylar down. I did that while I was waiting for a set of Cliffys for about 4-6 months, and it was fine. Turn the trough coil to the lowest it'll go while serving a ball and you should be fine with just mylar until the replacement arrives.

Its easiest to do with that area clear of rails and stuff but ive been lazy before and have done it with everything in place. I cut a strip the full length of the groove and a bit beyond to where it is flat and also cut out the slit for the switch slot. Use a straight edge and a sharp utility knife for the cleanest lines.

I'll line everything up and tape down the edge away from the plunger with painters tape to make a hinge. Then I slowly peel it away from the taped end and use my thumb to rub it down. Work your way down from the center of the strip outwards. If you do agood job, it'll be like nothing is there

For those looking for the side armor and egg shooter rod, I've seen pictures of the gold color wearing off on the inserts of the side armor and color wearing off the egg. I can't rember if someone posted it in this thread, but I certainly wouldn't be happy if I paid 400+ on these additions to have the color wearing off. Just fyi.