Just picked up our Godzilla Premium w/ Tokyo Neon mod over the weekend, so I'm in the club now

Planning on doing the sleal16 saucer once he's back and I bought a Neca Godzilla figure to upgrade the little green guy. Now I just have to learn the rules!

I have the rattley plunger issue and I've already added the 3d printed ABE Flips piece but it's still rattley. What else should I do?

The one code "fix" I'd like to see in Godzilla is a 1-2 second ballsaver for the Destruction Jackpot. Many times I've seen it happen where I miss the shot, it goes halfway up the right ramp, then straight down the drain. It's not a fun shot if your incentive is to not go for it.

Is there any adjustment in the software for this?

Yeah, working on it... I'm at 1.1B so far.

Try this... When the DJ shot is coming up, hold the left flipper button down halfway (it's a 2-stage button). This will give you a bit faster reaction speed when the ball drops and more closely match your flipper intuition to a normal lower flipper shot. Since I discovered this idea, I've been hitting a higher percentage of my DJ shots and I hope it may help you as well.

The biggest problem I'm having with Godzilla is trying to figure out what pinball to buy next that is worthy to stand next to it. Where do you go from here?

Definitely don't have the budget for POTC LE, and if I did I'd rather use it to get two good pinballs I've played a bit of Jurassic and Deadpool. Jurassic was pretty good but didn't feel that open in what to shoot for like GZ (to be fair, maybe I just don't know the rules well enough yet though?) and a bit on the sharpshooter side. Deadpool I'm not that big on the theme but I recognize it's a good game and might be a contender as a less expensive Pro model.

Right now I have Godzilla, Twilight Zone, Attack From Mars, World Cup Soccer, and White Water. I definitely agree that you want diversity. LOTR is on my list to check out, we're going to visit the grandparents for Christmas and there's one not far from them I can play. Also looking at a couple of JJP titles and interested to see what Nordman will be putting out for American Pinball too, plus there's the next Stern announcement in March and Scooby - all of which we know little to nothing about yet. I'm trying to keep it about $10k and under, which cuts out a few that I might otherwise consider like Elvira: HoH.

Not every game can be the best ever and that's fair, just looking for some other top-shelf options to consider. I'm not a fan of rock band themed pins either, so that's been an impediment since it seems like half the new machines are music pins these days.

Thanks for the excellent write-up, much appreciated! I guess I owe Deadpool another look then - I've kind of glossed over it due to not being into the movies but the few times I've played it it seemed good even without knowing the rules and the 2d side scrolling battles are pretty cool, I used to play games like that back in the 80's. I don't mind superheroes in general, but most of the superhero pins out there don't impress me for various reasons.

One more question - in your opinion is Deadpool one where you need the Premium or does the Pro give you 95% of what you need?

Scooby looks cool but we have no idea about gameplay - I hope there’s a good gameplay video soon but the line is so long now too. I’m with you on American, I have faith in Nordman putting out something good.

It shouldn't be that hard, and you can restart battles with your progress saved by shooting the scoop. If you get a powerup, choose +20 seconds in a Level 1 Kaiju battle, that will help.

If lock is lit, pick Gigan and you can loop the right ramp to defeat him. If you have any multiball ready to go, pick Titanosaurus and with balls flying around you'll probably get him without much specific effort.

I’d like to know about this adjustment, the ball rattles and falls out of the left ramp too often on mine.

For a lot of games I feel the Pro is a very good choice and not losing much. Godzilla though is one where I would definitely want the Premium.

It’s easier to find a Deadpool for sale than a TNA, just lots more of them out there.

Some old games are cheaper, but many of the better WPC era games cost as much as a brand new machine. I’d like a Tales of the Arabian Nights for instance but that’s about 12-13k!

It may be the new rod fits tighter. When I changed to a different rod my skill shot improved in consistency too and putting it in I noticed it was a tighter fit. Mass may have something to do with it too.

You don't want your balls to magnetize, because then they will stick to each other or to metal parts of the game causing problems such as failing to be ejected from scoops, the ball trough, etc...

So for Godzilla and other games with magnets, you should just use normal balls. For games without magnets (for instance, Attack From Mars), you can use the shiny chrome balls if you want to, but it's also fine to just use the standard balls with all your games.

I’d like to see a King of the Monsters practice mode added. I haven’t got there yet but when I do I’d like to know what to do instead of panicking in confusion

If you get a SJ in Godzilla Multiball then Monster Zero is your Level 4 powerup. If you get a SJ in Mechagodzilla Multiball then Terror of Mechagodzilla is your Level 4 powerup.

I don't know for sure what happens if you get both, I'm guessing you have a choice of either one.

If you get neither, then I don't think you can collect the level 4 powerup until you get one or the other. This happened to me early on when learning the game but now it's been easy to have a SJ in time, usually in Godzilla MB.

Yes, that level is just the kind you want. And I agree w/ Hayfarmer, you crawl under the pin, lift it up with your back, and do one leg at a time. It speeds things up if you have a 2nd person to read the level for you so you don't have to keep crawling in and out to check it yourself.

When leveling, I recommend measuring sideways across the back, sideways across the front, and then set the slope. 6.5 degrees is good for most machines. Remember that you have to measure on the playfield, not the glass. If you can't get the level too far in the back due to ramps and stuff getting in the way just do the best you can.

Word from this bird is, you've got an extra pinball machine!

My Godzilla Premium came without an instruction card, what are some good ones I can download and print?

Thanks!

I may not keep it in all the time, and yes it does cover up some art, but for when friends come over who aren't pinball fanatics I like to have the instruction cards available for them.

The King Ghidorah looks great, it's pretty much exactly what I've been looking for if only it wasn't so small. I feel like I can't put a 4" tall King Ghidorah next to my 6" tall Gigan mounted nearby without it looking like a dwarf.

I think I'm going to give up on the idea of fitting a King Ghidorah on the playfield, get a 6" Megalon figure to fill that spot instead, and use my King Ghidorah fig as a small topper.

This is called a captive ball. When you hit the magna-grab, the ball is struck and moves up to hit a sensor. If you don't hit it hard enough, it won't make the sensor and the hit isn't detected.

That sounds like the cooling fan to me. If the sound is bothersome, you can get a quiet replacement fan from Pin Monk. I have a Godzilla where you can hear the fan come on every couple minutes but right next to it I have a TMNT that the prior owner had put the silent fan in it and I've never been able to hear it. Definitely going to get one for Godzilla too at some point.

Prime and paint is the way to go over colored plastic, you'll get a much better looking end product. Looking forward to trying it out!

I like those JP blades. If I ever get a JP I'd probably go with those too.

Has anyone seen both the Myth and Cointaker versions to compare? I'm considering getting a set at some point but didn't know if either one was superior to the other. I'd be getting the cityscape option either way.

Thanks!

I'm glad they're adding some extra gameplay modes, that's really the one area that Godzilla currently falls short.

No, from the readme it just seems to be a couple of bug fixes, some added lights, and allowing you to press both flippers to dismiss secret combo messages. No new gameplay stuff, I guess that's for 1.0.5.

Everyone is in different situations and has different tastes. Some need money, some need room, some just like rotating games frequently. There are a LOT of Godzillas made so that contributes too, but it's not because of anything bad about the game. If someone has to sell, let their loss be your gain

I've got 6 pins. Godzilla is good for when I want a long strategic game. TMNT when I want to be slapped around for a short while. Other games fall in between and I've tried to have a variety of different designers and layouts.

You can restrict it to a time window, I put my TMNT to a 1-minute window at like 3 or 4am when it will never be on.

Not sure what you're really asking, those two games are nothing alike.