Can we just get this changed over to the official owner’s thread and settle on one thread to rule them all?

Nothing has ever been close to this universally lauded here. Not even CGC remaking MM was like this.

Which one? Because it sure wasn’t the JJP one.

He didn’t ask anything about hype. He asked about the most universal love being reported by those actually playing a game and reporting back here. Two hugely different concepts.

Any magnet issues on the Premium?

There were a very few Black Spider-Man mirrored translites that got out there, and they went for stupid money. And this was back in 07-08.

This guy is doing bits.

They want pictures of the damaged art and will send a replacement for only the one side or panel that is damaged. I've been through this process. But who is actually going to give their info to this dude to let him try to dupe Stern with their machine # anyway? He can only justify buying the premium, but can further justify piggy-backing on someone who did cough up for an LE for some fraud? Neat.

Lol. Is mom proud of the guy wanting to scam Stern or the one calling it out, here? Weird digs.

Not selling the LE cab art keeps the "limited" in Limited Edition.

Stern doesn’t want to deal with shipping issues to each individual end user. I don’t blame them. Ship to distros and let them handle the individual logistics headaches.

That board surely is supposed to have a switch cover over it...or something?

I’ve got a ton of Godzilla figures and have been considering the best replacement figure for the molded Godzilla in the game. I’ve come to the conclusion that these are the two best options, given the art and assets used:

The first is the NECA 1954 Poster Art figure. It is pretty widely available for around $50.

The second is what I am going to be using, and is the SH Monsterarts Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla Poster Art variant figure. It’s much tougher to find, and more expensive.

Both are 6”. Thank you for coming to my Godzilla figure TED talk.

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6”

Both NECA and Monsterarts make a ton of 6" Godzilla figs.

My LE is on the truck, circling the Metroplex in a teasing game of "Did I Hear Airbrakes!?"

My patience holds, but in grief in doing so.

That one is 6.3 inches tall, but he is particularly long. Have to make sure you have room for all the tail on that one. but he's an awesome figure. They also make a 7.8 inch version that will be too big.

Run an LED into his mouth and have the mouth light up blue. It would be easy.

I think it looks good. More important, what do you think?

My LE, #550, arrived safe and sound yesterday evening. My son and I put several games on it last night, and he has declared the machine to be the best ever made, apparently knocking MM off the pedestal it has enjoyed for the past couple of years in his book. I installed silicone rubber to everything on the lower playfield, and it is far more forgiving and easier to control. I have thus far defeated all kaiju so far included in early code, save for Megalon. The art package is fantastic, the LE cabinet art is tremendous, and the LE/Premium toys are just awesome. This is far and away the best overall package Stern has ever produced.

While we are waiting for Doug to release the flame speaker lights, you just can’t beat this combination in the interim:

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It looks to be wood screws, but in a fairly large number all the way around. I see no nuts that indicate a mounted or passed-through post.

You can backhand it. Have to catch it and do so from a stop, though.

Lol. He set a bear trap for you here. He’s talked about his issues after brain surgery for a tumor.

King Ghidorah is in .80. Just fought him. Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, & Anguirus v King Ghidorah. Don’t know how I unlocked that second column of monsters, but I did. I beat Ebirah and played all the multiballs with super jackpots achieved, and had the tanks and planes inserts lit. Dunno, but it let me fight him. Every shot starts green, hit a shot to turn yellow, hit again to turn red, hit again to unlight. All shots. One ball. I got pretty far down it before it timed out, looked up in time to see Godzilla chunk a boulder and hit a fleeing Ghidorah and the Xilien declare that Ghidorah put up an unacceptable effort, while Godzilla Bro hugged Rodan. It would be wildly helpful to take a charged Heat Ray into that fight.

Gentlemen, I give you a proper Godzilla at home in his corner.

For any of these figures you are going to have to remove some portion of the tail for him to fit. Just not enough room back there to fit it all.

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Monsterarts Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II Poster Art (Noriyoshi) figure

I’m going to use 3M sticky pads and maybe some museum putty and see if it holds well enough. I’m working through it all now. Will report back.

This is the box. I love this one because he’s in the Toho style used for the art, and is green with blue spikes to match, as well. But there are a ton of options out there.

Search “Monsterarts Noriyoshi poster” and you will find some a bit cheaper. I found mine for less than $200. eBay, Mercari, FB Groups for Godzilla figs.... I can help and post up ones I see here if people are interested.

I make no endorsement of sellers, just finds of the figure:

https://merc.li/mcDWRq5Yb

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In order to use the bigger figure you will have to lose the top plastic that the stock figure’s tail fits under. You could butcher the plastic to fit around, but unless a ball somehow manages to pop up into that corner during gameplay, I’m going to just leave the top level plastic off. I used the same holes for the stock fig tail zip tie to wiggle a new zip tie and strap across the new one’s spikes and tail stub, and just used some 3M double sided sticky pads on his feet. He isn’t going anywhere.

The Monsterarts figs have extremely opposable tails, and there is a ball and socket joint holding the tail onto the body. There just isn’t enough room to fit all that tail in that corner and have the figure sit back in a good position. But you cannot see the tail at all back there, so even with it missing it looks just fine.

I am attaching pictures of the tail where I separated it. You just turn and pull slightly and it will pop right out. You can replace and it holds completely normally. This does not harm the figure at all.

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Oh, there are figures for any and all of them. Let me play around with it later and see what I can find that fits.

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Well. Look there. This is the Bandai one that is readily available at Target right now. He’s in the back of the store with the Funko Pops, on the back wall of the electronics section. He fits like a glove.

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This is what I’m using to mount all the figures, and they are holding well so far.

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I’ve been in and out of this game all day long and have been super anxious about messing up the art blades. This is exactly what I need. Where did you get those?

I haven’t had any ball hang up or weird airball things so far at all. I haven’t even heard a ball hit the glass during any game so far, and we’ve been playing the hell out of it since Wednesday night.

It doesn’t obscure it at all.

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.

In the second column there are team-up fights. You can opt to fight or flee during those fights. It’s like the risk it option on AC/DC.

It’s closer to the second, lighter one. But it’s actually somewhere in between those two.

Put it on the Truck This Side Only side and it's fine. That's the bottom of the cabinet.

chin

When you hit the jump ramp to either engage his shields or to start the multiball. But you have to drill it good to make the jump and catch on the magnet.

If you refuse delivery, they take the machine back and repair it. They don’t put it on a scratch and dent sale. You just get it repaired.

I have one game over 1B and nothing else close, as well.

It’s just a thick vinyl decal and it comes right off.

Somebody around here said they already got their Elvira 40th the other day.

JohnTTwo reported getting his already, in the stupid Price Bubble thread.

Go ahead and call in your OSHA violation before you are blinded by the laser and can't find the phone.

Outside of that I encountered nothing to report in setting this one up - don't even have anything to take the glass off to remove any packing on the playfield. The few things reported have been remote and nothing you wouldn't notice.

My game is at like 6.8 degrees and the balls fall to the left flipper off the building roof. Weird that people are having such varied results.

You have been bitching about this game since before it came out. Why did you buy it? Just to pick nits? Point made. Mark it zero and move on, dude.

Aren’t you just a perfect spokesman to pick up his slack. The consistently contrarian backed up by the wholly indecipherable. Brilliant.

There are some high risk/reward shots on this machine, particularly those to the right toward the scoop and toward the maser canon on the left. Those will rebound right SDTM on you sometimes, but such is the price of admittance to those kinds of shots. It does seem like some people are experiencing leveling issues where some things (i.e. multiball dump off building and reverse building shots) are going SDTM, also. Coupled with the already fast nature and rebounds that you get, I could see this being really frustrating. But I don't get any more frustrating drains down the middle or on the outlanes than any other fast paced game I own or have owned. It's not the friendliest game, and it requires nudging more than others, for sure. But compared to, say, TWD this game leans toward more forgiving. I would place it on a spectrum somewhere better than MET for ball times and less than SM. Somewhere around EHOH, maybe.

This. I have learned this lesson for sure. You look at those color chips, or at examples of a color in daylight or under intense indoor lighting, and they show you one color - but get it home and it is far darker. Anything that just has a "hint" of color isn't going to show that hint in the darker gameroom setting. Go light.

If one of the screws that holds the facing of the building backs out, it can catch as the building attempts to go up and cause the motor to bind. I had that happen once. Tighten up all the little screws holding the building plastics in place, and see if that does anything.

Deadpool is on the calendar for August. Source: I saw the email to the distros. Well, at least the part about DP.

Didn’t look for that one, so I don’t know. I was specifically only looking for DP.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1312-space-coast-pinball/05554-godzilla-dress-up-magnet-art-and-decal-art

So close to 2 bil…

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If all of those accessories had actually hit stock, there would be people in here reporting having scored the stuff and linking to the site to purchase. The distros clearly just got links and graphics to put up on their own sites. Nobody bought anything yet because none of these things have even been stocked.

Calm down, dude.

$180 for that egg shooter rod? Does it even light up?

Same happened to me, with a screw on the front of the building. Check for screws that might have backed out on the building facade.

The rust is not going to spread. Unless he lives in the Everglades without an air conditioner.

Rust is the new playfield dimple.

Is the droop position intentional? Did Keith ever confirm anything about flipper bat position?

It’s a bitch to trap a rolling ball with, that I know.

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That’s cool.

Just widen the leaf a little. See the little flexible metal leaf tab that the rubber hits back on and flexes? There is a shorter, firmer one behind it, and when the front one flexes back and touches the back one, the circuit completes and the coil fires. Your leaf switch is touching together just from vibrations. You want to separate them a tiny bit. It doesn’t take much. Use something non-metal to spread them slightly. I’d usually just reach down and do it with a finger, but that’s kinda do as I say and not as I do, I suppose.

Cool. There are two on each sling. Just see which one is the most closed.

He would have hated the 80s and 90s.

Everyone should buy what they want with their own money, and be happy. Everyone else should quit worrying about what other people want and are willing to spend for their own hearts’ content.

You want crap coilstops to put in your toolbox to replace the crap coilstops that break?

Well, we all have our hill to die on.

Blow up like kill Godzilla? You are Godzilla when you are playing.

I want the armor, but I want to install it on my LE. Has anyone seen it in person yet? Is it black or silver?

Those that have received their Flamin' Frames speaker lights, when did you order? Just trying to gauge where the orders are now. I put in on 2/7.

Well, I have to have this now.

Masochist.

That machine was dropped straight down. In my experience most in the box damage is from either a fork spearing it, or from the box being dropped straight down (still strapped to the pallet). Tipped over or flipped usually results in glass explosion.

A lot of times the forklift driver slams it to the ground on the pallet. I've seen them fall off lift-gates straight down, too.