The wife and I kinda decided we want out last spot to go to GZ Premium. We really like playing this game in the arcade and think it will be even better at home.

I am kinda overwhelmed at how this game just won't budge in price and if we want it we have to pony up for it.

I am even more overwhelmed at how many amazing mods there are for this game, not even sure where to start other than of course the Tokyo Neon Sign mod as that seems like a must have.

The other one that we really think is major important is the speaker lights with the city scape. The one we have been playing has this and I think its a superb addition and in truth should have come with the game. Please correct me if I am wrong is this the myth speaker light set up or is there another/better option (Speakerlights.com)?

Lots of reading to do on this thread for sure.

Thanks I am just confused when looking around at the options and what should actually be gotten (Myth even has a bunch of options as well)

Can anyone explain what is different between Doug's kit and Myth's kit?

Thanks.

Yeah I get the vibe that pricing on this game in the used market (unless someone is desperate for cash) isn't going to change much for some time. That is unless the pin market comes back down to reality.

I would probably hope to find a decent used machine within a few hours of me to avoid shipping fees and I am not a NIB guy in any form. I had my one NIB experience for the first time last week in 20 years of owning games and I was like ehh ok no big deal to me at all. It was neat but that was it. Will have another NIB experience in a few months when my wife gets her Scooby.

My guess is if Stern is going to keep making (and as you said why not) that their price will stay in the upper 9s or more. That means used prices are going down either.

Granted no one can see the future. Pin prices are just nuts in general.

Sadly GNR did not connect with me either and I hate saying but I thought the build quality of it compared to my JJPOTC was very poor. I was honestly shocked.

Anyway enough GNR talk in the GZ thread back to the monster battles and crushing of cities!

@slea

Within the last month?

Sure wish I would have gotten in on that deal because GZ would be in the house for sure. Nice pick up

So many GZs for sale in the classifieds

9 LEs
16 Pres
6 Pros

As soon as someone posts a Pre within driving distance for under 9k I am on it, lol.

Agreed just high prices all around though. Gotta pay to play.

Is this armor available anywhere or is anyone perhaps making something similar?

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Yep sure. Thanks for the sale Bill. A lot broker now but the game is awesome. Got do some work to get it dialed in as we have far too many SDTMs like every ball launch but I’ll do some reading and fiddling.

Have no fear folks Bill is a great guy and an asset to the hobby. Wish could have stayed longer but it was late and we had a precarious ride home as you know. Btw we ended up in massive rain storm about 1/2 way home. Not what you want when the game is partially hanging out the back and your hatch is open

Has the shooter lane fix already but will have to fiddle with height and level. At the moment bubble is in the middle and it is level side to side

yep

Do the stern brand art blades exist in stock anywhere?

And is there any cheaper version of the egg shooter around? Would like something different and like this one but $180 is too steep.

I think it’s Chameleon green or something like that. Steve’s thread has a couple of machines done in this color. It’s pretty cool

And to think I was feeling good about my score of 187million tonight (only had the game for 48 hours). Nice score!

I think I may have experienced my first flipper degradation last night. Wife and I were playing our games for a couple of hours last night (GZ and CCR getting the most play) and I was having a good game on GZ after we had been playing for about 70 mins or so when out of the blue it felt like the flippers couldn't hit any shot with any power at all. They felt like wet noodles. This didn't happen until near the end of my "good" game so it was only a brief time. We let it sit for about 10-15 while we played other games then went back and it seemed fine.

Don't recall noticing this before (this is my first Stern). Wasn't terrible but was annoying.

I know Pinmonk's cooling systems are considered the best but how are some of the other alternatives out there?

They did on CCR

You can also post a wanted ad in the market and you may get lucky with help from another pinsider.

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.

Thanks. Was concerned about them being distracting during the game.

I mean they are beyond cool and I can imagine being fascinated with them in the game for sure especially if they add to the look of course

How do you guys get the 1.05 update just so it manually? When I go into the net menu and do check for updates it tells me there are none yet I am on 1.04 code.

Why is this game so damn good!

Just had a banger (well for me at least) and was hit shot after shot. It was so much fun. Sure wish I had gotten in the GZ bandwagon a long time ago.

Dumb question - where do these mount?

T molding

Go to www.t-molding.com for a massive selection and you can get free samples sent to you

Nice!

We went red with the same Ghidora rails. Armor is with Steve getting done. Will be a few weeks which is no big deal and can't want to get it back and install it.

Just curious do the flipper buttons go on top of the rails or are this rails the kind with a larger hole and it goes around them?

It will be painful I am certain of that.

Need some help (if there is any) for a shot issue - if it can be called that.

So the shot just to the left of the center building shot (apologies I don't know what that shot is called) when I hit (intentional or not) it makes that short turn and comes out of the building and SDTM every single time. It doesn't matter whether its hard, soft, slow, fast type of shot it goes SDTM the middle - always.

No amount of shaking as its coming out of the building helps this issue.

Game is at about 6.9 or so and is level side to side. I have unleveled the game (both ways) to try an alleviate this issue but same thing still happens.

Does anyone else have this issue is there anything I can do to remedy it?

It has become incredibly frustrating as I know if the ball goes to that spot its gone - again doesn't matter if I hit that shot intentionally or not.

TIA for any suggestions

Well crap that sucks, I didn't know.

Thx

Dumb question how is mecha triggered on a Premium?

Is it a switch attached to him so when he gets hit it registers?

Asking because we seem to never trigger him these days and I am not seeing anything in switch test when I rock him back and forth. Looking him over I am not really seeing anything under or behind him.

I am sure I am just overlooking something.

Thanks I just figured it and figured out my issue.

My plastic protector was binding the switch and wouldn't allow the spinner to register. Explains why we couldn't active mecha.

Protector removed and all is well now.

About to say the same. Check your alignment on the habitrail may just need some tweaking.

On the mecha jump ball - yeah it happens from time to time for us as well. The metal "diverter" piece on the shield target can be moved a bit (the front slides) to angle the ball more or less. Just loosen the screw and slide it no need to take it apart or anything. This may or may not help. The major reason it is there is to be sure that the angle is right for hitting mecha's belly for the magnet so if moving it messes up his grab just move it back.

balls could be magnetized as well

Yep I don’t get this either and there have been a lot of games in the marketplace the last couple of months where it the game only had like 50 plays. Every time I see that I’m like WTF!

**THESE HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR, THANKS**

Any new GZ owners want a couple of mods for their game? Just looking to cover shipping for them call it $10 total

One is a 3D printed shield mod plain not painted.

The other is a green plastic protector with an etching of mothra goes on the left side of the game. I did not make these and cannot take credit for them.

The last pic is to show where the plastic goes the one you will receive is the one in the pic on the red pinshield not the one installed on my game.

Again these items are free just asking for shipping costs.
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Uggh so my son got home from college tonight. Played one game and busted my GC score. WTF!

Young people with twitchy reflexes.

I just want them to reverse that dumb Wyjean or whatever it is at the end of each ball. Change it back to Godzilla!

100% accurate. Pick another spot is all.

hit up Spiderpin as he made it

Bad parent moment last night on GZ.

So I mentioned the other day my son came home from college Sunday played one game on GZ (never played it before) and beat my GC score - I was not happy.

Got home from work last night to find Stumblor's Neon sign in the mailbox and promptly put in the game (great mod of course). First game after install and absolutely b*tch slapped his score (more than doubled it to 826mil - yeah I know that score sucks but we aren't good players) so when I was done I had to go and talk some smack. All he wanted to say was hey I broke your record on my first game and it didn't matter I broke it. 30 mins later he is down playing GZ for over an hour and doesn't even come close.

Even though I am sure my reign will be short lived it feels good to be the king

I don’t think you can adjust that at all. I only use the UV on MBR and JJPOTC I don’t use it on any of my other games as I actually don’t like it.

I use PS (not on GZ at this time) in my other games but I think my highest setting is about 35%. I want additional light but I don't want things blown out like most of the pics Scott posts. No offense to anyone that likes that look its just not for me.

It made a HUGE difference on MBR and JJPOTC and I do use the UV on those games as it fits perfectly. On CCRSE and WCS I just use them for additional lighting. They do help both of those games but not to the same level as the other 2. At some point I will give GZ a try.

It was mentioned in another thread that this will be a $1000 or more but no final price had been set

Not purchasing this topper or the Stern one no matter how nice it is. I see no way Stern doesn't price theirs at 2k or close to it.

As much as I like toppers I would much rather put that 2k into another game.

Topper market has gone crazier than the pin market IMHO.

And 1k+ for the Tilt topper it should be better.

Yes shaker is a must

Stern art blades IMHO

Just powder coat your armor and you will have something better than the LE. The money you saved not getting LE means you can mod the heck out of your premium lots and lots of things to choose from.

Show me where you can get an LE for that price - they don't exist.

LEs are going for 16k these days.

Once he slaps up that GC score he will

Looks good. I have been unable to find the clear parts to do this myself. Had no idea it would so much trouble for find clear bumper parts but I guess no one really uses them.

Thanks for this I just placed my order!

I would post in the precision thread and contact John 1956PINHEAD as well.

I would make sure your clamp bolts are good and tight and also make sure your flipper bats are on good and tight as well in order to be certain there is no slippage.

It does not come with it. It is an add-on option. There are 2 choices of it - one is a splitter the other is a self powered splitter (called the splitter +)

Yep I would love this topper personally

For a 1k topper I shouldn’t have to do a thing but plug it in and enjoy it. Very disappointed by both of the toppers released

Wish I had seen this sooner. Would love a nice full set of all magnetic nut drivers. Can't seem to find any - guess my googlefu is broken.

I grabbed this sign as my topper as well. Looks good and does the job for a lot less $$. One thing I noticed is that it seems quite bright. Anyone have a suggestion on how to maybe dim it a little bit. Mine is plugged into the service outlet with a phone charger block. Works just fine and goes off and on with the game. I did have to remove the power button adapter they included otherwise it would only come on when you pressed that button.

Only took 2 days to get to me via DHL as well so super fast shipping.

First video I have seen of the topper in action. Looks better in the video but still a poor, lazy effort from Stern IMHO

Does anyone know the height of the Stern topper?

Thanks.

I think a lot of people want to swap the topper figure with the Atomic one. While I think that would look way better (especially if it interacts with the game correctly) but that just adds to the cost of the topper.

Unfortunately for me as much as I think this topper fell very flat of the mark I am probably going to get it. We have to move games around and where GZ is going to be I have a clearance issue and this topper comes in under my height restriction without issue. Its either this one or no topper which is not the option I want tbh.

I attached mine with just velcro. Sadly I will be selling it off as I had to move GZ to a different spot with lower clearance and can no longer use this. It looked great for the week I had it on the game

This is how it is made and put together. Mine has the crack as well.

I used 3 pieces of the heavy duty velcro. One on each end and one in the middle held perfectly no wobble. I did choose to tape the bottom with some black fabric tape to close off some light bleed I had from the box. I could see it when playing the game (I'm 6 foot) but no one else could. Wasn't a big deal just annoyed me.

I just used a spare cell phone brick and plugged into the outlet in the head. Worked fine and cycled off and on with the game (had to power on the game and power on the sign first time only). I removed the little power switch included with the sign (not needed).

I sold mine only because of clearance issues where I had to move GZ to so I am now using the silhouette topper from Sparky

just curious did anyone ever swap out the GZ figure on the Stern topper with something better or go crazy and get Jazzbouche atomic GZ on there?

Wow that looks really good. Care to share any other details on how you put it on there and how it’s hooked up?

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Get GZ Premium and the mod and don't look back. You will be happy with this decision.