I don't know but I can confirm that its a dangerous shot. Played for about an hour and a half on location today, and had a few STDM with that shot on fast moving screamers (which means very little time to nudge when it shoots out the building). The pin had a tight tilt bob which didn't help either. Game was slightly unlevel too.

I'm imagining, that a solution will be found for being able to adjust that shot so it doesn't go STDM. I mean, even something like adding a few layers of electrical tape on the right side so a fast shot to that location will deflect more to the left flipper or something. Someone will come up with something.

I really do think this is as winner of a pin. Just a great layout, with adding ball paths that really give interesting movement to the ball. Appreciate that there is only 1 pop bumper so no time wasted in the pops, plus interesting ball movement with the open pop bumper (but not in a bad position like rick and morty where automatic ball saves are required). I was also worried it was going to be center shot heavy (like mando) with the building, but now I definitely think they did a good job with balancing shots around the whole playfield. Left ramp was no problem ...not sure how they changed the geometry but I never felt like it was clunky, unlike JP with the heli and tower shots where sometimes good shots just reject for no reason.

Good mode variety, and different objectives all over the playfield. I didn't have any magnet issues.

Basically...I feel Keith took all of the best ideas from his 3 previous pins, combined it into 1, and then evolved it even further.

Yeah, it was a pro being routed by a local gaming company in a mall.

Oh and I agree...I think it was really odd that they covered up the magnet captive ball by having artwork on the plastic on the pro. That should be seen!

And also......I couldn't get the QR reader to read my code.

Hmm...you are right....I wonder if shooting the exit lane of the building actually does anything in the code or not. It SHOULD. I mean, if there is a makeable shot on the PF in a prominent position but it doesn't do anything, then that seems like a major waste of PF real estate. Will have to play the pin again to see what it does (or not), but that lane doesn't have a shot arrow so it seems like its not for "making shots"...

Now that you have it and have played a bunch of games....does that hairpin to the left of the building actually do anything in the code? Like, does it give out jackpots or increase a counter to something or ?

Whats nice about this corkscrew, is that its fed from a lane and curve so the ball more consistently hits the exact same path going up it. That way, there is going to be very few "clunky" shots that hit the corkscrew and just die. Which is what the 2 corkscrews on JP can be sometimes (tower/heli), especially tower. This has fixed that. As long as you have enough power going up the left ramp entrance, its going to go up.

Yeah in this video, it does show that the left exit of the building does give double super jackpot in godzilla MB. (5:10 in the video). Didn't see it do anything else in the vid (though not even sure how many times it was shot)

How experienced with pinball are your wife and friend? I can see newcomers liking mando better than GZ just because of theme or "toys", but GZ is definitely the "shooters" pin.

If you do shoot the exit when godzilla MB super jackpot is qualified, you get 2x super jackpot (vs 1x super jackpot shooting the building).

I do hope that they add more use for that shot in future code updates. To have a makeable shot that is mostly useless in the game is a huge waste of playfield potential.

I mean, no matter how you pack it, there are always going to be times when the shipping company screws up. This just happened last month to a AFMRLE that I shipped. Don't get me wrong, shipping on a pallet, you will also find people that have had their pin damaged too.
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I put a furniture felt pad under mine...only time will tell if it helps but I imagine it will.

Great work. Would you mind sharing it on thingverse?

I prefer this.....it really shows off the magna grab mech. I still wish they used more transparency on the plastic so you could also see that its used as a newton ball too and show the captive ball being used.

Lifesaver! Yeah, that would make the super about 10x easier during mechagodzilla multiball. I was about to try for terror again today and save up a heat ray just for the final super jackpot, but now it should be a cinch. (then just need to get to level 5 powerup)

Yeah, can now confirm....a super jackpot is easier in Pro, because you just have to hit the spinner. In premium, you have to hit a tail whip since the mech turns, so you should probably just have a heat ray ready.

Though...if you do happen to trap up, I think there is a second where you could wait for the spinner period to timeout, backhand it up the mechagodzilla ramp right before the mech rotates, and it will then score the super jackpot, but not sure how tight that timing has to be.

So....I just pulled glass to confirm. Once the spinner lights go out, there is a 1-2 second pause before the mech turns. If you go up the ramp during that pause, it will score a super jackpot. Its actually exactly what happens in the first deadflip video you linked to. In the second...it waited the like 2 seconds then turned.

OK, I've tried google search and can't find them.....does someone have a list of the 10 secret combos?

I usually backflip from right flipper, but yeah...just got super jackpot twice in a row in mecha in my game right now using that strategy. It also made rampage easier, since when it finally got to the mechagodzilla shot I previously thought I had to get tail whips to qualify that shot, but now I just shoot the mechagodzilla ramp. Which....again, is slightly harder in premium than pro because you need to make sure that ramp is shootable before you start rampage and not being blocked by having it rotated.

I appreciate Keith's shatz pass addition...I like practicing that flipper skill and this, and IMDN both have it. Its too bad JP2 doesn't have it, and I'm not sure about AIQ.

Good stuff....nice fix for mechagodzilla super jackpots for premium/LE. And addition of monster zero, though scoring a superjackpot in godzilla multiball is pretty easy, and getting to level 4 powerup is easy, so getting monster zero should be no problem.

OK....with both new miniwizard modes (terror and monster zero), the building has a new process: lower to go to the VUK, building raises, then upkicks the ball. So, its a new path....building is raised, and ball enters from the VUK path (previously it only is in the lowered position for ball locking onto the roof).

So, my ball is actually getting caught here ->

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Now, a ball search immediately releases the ball, b/c just the slightest movement can release it. Really, I just need the building to be moved slightly to the left.

Right now, I have plenty of space on the left of the building ->

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compared to the right ->

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Well, its either shift the entire building mech left a hair, or.....if I could get access to the floor underneath the roof and just adjust the rail a bit (loosen, shift over a hair, then retighten), then that would probably be easier.

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However....I can't see how I can disassemble the building mech from the top (and I've tried google searching for building disassembly and no luck) to access these two screws. Nor.....do I see a great way to shift the whole building mech slightly left from the bottom of the playfield.

Is anyone else getting balls caught here in the new code?

Ok, got this fixed. The fix...was super easy. All I did was bend the VUK guiderail at the end.

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Of course, I came up with this fix AFTER I tried messing with the building.

If anyone is interested, it isn't that bad getting the building out. Its just these 4 screws at the bottom.

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You'll need to then take one ramp habit trail off to get the building out. I think the right ramp is easier.

Now, with my original idea of adjusting the second to top floor guide ...it would be a pain to get to, but not too bad. The building disassembles from the bottom up, so I would have to take apart 4 floors to get to it. It looked like a headache, so I started thinking of other ways to fix the ball stuck issue (which led me to that stupidly easy fix in my first pic).

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Its in the key posts for this thread...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-godzilla-official-owners-club/page/128#post-6714220