LE should arrive this week so I'm getting ready to apply some of the usual protective measures for a NIB game. Curious, I thought I recalled seeing somewhere, no clue where, that with the magna-grab magnet , it could cause accelerated wear on the PF in that area. Not sure if it's true or not but was thinking about slapping some mylar around that area like I would in the shooter lane. Does anyone see any downside to doing this around that magnet. I could see how the repetitive nature of the ball hanging and moving back and forth on the magnet could create a trail but wanted to get y'alls thoughts. Seems like putting a cheap piece of mylar couldn't hurt anything.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and insights.

LE just arrived. Wondering your thoughts on placing mylar on the section of PF where the balls drop for MB. Looks like Stern placed some mylar where the ball drops from the bridge but not in the area they drop for MB. Thoughts? TIA

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Thx! Admittedly, I misspoke, there is a small piece of mylar over the jackpot insert. Assuming this is the main landing area for the balls. I did put a piece of mylar around the magna grab area where the dotted line are located on PF. Thx again.

Put about a dozen plays on mine today, plays fantastic. Feels like an Elwin pin but is more forgiving in my opinion. I love that the slings don’t fire the balls into the outlanes like some other pins. I have no idea what I’m doing strategy wise but it lives up to the hype. I placed the machine in the middle of my game room so the kids can stand on the sides to see the PF better so I haven’t spent a lot of time leveling it because this isn’t the final resting spot but, has anyone noticed during MB the balls go SDTM without a strong nudge? That would be my only concern so far, can be nudged to save some balls but curious if anyone else experiencing this. Similar to GOTG GROOT MB but they still shot out without a straight line trajectory down the middle. TIA

i played the pro first and after playing LE today, IMO, the mechs make it better for sure.

Just setup Insider Connected, looking at the code on it, says .79 installed but on Stern site says .80 is current. When the machine looks for latest update it is saying .79 is current. Anyone else seeing this?

thanks, yes, that was the issue. I registered it but took a minute to connect everything. Downloading update now. Thanks man.

Just had mine freeze and restart during bridge Mb. Screen was on the “New York” city scape image then froze and restarted. Of course I was having my best game yet….

Thought I’d share strategy, might already be in this thread but, for battling Gigan, have ball lock lit. It lowers the building one level and will divert all right ramp shots back to the left flipper and you can burn that right ramp quickly. Otherwise, you’ll have to alternate ramps or ski pass to other flipper and the left ramp is tight to hit. Additionally, with only 60 seconds, it’s pretty challenging to alternate ramps and with the slow return on the wire forms, makes it even harder to do in 60 seconds. Being able to consistently hit the right ramp and feed back to left flipper makes it the easiest battle imo. Hope this helps.

I have been starting with Ebirah as well, fewest shots to hit but, after discovering that "ball lock lit" feeds my left flipper, the right ramp is the easiest to hit for me.

Once you complete a battle, how do you start the next one? Is it by hitting more ramps? i've play multiple battles but not sure how I got to the next one because by that time, the playfield is opened up and I've hit so many shots, I can't pin point what lights the next battle.

Ahh got it, does the right ramp feed back to the left flipper on the Pro? I played the Pro in the wild before I got my LE and it's still a great layout, can't go wrong either way. Not to reignite the flames of Pro v. Prem v. LE , lol. Let's keep talking game strategy.

left spinner is a kick in the nuts but man it feels good when you rip it. that sounded weird lol, but agree, that spinner is tough which is why I started moving on to other battles first and discovered the Gigan strategy. Still not sure if hitting ramps starts the next battle though, i've hit the ramps a lot and battle isn't lit for the second battle.

for mods, doesn't really need a lot of mods but I got the Lermods tesla coil mod and imo, is a must add and matches the coils in the game. their subtle but look really cool when you rip the tesla spinner.

agree, i know as soon as i hit the flipper if it's going to brick or hit the left spinner. i've been trying to hit it first and move the stress of hitting it to the beginning and not the end when the clock is running down. i like that you can back hand the right spinner if needed. Also, finding that backhanding the scoop once you cradle the ball on right flipper is easy and safe.

that makes sense that switching cities, then hitting ramps lights the next battle because I've hit the scoop plenty of times and moved on to the next city and it didn't allow me to choose a battle. make sense to hit ramps to light it. thanks bro

YES!! this has been happening more than usual lately for mine. Didn't have any issues first month or so, then all of sudden over the last week it has been happening. And they get wedged in there far enough to where I can't nudge it out so I have to take off the glass. Very frustrating when you have a good game going and autoplunges a ball into his armpit. Will have to check alignment on plunger rod, makes sense it could be out of alignment because I don't know why it would all of a sudden start happening and not from when I opened it.

try cradling with right flipper, and backhand into scoop. take a bit of finesse has to roll up the flipper at just the right speed(slow) but it's very safe and repeatable once you figure it out.

Anyone have the Mezel mods Maser Cannon installed? Curious how much it darkens things since it replaces the spot. I love the way it looks but not sure I want to sacrifice illuminating PF for installing the cannon. thanks in advance.

from what I can see, it does have an LED in it but it’s not an actual spot light and is a blue tip that doesn’t appear to emit much illuminating light, which is my concern.

Might have been mentioned in the past but worth making sure the screw circled in the pic is not coming lose. Had mine since October and it was almost all the way lose and about to fall out. Likely from the bridge hitting the plastic and shaking it lose over time. Worth adding to you maintenance schedule.

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