Got my hands on a Godzilla for the first time today and man it was fun. My distributor just took delivery of my Premium today (although I won't be able to take delivery for awhile) I am now more stoked for this machine than ever.

Shots were a blast and, more importantly, all felt fair and makeable. I had AIQ Premium before this and maybe it was just my setup but I dreaded the Marvel ramp. I just hated shooting it. But, at least on Pro Godzilla, no shot felt like an unnecessarily hard shot. The one I struggled with the most was the left spinner (maser cannon I think?) but eventually when I ripped it man it felt good.

Put up a score of 440,715,890 (thanks Insider Connected) and it felt so good doing it. And that's without even really fully understanding the rule set. I got a few really great multiballs to thank for that total and only defeated one Kaiju but this machine is the truth for me right now.

Shot you a message about a trade!

I haven't taken delivery of my Premium just yet as I'm in between houses but I have a pair of Pin Stadiums that I got for my AIQ but may put them on my Godzilla. Anyone equipped theirs with Pin Stadiums yet that can share pics / videos / just thoughts on if they're worth it?

Was playing some today and had my first real issue I've noticed. My building will come down for Godzilla Multiball but the bar on the roof holding the balls in place won't lift high enough to release them. Then it'll return to original position and ball search, lower the building again and without fail the second attempt releases them correctly. Went into service menu and tested (there is a ball stuck there currently) but when I go to the 4th floor in the tests the bar just doesn't raise high enough to let the ball out.

Anyone seen this and have a fix?

Decided to add a video to show the problem. It just seems the mech doesn't go all the way down to lift the bar even when I push it down and have adjusted the bias to be as low as possible.

Anyone seen this and can offer help to fix?

Hey! That's what I had done before I took this video, but even with the bias at it's max (lowest position) value it's still not far down enough until I give it that extra push with my finger as seen in the video. It's a brand new machine (90ish total plays) and this problem only cropped up maybe 5 plays ago. Before that it was perfect.

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Just wanted to close this out in case anyone experiences this issue as well. Apparently, through play, the two screws at the back of the building mech had come loose such that when the building tried to lower they would catch on the playfield and not allow the building to completely lower. Crazy simple fix but was racking my brain as to what was going on until I had a tech take a look at it and he found it!

While I love this game and have fun playing it but I've found myself playing my JP Premium more because I am SO bad at the left ramp shot on GZ. Like I feel like even with fewer plays on JP I feel confident I can hit MOST shots when needed with confidence but the left ramp on GZ is the bane of my existence. Anyone else struggle with it a ton?

I have seriously gone entire games without ever hitting it once. Needless to say progress was limited but my shot was just SO off.

I agree I'm glad it's not consistently necessary really. But it does mean I avoid Gigan at all costs unless my building is in the lock position. Perks of premium, I suppose!

Two questions for the group here:
1) Anyone have issues with their VUK taking multiple attempts to kick the balls to the top of the building? I hear the coil firing but the ball isn't kicked up. After a few attempts it usually makes it up there. A handful of times it even took so long to get up there it went into ball search and actually drained the ball that was already locked up there. Very weird.

2) Any good scoring paths people have discovered? I'm hovering around 250m per game but really want to hit that Billion mark. Are people going for Planet X or just destroying a city for annihilation and carnage bonuses to really boost their score? Would love to hear some strats!

I'm sure it isn't just me so this is mostly just to commiserate together but my GZ Premium outlanes are the hungriest things I've ever seen. I picked up JP and DP after my GZ and I find myself playing them more because I feel like I don't have as many frustrating drains in them due to that damn pop bumper just blazing the ball to the outlanes. Love the code and updates that have come but man do the drains frustrate me more than other pins.

AIQ Prem was my first NIB, and pin, ever. I actually sold it less than a year later because the code was too frustrating. Losing a gem and having it be gone the entire game unless you collected and gambled the soul gem was SO annoying.

But, you're right, the out lanes there were also annoying.

Great to know! I might actually try this. Thank you for the tip.

I had NO clue about this. This would've made my experience way better.

I see the holes but curious if there are any tutorials for moving posts. I've done some modding to pins but never messed with rubbers or posts! Would love some guidance.

Wow, thanks for this! I'll be installing some pinwoofers this weekend so I'll use that time to do this probably.

Got my first Monster Zero today. So much fun. It has been a bit since I've been in a wizard mode on any of my pins. My heart was racing. Only scored 60 million as I didn't really understand the mode and didn't do any jackpot building but I was able to lock all 3 balls before the victory mode started.

Still trying to crack my first 1B.

Had my first 1 billion game on my GZ Prem yesterday. Played rampage, got 2 EBs and got to play Monster Zero. I was SWEATING. I still need to really figure out how to more effectively get that score up because I feel I've seen content creators and stuff breeze past the 1 billion mark and it felt like a marathon for me.

Seems to be the annihilation bonuses, DJ and carnage mostly?

Question for the group. Wife and I replaced our slingshots with Titan Rubbers today (first time doing this) and after re-screwing everything down we noticed the ball, when on the corkscrew ramp actually makes contact with the other wireform. When it's rolling slowly it can get caught, when it has full momentum from the building it makes contact but continues rolling.

We didn't test before hand, but this seems like it's not what should be going on but before we start bending or undoing things wanted to just sanity check with the group here: the ball touching the other wireform isn't intended, right?

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I may have the solution, however unintended, I made sure my left side was tight and I loosened the right side JUST a hair. Now it sails through with extremely minimal touch and no matter the speed gets through. Probably the best I can do.

Thanks for the sounding board, Tiltbob!

You nailed it. Played a few games today and the ball was coming on the wireform to the right flipper and couldn't drop into the in-lane because the wireform had shifted to the left a hair because of the loosened bolt.

Do you know the size of the additional washer I need off hand?

Just wanted to say thank you for the tutorial. I watched the VOD and already set a GC on my GZ Prem at around 1.2 billion. My GC before then wasn't TOO much lower - just past the 1 bn mark - but now I feel more focused. Before I found myself trying to battle and leave the city ASAP. I was merely chasing EBs to try to make my low ball average build my score across more balls. But now I'm more focused on the annihilation hits and stacking Rodan with Bridge, Tesla or Tank to make those annihilation hits as massive as possible. Also seeing you be so consistent with the little nudge pass to farm Gigan and Jets with the right ramp was eye opening and now those are so easy!

Would encourage anyone interested to watch.

I got this mod and it helps a ton: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1368-hurryuppinball/05681-godzilla-prem-le-building-mod-multi-ball-sdtm-fix

You don't have to take the playfield out. It's a tight fight but what I've found works best as a two person job is push the playfield as far as it can go while in the up position to the opposite side of the side of the cabinet you're currently putting the art blade in. Line up the blade and then cut like 3-5 inches of the protective material over the adhesive from the front of the blade (nearest the flippers) and stick that into place. Then just slowly keep the back of the blade held and peel the protective material back as you go.

A lot of people will suggest the wet method, but I've found this method, assuming you have a second set of hands, to be really really easy.

There is a Mothra, Anguirus and Rodan insert just outside the scoop and it rotates which is selected when you have Light Ally lit and press the right flipper. So the best way is to cradle the left flipper, choose your Ally with the right and then shoot the scoop.

I've officially joined the "magnet plastic broken by bridge" club. It was a good run.

What's the most optimal fix that people have been rolling with once it happens?