Quoted from Sheev_Palpatine:

Looks like end of Oct
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Quoted from ktcoady12:

Hi All- this has probably been covered in here- I have a GZ Pro, and Am looking to upgrade the speakers. any suggestions? Thank you

Quoted from izzy:

Should the magnet on the underside be loose? I guess not. How do you tighten it? The large nut and threaded screw? I thought they raised and lowered the metal core.
thx

Quoted from Spiderpin:

Some big channel locks or big adjustable wrench. But yes it should be tight and I believe flush with playfield.

Quoted from Paseb:

I received recently my gz premium and had time to play maybe -+ 10 games due to work and a 2yo baby that taking lot of my time too. Welcome to parenthood.
Is there a little guide for basic rules. Im not a good player.
I saw some YouTube videos but guys are making billions and it goes so quick.
You want to destroy all 4 cities.
To be able to start a city? The sign must be lit by shooting the ramps a few times?
To complete a city, you have to hit 8 ramps?
Another is hit spinners 3 times?
Any help appreciated here.

Quoted from paynemic:

Anyone here moved the pre installed ic reader to the coin door? If so, what solution did you go with for filling in that gap on the apron?

Quoted from Pin_Fandango:

what is the standard position for the left out lane post? mine is in the middle

Quoted from finman2000:

Had a nice game with a killer Hedorah score tonight.
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Quoted from chuckwurt:

I’m about to buy another one. I post the one I have and I’m almost certain it’s in one of my games. Haha

Quoted from mark532011:

topper question.
Most likely "eventually" there will be an official topper, so I assume there is a connection for it in the head. I assume it is more than simple power for a single light, is there any documentation on what the interface looks like (physically and logically) - it would be nice to wire something up that flashes at the right times or whatever they have planned.

Quoted from awesome1:

Got my high score on Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla in the same game today! Beat my previous mode high's by just a little, but unfortunately the game went south after that and I ended up right at 4B and didn't even make it to second city Tier 2 Kaiju!
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Quoted from zenbone:

Finally... damn what a game!

Quoted from scootss:

Just had a right outlane drain on ball three and it was game over rather than the oxygen destroyer countdown.
Bug or are there situations where the oxygen destroyer isn't activated?
(it was a pretty quick 1-2 drain during a multiball)

Quoted from etr104:

I was just notified by my distributor that my Godzilla Premium should be arriving in "a couple weeks." After waiting 14 months, it's definitely an exciting time for me.
I'm hoping to put a shaker motor in. I found this one on Nitro in Canada, it LOOKS like it should be the correct shaker motor, but Godzilla isn't in the list of compatible games. Can anybody confirm is this is the correct shaker motor to get for Godzilla??
https://nitropinball.com/products/stern-shaker-motor-spike-spike-2-systems

Quoted from Driz1847:

Getting a premium NIB soon. What are the essential "must dos" for protecting this game and mechs from being damaged?
I'm thinking: shooter lane coil strength lowered, shooter lane Mylar protector, different pinballs than whats included...
Cant wait to finally get this game.

Quoted from butterz:

I just found this piece of plastic in the left outlane. Any idea where it's from?
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Quoted from TimStevens:

Hey all, tried searching for answers to these but this thread is a bit much. Appreciate any help on the following issues/questions in the Premium we finally received after an 18 month wait!
- The ball feed mechanism is pretty aggressively slamming the ball into the shooter rail, which is causing a divot and wearing through the ckearcoat already. Is this normal?
- The game seems to randomly switch to using the auto shooter for new balls. If I go into the options and toggle it on and off again it stays off for a little while, then starts auto shooting again seemingly at random. Is this a common issue?
- The counters on the kaiju battles are not increasing. I've defeated a few of the tier 1 baddies now but they still show as 0/X. Is that right? I'd thought it would increment...
Appreciate any help!
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Quoted from RussMyers:

I am thinking of replacing the Red GI bulbs with Flame LEDs from Comet.
Anyone do this yet?
Any idea as to how many I need? Counted maybe 12?
RussM

Quoted from Hogey:

Duuuuh. Good call. Must have mispositioned after I installed the towers. Much appreciated.

Quoted from brzezicki:

Hey does anyone know the screw size/info for the little black screws that hold the bridge acylic onto the bridge? one of mine fell off and disappeared and cannot tell from the manual what the size is as I don't see any bridge info in the manual.
thanks in advance!

Quoted from GCS2000:

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.

Quoted from Zablon:

So in regards to the ball sometimes not being found when you go to lock it in the building. It looks like depending on what your level is, as mentioned before the ball could potentially bounce back enough to be 'stuck' on the cavity between the player and the VUK center. I have found I can nudge forward a few times and get it to recognize if it happens.
In looking further into the subway, I will say....not the greatest design. It comes in at an angle, and has a rather large gap that it falls into. Stuffing something in there may work, but I actually think a modification of the VUK bottom where the balls rests might be a better solution. Cut the two corners facing the player, and bend it toward the subway so there it is less gap, and a natural roll for the ball to rest in the bottom of the VUK. Another thing I noticed is the shaft on the VUK on mine is really wobbly side to side, which I think is why sometimes it feels like my ball struggles to get to the top. Are others like this?</blockquot

So in regards to the ball sometimes not being found when you go to lock it in the building.

Quoted from GCS2000:

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.

Quoted from Spiderpin:

Yep, just listed mine.

Quoted from GCS2000:

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

Quoted from AMartin56:

I haven't finished it yet but it's USB so I assume I could draw power from the CPU board. But I haven't confirmed this.

Quoted from Nicholastree:

I'm on the eve of joining this club (assuming all goes as expected). Sounds like I don't want to do a code update for a while...
Any suggestions on mods/enhancements? I've already got the following ready to go:
1. Stern art blades
2. shaker
3. external volume control and headphone jack
4. pre-order of Myth flaming speaker lights with under-cabinet lighting
5. pinstadium neo atoms
6. pindefender for shooter lane
Will probably order the street decals for the metal ramp. And a Zilla pingulp. Maybe enhance the speakers at some point. Definitely want to powder-coat it. Any other suggestions? Anything need protecting besides the shooter lane?

Quoted from DudeRegular:

If the center is moving it's time to go.
https://www.pinballlife.com/flipper-coil-stop-for-sternsega.html

Quoted from MasterOnion5:

Thanks for the link - I had not run across his mods yet. I do not see any active listings though.

Quoted from Trekkie1978:

What color do people think?
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Quoted from Trekkie1978:

Can you post photos of the game?

Quoted from Da-Shaker:

I’m a big speaker light fan and these Fire speakers are amazing
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Quoted from drwicket:

Game was supposed to be here between 8am and noon and never showed up fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Quoted from fooflighter:

Takes 2 seconds with an allen wrench to tighten, you may have a version where a plastic is covering it...the never versions are exposed

Quoted from drwicket:

Game was supposed to be here between 8am and noon and never showed up fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Quoted from Trojanlaw:

Anyone know if they are going to add CoOp through IC like the new JP code?

Quoted from tbaum:

We have a house rule that if you get a match you must play the game. A "free" free game cannot be wasted

Quoted from SirMachismo:

I spent my evening practicing Shatz’ing the saucer…So much fun, thank guys you for sharing!

Quoted from BertoDRINK1:

So we've only had our GZ Premium a few weeks now, I got it used with less than 200 plays and we've put another 100+ plays or so it the couple weeks and have already had several resets mid game.
It's on current code. Yesterday it froze and reset after ball 3 start for player 2 the day before it froze and restarted at the start of multiball. It's had other resets also at random times.
Is this a code issue or possibly a hardware issue?

Quoted from WillM:

I'm looking for this kit/seller but not finding. Do you have a link to share, please?

Quoted from math08:

Sitting around feeling pretty crappy. Just had 3 vaccines yesterday. Decided to fire up Godzilla, My first 2 billion game!!!!
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Quoted from tscottn:

yes we both have insider accounts.. I'm definitely hoping she comes to her senses..

Quoted from Clovenhuf:

Saw the new movie last night, my thoughts:
Godzilla move: B+
‘Movie’ movie: solid C
::SPOILERS::
Things they got right:
- Godzilla looks the most bad-ass I’ve ever seen him. They absolutely nailed the aesthetic in his modern-retro design; perfect homage to the original Toho look.
- Atomic Breath was chill inducing. Just amazing from the charge up spikes protruding to the release and mushroom-cloud explosion just decimating everything. F’n perfect.
Things they got wrong:
- Godzilla reveal literally in the first scene of the movie. Granted, not the ‘nuked’ final Godzilla, but same thing at a smaller scale. The best part of any Godzilla movie, in my humble opinion, is when Godzilla finally shows up to raise some hell.
- Stupid humans actually defeating Godzilla. Godzilla NEVER loses to the humans, period. They can not defeat him, (without the help of another Kaiju) only hope to contain him, or he gets diverted somehow back to the ocean. He’s not even defeated by the military, but some bullsh*t B-Team community activists. Seriously?
- general Continuity, See below.
- In the opening scene, why did Godzilla chose that particular time to attack? The humans obviously had been there for a while as they had structures built including defensive outposts. This could have been easily explained with a simple throw-away line or two: The pilot was on a secret mission and carrying some chemical, (maybe for the oxygen destroyer) that attracted Godzilla? Simple and easy and sticks with established lore.
Also, someone could have mentioned maybe that the island natives have folklore of a prehistoric creature that occasionally hunts the island, or somesh*t. Just set it up better.
- Godzilla’s nuke transformation happens as the equivalent of a cut scene, practically off screen. Why was that island nuked? Did they know about Godzilla and were they looking to destroy him? Was it fallout from Hiroshima or Nagasaki? C’mon, basic storytelling.
- The little girl was a useless character you could completely remove from the script and nothing would change. She literally had three lines; Mommy, Daddy, and ‘cry’.
- Godzilla seemed to be radioactive only when the script needed it. Mr pilot and his wannabe wife looked to be somewhere between 2 and 4 blocks from Godzilla when he shot the atomic breath. She got swept up in the explosion, (more on that later) and he was just fine. No fallout.
- Seriously, What. The. F with that stupid plan to defeat Godzilla. Why not just introduce the Oxogen Destroyer like the original film and stick with established lore? They even could have said it was some secret weapon the Imperial Navy was developing with the Axis powers as a U-boat deterrent, or SOMETHING. Just Stupid. Also, in the second part of that jackass plan where they were going to raise Godzilla to presumably give him The Bends?! They had already raised him from the ocean floor a considerable enough amount, so obviously the plan wasn’t going to work, so why continue to raise him to the surface? Answer: Because the script needs Mr pilot to fly a plane into his mouth.
- Mr Pilot’s experimental plane flight. NEVER was it established that he was an extraordinarily skilled pilot, yet he managed to fly a prototype rear propeller plane like a pro. With NO prior test runs. I’m no aviator, but I’ve got to think the handling of a rear propelled aircraft is significantly different than piloting a front propelled plane. Again, a simple lost opportunity in that the prototype plane could have been similar to the German Me 262 and that the Japanese were collaborating with the Germans on jet planes, more on that below.
- Godzilla’s defeat. I understand the ‘ticking clock’ scenario (see Bond at the end of Goldfinger) where a minute timer somehow extends to 5 minutes, but the time it took from Godzilla’s atomic breath full charge and release was conveniently delayed enough so Mr. Pilot had time to fly his plane into Godzilla’s mouth. This could have been cleaned up if a jet plane was used as previously mentioned above.
- Mr. Pilot’s wannabe wife’s miraculous recovery. Seriously? She looked like she walked out of wardrobe before they finished wrapping the bandages. Pristine, immaculate, no blemishes. Wouldn’t she be significantly scarred at the least, blistering with radiation poisoning at the most. C’mon. Honorable mention for the little girls performance in that scene; did she just wake up from a nap?
Final Thoughts: A seriously flawed ‘Movie’ but a fun entrant to the Godzilla universe. It’s worth a watch.

Quoted from EaglePin:

For people who haven't seen the movie, maybe put spoiler alert before you type something about what happens in the movie. Or just don't type specific information that spoils it.
If I hadn't already seen the movie, I would have been very disappointed after reading your post.

Quoted from BRW84:

Snake Bite Venom oil - Yo-Yo Thick Bearing lube https://a.co/d/b8EJj3k
A fellow pinhead turned me onto this stuff years ago: Snake Bite Venom Yo-Yo Oil. I use it on all my spinners and it's fantastic.

Quoted from Chopplebrains:

I had a similar issue. For me, it wound up being the spinner was clipping the plastic, just barely. I just used a drill and sanded the corner down slightly. Was exacerbated by having a plastic protector there too. But works great now!

Quoted from madamyates:

It case anyone is wondering, the lifetime of a shooter rod is apparently 40,000 plays.
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