Thanks! I am having the same issue occasionally, hopefully this helps.

A location I had played at a few months ago had 3 balls stuck there behind Mecha Godzilla.
I have yet to run into that on two other machines on location that I play regularly, as well as my personal machine.

This is immediately what I thought of when I saw the update! Such a fun idea and so satisfying to hit!

Anyone run into an issue where the ball is not entering the VUK after going through the building ball lock? It’s draining but the VUK seems misaligned. If I lift the playfield slightly I can hear the ball roll fully into the VUK, then it will kick it up to the top of the building.

Stern has been useless when it comes to support and keeps insisting it’s an opto issue despite countless times pointing out it’s not.

Is anyone able to post some pictures of the VUK on their machine? Both from behind the playfield and underneath?

It’s hard to gauge where my alignment issue stems from without having a reference.

Sounds like an issue with the trough, the trough is seeing all six balls when your first ball is still in play and kicking out a second and then it is registering again and thinking you are now on the next ball.

I had this same issue on Monster Bash a while ago. In my case I just needed to clean the optos.

You should be able to see what’s going on with a switch test.

I’ve had this on Godzilla and Monster Bash. Both times the fix seemed to be just cleaning the optos and connector. Nothing was visibly dirty but it hasn’t happened again and this was months ago.

My VUK gap is awful, the gap can’t be adjusted to be close enough and Stern has ignored the issue in every email sent, they always blame the opto despite me having pictures of the ball sitting in the gap.

The gap on mine is created from my backboard being curved 3-4mm out from the back of the playfield. This happened gradually overtime.

Extremely disappointing.

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Topper was available earlier at Marcos. Anyone able to snag one?
Better than waiting until the second run happens.

Some wait to replace the balls and coil stops. I would replace them as soon as you verify the game is fully functional. The IMDN I picked up had 300ish plays with the stock coils and you could audibly hear how bad they were.

The stock coil stops wear relatively fast and it's pretty noticeable especially if you jump between a game with good coil stops to one with worn stops.
The balls aren't a huge deal but maybe stock up on some and replace them sooner than you would other balls.

Make sure you get some good wax such as P21S for the playfield and also consider getting some silicone bands for the game. The clear set Pinball Life offers will leave you with some extras.

1956 is what Elwin used while developing the game, I forget what podcast he mentioned it on but it’s the reason why the figures are easily swappable, same spacing for the mounting points on the feet.

So, the bar I was going to go to tonight to keep my 12 day streak alive while away is closing early, any chance anyone would be willing to scan in for me tonight and tomorrow?