Got my SMVE today. Surprised my daughter with it as spidey was by far her fav pin we played at papa a few weeks ago. She was really excited.....

Helped me unbox it and set it up. Ive only had a couple games on it so far but its nice and everyone really enjoys it!

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Some out of the box tweaks needed.

Couple insert leds needed reseated jiggled to get them to work. Almost not worh mentioning.

Shaker motor brown wire was disconnected in the back of the cabinet so it didnt work.

Ball trough micro switches were adjusted so high that they were making the balls roll backwards up the trough. Often they would stay there when a ball was ejected. So gravity wouldnt overcome the switch arm and let the next ball down to bottom of trough. Just had to adjust the arms back down a bit. Now works great.

Left side back box decal is wrinkled a bit. Distro is having them send me a new decal.

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Yeah, but at least the things i found are fixable fairly easily. The playfield is like glass. Ive never really spent much time with the original spidey for comparison, but this machine seems realy nice. Could add some variation in the callouts etc. but like I said maybe that was repetative in original too. I like the sarcastic spidey so far.

I got a stuck ball on a shot up the right orbit. It glanced the one way ball gate and as the ball and the gate went back they wedged in there pretty tight. Had to take glass off to fix. Is that normal? Something you usually have to do to that gate to dial it in?

Someone with more talent than i could make stickers that covered up the comic book words on the back glass and id be a happy boy. The action shot is fine, but words are necessary.

Yeah mine has a thick plastic sticker/mylar over that area too, but still seems to be denting the playfield.

Id keep an eye on it.

Just a word of caution on how fragile the doc ock toy is in SMVE. I was cleaning today and just barely brushed one of his arms and it popped right off. They are very skinny and it apparently takes almost nothing to knock it off. I guess ill be supergluing that back on.

Well i guess you can count me in with the insert issues with SMVE...

So far these two are only ones. Keeping fingers crossed.

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Sorry to hear that Dennis. Glad you got yours. Last time we talked you had been waiting a bit.

I had some minor issues with mine beside the inserts.

Trough switches too high needed adjusted

Trough switch screws needed replaced

Right sling post closest to flippers was loose and bent after a couple months. Tnut was spun flat on underside of playfield and post was kinda cross threaded in the tnut. Definitely happened at the factory.

Balls getting stuck on the half gate in right orbit.

All easy fixes. But still annoying for a NIB pin.

Im fishing for things to suggest...
What about putting the game in switch test mode and lightly banging around on the playfield near the sandman and other areas or shaking the machine like the shaker motor might do. Do you get any pings from those switches? Are they "easier" to activate than other standups?(takes less pressure)?