Got mine 2nd hand. Extremely low play that I traded my Maiden premium for. Good swap. Loved maiden but had it 2 years. Time to mix it up

Appreciate this. I bought the Stern OEM shaker as well, assuming this was the "right" way to go.

It seems to start off okay, but after mashing the button for TIE Fighters it starts to squeak, and continues to for the rest of play.

I'll probably try that Pinball Life one, thanks for the tip.

just add some silicone grease and your shaker I’ll stop squeaking. My pinball life shaker started squeaking too... a lite grease did the job.

Please don't flame me too hard for suggesting trying to make this difficult game a little bit easier. Please also bear with me as I am not the most proficient person with a set of tools.

Can anyone please help provide steps on adjusting the outlane posts (Pro model)? On the left side I see a Philips screw head that is covered by the ramp. I pulled up part of the ramp and tried turning the screw but all it did was kept turning. Do I need to hold on to the nut on the bottom while turning the screw to get it up? Do I need to remove the entire ramp in order to do this? On the right side I see the post but no screw. Do I just take the nut off from the bottom? Going a step further, is there a particular sized wrench (or other tool I would need) to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance.

Has anyone added the 1998 Hallmark X-wing to their game? It was meant to wire into a strand of Christmas lights. Could you just splice this into a 12v connector and run to the ticket dispenser? Or run it to a GI socket or? Hoping somebody else has had success with this...

For reference, it is this little guy: ebay.com link: HALLMARK 1998 STAR WARS X WING STARFIGHTER LIGHT ORNAMENT

Hold the screw with a screw driver while you twist the nut on the bottom. I closed my left outlane post too to reduce some cheap drains, honestly it doesn’t do much and the game is still brutal

Just posted my new Star Wars 3D printed flipper toppers for sale: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/112542

These were developed for a Star Wars owner, so wanted to make them available to everyone.

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Stolen from another thread...

Ugh, my distributor just sent me this from Stern:

As you have probably heard if you tune into global news, manufacturing all over the world is experiencing supply chain issues, and our company is no different. The ports along the West Coast are heavily backed up, congested, and causing delays. You can read about it here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shipping-companies-look-at-sailing-away-from-choked-southern-california-gateways-11612802085

Based on our original schedule, we were hoping to have finished up Guardians Pro, Star Wars Pro and Star Wars Premium by last week, with Jurassic Park Premium beginning this week.

However, at this time we hope to begin GOTG PRO in the coming days, followed by Star Wars Pro and Premium. Jurassic Park Premium is TBD as we await missing parts (hopefully late next week). Star Wars Pin (Movie Art) should be on track for early next week, with Star Wars Comic Pin sliding to the 1st or 2nd week in April.

Thank you for your patience and we’ll reach out when games are ready.

You know if i knew you in person id respect you alot for your loyalty! Just wanted to say that since you have waited for your game for so long when you could of taken your money elsewhere, your distributor in my mind should throw in free shaker and side blades for your inconvenience and loyalty!

My distro is an awesome guy. He is like 40 minutes away. He will deliver and set up my game at no extra charge. He has bought 2 games from me so far. This is my 1st purchase from him but I send him business any chance I get. Wanna build a good relationship with him. He feels terrible about the wait even though it's obviously not his fault. Wanna due my part to make sure he is around as long as possible!

Finally finished my new Star Wars Topper!

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Cool, but not everything you mount on top of or above a pinball machine is a 'topper'.

Awesome! Did you add a Star destroyer to your playfield? Looks good, got a link to it?

Impressive. Most impressive!

What a hunk of junk!

damn that is a nice big topper. I’d be nervous that may fall onto the pinball machine. Do you have it bolted/strapped down?

Only asking as I’m in Earthquake area and am more cautious about stuff falling down.

Turns out it was not the shaker that was squeaking. The shakers work fine (no squeaking) in my other machine.

After several tests, I think it is the side rails causing the squeaking sound. A buddy came over and tried holding various parts of the playfield still when the squeaking was happening, and it was pretty clear that it was the playfield moving ever so slightly along the siderails that was causing the sound. We added some grease to the siderails, and I'll play test some more. But there is more play than usual between my playfield and the siderails (it can move a fair bit), and it sure seemed like that was the source of the issue.

No grease!!!

Yeah that didn't help much. My buddy wasn't sure, we figured it was worth a shot. Looked like there was some grease on there already. I'll clean it out.

Any suggestions for side rails that squeak due to the shaker?

I had a squeak issue that turned out to be the hyperspace ramp contacting a metal support in the cabinet at to right side corner. Maybe that's what it is.

What is needed to get to the emperor? Just to go through each mode in the game? Or do you have to win each mode like death star? I had one mode left when I lost my ball a minute ago....Furthest Ive ever progressed through the game. And of course the ball I lost was one that went over the flippers because of the speed(any way to prevent that?)

Lastly, would love to find a topper for this game at a reasonable price if they are still out there. Or if another run is coming

Been posted multiple times.

No and no. Limited to 500.

If you want an official topper you will have to pay thousands and that’s IF you can even find one. There’s one on pinside for 2k$.

I bought mine last year as I was sure I’d get the game some day but the topper would be unobtanium by that time.

Just got my Comic Art Pro a couple weeks ago now. Loving the machine. Had the pitch a bit above 7 at the start and while I loved the speed, I had too many instances of the ball hitting the glass at really violent speeds, so toned it down to the proper 6.5. It's still a quick game, but feels quite slower now.

Question about multiballs. There are six balls in the game, in what instances are there ever all six balls in play at the same time? So far I've only seen three at a time. And my other game I'm used to (Sopranos) has an add-a-ball where you just hit a shot (fish mouth) and so long as it's lit you get another ball for multi ball. How does add-a-ball work on this game?

Victory Multiball.

Add a ball is earned by hitting all the force drops then the action button turns orange. So then when you want to use add a ball just hold the button down.

Or using Luke Skywalker and action button should already be orange

My distro got my game in today and it's being delivered tomorrow! Wooooohooooo!

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This happens to me all the time, It is very frustrating. I would also love to know what people have done to stop this.

Jelly!!

Mine is 2-4 weeks out (Premium).

Didn’t know that. I’ve noticed the orange button before but usually not till as I’m draining. Thx

Hold the button in for a second or so dont just hit it as you see the balls draining and you will be good.

I never noticed that about Luke, thanks for the tip!

Make sure to hit the button again to re-enable the multiplier.

If you notice, Twister has guards over the inlane plastics to prevent balls going over. Shouldn't be too hard to install these.

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Unfortunately with sw, the ball goes over the flippers more than those inlane guides. The plastics would need to be elongated to protrude over the flippers to do the job.

I had the ball go over the inlane guide plenty of times. I’m going to try to add another plastic tier to my inlane guides to prevent this.

At which position? For me it only jumped over the flippers when coming from the orbit clockwise, basically due to the fast rotation of the ball biting into the rubber and lifting it. How do you get the ball into the inlanes that fast?

It was a very fast shot coming out of either the orbits or the loop. When the ball is going on these paths, sometimes I attempt bounce passes at the flippers in an attempt to get some control. The ball was going so fast it bounced off on the flipper and over the opposite inlane/outlane guide. I've only had the ball go over the flippers a few times.

I agree that the ball comes down the playfield so fast from the loop shots that it climbs the flipper. I am surprised there aren't more broken mini screens on this game. Many times the ball comes off the flipper and hits the habitrail from the Hyperloop above the flippers. If it wasn't there, I have no idea where or what the ball would hit!

One can certainly make a flipper "topper".

So you think a two foot millennium falcon would work? :b
Or maybe one foot per flipper? ...

I'm in like Flynn! Thanks to Troy @ Top Score Gamerooms LLC in Festus, MO!

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Congrats! Love the carpet!!!

Thanks! It glows super bright when the 8 4ft fluorescent blacklights are on!

Wow! He didn't do a disappearing act on you ?

Anyone ever remove the small screen on the playfield? Mine has a piece of debris on the actual led screen under the housing surrounding it. Wanna make sure the screen actually comes out of the housing before I try to remove it.

Anyone else would be interested in a set of these?

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Any reason these wouldn't work on a pro?