Right on. I’ll be working on that milestone tonight.CT said they’ll give me my money back so maybe I’ll see if I can find it elsewhere. If anybody has seen them instock somewhere hit me up. Thanks!

Little shop of games had shooter rods couple weeks ago may have more. I got one and was told they are done making them. Give em a call good people.

I checked with them but they were out. These guys had some instock. I called and confirmed. Thanks for the heads up though. Strange they told you that they’re not making them anymore. You can place orders still on various sites.
https://www.gameroom-goodies.com/stranger-things-light-up-shooter-rod-stern-pinball/

The shooter rod is one of the coolest ever!!

It’s adds another super feature to this great game

Does anyone know how long Stern typically keeps a game on the line (outside of Vaults) before retiring it? 3-4 years? If that’s the case, how long does STh have left?

I finally played a pro for the first time the other night and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It confirmed my desire to add a premium to my lineup one day. I feel like Stern ends the production of premiums well before pros so I don’t want to miss out, as used premiums for any Stern title seem to come up for sale less often than pros and LE’s for some reason.

Thank you Chuck, that is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. I was planning on making this next summers purchase. Sounds like I have a little time. I’ll ask my distributor as well and get his take.

Came across this today. 8”•11” sample sizes will be perfect for the projector ramp screen. Can’t go wrong for $9.95 shipped.
https://store.gooscreen.com/Sticky-Screen-Sample-Pack_p_47.html

Those are for rear projection, though. Could that be a problem?

Gary said at an expo a few years ago that most license deals are for three years but many of them are extendable.

you will be able to get one for sure.

A fellow Pinsider used it on his so I’m assuming it works. Before and after pics looked great.

I appreciate the feedback, thank you!

I played this game again a couple days ago and there was a constant line to get to it. Only pin I had to wait for. Other pins were getting played but not at the frequency of STh. Other pins were Munsters, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, Aerosmith (not working), Star Wars (Stern), KISS, Simpson’s Pinball Party, Theater of Magic, Medieval Madness, Monster Bash, Monopoly, Pirates of the Caribbean (Stern), Family Guy.

Could just be the fact that it was the newest game there and played like a new game, but I really enjoyed my time with it again. Can’t wait to add it to the lineup.

Demo is all fixed and accepting balls regularly!
NOW my projector has stopped working! Only show a "static" image at all times. Checked USB and HDMI cables and both in place. Have to try a new HDMI extension cable to make sure it's not the projector. Anyone else had this?

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Coil cooling kit update - I have all the manufactured parts and illustrated instructions ready to go, but the foam insert that holds everything in place during shipping had to be sent back because it was cut wrong. So probably looking at another 7-10 days before the foam is fixed and I receive it to start shipping the Spike2 coil cooling kits. Sorry!
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can we preorder anywhere?

No, sorry. The upside is the additional time has allowed me to continue building stock of the brackets, which are the printed part and the slow bit. Everything else is manufactured already.

Once all the cut foam is on the way and I know it's only a few days out before shipping, I'll put it in the store here and at pinmonk.com.

Oh, man...at this point, I just wish you'd wrap it in Saran Wrap and throw it in an old shoe box. Every time the ball doesn't get up that diverter I pray for the day these things ship. Good things come to those who wait, I suppose.

No. Just makes the wait more unbearable.

I’ve been following this and am wondering if this is needed on the pro model as I dont have the diverter on the left ramp?

Yes. It makes the flippers perform correctly the full length of playtime, as long as you want to play, instead of heating up (quickly on STh) and causing bricked, low power, or missed shots. I used a pro for development of the coil cooling kit. It was an obvious improvement I could feel, especially on long games.

Making a bullet point list of benefits now...

I backhand the left ramp all the time but I’ve never tried the right ramp didn’t know it was possible.

What is the pricepoint on these? I’m def interested.

Should be like $89 for a two flipper kit with all the hardware and connectors. There will be 3 and 4 flipper kits, but honestly, I don't know how necessary cooling would be on 3rd and 4th flippers, but I'll know more once I put some probes on them and test the real-time temps. Only done 2 flippers on TMNT so far.

Cool! I’ll def be in for a set to put into my ST Premium.

Cool being the optimum word here! I'll be in for a set too!

I’m in too, take my money!

Where do the fans get power from? I have several mods and what to make sure I have a spot to plug them in.

Ticket dispenser connector. I was pretty sure no one (or almost no one) was using that and it supplies more than an amp of power, which is way more than even 4 of these fans pull (in a 4 flipper setup). I put a rectifier diode and a 1a fuse on the line though, just in case, to protect the node board. It's a clean install.

Any idea if this ticket dispenser connector gets put on games destined for Europe by the way?

Can you show me a pic of it connected please I think I’m already using that.

It's a standard header block on their coin door interface board, so I'm sure it's there. Just no one uses a ticket dispenser for home use.

This is the illustration from stern's spike2 manuals. CN11 is the connector in the upper left.

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What's the car that Jonathan drives? That would make a good addition as a mod I think, reminds me of the Dudes car in The Big Lebowski... I'd certainly prefer that to Billy's Camaro myself...

Hey chuckwurt, my buddy has a Premium that I'm trying to help him with regarding his TK lock.

I read all the info about dialing in the TK lock, got all the adjustments and measurements perfect but it seems even worse now.

In the pic below there is about .5 mm of play between that black alllen head bolt (circled in yellow) and the sliding piece below it. Is that normal, or should I tighten that up? It's not mentioned in the Stern PDF. It's a pain to get to without removing the whole ramp so I'll have to get some stubby allens I think.

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Thanks for looking. I've enjoyed reading through this thread btw, lots of great info.

Found out Jonathan's car is a 1970s Ford LTD... With bonus rust for added appeal... beautiful car!

The linkage has a lot of slop in it. Some of us have put a rubber band around the joint behind the back board so it pulls it up and gets rid of some of this slop. I think this helps, but also documented elsewhere a number of changes need to be made to get this temperamental mech to work reliably.

Didn't someone mention that Stern is still working on a better more permanent fix for the TK lock?

There's always the option of disabling the TK lock and relying on virtual locks of course... Anyone know if doing this will still allow 2x and 3x super JP?

I thought as much... has anyone experimented with seeing if they can get the TK lock magnet to grab the balls out of the 'normal' ramp when the additional ramp is disabled? I'm thinking like how the ToM trunk magnet pulls balls in the air... I guess this magnet isn't that strong to reduce the effect of permanently magnetising balls that stay there for a while!