There is better material for the center screen and projection areas so the images aren't washed out like they are with the stock projection screen material. This post talks about it:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-club-join-our-party/page/42#post-5489073

Yes I do now know that and I’ve already purchased those materials but I haven’t tried to install them yet but I figured many people would want to know about the stock replacement decal so I just was sharing in the owners group for people who have had trouble finding them. I want to put the better material on But I’m a little concerned about how hard it’s going to be to get it to look clean

Hi hoping this is a common question I have a Pro and recently played played a friend's. I was shocked be how much his demogoron spring gave when shooting the ramp shot. Is there an adjustment? My spring has no give. Thanks

Is there any reason that nobody has created a “stick and play” solution for the improved projector screen canvas?
I have no interest in cutting up a bunch of this black diamond canvas and trying to stick and fit it to my game
The end result on that video is really good so I’m sure some modder could make a bit of money here

The brand name material is pretty expensive, relatively speaking, so I think precut panels with actual 3M adhesive could get spendy to the point that potential buyers might balk. Also the potential Prem/LE market isn't that big to take that risk, BUT if Stern does re-run it as Gomes hinted, I could see it happening...

I have a full Stranger things upgrade kit, topper, shooter and Premium UV kit. Topper and shooter were open box from Cleveland pinball show displays (not hooked up). Not looking to separate. $1550 Price includes shipping to continental US, discount if you can pick it up in Cleveland.

Perfect thanks

Some of the early games came with the Demogorgon wires too short causing it to not move much. Check to make sure there is enough wire slack. Mine was also hitting one of the plastics for the upsidedown. The Demogorgon has a little bit it can be adjusted to clear all the plastics around it.

Has anyone seen a decal/sticker set for the pro available anywhere? I can find them for the premiums but not pro’s. Looking in the US.

No. I looked for a pro decal set back in June of 22 and came up empty everywhere. I put in an order for those decals, ramps, and some other stuff from my distributor back then, and it's been no news so far. Clearly Stern doesn't support its most recently released games partwise worth a shit, and Stranger Things is no exception.

The sad part is they might actually have the parts in their parts crib, but I've heard from someone in the know that their parts crib is so disorganized, they probably wouldn't know if they did, and they really don't seem to want to be bothered to dig through it all. Hopefully they remedy this issue.

Unfortunately not.
I did get Stern to send me out Ramp decals though after the left one starting showing some wear from the metal guide that sits under the ramp.

I made an adjustment. Made three in a row, thinking dumb luck. I'll play a few more games tonight. Thanks for the help.

I asked for the left ramp decal as mine came with the gouge, and they sent me a ghost busters slimer swing arm. Can confirm the parts bin is a lil disjointed.

Probably a long shot, but does anyone have an unpopulated Stranger Things playfield and ideally, access to an HP 4670 scanner? Like others, I've developed a chip on the clear coat by the saucer and reached out to Cliff to see if he had a protector for that. He's planning to make a carbon fiber protector for the saucer if he can get a tracing or scan of the playfield in that area, which would likely be a pretty useful part for all current owners given the wear and tear it experiences.

In the meantime, if you have a roll of mylar, cut a piece to fit, overlapping the lip. I did that day 1 on my premium and saucer still looks new.

Note that you can stretch mylar a bit to make curves, so with strategic cuts you can get a very nice fit.

I have an unpopulated playfield but no scanner unfortunately. I'd be happy to get a tracing of it. I'll reach out to him to see what he needs

I’m looking to buy a new pf, so if anyone has one to sell please let me know!

On the flip side if anyone has an old damaged playfield they want to sell I’d be interested in buying

Has anyone ever had the mounting bracket for the mystery up post break? One of the ones on location nearby had the coil stop part break off completely. The mystery up post mech is not in the manual. What are the chances this is the bracket?

https://www.pinballlife.com/ball-lock-mounting-bracket-assembly.html

Regarding the Cliffy. I have talked to Cliff and he needs the playfield before he can make the part. I don't have a way to ship the playfield at the moment but I am looking for ways to get the playfield to Cliff so he can do his magic.

isn't there some way to take an impression of the area or something with some kind of clay or putty, let it harden, and ship that?

He said he needs the play field. I did ask if there was any other way to get the info. I just don't have a box big enough to ship it. I recycled the one it came in a while ago. So I'm searching for a box. If anyone has one they could ship to me, I could then use it to ship the play field to Cliff.

Wrap in bubble wrap. Take pieces of cardboard and wrap it again with tape. Don’t need specific box. Wrap away!

you assume I have chunks of cardboard that big. I just did exactly that to return a warped avengers playfield to Stern but I used the last of my large boxes to do so. I have to find time to get to a store and buy some more boxes.

So I think I just fixed my exit out of
Mystery not returning to the flipper correctly. I had already cut the spring on the up post which was interfering with the ball on exit and tried the cabinet bumper to direct the ball more towards the outside orbit guide. But still the ball was dropping out erratically sometimes hitting the sling, sometimes the post at the top of the springs, not everytime but enough for the ball to bounce into an outlane. Not cool. Anyway I realise as the person who suggested the cabinet bumper fix that the ball just needed to be guided a bit further out of the exit towards the orbit habit rail. Once it makes it there it will roll down to the flippers in a slower fashion but same trajectory as if hitting burn it back. So I bent a little bit of soft metal I had to create a slight up turn and stuck it to the backside of the habit rail that is at the exit next to the up post. This little guide extension pushes the ball to the orbit outer guide and removes erratic roll outs.

Here are a couple of pics of my small metal extender. Note the small link at the end which guides the ball. It does not seem to affect orbit shots but this will depend on how far the piece sticks out.

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I just joined the club with a Premium!

Does anyone have a trace or scan of the upper left ramp plastic from the update kit they can send me? https://o.pinside.com/f/8a/c6/f8ac64c85f26595849ad6502c040fb4aedadd372.pdf

Only issue with my game is when you shoot ball in the inside orbit (Demo dog, extra ball) It will sometimes rest on the ball gate...It looks like after so many plays the wire gets slightly inverted....Normally I would take it out and bend slightly but looks tucked underneath and afraid of trying to remove and get back in correctly.

Found it, thanks! 35 pages of pictures to look through!

Mines been doing that too, but inconsistently. Thinking of waxing the lead up to and right around that gate to make sure it wasnt me just being lazy last time I waxed.

Anyone that has the lab kit installed and had to remove Hopper’s truck, I found a great place to mount it that doesn’t interfere with the look of the lab kit. Here’s my final position for Hoppers truck. The wiring fits fine underneath the flasher and it looks pretty cool opposite the Camaro. If anyone is interested in mounting it here, I got a simple mount from Lermods and used three pieces of gorilla tape on top of each other to raise the front tires and gorilla glue to hold the front tires to the tape and the tape to the ramp. Not too difficult to remove if needed. I’m hoping when I need to take the ramp off I can leave the truck attached to it.

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My gate fell out in shipping and I had to have a tech come over and remove part of the demagorgon assembly to get at it. You are correct in your thinking. The gate didn’t work well as designed so the tech bent it a little and now it functions as intended. The ball still rests sometimes back there and it needs a nudge to come out but that is a common problem. Since we fixed the gate it mostly rolls out as designed.

Well I don’t want to have to do that again lol but thanks! Next time I’m in there I will. I even bought a spare gate. It hardly ever happens now so much better than I saw it was on another model.

Awesome. How and how much? Advice is greatly appreciated.

Would love a pic. Tight area to see.

Thanks Chuck, will try it.

Isn’t there a risk though by pulling it with the pliers that you could pull the gate out of the other side?

Thanks Chuck! Much obliged.

are the UV kits still available? i looked around the internet without success

or someone maybe has one uninstalled for sale?

guidance appreciated

I have one that I am keeping to trade for ammo during the zombie apocalypse, or to use whenever I find a reasonably priced Premium. Which ever comes first.

Does someone know where i can find an Older code like x.8?

If you're looking to duplicate what someone had done earlier in the thread re: adding a projector to a pro, I would think once the code went past a certain point the "pro or premium" setting that got baked in was set and cannot be undone by going back to old code.

I don't know if stern has Fuses on the print wich get burnt within a code update. but i don't think so.
Im absolutley willing to try.
I love this pin and if a can advance it im absolutley want to do so
If someone has an older code please send me a pm.

Thanks

Ive adjusted the Demo G height, removed the post under his chin. The mouth shot is now quite makeable. We run into the issue where a deflected ball will get stuck under his right "flange". Ive tried cranking down the ramp plastic to open some space. It still goes in spurts where it gets stuck until ball search or lots of flipper activation . Anyone have this happen and find a solution?. If I put a small post under his chin it solves it, but then the shot becomes very difficult to make...Thanks