I really thought I had my TK lock working great (first 2 balls magnetized only, 3rd ball held with pin) but now I’m getting rejects on ball 1 way too frequently on clean shots. Ball 2 catches fine once I get a ball locked. Is bending the diverter tip toward the back box the thing to try? I haven’t modified it yet.

Hah! They need separate boards for us. I might as well be playing with a blindfold on.

I also have this issue. Opening and closing the coin door fixes it every time.

In the German forum a guy told me to leave the pin on and connected to the internet with the coindoor open for 24 hours.
Stern told him to do that, since then it works. So i`m giving it a try, the pin is running since 8 hours.

I know it sounds stupid but i would just like the pin to work as should..

I have this happening too. I don't mind the rejects so much, but a 2 second ball save would be ideal since so many of those rejects end up in the middle drain.

Does anyone have any idea where the Breathe -Sunflowe - etc. decal is supposed to go? Or is it a bonus decal?

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If you want something custom, send me a PM. I haven’t made one before but I made plenty of other mods. Just let me know what you’re thinking and I’d be happy to work with you and putting something together

In case some of you are on the lookout for swag related to Stranger Things. Just released Stranger Slings.... on my store now.

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Awesome! Let me think about it and get back to you. Also, I dont have access to my game yet so it’s delaying my plan here.

I like it. Do you have a link?

Ghostbusters Premium owners should have this shirt

https://www.pinballinvasion.com/products/stranger-slings-t-shirt?variant=47976189526293

Hah! .......i still love that game

I see Stern advertising that accessories are now in stock. Any word on Premium UV kits yet?

Thanks! Now let's find a fridge

Since a few weeks, in Insider Connected, the "latest achievement" is stuck on the Stranger Things Demogorgon Hunter Bronze achievement. All other achievements I received afterwards are always shown beneath the Demogorgon achievement. The timestamp of this achievement updates every game as if it was received in that game. All the other achievements in the screenshot should be newer. Wife's account has the exact same behaviour. I reached out to Stern, but they haven't been able to replicate this problem on their accounts. Anyone here with the same thing happening?

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Where are they advertising this? Us anxious Pinsiders need to know

https://x.com/sternpinball/status/1755698110427254848?s=46&t=g068C8RVR_GBLszB_Bq0YQ

Topper arrived!

Now waiting on inner art and shooter.

Need to decide if I am powder coating or using their side rails. I was against the stern side rails but they have grown on me a bit.

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After owning a pro for years and just today playing a premium for the first time (showed up out of nowhere at the bowling alley) I can say that the premium is one aggravating game to play if it hasnt been tweaked. Now I know what you guys have been talking about with the multiball rejects from the TK lock straight down the damn middle. Nearly impossible to make the mouth shot too. Right orbit shots and mystery shot returns clanging off the slings to drain out the sides! Aaarggh! Beautiful game with the projector and all, swipe a ball was cool too but honestly I dont feel like Im missing much by having the pro, even if that premium had been dialed in. The lousy thing is I doubt it ever will get dialed in, theres a new Venom in there too thats all but unplayable because of various small issues. The joys of location pinball!

I couldn’t make the Demi shot for the life of me on my 1st run pro. My vault premium is butter

The only dialing in specific to the Premium would be the tk lock and any projector adjustments. The pros share the rest of the dialing in.

Yeah, now that you mention it the projector was out of whack too.

It seems like 90% of this thread is people not being able to dial in TK lock lol but at least it looks like they improved the vault release

I just got a Stranger Things (Premium) used HOU with less than 200 plays last week and already my left eject wood is getting destroyed
so I made a 2 part protection kit

If anyone wants one I added them to my shop at
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1463-arcade-cabinetscom/10280-left-eject-playfield-protection-kit-for-stranger-things

* 1 die cut eject area mylar including beveled edge
* 3D printed hole protector

Installation video is at

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Source for Stern's UV kit for Premiums, anyone?

I realize it's a long shot, but are there any UV kits available out there to buy now, or is everyone waiting for Stern to (finally) ship this run of accessories?

Thanks.

Decided to enhance the awesome MythMaker Myth Pinball lights even more. Made some speaker acrylics... Hoping folks will recognize the scene?

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Yes! I’ve seen this for months!! It’s very annoying.

That’s odd…. My game has several thousand plays, and that area looks perfectly fine on mine. Curious to see this destruction.

Tiny bends to the metal flange change the ball trajectory a lot. I bet a tiny variation could make the difference of the ball clearing the lip or slamming it. Either way a bit of Mylar seems like a good idea.

hmm that's a decent point. I should bend them a little to see. mine was slaming smack into the wood bevel and destroying it. that said I agree a little mylar is better than not.

Turn the trough eject power down to about 180ish. It will gently serve the ball to the lane.

Received my topper, side armor and shooter rod from Cointaker last night.

This happens to me as well. My guess is that you are constantly adding to the next level so each time you kill one it recognizes the cheevo being elevated to the next tier.

This happens to me for Super Supply drop tiers on JP as well. Even once achieved it still recognizes the achievement progress, which appears to be a glitch

So I have my new premium in and have been working to dial it in. The only issue that’s stumping me (so far) is the projector.

The stupid hdmi cable they installed on this rubs and gets pushed down by the apron. This causes the projector to be aimed so high it won’t project onto half the targets. I have some adapter on order to see if I can fix it but was curious if anyone else had bumped into it and found a nice thin adapter that worked?

Thanks!

Edit: fixed - I used a razor to trim some of the hdmi cable plastic around the 90 degree turn where it plugs into the projector. That gave me just enough clearance that once the apron was install I could use my fingers and push the cable upward. That Seated the projector correctly in the mount

Par for the course on this title! My TK was dialed in with clusters now 2 months later throwing up occasional chains. This game ages me quickly lol.

I ordered mine at CoinTaker, but it is backordered now.

Chris

Installed my topper, side armor and plunger, but my topper doesn’t work. Will be contacting Stern on Monday…

Sideart and speaker panels installed. Just waiting on UV Kit, shooter knob, and precision halos to arrive.

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Sorry if this has been posted about before. I searched and could not find an identical problem. My brand new ST pro ramp is sometimes sticking while going up. I notice while going down it’s slightly bouncing like it may be binding some. When I lift the playfield and test it moves fine. So seems to be maybe with how it sits while playfield is down? Anyway has anyone else had this problem? Any quick fix ideas to try? I’ll contact stern monday and took some video but thought I’d check here.

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It's been covered.

Click on the "Show Topic Index" link near the top of any page in this thread, then click "Keypost summary" to sort the index by subject (you only have to do that once, it remembers), then look through the list of topics for a link to the solution for the issue you're having. Note that you may have to click on "Show all" to expand the short listing of topics to the full listing.

Thank you. I didn’t know how to use that feature. I found the fix. Appreciate it.

It's why I have that paragraph on my desktop to cut and paste as needed now. Getting one pinsider at a time will eventually make it more broadly known.

PinMonk is such a fantastic member of this community. So many people including myself have benefited from his experience, advice and patience.

Seconded!!

First and second ball yes - third ball - big fat no

Just following in the footsteps of @ltg.

If you only see one set of footprints, that is when he carried me.