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Quoted from chuckwurt:Not sure this will work on the prem/LE. Haven’t tried though. I think it will cause hang ups.
I have a different idea now when I started to think about it. I will report back if it works or not.
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The elastic band is working for me but I have gotten some hang ups from time to time. And with it holding forward the demo doesn’t shake as much.
Talk about a different game when you can hit the demogorgon shot lol. I used to only have a chance hitting it if I trapped up and took a very carefully aimed shot from the left flipper after nudging the machine to get the demo centered. Last game I killed the first demo on the second shot on the fly. Second demo set with the multiball I hit it left flipper / right flipper all on the fly and boom it was done. I'm so used to those demo modes being a chore to bash 5 times and then 10 times. Felt really good.
Quoted from dri:My love affair with the vagmonster was a short one. The more you shoot it, the more it starts bending backwards. If it's bending backwards, it will reject all attempts as the ball bounces on the lower lip. I've used some force to bend the fork it sits on forward but still not 100%
Quit putting your **** in it then. 
Quoted from twenty84:I made my own out of a metal D20...
That looks sick!
Quoted from rs812:If your projector is out of focus, remove the #7 and 8 nut and cover. There is a focus wheel underneath. Use the focus screen in the diagnosis menu. The projector is on the left side under the apron, mounted in a bracket to the playfield.
After that, you will need to readjust the X, Y, and rotation on the individual projection areas.
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Quoted from Bzamborski:Sorry for repost but was hoping someone could tell me the answer to this question. This game is truly awesome with super fast play it kicks my ass. I have a question though- i also gave a guardians right next to it. The flippers seem to be firmer for some reason? Like they feel more solid when I hit the flipper button - almost like they are heavier. Is that normal? Is it a setting somewhere?
I think I know exactly what you’re referring to, and I think it might have something to do with the springs. But why Stern would change this on some games I don’t know.
Games over the years where I’ve noticed the flippers definitely feel more locked in (tighter, in a good way) are Transformers LE, AvengersLE, and most recently Dead Pool and Elvira HoH. All Gomes games?
I played. STh pro recently and the flippers May have been this way, but didn’t stand out.
I really wish I knew the answer to your question, because I would make the flippers on all my games “feel” this way if I knew how.
Quoted from waltgman:Please do post the video. Getting mine tomorrow
There's a hundred "unboxing" vids up already. Why waste more diesel fuel on electricity to put more servers online (that also have to be seriously air conditioned) just to replicate the exact same thing?
Well, the flipper rubber is not a 100% fix. Turns out that with the rubber back there it can get stuck if the ball bounces to the right corner and get hung up on the bottom right mouth flap. I've only had that happen once but I did have to pull the glass to fix it. probably a rare occurrence and better than the constant misses.
Yep. This will happen on the LE too. The very tip of the bottom right flap will wedge it against the lip of the ramp.
Quoted from Manic:There's a hundred "unboxing" vids up already. Why waste more diesel fuel on electricity to put more servers online (that also have to be seriously air conditioned) just to replicate the exact same thing?
You must be in HVAC, haha.
Quoted from jandrea95:You must be in HVAC, haha.
Naah if I was I would love the extra wastefulness and redundancy leading to more AC work 
Got our Premium set up and on the floor at The Arcade in Wichita. So far, I think it's badass.
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Quoted from Zenomorp:Got our Premium set up and on the floor at The Arcade in Wichita. So far, I think it's badass.
Cabinet art on premium is my favorite by far. 
Quoted from C0untDeM0net:It's easier to get to if you take the plastic off that is right above it. I think it's 3 screws. Should look like this when on correctly.[quoted image]
Appreciated, got it back on. Just bent the wireform out a little bit more to keep it from flying off again.
Assuming the reason for it is so fast balls don't bang back and trigger the opto under the demo.
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I like your setup. I've been thinking about doing something like that for a while only thing that makes me hesitant is these machines are slid around all the time. Rubber feet help, but they still find a way to slide a few inches either way.
Quoted from hocuslocus:I like your setup. I've been thinking about doing something like that for a while only thing that makes me hesitant is these machines are slid around all the time. Rubber feet help, but they still find a way to slide a few inches either way.
We have rubber feet on carpet. They still get moved around a lot, but the rubber feet and carpet helps negate it.
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This is honestly the coolest thing I've ever seen someone do. Looks awesome !!
Quoted from Zenomorp:We have rubber feet on carpet. They still get moved around a lot, but the rubber feet and carpet helps negate it.
Where are your cameras mounted? Normally I see them attracted to the back box on a mount setup but don’t see that here.
Quoted from dri:I have a different idea now when I started to think about it. I will report back if it works or not.
My thought was to force the rod up that makes the vagmonster shake to have it lean forward. This requires a longer rod. I've bent it as much forward as I can now and it gobbles with surgeon precision shot.
I find it weird that these two features are missing in this game:
1) Super skillshot only awards points. Think back to Eddy's previous games. A super skill shot by holding the left flipper gave something useful in terms of progress in the game.
2) Vagmonster "bombs". Why is there no way to collect something like a "martian bomb" that you can use to count as one gobble? Having that for the vag-multiball to lock jackpot at 5M would be SCHWEEEET!
Has anyone actually seen superpops? Thoughts?
Quoted from Dr-Willy:Where are your cameras mounted? Normally I see them attracted to the back box on a mount setup but don’t see that here.
They are attached to an electrical conduit over the machines pointed down at the playfields.
Quoted from waltgman:Premium looks awesome!
What does the apron button do on this title?
Nothing yet
Quoted from dri:I find it weird that these two features are missing in this game:
1) Super skillshot only awards points. Think back to Eddy's previous games. A super skill shot by holding the left flipper gave something useful in terms of progress in the game.
2) Vagmonster "bombs". Why is there no way to collect something like a "martian bomb" that you can use to count as one gobble? Having that for the vag-multiball to lock jackpot at 5M would be SCHWEEEET!
Has anyone actually seen superpops? Thoughts?
I’m sure we’re going to see lots more added to this game in the next 6 months to a year.
Super pops is in the game. Grow dart animations were added with .85
Ottawa, ON
The right orbit switch on our game was only registering about half the time, because it's placed too far to the right in the lane. The ball can roll past on the left without touching the switch as shown in
this post. I consider this a design flaw, however a work around is available by modifying the switch mount. After enlarging the holes with a round file, it became possible to reposition the switch slightly to the left. Now even when the ball is against the left guide, it can still press down the switch enough to register.
switch mounting holes enlarged
round file
Just had my game reset after the Morse code mode and the ball drained. And I was having a real good game too. My first ball and I was killing it
Quoted from Trindawg:my game reset
Yep, they need to get on this. Really annoying.
Just got my premium and man... I gotta say. I think this is my favorite game in my collection. I don’t know if Stern was able to find fixes for the Demogorgan shot but I played with four different people of varying skill and all of us hit the shit no problem. Truly love this pin. Can’t wait for improvements but super happy where it is.
Two critiques. The saucer just left of the stand ups needs to do something. It’s one of the only stall shots on an otherwise flowing game that literally does nothing most of the time. Second. More assets. Call outs and projected material is lacking. Ramps are white 90 percent of the time. Gotta put some effort into this.
Overall love love love this pin. Had no problems out of the box thankfully. I almost don’t want to put it on route but alas I must. Maybe I’ll buy a second for home. Can’t wait for the UV kit!
Quoted from waltgman:Joined the party yesterday with a Premium.
Love the game, Demogorgan works great. Only complaint is the telekinesis mech misses and rejects a lot.
I saw the advice from Stern for adjusting and did that but it's still 50/50
I turned up the magnet power from 48 to 60 and mine is a lot more consistent now
Quoted from EricHadley:I turned up the magnet power from 48 to 60 and mine is a lot more consistent now
I don’t understand this setting. How is it possible for the magnet power to be turned up? It’s just a static magnet that’s pushed against the backboard. I changed this setting all over the place to see what it was doing and didn’t notice a difference at any setting.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I don’t understand this setting. How is it possible for the magnet power to be turned up? It’s just a static magnet that’s pushed against the backboard. I changed this setting all over the place to see what it was doing and didn’t notice a difference at any setting.
When you told me static mag I just assumed you meant it was always energized, I still would assume its a powered mag. Otherwise it would lose power over time.
I guess to test this theory you could try putting a ball against the backboard and physically power the machine off.
Quoted from jandrea95:When you told me static mag I just assumed you meant it was always energized, I still would assume its a powered mag. Otherwise it would lose power over time.
I guess to test this theory you could try putting a ball against the backboard and physically power the machine off.
You can put a ball there at any time. On off whatever. If you look at the pdf stern sent us, it’s just a magnet that is taken on and off the backboard by a coil.
The only thing I could think of for that setting is it’s the coil power of the lock diverter.
Quoted from EricHadley:dunno what that setting does then.
The magnet "power" in this case is how much power is needed to pull the magnet off the backboard. There's two coils performing this duty.
Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:I think I know exactly what you’re referring to, and I think it might have something to do with the springs. But why Stern would change this on some games I don’t know.
Games over the years where I’ve noticed the flippers definitely feel more locked in (tighter, in a good way) are Transformers LE, AvengersLE, and most recently Dead Pool and Elvira HoH. All Gomes games?
I played. STh pro recently and the flippers May have been this way, but didn’t stand out.
I really wish I knew the answer to your question, because I would make the flippers on all my games “feel” this way if I knew how.
No doubt the flippers on GOTG seem to be more firm & free-flowing. Last week I had the playfields raised on GOTG, JP3, STh's & didn't notice a difference in the mechanisms.
JP3 & STh's have the same flipper response, as GOTG is almost in comparison to the Bally/Williams flipper smoothness. Though the old fliptronics setup isn't as efficient, it's hard to match the ease of the Bally/Williams flipper play.
Speaking of flippers on this game. Out of my five sterns, Stranger Things is the only one I can't do post transfers on. Am I getting old and senile or is anyone else seeing this?
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Quoted from dri:Speaking of flippers on this game. Out of my five sterns, Stranger Things is the only one I can't do post transfers on. Am I getting old and senile or is anyone else seeing this?
I also have problems with post transfers on my Stranger Thngs. Very wierd but I also noticed others having problems on some streams.
Quoted from dri:Speaking of flippers on this game. Out of my five sterns, Stranger Things is the only one I can't do post transfers on. Am I getting old and senile or is anyone else seeing this?
It’s because the slings are aligned a lot further away than normal. You’ll see this exact setup on AFM too. Very hard to consistent post pass on that game too.
For what it’s worth, I had my game reset again today when Turn Up The Heat was going at the same time as the Upside Down.
I emailed Stern a week ago and Pablo responded that they would let engineering know. Hoping for code updates soon.
Quoted from mpnox:I also have problems with post transfers on my Stranger Thngs. Very wierd but I also noticed others having problems on some streams.
Definitely have to use extra effort and finess with post transfers on this game.
I'm still having an issue with my left flipper sticking. I checked the coil stops and they seem solid. There's no weakness in my flipper. It just sticks. I did notice that it takes a while to start sticking. If I play five games, no issues. If I play 7 or 8 games, it'll start to stick. The longer I play the more it sticks. Thoughts on what it could be besides the coil stops?
Quoted from chuckwurt:Replace the sleeve and or plunger.
Thanks. I've never rebuilt a flipper but it doesn't look very difficult.
Quoted from Looprunner:Thanks. I've never rebuilt a flipper but it doesn't look very difficult.
Super easy on these new games and requires no soldering unless the EOS is bad.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Super easy on these new games and requires no soldering unless the EOS is bad.
Thanks, dude.
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