Not a member of the club yet but in the market for a Pro right now. You can easily sell your Stranger Things if home used and in good condition to more than cover the cost of a Godzilla Pro and that’s not even with any mods. Just try finding a Stranger Things right now, it’s not easy!

SoCal.. I found one! Just in time for the 2nd part of season 4 July 1st.

Just my 2 cents as new to the club. I have all types of games but I love my Sth Pro. I bought a Pro on purpose because my wife and I visited a pinball museum earlier this year, they had just got a Mando Premium and were raving about it, and that it was special because it was the higher end model as well. We played 2 games on it and were bored even though we loved the series. It was OK because I love pinball but it just felt a bit robotic and fixed to me with the pendulum swing and motorized ramp. They had a Stranger Things Pro there and at the same time I was playing it I was explaining to my wife that the Premium had the telekinesis magnet in the upper left and projectors but all the while the gameplay was so good, and the playfield was awesome, wide open! So it didn’t matter to us and the finicky things I’d heard about didn’t matter either as they weren’t an issue at all. Everything worked perfectly like the Demogorgon shot, etc. I think we ended up playing like 10-12 games on it and came back to it at the end of the couple hours we were there but ironically, didn’t play Mando again.. so when I got my Stranger Things, I just wanted that exact model. I’m sure all models are great but loved that the Pro was an option in this crazy market. It is crazy though, just topper, shooter rod and art blades are another thousand and if adding all the other mods like uv, shaker, armor (if you can find them) plus all the other mods even before the medysinal mod is another 1,000 easy so believe anyone who got in on a Pro early, it’s worth double that, easily. It’s a Great game, especially with the Cleland sound mod which has the whole soundtrack. I don’t see too many for sale in the marketplace either and it wasn’t easy which might be a good sign, that probably means people aren’t selling them because the game is fun and no reason to sell it.

Yes, CN10 is there, another verified Pro owner. A Pro with a projector would be sick, super fast, reliable. Good luck on the project. Count me in.

Another thing to keep in mind too is that whether the projector can run the code or not? It might be better if it could to go along with the game but I don’t think that’s a deal breaker. There might be advantages to running it independently, for example if video could be run from an sd card and customized, which shouldn’t be any more difficult than what the tv mods are already doing, it would open up a whole new channel option for fans and what a lot of us want anyway, like new footage from the recent seasons, music video’s, etc. and to get it to turn on with the game shouldn’t be a problem either, simple to splice that in with the power supply to turn it on/off with the switch. Would make for a killer attract mode, maybe even better than how it is now.

There’s an sd card slot on the projector, can anyone with an le or premium confirm if there’s an sd card in their projector? Anything on it?

Have you checked the projector’s configuration settings? Or extended settings? Sometimes in the operation settings there is an option for ‘direct power on’ or ‘power on AC’ just like a pc.

I believe 'if' there is custom firmware on the projector, which I don't think anyone has confirmed yet, correct? It would probably be on a mini sd card in the projector, not recorded on ram or built in anything else on the hardware.. so if so? all we really need is for someone with a Pre/LE to remove the card, stick it into a card reader, back it up & send it to blasius01 to help with the projector mod. It would probably be a good idea for all Premium owner's to back it up just in case. It may come to the point where another brand projector could be used and it may be needed anyways. Honestly, it looks like all we would need is the projector, the firmware and a 3d printed bracket (is all someone would need to sell as the mod). I don't think it has to be a big project.

Ok.. has anyone confirmed yet if the firmware is on an mini sd card that's inserted in the projector?

In the description, under 'connectors' it says 'sd card slot'. It would be great if someone could confirm that.

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Yes. I'm OK with it either way as I have a Pro and I like the way the decals look without the white screen decals whether the game is on or off. The projector would be a nice mod to have for sure but I also like that I don't have to worry about the reliability of it. I tried to buy the Pro decals to have a backup set but they seem to be sold out. Maybe that's something we can buy through Stern and not a bad idea for Pre/LE owner's to have as well in case the projector ever dies with no backup so this is why I think someone should come up with a solution either way and keep working on it.

So awesome you got your game! Looks great!! and thanks for spending time on this, I believe you can figure it out. I just can't see something being custom with the cheap projector either, that would cost a lot of money to do that and they would've needed to hire a programmer and then embed it into ROM, I can't see Stern springing for that with LEAN going on. I also know that with HDMI it's very finicky, yes, it could come down to the resolution but also something simple like the type of HDMI cable being used according to what year it was made, maybe good idea to try the cable Stern is using that runs to the projector in the game. I've sometimes had to try different cables, both buying new & updated one's and sometimes using older one's depending on the equipment to get the right HDCP compliance with various home theatre, gaming equipment & tv's.

6k for a Pro? Cheapest I’ve seen is 75-7800 bare bones, no UV kit. I’d pounce on it if I were you. I paid $8500 for mine in CA and If you add a topper, UV kit, art blades and shooter rods, that’s over another thousand so $9500 before any mods and there are plenty to add and many ways to go with it. The Pro’s are usually expensive too because it’s a great way to go, it plays the best, it’s the more reliable version of the game. If you buy an 11k Premium you’re dealing with a finicky game and everything that comes along with it unless you like tinkering all the time. The guy I bought mine from owned an LE before it, he sold it for the money and bought a Pro before eventually selling it to me to fund something else but he said he liked the Pro better too. The projector has all old clips form the 1st series. The Cleland mod adds updated video now on a much larger screen than the projector, so if you’re a fan of the show? it’s got Vecna, the levitation scene, etc. in attract mode, all the best songs and the experience is awesome. There’s no need for the old videos running on the projector at the same as the time as the LCD imo plus the graphics on the Pro ramps look great all the time and with the game off. I don’t miss the ball lock at all, it locks just fine for Telekenisis multi-ball, every shot. Not knocking the Premium or LE as the are beautiful games too but they have options for translites now too that look great too so just adding my 2 cents here that the Pro is what I preferred on this purchase and couldn’t be happier with it. Check it out..

If anyone has a lighted Billy's Camaro from Mezel Mods left over after installing Medisinyl and the set of side armor for the game after powder coating, please PM me as I'm interested in purchasing them. Thanks

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