Got my LE, set it up, and just played a couple of games. Telekinesis shot was consistent on my machine...no issues there. I hit the Demo shot on the first try...and then couldn't hit it again. Yeah...that shot is a bitch but it's certainly doable. Code is in its infancy, but the game is fast and fun. The center target shots and some standups are brutal...you have to be careful how to get at them without going SDTM.

Subwoofer is a must as chuckwurt said (I use the Pinnovators sub out card), and I'm adding red lit flipper buttons and a knocker.

I have to tweak it tomorrow...my screen doesn't sit flush with the side panels (can't remember who posted the solution to that), and I had to adjust the Y axis on the projector. I've currently got the back legs jacked (screws all the way out to the top of the collar), and I think the angle is a little too severe. I'll lower it tomorrow and see how it effects all the things that seem to work right now. I really think recent Stern games have to be leveled at a pitch that literally needs to be spot on with a predetermined angle, or they don't work properly--and that seems to vary from game to game.

Overall, this is really fun game that I'll keep for a year or two and probably sell at a 2k loss. But I don't care because fun usually costs money, right? Don't compare this to JPLE (one of the best ever, so it's an unfair comparison), and you'll have a great time with this game.

The doubters on Pinside can suck it.

24 Hour Update:

Lowered the pitch to around 7/7.2 degrees and the game plays even better. I hit the Demo around once every one to two games or so, and I figure for a guy with my limited skills, that pretty much means that it works.

My problem? Those damn white projection pieces keep falling off my standup targets when I hit them. Pisses me off because I have to stop playing, take off the glass, put 3M double-sided tape on them, and reapply.

On a totally unrelated note, thanks to chuckwurt (who I consider one of the smartest guys here) for talking sense into me. I'll just post in fan and tech threads from now on, and be of help if I can when people need it. I'll try to ignore the increasingly large population of idiots and assholes that feel the need to shit on everything. Really I will...

Thank God for this...I thought it was just me. Yeah, my bumper shot rattles around and rejects most of the time as well.

But here's the thing about this game: It makes me feel like I REALLY suck at pinball (and I'm not THAT bad), and I think most of it is in the setup. My left kickout, when the drops are down, will frequently hit the right drop target post and then go SDTM. Really frustrating, but again, I think that can be tweaked along with the other stuff.

The other thing about this game is that I can't stop playing it. As much as I curse at it, it's a hell of a lot of fun. And I've barely touched my JPLE since I got it. Once the code is polished and the mechanical annoyances are worked out, I actually can see myself keeping this game for a good while.

But yeah...I agree with most of what you said.

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. Hey, Erik! You're right! There ARE some good people left on Pinside!

If anybody has suggestions for the right orbit rejects--like, how you adjust that guide so it doesn't do that--I'm all ears.

Many thanks...

Oh...and the other thing that's driving me nuts is when I calibrate the projector so the green blocks are lined up, the Jackpot ramp projections don't sit right. So I'm guessing the green blocks aren't really calibrated right with the programmed projections. And the REAL bitch is the "down" arrows on each side of the main screen during certain modes. They're not evenly spaced on each side, but if I move it over, I wind up with a black bar on one side. That's pretty annoying.

Sorry I'm late to respond to this (after all the UV stuff, which I think is really cool). Yeah...I did adjust it individually. But what I'm saying is even when I have all the green blocks lined up, when I play a game, the animated arrows and Jackpot up the ramps aren't aligned properly (nor are the billboards aligned properly). Only the targets are good. It's a pain in the ass.

That thing is sweet! I'm waiting for the light-up (overpriced) one that Stern is putting out. $125, anyone?

Did they fix that nasty Burn It Back/Multiball bug? I was having my first great game last night (at 130 million and counting) and the damn game rebooted on me.

Just played the new code and it's a helluva lot of fun. Love the multi-colored jackpot projections and bashing the Demo. Still not sure about the Burn It Back reboot bug (please advise, chuckwurt ).

For the record, I bought a UV kit, but I am pretty pissed off about it as an LE owner (and this makes twice after the SW topper). The good news is that I don't think there's anything on the horizon for the rest of 2020 that I'm interested coming from Stern (unless there's actually a full version of Led Zeppelin and not a reskin).

So after being suckered (twice), I can for once sit back and watch others get screwed for a while. But really...this shit's gotta stop.

Right...it was during Turn Up The Heat doing a bunch of loops. I named the mode wrong. Oops. If it's not fixed somebody has to file a big report. That's a whopper.

It's not that. It's that the UV ink was built into the game so they knew it was there and couldn't even throw the damn lights into the LE for 9k. That IS disgusting no matter how you look at it. They could have made it an option for the other trim levels. Theres a difference between feeling ripped off for something that should already be in the game and, say, Star Wars topper which you can really do without. I should know. I'm pissed off about both because I bought them both.

Wrong. That would be Beatles, which I stupidly told my distro I'd take an "LE" before it was released. When I realized that would set me back $25k for diamond powdercoating, I respectfully declined.

SWLE is awesome if you add the lighted side armor. (I have the hyperspace light effect in the backbox as well, courtesy of Pinball Refinery.) The LE translite, which I already liked the best, is made better by that, IMO. That game is wicked good fun (the hyperloop is still one of the biggest rushes in all of pinball) and because I'm a SW fan, will never leave my collection. Hell...I just paid $200 to build a f-ing lightsaber at Disneyland.

My SThLE is one of the most immersive games I own. The projector really adds to the game, and the sound is terrific...especially with a subwoofer. That being said, because I'm not wedded to the theme, it will probably leave my collection sometime between a year or two from now.

Hey, hypocrite: You have 4 pins. 3 out of 4 are Sterns. 2 of THOSE are from 2018, well after the pricing boom. So when you're done paying those off, then YOU can stop buying Stern's pins and THEN you can lecture us about what we should do with our money.

But we still won't care. Stranger Things rocks, and I don't regret my LE purchase one bit.

We need a Suck It emoji.

Just finished fixing that POS Star Wars topper. Now I'm off to fix my right orbit and the third drop target that doesn't go down but is happy to send your ball STDM. I'm starting to think that Stern games aren't just overpriced because of the dollar amount, but because of the time it costs you to get it where it should have been to begin with.

I'm getting it tomorrow. Not sure I can install it tomorrow though...it's my busiest day of the week. I'll be able to give feedback on it Wednesday, though.

I just finished a game where I got my first extra ball, fired up some different modes, and went through 3 Demo modes. I honestly don't know what some Pinsiders are smoking. I'm not even really that into the Stranger Things theme (I watch it, but don't look forward to it), but this game is a shitload of fun--and I'm a picky bastard.

I don't think so.

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Well, I'll play with it more this week when I put the UV kit in and replace the rubbers with Titans, so it's not fully tweaked out yet. But I haven't even moved the outlane posts in at all yet. They're all the way out. Did you move yours? This game is a gobblemonster...

I'm hoping my UV kit comes with a signed plaque. Also, I only bought the shirt because it said "Limited Edition." I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make some money on it down the road...

Hey, @c0untdem0net , sorry about your problem. Have you checked all your connections, both in your backbox and inside the cabinet on the node boards? Something may have shaken loose in transit. Also, if this was happening to me, I'd check the interlock switch on the coin door. Make sure nothing is loose, pinched, shorted out, etc. Strange that it seems to work when the coin door is open.

I got my shirt today from Stern...

...and no UV kit.

Bastards.

I blame Dr-Willy

Oh, I'm special, all right. Just not in that way.

I tried this; no luck. I have to say I've never seen one of these games behave the way you're saying yours does. Every time I watch a stream, the left kickout takes down the right two targets, and the ball launch takes out the left two targets. I thought this was by design to avoid hitting the targets dead on. It would be great to have the left kickout send it around the burn it back loop, but not sure how I would redirect the mech to get that done since lowering the strength isn't doing anything.

In unrelated news, I still hate the right orbit. Even after trying to adjust it, the ball still rattles around, and the orbit still feeds the ball either SDTM or into the top of the right sling...and SDTM. Aggravating...

So does this mean you finally got your game fixed? And what was wrong with it?

It'd be easier if it was a standard apron that you could slide off from the top. On the LE and premium, you have to unbolt it from the bottom of the playfield. And that's a major PITA if all you have to do is focus your projector.

Yeah...you and everybody else that owns one. It's the people that: don't have one; haven't put enough time on it; think it's too expensive; think it's got too many problems; think the code will never get done because Lonnie is on it, etc., etc.... that think the game is shit.

But that's what they said about GOT and SW when it came out. Almost every good/great game started with bad press upon release, and that's Stern's fault for how and when they released the game. If they tweaked the problems and released it with more developed code and didn't rush it out before Christmas, you wouldn't be hearing this stuff.

Enjoy the game. It's wicked fast and it kicks my ass. It's a keeper for me for at least the next two years (only because I'm not wedded to the theme and might need the space). And make sure you get a subwoofer. It makes my nads vibrate.

I just want to put out another thank you to Erik (@chuckwurt) for all the info and help he's provided owners with this game. He's a great asset to the hobby, and should probably be given a free Stern Army shirt and membership for all he does for that company.

My son-in-law is over and I showed him my SThLE. He said the machine is like crack and is still playing it two hours later. This game'll do that to you. I get that different games are for different people, but don't understand how someone can't get addicted to this game.

On a separate note, I finished a Turn Up the Heat mode just as I locked my third ball for multiball...and the game reset. So it's not COMPLETELY fixed with that mode and multiball running simultaneously.

Great! Could somebody please tell us WHERE THE HELL YOU'RE BUYING SMALL AMOUNTS OF THIS STUFF??? What's with all the secrecy?

I mean, I called Black Diamond but got their voice mail. Do you have to get it through a dealer? Because I'm pretty sure the guy at Best Buy will look at me like someone hit him over the head with a Louisville Slugger if I go in there asking for a 1'x1' piece of projection screen.

Also, dri , did you paste it right over the white screen, or remove the white screen gently so as not to ruin it (or replace it again if the BD stuff didn't work out)?

So many questions...so few answers.

I felt like you did after reading all the bashing on this site. I went with my gut and stayed in, and I'm glad I did. I love my LE, and so do the people who come over my house and play it. If you want to nitpick a game, you can always find something...but I honestly don't have any idea what the hell some people here on Pinside are smoking.

The game is fun as hell. Get the game. Get a subwoofer. And don't look back. You're welcome.

Anybody hear any word on when the light-up D&D shooter rod will be available? Somebody posted it somewhere on this site (with a picture) saying that it was coming. I love this game, and I think that it'll look great on the machine.

I'm not holding my breath for a topper, though...

What a waste of a post. Take your negative opinions over to the STh-bashing thread, which is populated by the uninformed and uninitiated. This is the club thread for people who have played the game enough in a home environment to know how awesome it is.

Here...I'll tee it up for you:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-stranger-things

So I'm beginning to think Brian Eddy is a genius. Say what you will about this game, but the projector and UV kit pull you into the STh world like no other game I can think of. Anyone that says the theme wasn't successfully integrated is an idiot. And for those of you thinking of going for a cheaper option...DON'T. This game was made to put this kit in - the playfield is even dimpled to screw it in. (And yes, that pisses me off, too.) And please notice the spinning lit MezelMods arcade sign...also awesome!

During the installation, I found more dimples and disconnected wires, so I think there may even be something else in store for this game (that should have been included in the LE).

Here are two pictures of my game, and they are literally night and day in terms of setting mood. When Stern announced Eddy as an employee, I thought he was going to do Jaws, and it would have been an instant buy. This was far down my list for other choices for themes, but I'm glad he did it. And I'm excited to see what he comes up with next.

(And PS - my shooter lane plastic was already broken...can someone make a clear protector for that, please? And do the blue plastic protectors effect the UV lights?)
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I tried installing a piece of the removable projection material corvair61 was selling, but it didn't really work for me. It was too dark and you could only really see the projection from a straight-on angle...which isn't the angle you play at. I appreciate him selling them, though. But I still need some source for the Black Diamond stuff...although I'm not holding out much hope that it's any different (the angle people are taking pictures are straight-on as well). I may just have to enjoy the game as designed...

And again...somebody has to come up with a complete plastic protector set in clear for this game. My right sling just fired the ball against the left wall of the cabinet and out of play.

I have an LE. They're standard with the LE. At least you get something for your extra 2 grand.

Can you post a picture of it? I don't have any hood to change the angle of the ball eject. I tried moving the mech a little from the underside, but can't get it to eject further than the right target (I was doing better when it knocked down two targets...LOL!). No idea how to get it any further to the right.

Oh. That Scoop.

Sorry.

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this, but for you Prem/LE owners, I've found that if you fire it at the Demo when he's roaring and shaking back and forth, you can hit the shot much easier. It's the same principal as the people putting flipper rubbers under their Demo on the pro to tilt it forward a bit. When he's roaring, he IS tilting forward, and it feels so good to ram the ball down his throat when he's trying to be all manly and scary and shit.

...and some people think one of them is awesome. The other one actually is.

I will NOT embarrass myself by being in the tourney tomorrow. I've had the game since the LEs were released, and my high score is only around 224M. But I do have 3 questions from the Boob isolation chamber:

1. Does anybody have the ramp decal from Cointaker, and do you like it? My worry about it is how does it wear...and if you had to take it off once it is worn, I'd think it would crap up your nice metal ramp. Does anyone have any insight on this?

2. Does anyone else experience a delay when your ball drains. It seems to take a few seconds to register the ball before going into the bonus screen, and I don't think it's optos out of whack because double flipping or jostling the machine has no effect. Seems to be a code thing.

3. And speaking of which, does anybody else notice a delay before you can use the action button to plunge? I miss skill shots on the second target because I hit the button and it doesn't fire, but if I wait a couple more seconds, it will fire normally. Again, seems like a code issue. Just wondering if anybody else sees this.

Nah, you don't need to. It's like JP without the moving T-Rex and raptor pen, or GOT without the upper playfield and new code.

So, I installed the black diamond and I completely agree with you about the main screen being a vast improvement (sometimes the contrast is a little TOO dark in the really dark scenes). But even after rotating the drop target pieces to make sure they were configured right so that they "popped" more (and you were right...there IS a difference when you rotate it 90 degrees), they still kind of look a little dark compared to the screen above it. Not sure I'm completely a fan, but it is an improvement!

1.4

My wife and I A/B'ed it with both pieces in two different configurations (doing the 90 degree rotation thing), and we both found the 1.4, in portrait orientation, to be the brightest. (The material seems to be a little lighter in color, too.)

If I get on my knees and look at the drops from straight on, they look amazing. But then I stand up...

It's funny how just a few degrees of angle can make such a huge difference. That being said, this stuff is infinitely better than the white crap.

So I've got a problem I hope someone can help with...

Ever since I updated the code to .87, when I start a Demo mode, the ramp doesn't immediately lower. I know the switch in back is triggered because the mode actually starts, but I have to hit a few drop targets and/or the mystery hole shot in order to lower the ramp.

I would think some switch got out of whack, but it literally started after the code update. And I know I installed the LE code (I just double-checked).

I'm flummoxed.

I didn't take out the ramp to do the black diamond upgrade. I just used a glass scraper to gently remove the old stuff (all in one piece!), then replaced it with the new stuff "in situ." I'm goooooood....

I tested it many times after the black diamond went in and it worked fine. It was literally after the update that it started happening. I'm currently rolling back to .86 to see if it fixes the problem. If it does fix the problem I'm going to download .87 again and install it again.

And why can't I do a quick install with any versions of code on my game? When I select it, it always gets stuck on "unpacking files." I've never seen that before. When I choose full install it starts immediately...and then I have to go make myself a tuna salad sandwich while I wait.

Okay...it's not the code. My drop targets are having a problem retracting fully for some reason (a switch problem? a coil problem?). The whole bank goes down and about an 1/8th of an inch of the targets are still sticking up. It has to reset multiple times to get it to work. I'll start there and try to track down the problem. The ramp works fine in test.

This is the Stranger Things club. What do you THINK we think is better?

Ever since scientists said that UV light kills Coronavirus, I've been playing STh exclusively, shooting for the pops to start upside down mode, then opening my mouth and pressing my face to the glass.

Call me crazy, but I feel terrific.

True dat. I feel sorry for the suckers who continue to rag on this game. It's the only game I own where I chain-play about 10 games minimum whenever I turn my machines on. As soon as the third ball drains, I lob an aggravated "fuck off" at the machine, and hit the start button again before the bonus animation even comes on. THAT'S how addictive this game is.

I agree with you, Erik...but I also think there are a few factors in play. Ultimately, I think people are chasing a problem that's not really a design problem (or it is, depending on how you want to look at it). With JPLE, you have to hit a solid shot at the T-Rex to get the ball to stick. Any trajectory that is weak or not precisely on center will cause the ball to reject.

With STh, the flipper issue plays into what I think the real problem is. Where the ball enters the ramp is important (like twenty84 mentioned above). If the ball is hit solidly, and is able to follow the curve of the back of the ramp, it'll retain enough energy to get up the diverter smoothly. If you hit the ramp in the middle or to the right, there will be a bit of an impact on the side of the ramp which not only takes a little energy off the ball, but also knocks the angle of entry onto the diverter out of kilter slightly. I also think the playfield pitch has a lot to do with it, and that's simple physics: The higher the angle, the more energy the ball will need to get up an already-steep diverter mech. If your pitch is too steep (even 7 degrees might be too much for this mech), the ball will run out of steam before it gets to the diverter.

If I'm feeling ambitious this weekend, I'll test my theory and flatten the pitch of the game to see if it helps with the lock. It would be great if it does...but then the rest of the game will play like shit.

Thanks. You just saved me some time this weekend, then. Has anybody filmed it in slow mo to see what's going on? This and the JP ball plunge (and T-Rex) issues are like two problems taking a huge dump on two otherwise awesome games. Really frustrating.

It does feel sometimes like the flippers should go higher than 250.

Tried to watch. Can't. These are guys who hit both flippers at the same time, all the time. If I want to watch that, I'll just have my six-year-old granddaughter fire up a game in my basement.

I'll stick to your streams, Erik.

We used to join streams on Boy Scout campouts when we got bored--oh, wait...you were talking about the internet. Sorry. Yeah...I'll be sure to do that now.

So annoyed...

Got my STh shooter from Stern. Installed it. Plugged it into CN15 (by the way, there were no instructions on how to do this, I just know from JP...and it tells you to leave the original shooter plate in - which is impossible since they give you a new plate...so an F for their instructions!). Turned the machine on and...

It didn't light up.

Called the Stern tech support line to talk to Chas and...

Got the message that they're not taking calls because of COVID-19. (Complete horseshit, IMO.)

So now I have a shooter that doesn't work, an STh that won't accept fast code updates, and a T-Rex in JP that likes to take a nap from time to time instead of swallowing balls. (Insert joke here.)

If they keep this shit up, I'm going to start sounding like Dr. Frightener soon.

Has anybody here gotten the lit shooter rod to light up? I'm starting to think they may have shipped the shooters before the CN15 connection was activated in the code or something.

My shooter lit up when I plugged it into my Jurassic Park, so I know it works. But it looks like either the node board doesn't work, or for some reason there's no power to CN15.

24 hours later, no response from Chas.

And just when I thought this game couldn't get better...

Played .94 tonight, got bullshit mode, and laughed my ass off the whole time. Nobody can say that this pinball machine doesn't have any humor in it now. Also got pretty deep into isolation multiball and broke 400k for the first time (I know...that's a daily occurrence for @chuckwurt...). I'm just not understanding why so many people are destroying this game on Pinside.

As to the shooter rod: It still doesn't work. Tomorrow, I'm going to swap node boards with my JP to see if that's what's causing it. If it still doesn't work, then it's definitely code because at that point I will have swapped out every part. And if it IS the code, that's the real bullshit mode since it should have been put in the code before the shooters shipped.

I'll keep you guys posted.

Another great game I ordered on Day 1, still have, and isn't leaving my house, ever. So I'll just get everything that Pinside says I shouldn't get and I'll be good. Except WWE. They might have been right about that one.

I think it's obvious to everybody that you and your ilk ( chuckwurt , etc.) are WAY smarter than me. (Of course, I rode the short bus to school and took classes in a closet, so...) What's the normal operating temperature of a coil that's been played for a while. Are the temperature readings you're getting consistent with other games, or way out of whack?

Well, if you've figured out the problem and this solves the power of the shot to the TK lock, you'll have a hell of a mod on your hands. Of course, Stern should really put out a fix for this since it's a design problem (if that's indeed the problem). Nice work!

Yes...buy a shooter rod that only lights up in pictures. I'm still waiting for a response to my two emails about why it doesn't light up on my (or anybody else's) machine. It's not in the code yet - that's got to be the reason...the shooter works fine plugged into my JP. If only dinosaurs played Dungeons 'n' Dragons.

Check, check, and check! (If only the damn shooter would actually LIGHT!)

I have the glow rubbers on my AFM, and they're cool and all. But doesn't the greenish hue look like crap on ST? Doesn't really match anything.

Nope. My 4-step plan for world domination of this game:

Step 1: Don't rate the game. Let the pre-judgmental idiots around here continue to think the game sucks.
Step 2: Wait for Stern to discontinue production due to disappointing sales.
Step 3: Rate the game highly and watch as everybody realizes what a great game it truly is (like what happened with GOT).
Step 4: Profit.

Well...that's one way to light it up.

It's not self-explanatory at all; in fact, the instructions suck. Plug it into the node board to the left of the coin door inside the cabinet. Bottom row of connectors, CN15. You'll see that the plug is keyed for that connection with the one blocked pinhole, so make sure you put it in the right way so you don't bork any of your node board pins. That'd be an awkward conversation with the fine folks in Stern tech support. If you can actually reach them, that is.

(Awkward silence...)

Sorry I couldn't help you with the LED thing; it was one of those days when you're just stuck outside working and the day gets away from you. Glad you figured things out!

A quick thank you to chuckwurt and others who suggested the Titan glow rubbers and speaker light kit. Really cool mods, and I wouldn't have gone for it without the overwhelming number of people here suggesting it. I still can't bring myself to put Billy's Camaro in there. Looks cool, but then you also need the sheriff's truck. Then the road signs. And before you know it, your STh looks like the clearance aisle in the final days of Toys R Us.

Speaking of mods...when the hell is MezelMods going to get the shooter eject protectors for this game???

To your first question: yes. (I was a beta tester for them and my first sign toppled over after a couple weeks. But they're absolutely terrific now!)

As to what is better to have: they're both essential, as others have said. (And the price of the Mezel sign isn't bad when you consider the price of the shooter rod.)

Everybody bend over and grab your ankles: the topper should be just around the corner.

The arcade sign looks the same from the players perspective as what you see in the pics. It's in the back corner and doesn't obscure anything. The ONLY down side is if you have an airball back there, it'll get caught on the sign supports rather than dropping back to the playfield. But that's only happened to me twice in the past few months.

Yep...there's that option as well. Lermods makes some awesome mods, and they're great people to boot. And they're from Jersey. So all in all I'm a happy customer.

Does anybody have the speaker lights kit that looks like Christmas lights around the panel? And if so can someone post a video of it? I may move my Type 13s to my JP and get the Type 12s that have that option in it.

Thanks again to chuckwurt for letting me know (in another speaker lights thread) how to modify the Type 13 lights to get the red/blue/purple animation. Green and yellow were making me puke.

That dude's gotta be up for Pinside MVP...

A link to the picture: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/speaker-light-kits-thumbs-up#post-5735476

...and to the product: http://speakerlightkits.com/SPIKE-2-Standard-or-Deluxe.html

It's in that same thread. But he said the pattern is pretty deep into the modes. I found it today, and it was only about 9 clicks in or so. Not too bad at all.

I sing the underpants gnome song a lot when I'm working. My wife hears me and wonders WTF she married.

Well, the snarky answer is: Don't shoot those middle shots and you can continue listening to the tunes. BUT...you have to hit those shots to get through the modes, of course.

You lost me at the TK multiball. I think that's one of the best multiball starting animations and sounds since Addams, and well worth the tradeoff.

But for me, it's What Mama Says and Turn Up The Heat that I hate interrupting. Those two modes are genuinely disturbing like no other game I can recall. And I LOVE them!

I fully intend to get your mod when it's released. Now that I've said that, you'll know I mean no ill will with what I say next:

My friend who has been a pinball tech for decades was over my house recently. I was telling him how ridiculous it was that someone had to develop a mod to cool the coils so the game works properly. He laughed and just said why don't you just put on stronger coils, pointing out correctly that it must be a design problem that Stern should make right.

So...has this been discussed before? Would stronger coils knock out a node board or something?

Thanks. You don't know the coil number that you used offhand, do you?

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

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.

That's everybody else's loss...it's an amazing game. And I think the art is already terrific. (Although it would have been great if they used that picture of the four kids on the bike on the road in front of the mind flayer!)

The best part is that even though your stream was awesome, the game is still cooler in person. You're doing a great job single-handedly converting the closed minds of some Pinsiders, Erik!

Well, that sucks. The demo dog mode is the worst part of the game, IMO...it always blocks me from doing stuff that advances the game and hitting those targets are a pretty dangerous proposition. Oh, well...

I'll still get it.

LOL...leave it to Erik to explain to me why I'm not getting part of the game. Okay...I appreciate demo dog modes more now, thank you. But riddle me this: what do the drops do during multiball? Just increase the jackpot?

I got @vireland's coil fan kit and installed it. The fit and finish of this product makes it hard to believe that it isn't made in a factory. Really incredible work. They sit right over the flipper coils and keep them cool so there's no fade...you can tell there's strength in the flippers even after a solid hour of play. Now I just have to tweak the TK lock mech with the info that Chas sent Erik and I'll be good to go!

Thanks, Vic, for an incredible product. I don't know how you did it, but you did...and every STh owner owes you a debt of gratitude for solving a seemingly unsolvable problem.

Does anyone else notice that the center button on the lockdown bar doesn't light up except during attract mode? Or is it just once you have the Stern shooter installed (I have one)? Or is there something wrong with my machine? The light clearly works, but I thought it flashed when a ball was in the shooter lane and it doesn't anymore. Is that a recent code update thing? I can't recall when it started and it's driving me nuts.

Not if it sucks. I thought it was originally slated for this month.

That show usually comes out in October for Halloween. February is the dumping ground for movies...I figured maybe they pushed it back for the same reason. And how are they filming it now if they showed that short preview of the sheriff in a Russian prison doing prison labor? (Which is starting to get beyond ridiculous, btw...just leave the guy dead already.)

Going to start rewatching the series this week...

You don't want to slow the ramp. If you did, you'd want to kill yourself during the 4th and 5th demogorgon modes when the ramp keeps moving up and down.

Ah...I only made it to the fifth mode once, so I misremembered it moving. But that fourth mode is a bitch...

Thank God I wasn't the only one.

Vic will take care of you. He's really pretty awesome.

That does...I got that kit, but keep in mind you won't have to replace anything beyond the screen (like chuckwurt said)...nor will you want to. The rubbers up by the pops are an absolute bitch to get to. Just get the kit and replace the front rubbers...you'll have some spares and that's never a bad thing.

They really should code it so the thing violently shakes when the van hits the ground and the balls are released during multiball. Doesn't make a lick of sense not to.

Where's the topper???

Um...what??? Your backglass should NOT be able to fall behind the display at all. The lip of the backbox that the backglass rests on would prevent that from happening. Can you post a picture of your situation?

Congrats. It's a great game. My LED doesn't work either, except during attract mode. The button doesn't actually do anything except launch the ball, and I believe it used to flash more in previous code, but Brian Eddy hates lockdown buttons so he has no plans to code anything for it...and likely turned it off during game play as a result. All conjecture on my part, though. chuckwurt would have more insight than me.

I haven't seen any of the new code because a) I suck and can't get past the first Total Isolation mode; and b) I'm waiting for the cleland update because now I can't go back to stock sounds and music after hearing his work.

Quick! Put the glass on and take a picture!

Nah...I'm just jealous.

Crap.

Of course! A day after I install the cleland code for .98!

No.

What toppers were 1k?

Well...

I guess I feel better about my stupid R2D2 topper now.

Premium all the way. The projections and ball lock...when it works..transform the game.

Yeah...it has to be tweaked JUST right to be consistent. Mine still isn't all the way there, and I installed PinMonk 's flipper fans to keep the coil temps low and reduce flipper fade. Another problem with the game. If you're a patient guy, the premium/LE really outshines the pro. But you WILL need some Xanax.