I'm excited for this one, looking forward to seeing it play tonight on stream. Probably in on LE or premium, projection seems way cool and I would imagine can be used in lots of different ways. Hopefully it's not just like 5-10 static things over and over.

I'm just gonna bite the bullet and go LE. Game looks more than ample to me from stream and looks fun to shoot and obviously early code that is going to evolve a ton. Projection will make/break the decision but I have to imagine it's going to be pretty cool. I'm just happy it seems they got most the license assets with videos and voices and here's to hoping there is lots of good custom Hopper content. I do hope they throw in more of the humor related content with some of the modes and whatnot, lots of good stuff, need me some Bob callouts!

Sooooo... I can't even read the other thread anymore, it is poison. I'm excited for my LE!
Hope the projection looks good in basic light but I have dimmable light zones in my pinball room, some pins look better with less/more light and I can adjust the lighting to fit the mood and the need so not really concerned at the end of the day
Here's to hoping for a good premium/LE stream soon

Stream looked great, excited to get my LE. Here's to hoping for a lot more call outs and content on screens, ramps and everything else projection related. Also cool animations/videos on the back box screen, that title logo thing over and over gets old.

Got my LE and hoping to have it unboxed and setup tonight!

Got my LE setup last night and got 5-10 games on it. Couple notes/questions:

1. Code is uninspiring. Very little video assets and even fewer call outs and the ones that are there are garbage. They got a lot of work to do here to make this game fully immersive. I view it just like BM66 on release code and rule wise. Lots of potential but sucks right now, plain and simple. Need some overhaul/enhancements on rules but more so the projection needs greatly expanded along with videos on LCD and call outs.
2. My projector seems to be acting weird. When I first turned on the game it wasn't working at all then came on after a little while. But noticed if I open the coin door and change settings and start a game the projector doesn't work for a little and then seems to come back on and after that works fine but tried this a few times and always had the same result. Any others seeing that?
3. When I was trying to find something wrong with the projector and in settings I did a reset on the projection settings, which seems to have deleted any default alignments that were in there originally. All were way out of alignment then, I tried to adjust them manually but wondering if anyone has the defaults that came on the game so I can compare, main screen and targets in front I think I got dialed in but the other ramps and small targets are not looking right
4. When the ball release on the left happens from Demogorgon and rolls down that left orbit does everyone's hit the sling on side and launches it, minor thing but kind of annoying.
5. Didn't get a ton of clean shots to get the lock/magnet to activate. When I had clean ramp shot it seemed to work great but less than perfect or slow shot didn't activate the lock properly and either kept going or was knocked off the ramp or sent back down the ramp.
6. Clear and everything else look great, screen and projections look good in darker room but definitely get washed out some with lighting on playfield and any lighting around, not bad as most think, overall I think it looks good.

Here's to hoping they come through with ton of added rules and video/projection assets and call outs. I'm sure they will just a matter of how long. :-/
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There is no adjustment for focus is there?

Could someone still repost these? Did you get the info somewhere?

So my 2 big issues:
1. The orbits. As many have stated the ball release on the left orbit does not come down smoothly and almost always hits the left sling which is annoying as can be. i haven't really seen a solid solution other than trying to physically bend orbit lanes which I have done before on other games and it is a hit or miss move that sometimes can make things worse and not be un-doable after, so trying to avoid that. Even the right orbit seems to be less than reliable coming out of the pops.
2. I CANNOT keep my projector to maintain focus. It seems that little heel to adjust it keeps moving itself or something. I'll get in there get it focused and within 5 or some games it is out of focus again. It seems to be moving or adjusting as I play the game. No idea how I could make this stop. Anyone else having this issue or have a solution? On top of it they constantly are changing alignment too and having to realign them every now and then. Almost seems like the projector is moving some. Everything seems tight as can be on the mounts.

2 pretty frustrating issues that I just can't seem to find a good resolution to.

Good point, maybe that door/cushion thing keeps adjusting it, always a pain getting it right initially but maybe leaving it off will help.

I'll try and see, did you adjust any settings related to it to make that happen?

That was what I was thinking of trying next especially since chuckwurt above is now saying leaving the door off might not help

I had the opposite effect unfortunately. I have twice gone in to focus it, got the cover plate back on without losing that focus then I would say within 10 games it was out of focus again.

Can someone that this works for record a slow-mo video. Mine never does and I can't seem to find any reason or adjustment to change it, comes out of the post lock there bounces off the orbit and hits the sling 9 out of 10 times. I'm at a loss how to change that I don't see any coil setting for the post and not sure how or why it would matter anyway.

So annoying, mine never works, no idea a solution. It feeds perfect off the left flipper from the burn orbit just never from that release on the left

I tried, beyond bending it super far I don't see it mattering. Again the burn it back orbit shot feeds to the left flipper perfect so if I tweak it too much then that shot is probably going to go STDM. I contacted Stern support for any other ideas, I'm at a loss.
I'm not the only one seeing this am I, seems others said theirs does the same?

So you slid the metal guide to the left but how did you resecure it then, aren't those screws lined up on the playfield so you couldn't move it? You did nothign with the right orbit metal guide then?

Oh do tell more, I hope it's an easy swap! I don't think the projection looks that bad to be honest but this obviously looks WAY better

Anyone install the replacement ramp from Stern yet on LE or Premium? Not sure if it is any different on the pro. Really i have no idea if there is a difference in it I just know I got one from Stern after corresponding with them that I couldn't hit the Demo shot with any consistency.

Would be cool if someone could make up these ramp decals like the ones Cointaker has below that would have the UV ink on them!(would love them for each of the side ramps too to protect metal and hide the crappy divots). Some master minded modder figure this out!
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1231-cointakercom/03347-stranger-things-demogorgon-ramp-decal

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So 2 big questions I have:
1. Is the left scoop eject supposed to actually go around the burn it back loop when it fires or people are just making that tweak to add an extra benefit?
2. Has anyone gotten or replaced their Demo ramp from Stern? I got mine sent and received finally but haven't even looked yet how hard it is to replace or if it actually does help make the Demo shot(which right now mine doesn't work for $Hi&, so I planned on trying it but hoping someone else could confirm difficulty of the swap and if it helped?

Here's to hoping for some more code soon and more Cleland sound added!

I'm not a good guinea pig, I won't even attempt it until someone else does and confirms it helps.

I did check the box I got from them and it is indeed a full ramp kit. It has the new ramp and then a full sheet of all the white screen decals for the game separate.

This is what I got. No instructions either.... I guess maybe I'll give it a try this weekend
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Ok can someone with a newer game confirm if their ramp screen looks like this with the hole punch outs in the screen where the rivets are. This is the replacement ramp/decal that Stern sent me. It seriously doesn't have holes in the screen on any other ones does it?
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Well that is what they sent me so I don't think so, that is the decal that was given to apply to the ramp. No separate decal to cover the holes.

It's not you, I have tweaked it 10 times and followed all the guides and it's still unreliable. Just a crappy mech that is never going to work 100%.

Honestly it's one of the odder mechs to make sense of. After I tweak it sometimes it appears it's going to be working better when I first start playing but then soon after or later games it just seems back to the same unreliable mess. I can't say it made it worse but in the end none of the tweaking I have done I don't feel made it better either. I'd say I get 75% of solid shots to stick(this is the tough part to quantify cause a less than perfect shot up that ramp will typically not stick), not horrible but not great either, I just gave up tweaking it hoping better solutions would come eventually.

Let me just say, I got one of the replacement ramps(although didn't have the correct decals to go with it so I never installed it) but there is still a small gap as you show in that picture. So either the new ones are still faulty or there is something more that is different on them

You have any pictures or further details you can provide on this? How hard is it taking that whole mech out? I just seem to break more than I fix when taking apart mechs

Anything other than this monkey mech would have been better. Constant buzzkill to the game. Along with demo shot for me, neither work reliably enough. Here's to hoping I can get the new ramp soon to maybe fix one of the two.

If you figure out good solution and make something, count me in as a buyer if you can make more!