I had a broken lock down bar latch on my Avengers. I emailed them and Pablo responded in less than 15 minutes asking for a picture of my serial number and the problem. After providing those, I got confirmation that they are sending me a new latch. All of that within a couple hours time from original report to them sending me a replacement. Can't beat that.

Joining the club. Stumbled across an available NIB from latest run at a dealer and took the plunge. Should be here soon.

For those of you that are using the premium UV kit on the pro, what are you doing for the game card area where the IC is located? Printing a custom card?

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I wonder who bought their last one.

There have been a couple people who installed the Premium UV kit on their Pro. RC_like_the_cola posted his here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-club-join-our-party/page/264#post-6679845

I also just had my Pro delivered and have the Premium kit to go in it.

Purchased from dealer last Thursday. Delivered and set up today. Lucky to score one of these. Also had the Premium UV kit delivered today as it was the only one I could find. That install will have to wait until weekend.

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I can make mine rather regularly. Definitely not 5 of 6 from a trap, but I have made the shot almost every game once, sometimes more. I did lower my flipper power to the 240s range and have my playfield around 6.5-6.7 degrees. I would like it to be more consistent, but then again, I am not sure it should be a gimme either.

I am probably just going to leave it and see how it does over the longer term. I really only had an hour or so on the machine.

Taking the plunge into installing the Premium UV kit on my pro this weekend. @rc_like_the_cola, thanks for the info on the 2 playfield bracket screws that I will need.

I can try the rubber/elastic band approach to see if that makes it much better. Right now, I haven't played enough to know if my shot was just off or it is just rejecting.

If it is rejecting a lot and the rubber band trick improves it, maybe I will venture to take out the mech and add washers to tilt it forward. I assume removing the mech is the hardest part of that job.

I went to Home Depot and got these for $1.28. They are 1/16th of an inch longer but when I tried them in my Jurassic Park Premium apron as a test, they worked perfectly. Looking at them, I can’t even tell that it is slightly longer.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/10-32-x-3-8-in-Phillips-Flat-Head-Stainless-Steel-Machine-Screw-4-Pack-815931/204274920
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You didn't do anything WRONG and it will be super simple to "fix". Your Premium metal apron is only attached by 2 of the 4 mounting points. When you lift the playfield out and just rest it on the lockdown bar area, there are those two hooks that latch into that area. If you look behind each one, there is a screw hole. For the Premium apron, put screws in there and it goes through into the apron. Now the premium apron is attached on both sides.

The Pro apron is just attached by those two center bolts.

Hope this helps.

You guys are really not good for my work productivity. All this talk on the Demo and I had to go down there and poke around. I tried the rubber band trick and sure enough, I was making most from the right flipper and some from the left flipper consistently. If it was a good shot from right flipper, it went in.

Ok, so now I lift the playfield and see the opto cable that is zip tied. It is definitely putting tension on the Demo and pulling him back a bit. To really loosen it, I will have to cut some zip ties, unplug it and then reroute a bit. They have it twisted through another bundle of wires. However, I did loosen it up a bit and the demo does seem to lean forward a tad more. Not completely resting on that hex nut, but just a little above.

I tried playing again, hitting the shot routinely from a trap on right flipper. Not quite as routine on left flipper but I am also having a harder time getting that shot just right where it is a perfect shot.

When I put the UV kit in, I will reroute that wire and see if it leans it any more forward but as of right now, it is probably close to where it should be without taking the demo apart.

Are your demogorgans resting on that front hex nut or hovering slightly above? Just curious.

Ok, noted. I was just going by what was mentioned in the key posts. I assume doing this still requires removing the demogorgan.

Right now it seems to have improved greatly by just reducing the tension on the optical cable thus letting it lean more forward. Adding the rubber band to pull it a tad more forward doesn't seem to make a noticable difference but I will continue to play with it.

So the fix here is to remove that ramp and put some mylar underneath that area?

Thanks for the info. I assume the opto also comes out with the mech and that has to be unplugged from underneath?

I will put this on my list of something I may tinker with once I get the UV kit installed and apparently some mylar under the left ramp. Want to do those things before messing more with the demo since mine seems pretty good.

Thanks again for all the info... may need to shoot more questions your way when I get to the demogorgan tinkering.

Yeah, already found it when I was trying to loosen it a bit since it was definitely pulling the demogorgan head back a bit. Just need to cut a couple zip ties to actually fish it out of there.

I only played a day or two and while I was in there installing the UV kit, I saw that mine was starting to do this too. I loosened the ramp and put two pieces of mylar underneath the ramp where it rests on the ball guide. Let's see if that makes enough of a difference.

Installed my Premium UV kit on my STh pro yesterday. Everything went well and the only extra hardware I needed was those two front apron screws.

I will say that I had a bit of panic when only one side of the UV kit was working. Despite reading and watching videos, somehow I missed the second playfield connector. And the connector on the power board was a bit hidden behind a bundle of wires. After that little blunder, all was well.

Attached are more pictures or the apron since others have asked. The biggest difference is the bit of a gap where the camera would mount. Doesn’t affect any gameplay however.

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I may double up that ramp too. My Mylar already has a faint line across it from where the ramp hits.

I got mine from pinball life and it was the premium kit (which works perfectly). I had to pay more than MSRP as I couldn’t find one anywhere else.

Right now, I see that Marco has the premium kits but you will also pay a premium for it.

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/502-7118-Q2

A couple questions for you longer term owners.

1) On my Stranger Things, there is no way to hit the right most two demo drops from a plunge. If I plunge softer, it doesn't make it to the drops. If I plunge harder, it will always hits the left two drops or goes into the mystery lane. I assume that I have to maybe loosen and bend the shooter lane ball guide toward the shooter lane so that it can get a straighter trajectory? Anyone have to adjust this?

2) Regarding removing the demo. What plastics have to be removed? I read multiple posts (and most of this topic) with pieces of info, but still not clear everything that has to be removed. Then I understand that 3 bolts have to be removed from the demo itself, 2 from the bottom and one from the top. Is the circle in red the one from the top? If so, what is the easiest way to get to it? I assume the area circled in blue is where the two bolts from underneath attach.

Thanks in advance!

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This is on manual plunge. Based on what you are saying, it seems like my ball guide exiting the shooter lanes is angled too far down as any trajectory is to the left half of the drops. It needs a bit more upward trajectory over left trajectory. There is no speed of plunge that will make it hit the far 2 right drops. This basically makes an MXV shot impossible.

All stock. Only thing I have done to machine is install UV kit and put Mylar under left ramp where ball guide goes underneath.

Trust me. I have tried every level of plunge and there is no plunge that will hit the right two targets.

I am also not looking forward to taking the demo out to experiment.

And therein lies my problem. I can’t plunge and hit third or fourth from left.

Well, I took the right ramp and all plastics off. I adjusted that right shoot lane guide every way until Sunday and nothing really improves it. I even tried taking some of the sharp bend out of it hoping that would angle the ball up more rather than left. No dice.

Anyway, not that important to me right now. Played a game or so and this happened. Happy with that given I have only had this for a week.
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I have flipped the super skill shot to the saucer many times but never the MXV.

175 flipper power seems WAY too low. There should not be problems with ball jumping off ramps at full power. At 175 I am surprised the ramp and orbit are consistently achievable. What is your playfield pitch?

If you can get your shooter lane dialed in to hit all the drops, let me know how you did it. I spent over an hour last night with negligible improvement. I can hit 2nd target from left over to mystery shot.

Ditto. I overpaid a bit but I also didn’t want to not secure one. Bit by the FOMO.

Already did that at the lane exit. Will look at the plunger side later. One video is before and one is after.

I even manually wedged something in to reduce the arc in hopes it would shoot more upward but if I did that too much it would nick the orbit guide.

Anyway, I played more with the demo since that is more critical than the skill shot.

I played more with the demo shot and I have determined that I likely do not need to adjust mine at this time.

Below are two back to back videos of the shot from the left flipper at 250 power setting. 255 would result in it hitting a tad too high. The right flipper shot is similar even though I don’t have the video.

I do believe it gets a bit tougher as time goes due to some flipper fade. I am going to install PinMonk flipper coil fans like I have done on my AIQ.

In the game following this, I trapped a ball in each flipper and literally sunk both back to back in the demo to move to the next phase of Trap ‘em.

Nope. I even did one with holding the shooter lane gate up so it was a completely clear path. I will come back to it at some time. The only thing I can’t do is the MXV shot which isn’t something I would probably go for much anyway.

That is very weird as mine is a pro from last production run (born on date 12/27/2021). My balls don’t fly off ramps at full power. I am at abou 6.6-6.7.

Very strange that yours is so much different.

Can’t you just install the QR reader on your existing premium UV apron? I have the premium UV kit and apron on my pro and just mounted the reader in the UV apron with no problems. The issue you are having is probably why the UV apron has the QR reader opening in a different place.

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Here is a picture from a pinsider who made it work.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stranger-things-club-join-our-party/page/266#post-6686209

Tons of options in this thread:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/custom-apron-cards-printable-versions-only/page/19#post-5767488

I planned to take a few of this and modify as necessary but struggling to find the time to do so.

Agreed. My experience is that I have to turn my flippers down a bit because at the start of a session, the ball hits too high on the mouth. However, the longer I play, the more the flipper power needs to be tweaked up to have that same consistency. I am going to install PinMonks flipper fans to control the flipper fade and make it more consistent throughout. Regardless of your spacers or flipper power, flipper fade is going to have some effect on this, IMO. Flipper fans on my AIQ completely resolved the captain marvel shot and a couple backhands.

Take some slow motion videos so you can get a better understanding of where the ball is hitting before taking things apart.

Any secrets to getting bullshit mode. I think I saw someone say 3rd mystery that is not in a mode/multiball. Granted I have only 70 plays but I haven’t seen it once which seems bizarre.

Works fine, no issues. I installed it on mine 2 weeks ago. Need to buy two screws for front of apron but that’s it.

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These work great.

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Do a switch test. The DT Sense is the drop target opto. I believe there is an opto behind the drop targets to sense when a ball is stuck back there so the drop targets can lower to let it out. Put the machine in switch test, block that opto and see if it registers as DT Sense. If it registers as screen, they are connected incorrectly.