I’m thinking about pulling the trigger on the pro model in the next week or 2. Gonna be out on medical for 3 weeks and will need something to do in the meantime. I really want this game. But don’t know if I can convince the wife of my purchasing it. What do u guys think would happen if I just order it without her knowledge ?

I like the way you think! This would be my second pin if I decide to do it. My first was a used SP I bought from another member on this forum. I quickly got bored with that one.

I won’t be able to afford the premium model. Pro is the highest trim I can afford.

Same here. I’ve made some big ticket purchases before without her blessings but not as much as this one is gonna cost. I told her I’m not going to stop at just one pin. And she didn’t like that. But oh well. I told her you married me for better or for worse!!

I plan on it. What are your guys’ thoughts on financing a pinball machine ? Anyone here gone that route to purchase a game?

OMG!! I just ordered the pro model from game room guys!! I’m so excited. Will be here the 13th. Had to setup delayed shipping because I won’t be home till then. But it’s considered done deal!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh!! My first NIB MACHINE!!!! Oh happy days! I love this game after only playing it a handful of times at my local barcade!! It’s super fun. I can’t wait. But I think my newlywed wife is going to kill me. This is bittersweet!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!

Thanks man!!!

Does anyone know what the dimensions of the box is that it ships in? Want to make sure it will fit in my door !!

Who here saves their boxes once their machine is unpacked? Not sure if I should save mine or not. This will be my first NIB purchase.

Yes. That is exactly what I was thinking. Didn’t know if this would help the resale value if I ever decide on selling or trading

Lol. Right. This is going to be HUO, not on route, and I keep my stuff spotless and it’s also going in a smoke free home.

What machine did u order ? I got the pro from game room guys and it’s in stock.

Should of called Game Room guys from Michigan. They have plenty in stock. I’m surprised Virginia didn’t have any. Weird.

I ordered a pro a couple days ago after playing one at my local barcade. I believe it was running code .64, and I had a blast on it ! Which is why I decided to pull the trigger on my first NIB machine. Will be my 2nd machine. But first new one. I’m super excited.

Where u gonna get it where ur NOT paying full retail. Everywhere I checked it was at least 5899.00. Or in some cases, more then that. I don’t get what your tryin to say.

THANK YOU!! I was curious too but felt stupid and didn’t want to say anything. I already ordered mine so there’s no backing out now.

So I was told when my machine arrives, to ditch the stock pinballs in there and replace with some premium pinballs. Anyone recommend where I can get them ? I bought a set of titan pinballs for my SP machine, but they really didn’t look any different then the ones that were already in there.

Yeah! I just ordered my shaker motor too! Along with a couple of cupholders for my machine. Next up, is the lighted speaker kit deluxe !! It’s gonna look so awesome once that’s installed. Hoping I won’t be homeless once the wifey sees it in the basement though. Haven’t told her I ordered one !

Looks really good! My game comes in next week but I’m definitely gonna get one.

Hopefully with more updates , we’ll get more callouts.

I hope your right. My machine is on its way to my home as we speak. Just waiting on a phone call from fedex to schedule a day and time for drop off. I paid extra for them to bring it into my house. I’m hoping they’ll take it to my basement or I’m screwed. The lady said when I paid for it that they’ll take it to any room in the house. So I’m hoping that includes my basement.

Has anyone used this volume controller for their machines? I’m thinking of ordering one for my stranger things pro. Any reviews on it ? I was thinking of getting the volume controller that goes in the tournament button area on my sth pin, but I kind of want to keep that for the usb mod to update my machine.

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Hmmm..... I hadn’t thought of that! That’s not a bad idea. I might just have to do that. Thanks!

2 more days till my machine gets here! Getting delivered on Tuesday. So far I have my shaker motor from pinball life and a set of pingulp cup holders waiting to be installed into my machine ! So excited. Can’t wait to start flippin’!!!

Haha!! Funny! I ordered the ninja balls from the ball baron. They’re so shiny. They’re on the way.

Oh yeah. And I ordered my deluxe speaker lighting kit too. Got all kinds of goodies on the way!!

I don’t think STH pro uses the magnets. So I think I’m safe , right ?

Agree with you on this. It does seem like the price jump doesn’t justify what ur getting in return. I mean. Cabinet artwork IS badass. I will say that. But projector and the magnetic ball telekinesis thing just wouldn’t be enough for my consideration. I stuck with the pro model. It’s good enough for me. I played one at my local barcade and instantly got hooked. I told my wife “I want one “. And she just rolled her eyes. She said “you always say that whenever u play a new machine “. And I said yeah, but I mean it this time. Now, I have my first NIB machine getting delivered tomorrow !!

Delivery day today!! Fedex bringing my machine sometime around noon!! Can’t wait to set this thing up and get to flippin’!!!

It’s finally here and Setup!! Been playing for a couple hours now and absolutely loving it!!! FedEx came around 11:15 or so, brought it into my basement. Had to unbox it in my driveway. Was a little nervous about that. But they actually had to hand carry the damn thing into my basement. Made it down in one piece though!! I can’t believe how gorgeous this thing looks in my basement. Artwork is top notch! And the lighting is just phenomenal! My first NIB machine and I’m loving it! I updated it to current code and just having a blast with it.

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Well I had to PAY for them to bring it into the house. I guess FedEx has a pilot program going where If u pay extra to the vendor, that they’ll bring it inside into any room AND put the legs on and dispose of all packing materials for you. I told them not to worry about putting legs on. I’ll do that myself.

So I’ve been playing my machine pretty much non stop all afternoon and all I can say is that this game is super fun and addicting ! I think the current version of code is really fun and there is quite a few callouts in the game. Stern did a really good job with the theme and it feels like the show is properly inserted into this machine. I can’t wait to see how the code is going to evolve ! And I can’t wait to install my shaker motor AND speaker lights tomorrow! I’ll post pics tomorrow after the install.

Wow!! That’s awesome! And a lot of time playing ! I’m currently on medical leave for at least another week or two, so I’ll be getting in plenty of play time myself! My wife was already complaining tonight that I didn’t want to hang out with her!

I will try and take some pics tomorrow. I’m installing my speaker light kit tomorrow so I’ll be in there.

Where can I buy this speaker at? I’m thinking of putting in a subwoofer too

Here’s the pic u requested of under the playfield. I installed my shaker motor this morning and took this pic for ya while I had it up. Hope this helps !

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Any recommendations on a comfy floor mat to stand on while I’m playing long sessions on my new machine ? My feet get to hurting when I’m standing for long periods of time. I’m not so young anymore !

I can do that too. I’ve been super busy installing mods today on my machine. Shaker motor went in easy peesy. Lighting kit not so much. Some of it operator error and some of it fitting issues. But I think I’ve found a happy medium.

is there a way to upload a video from my phone here? I wanted to show the speaker light kit installed on my machine today.

Anyone else having issues with the center ramp to the demo coming down ? My wife and I were playing tonight and for whatever reason, whenever either one of us got to the demo mode, the ramp wouldn’t come down! The mode was active, but couldn’t hit the demo toy! So I rebooted the machine a couple times but still wouldn’t work. I finally unplugged the game and plugged back in, and then it started working. Although not quite right. Like sometimes, the ramp won’t go all the way down until the ball rolls onto it. It’s so weird. Only my second day having this thing and it’s got me bummed out and kinda mad. Suggestions ?????

Oh yeah. One more thing. I noticed the first time I booted up the machine, and ever since; that the lcd screen flashes this message “48v disabled” and then moves on. I’ve never owned this new of a machine and I don’t know what that means. Anyone? Could this be the problem with the center ramp operating correctly ???

I tried that. And it failed the test. Said no power or something like that. So then I unplugged the machine for a bit then turned it back on and it started working again but it’s not coming down all the way.

Ok. So I just did a test on the center ramp mech and it’s working this time. Goes up and down, but it’s still not touching the playfield. It’s like an 1/8” or so away from the PF in the down position.

Yeah I looked under the playfield and I didn’t see anything obstructing. I’ll look again in the morning when I have more light. But I sure would like to know where the adjustment is to set the position of the ramp. That would be useful. Also; should I make a tech support call to stern tomorrow? I’m feeling really anxious about this issue after dumping 6k into this machine.

Alright. So I checked the menu options and couldn’t find anything that had to do with positioning of the center ramp.

Can u explain a little more? I’m new to owning pinball machines so I’m not quite sure what I’m looking for ???

So I just got off the phone with stern tech support about my ramp issue. Tech walked me through a couple different diagnostics tests. And he’s sending me out a new i/o board and a new motor just in case. Told me to try the board first and if that doesn’t work, then swap out motor as well. I’m happy with the customer service of stern, but not happy that this issue has occurred. Especially since it’s my first NIB purchase. I mean. 6k for a new machine! Where’s the QC at? A little frustrated if you can’t tell.

Yeah it worked for the first day. Second day, not so much. I mean. I’m satisfied with Their customer service. He took care of me and yeah I get it. These boards go bad but I didn’t expect they go bad this soon! I mean. I get that maybe they got a bad batch of I/o boards. It happens. But wow. My wife isn’t happy about it either. Doesn’t help her confidence in my purchase. I get it though. It’s still playable. Just can’t do the demo modes is all. Wifey was noticing the little dimples on the playfield too. She wasn’t happy about that. Anyone else getting these ?

Won’t keep me from playing it though!

Not possible, as it won’t come down AT ALL.

Thanks for the words man. That’s why I like this community. As someone new in this hobby, I appreciate that. I’m just glad stern has good customer service. They didn’t even ask for info like serial # or whatever. Which surprised me. But whatever. I’m just glad they were cool about it.

Concerning dimpling on our new playfields. Found this gem on YouTube. He explains it all. I had no idea. I’ve never owned a new pinball machine EVER. I just thought Hey, he explained it all right here !

I bought one from pinball life (their brand, not the stern brand), and I like it. Adds more feedback to the game. That being said, however, I think the motor should be utilized more often as in the demogorgon mode; I think instead of the motor shaking only when u kill the monster, it should also shake whenever u hit the bash toy, not necessarily when it goes in his mouth. Just my 2 cents. I like it though.

Thanks bud! I got that replacement node board in this morning and swapped it out and back to working good again! AND I got this today: my best score ever!!! Man that playfield was lit up!!

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Well. Frustrated again. The ramp died on me again just 2 hours after replacing the board that stern tech support sent me today ! Ahhhhh!!!! Called stern again and they’re sending me out another board AND a replacement motor as well. Maybe my machine has a bad motor and it’s burning out the board? Idk. But this sure is frustrating. Weekend is here and I can’t play again. I’m beginning to re-think this purchase now..........

Hey guys. How soon should I wax my playfield? My machine is less then a week old and I’m not sure how much time should pass before I throw a coat of wax on. Any suggestions ? I’m starting to see ball trails on the ball exit lane onto the playfield. It’s getting me worried.

I wouldn’t do that. As u can see from my earlier posts, stern tech support will help out. Customer service is spot on. Call them. They’re may be an adjustment u can make

Is there a reason why I’m getting ball trails so soon though on a machine a couple days out of the box?

Link???

Chuckwurt, will my manual tell me all the sizes and quantities of all the rubbers that I will need for my machine? I want to get the best ones that I can.

I did. I bought ninja balls from ball barons. The nice and shiny ones. I wiped them off real good too.

chuckwurt , can you show pics of the translucent rubber you have installed on your machine ? I’m trying to get an idea for colors for my machine.

Ok

It’s not a concern on the pro model because the pro doesn’t use magnets like the LE.

Where exactly in the settings would I find the adjustment for the flipper power? I want to adjust it down just a little.

I think I read somewhere that the metal bracket was breaking off on some machines ?

So I found the adjustment for the flipper power. Wow. What a difference that makes. I dropped both to 200, and what a drastic difference that made. One that I don’t particularly care for. It slowed the game way down. And all but eliminated air balls. Which I like. Maybe I’ll get fewer dimples with no air balls. But 200 is too low for my taste. I’ll bump it up a little. And made no difference in the demogorgon shot.

So, I was telling u guys about the center ramp on my machine not working. Well. Today it’s back to working again!! I don’t get this machine. So now it’s like an intermittent thing? I’m so confused.

The dimples on my playfield looks like their starting to smoothen out a little! Starting to blend in maybe?

Mine has been doing this since day one. Everyone here kept saying “that’s not good”. But I talked to a tech at stern and he said it’s a code bug and should be removed on next update

It’s not. New motor and driver board still not working. Finally broke down yesterday and called my distro. We walked through a bunch of stuff. Had me disconnect and reconnect a bunch of wiring connectors on some boards. That seems to help but after a couple hours of playing, went back to the same. So I have to call back on Monday. Pretty frustrating to say the least.

Of course. That’s what I said I was gonna do. Only 2 mods were connected and I disconnected them both prior to installing new motor and driver board

It doesn’t work at all. Stays in the upright position. In test mode it fails. Does not move.

Do you want the video taken while it’s in test mode?

Was on the phone with game room guys tech for a couple hours and we thought it got fixed. He had me disconnect and reconnect a bunch of connectors on some of the driver boards. Started working again but died after a couple of hours playing. I’m supposed to call back on Monday to follow up and try some more troubleshooting.

It’s intermittent. Sometimes it will. Most times it doesn’t work. Yeah. I’ve had it to where the ramp only went down partially. Yeah.

More then likely no. But then it sometimes is random. A couple of times that I noticed, the ramp would come down way after the demo mode had started. Which I thought was really weird. Could it be a software glitch?

What was the fix for the ball lock post not
Going all the way down ? That’s starting to happen to my machine now. It’s sticking up just enough to where the ball won’t go all the way through

Is there a setting in the menus for this

So , as most of you know, since day one I’ve been having issues with my
Machine and the center ramp operating correctly. It’s been an intermittent problem. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. I’ve worked with stern on this and they had sent me a new motor and driver board, and still that didn’t work. I finally started working with my distro tech support. And after a week of FaceTiming, I think we finally found the problem! There was a connector on one of the driver boards that runs the ramp motor. We looked at this today and found ONE wire from the connector was not pushed in all the way, therefore causing an intermittent connection to the motor! Such a small wire too. I can’t believe it after all this time! So happy with this. Hopefully this was the issue and we can lay that one to rest! I’ll keep playing and keep everyone updated. But I think that’s it!

Actually, the part of the wire that plugs into the connector was flattened out, therefore wasn’t clicking in. So the tech had me pry it open just a bit so that it would click into the connector, which is what it did. It’s not going anywhere. And if it fails again, I’ll know where to look this time. But I think it’s smooth sailing from here.

And I can reconnect my mods. After It’s played for awhile. Wanna make sure it’s all dialed in

Is there something wrong with the built in level on this machine? I had this baby leveled out perfectly and then I had to move it around and then it went back into its original spot where I had it leveled perfectly and now it’s way out of whack !!

It would have had to move a lot! It’s really off. The bubble is all the way forward when I pretty much had it in the middle.

So I heard from my distro that a new code update is coming real soon. Hope it’s a good one.

Which kit did u order for the rubbers? Im going to replace mine also and am not sure which to order.

My thoughts exactly. Sheesh. For 6k I thought I’d get a better quality machine. My goodness. I had a wiring issue right out of the box with my machine. Finally got it fixed after 2 weeks of troubleshooting.

I’ve heard dimples are Normal on playfields nowadays. It did concern me too once I started seeing them on my playfield. However, that being said, it appears that they’re starting to flatten out some. So. I don’t know. It is what it is I guess.

Who here thinks that during telekinesis multiball, that Modes should be suspended during the multiball? Personally , I think there’s too much going on during multiball to try and complete the mode that you were on. Just a thought.

I don’t know. Maybe then they should freeze the countdown of the mode?

It’s not my first machine that I’ve purchased. It’s just my first NIB. I own a South Park. And the rule set to that game kind of suck. But yeah. I’m still trying to develop a strategy to this game. With all the problems I’ve been having with it, I haven’t been able to play for any length of time. Except for now. Problem has been fixed. So I’m spending more time with it.

Is there a reason you went with the thin flipper rubber over the standard sized one? I’m going to put my order in today as well.

Hmm. Maybe I’ll order both sizes and see which I like better.

And what about post sleeves? I wanted to order those as well but I don’t see any sizes in the manual.

This happens to me sometimes as well. Also, I go into modes without completing the amount of times I Have to go up ramps or orbit lanes. It’s weird.

Plastic protectors. Yes or no?

Ok. So this just happened. The one way gate under my demogorgon toy broke or came loose. I can’t tell. How in the world do we get under there to fix it.

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Was able to fish it out of there. Looks like it got sheared on the right side as shown on pic. Don’t know where the other piece is though.

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@chuckwurt, I was thinking the exact same thing!! I don’t think I’m going to bother with it. I’m just wondering where the other piece went.

Actually , the more I look at it, the more I think you’re right. It didn’t break. It just popped out of wherever it was hung. I don’t really feel like disassembling all that to get to it. For it to pop out again more then likely. What do you all think? I’m gonna play it without it and see how it acts. I don’t think it’ll make a difference though.

I mean I like the game, personally. But there’s just so many little things that keep acting up. Like the ball lock mechanism. And then this gate. Geez. I’d be pissed If I had it on location with all these little hiccups. Glad it’s HUO for me. Wow. Crazy.

It doesn’t seem like it. I recall someone else posting something about this happening to them too but not sure which thread it was in. Anyone ??

Just ordered all new titan rubber rings for my machine! I got translucent ones for the slings. I think that’ll look sweet with the lighting there. Also got some plastic protectors and some trough lighting. Has anyone seen the D20 shooter knob yet? It’s awesome. A little pricey for 50.00 but it looked awesome and it glows in the dark.

Oh geez. Don’t get me started. But I agree. Too many things to iron out with this game. Little things at that. Pro owners were the beta testers !!

I got an extra for ya!!

OMG !! You guys are killing me over here !!

@chuckwurt, I also have a couple driver boards available too.