I'd say mine gets there most of the time but it does have about a 30% failure rate as well. Just a thought here but, if your ramps have some rough track marks, that could cause some drag and slow the ball up. You could try flame polishing them. I noticed a difference after I did mine, not huge but it was there.

Those cannon covers look awesome. I need to get that done to mine.

You just have to learn the art of giving people the finger. Then you have less friends but, more playtime.

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A trivia question for yah, take a guess what game is the PBL picture taken from for that sparkly pop enhancement?

Can't wait to see your finished product. I plan to do mine in the near future.

The dirt could be coming from worn rubber parts. As they age, they tend to disintegrate and leave particles of them all over the place. Try replacing all your rubbers. As for the plunger, its a plastic tip.

Congrats! You guys just picked up a great game. Enjoy it for many years.

There are so many great mods to add to this game, you should never tire of it.

I'm happy to hear you were able to pick one up. Hopefully you found a nice one. Its truly the one game I haven't grown tired of over the years and a bunch of other games have came and went since I've had mine. How has Swainer80 been doing with his TZ?

I found the perfect spot for one right above the third flipper. Put a green led in there and it really makes the Borg ship pop.

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STTNG is a better game.

Though TZ is no slouch and my old one was nicely pimped.

No. I've had one in mine for 5 years with no notable problems tied to it. In fact...ah nevermind....I don't want to jinx it.

Milestone achieved.
After nearly 6 years I finally got warp 9.9 today! It was one of those days the game was flipping as smooth as butter and I was effortlessly making the shots. Either way in the past I always choked after 9.7. Really cool sound effect and animation at the end as well. I want to do it again now!

That's interesting because I got my Picard Maneuver on the same game in a Borg super jackpot hit. It was cool in itself. Congrats on achieving yours!

That steals away all the fun a earning it though. I still have never done that on any game I've owed, even ones ive sold, since I may buy it back someday. Though I may have to with LOTR since there is no chance of me ever getting it's wizard mode.

I can't resist arming the Borg, even though its to my own detriment. Having them shoot back at me never gets old.

This is on my list to do someday. My playfield has some shield insert wear. Its going to have to be when I'm OK with not having the game playable for a year or so. I've had it for six years and I'm still not willing to have it down that long.

I've had my game over six years and I had to really go through it when I first got it. Once I cleaned everything up really good, the optos haven't been an issue since. In fact I haven't had anymore maintenance on this game then any of the others I've owned.

Mine have always both rotated and fired.

Even if its lower power that's causing the issue, I would still check the shafts to make sure they are clean. If they are gunked up with old sticky grease, the cannon will require more power to push through that resistance. You may find that cleaning them is enough to get them working to a satisfactory level. Its also relatively easy to do.