Quoted from SKlope2dinde:

Hello guys,
I will present myself because it's the first time for me that I'm posting here.
So, I'm Maximilien, a french guy and I bought a TMNT pro model last summer. To be honnest, I'm quite new in this hobby and I don't have friends owning other pinball machines but since I was young I was always attracked by those crazy, loudy and shinny machines. Now I'm 35 and I watched a lot of streams (Thx to Jack ) in order to choose which one I will get and at the end I took the plunge with the TMNT
No regrets at all!!!
For sure with the asymetric game design I'm learning a lot and playing Coop mod with my brother and parents it's so much fun.
The half-shell challenge helps me a lot to train myself, I was so happy when I saw that release end of last year.
On your side what do you think about that additional game mod? Are you playing also usually the coop mod?
My favorite shot is the 2 balls cradled for the Lair shoot, I was impressed when I watched it on stream but at the end it's quite easy. And like BaxterStockman center loop is also one of my favorite shots, It's not easy but so satifying, you can feel in your hands the weight of the ball during the loop if the speed is there, so cool!
I discovered also something that I was not expecting at the begining: It's all the mods that you can installed in order to customize your pinball machine (I'm really a newby ^^).
As I'm a little bit handyman it was a real pleasure to do it! So I installed the shaker, some lights (under the flippers but also on the top of the playfield), plastic ramp protection for the center loop in order to reduce the number of airballs, lot's of other things and I'm not done yet ^^
But last thing I have installed is the PinWoofer pack for TMNT in order to get a better audio, and it's really amazing!!!!!
You can setup the bass frequency and volume but also tribbles and cabinet volume as well. To be honnest I have passed more time to setup the perfect configuration for me than to installed this audio pack. And for that I have to thanks Dan from PinWoofer who helped me on this task giving me video turorial and instruction documents, I never felt alone during this installation .
Anyway, I'm waiting the delivery of my next mod now, the Speaker light kit and I'm wondering if I will buy the Pinstadium Neo fusion after that. What do you think about that purchase?
Thanks a lot for your answers.
So, sorry for this long post, but dudes, I'm so happy with this game that I have to share my feelings in this thread
I'm leaving you with a picture of my TMNT pro model.
Have a nice day, it's pizza time dudes !!
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Quoted from pinballaddicted:

I checked our boot time on our TMNTLE and it was approx 40 seconds. I checked our other 5 spike 2 games and they are all around the same boot time. To answer your question I have no idea what a normal boot time would be. Out of interest and you question I timed them all today when we turned them on. When we were having boot issues with TMNTLE, sometimes our game would take over 90 seconds to boot up.

Quoted from SKlope2dinde:

Hello guys,
I will present myself because it's the first time for me that I'm posting here.
So, I'm Maximilien, a french guy and I bought a TMNT pro model last summer. To be honnest, I'm quite new in this hobby and I don't have friends owning other pinball machines but since I was young I was always attracked by those crazy, loudy and shinny machines. Now I'm 35 and I watched a lot of streams (Thx to Jack ) in order to choose which one I will get and at the end I took the plunge with the TMNT
No regrets at all!!!
For sure with the asymetric game design I'm learning a lot and playing Coop mod with my brother and parents it's so much fun.
The half-shell challenge helps me a lot to train myself, I was so happy when I saw that release end of last year.
On your side what do you think about that additional game mod? Are you playing also usually the coop mod?
My favorite shot is the 2 balls cradled for the Lair shoot, I was impressed when I watched it on stream but at the end it's quite easy. And like BaxterStockman center loop is also one of my favorite shots, It's not easy but so satifying, you can feel in your hands the weight of the ball during the loop if the speed is there, so cool!
I discovered also something that I was not expecting at the begining: It's all the mods that you can installed in order to customize your pinball machine (I'm really a newby ^^).
As I'm a little bit handyman it was a real pleasure to do it! So I installed the shaker, some lights (under the flippers but also on the top of the playfield), plastic ramp protection for the center loop in order to reduce the number of airballs, lot's of other things and I'm not done yet ^^
But last thing I have installed is the PinWoofer pack for TMNT in order to get a better audio, and it's really amazing!!!!!
You can setup the bass frequency and volume but also tribbles and cabinet volume as well. To be honnest I have passed more time to setup the perfect configuration for me than to installed this audio pack. And for that I have to thanks Dan from PinWoofer who helped me on this task giving me video turorial and instruction documents, I never felt alone during this installation .
Anyway, I'm waiting the delivery of my next mod now, the Speaker light kit and I'm wondering if I will buy the Pinstadium Neo fusion after that. What do you think about that purchase?
Thanks a lot for your answers.
So, sorry for this long post, but dudes, I'm so happy with this game that I have to share my feelings in this thread
I'm leaving you with a picture of my TMNT pro model.
Have a nice day, it's pizza time dudes !!
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Quoted from rockrand:

Fantastic game,one of borgs best and it will be sought after in a few years!

Quoted from Thunderbird:

Everyone that gives this machine a chance loves it. Amazing design and if I had to have only one machine it would be TMNT. Amazing depth and game play. Definitely will be a highly sought after game in years to come.

Quoted from plasticbugs:

I just finished installing the Swinks replacement stand up target brackets and I gotta say it's probably the best thing I've added to my game since I've owned it. I just played about ten fairly long games and not one airball. Before, I was averaging about one airball a game. Some insanely wild ones have jumped flippers, jumped onto habitrails and one launched up over the van and down that little hole they put in the pigeon roof for airballs. Nearly $80 to replace the four culprits, but 100% worth every penny:

two Dimension X targets
the thin pizza target at the van entrance
the red and black 2x playfield target

Link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/GRBNG4DQK/stern-target-bracket-v2-5deg2mm

Quoted from PinHead50:

That's a nice upgrade but holy crap $18 for a 12cent L bracket

Quoted from SKlope2dinde:

Hello guys,
I will present myself because it's the first time for me that I'm posting here.
So, I'm Maximilien, a french guy and I bought a TMNT pro model last summer. To be honnest, I'm quite new in this hobby and I don't have friends owning other pinball machines but since I was young I was always attracked by those crazy, loudy and shinny machines. Now I'm 35 and I watched a lot of streams (Thx to Jack ) in order to choose which one I will get and at the end I took the plunge with the TMNT
No regrets at all!!!
For sure with the asymetric game design I'm learning a lot and playing Coop mod with my brother and parents it's so much fun.
The half-shell challenge helps me a lot to train myself, I was so happy when I saw that release end of last year.
On your side what do you think about that additional game mod? Are you playing also usually the coop mod?
My favorite shot is the 2 balls cradled for the Lair shoot, I was impressed when I watched it on stream but at the end it's quite easy. And like BaxterStockman center loop is also one of my favorite shots, It's not easy but so satifying, you can feel in your hands the weight of the ball during the loop if the speed is there, so cool!
I discovered also something that I was not expecting at the begining: It's all the mods that you can installed in order to customize your pinball machine (I'm really a newby ^^).
As I'm a little bit handyman it was a real pleasure to do it! So I installed the shaker, some lights (under the flippers but also on the top of the playfield), plastic ramp protection for the center loop in order to reduce the number of airballs, lot's of other things and I'm not done yet ^^
But last thing I have installed is the PinWoofer pack for TMNT in order to get a better audio, and it's really amazing!!!!!
You can setup the bass frequency and volume but also tribbles and cabinet volume as well. To be honnest I have passed more time to setup the perfect configuration for me than to installed this audio pack. And for that I have to thanks Dan from PinWoofer who helped me on this task giving me video turorial and instruction documents, I never felt alone during this installation .
Anyway, I'm waiting the delivery of my next mod now, the Speaker light kit and I'm wondering if I will buy the Pinstadium Neo fusion after that. What do you think about that purchase?
Thanks a lot for your answers.
So, sorry for this long post, but dudes, I'm so happy with this game that I have to share my feelings in this thread
I'm leaving you with a picture of my TMNT pro model.
Have a nice day, it's pizza time dudes !!
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Quoted from BaxterStockman:

I will tell you. Modding the game is very addictive. I've added a bunch and am always looking to change or add something else. Trying not to go overboard. But I'm sure it's too late.
I'm debating on pinstadiums myself. But it seems like they come in soo much on the sides.

Quoted from BaxterStockman:

I will tell you. Modding the game is very addictive. I've added a bunch and am always looking to change or add something else. Trying not to go overboard. But I'm sure it's too late.
I'm debating on pinstadiums myself. But it seems like they come in soo much on the sides.

Quoted from Phbooms:

I play in the dark and i dont see the need for pinstadiums on TMNT. Its got the stock apron LEDs and nice lighting everywhere. If it adds to the experience though go for it but the games not dark like say JP2 is, thats a game that needs extra lighting.

Quoted from Taygeta:

I wouldn’t put Pinstadiums in a game that has a good RGB GI light show in it like TMNT.

Quoted from JayLar:

I am considering replacing the white flashers under the pizza with orange, yellow or red ones. It seems the Stern flasher is 5 VAC. Will a 13 VAC flasher work as my supplier only has that voltage for sale?

Quoted from JayLar:

I am considering replacing the white flashers under the pizza with orange, yellow or red ones. It seems the Stern flasher is 5 VAC. Will a 13 VAC flasher work as my supplier only has that voltage for sale?

Quoted from Gogojohnnyquack:

I installed them in my Pro and wouldn't be without them! I made sure to tap into a white GI bulb rather than a red or green to retain the mode lighting. I didn't connect the UV Glow to anything, it is too much.

Quoted from plasticbugs:

I just finished installing the Swinks replacement stand up target brackets and I gotta say it's probably the best thing I've added to my game since I've owned it.

Quoted from azur3:

I have done the exact same thing this week, except I only went for Dimension X and 2x PF, not the pizza at the van entrance and this has solved the remainder of my airballs (after levelling pizza disc). Thanks swinks !

Quoted from bossk4hire:

So what is the shot for the super jackpot during multiball? And or the shots to get to it? Buddy hit one and we missed in all the chaos how and where he got it.

Quoted from bazou:

Hello guys,
Finally received my NIB TMTN Pro, my very first pin, I'm so happy to join the club!
At first I thought that everything looks fine, but the more I look at it, the more I wonder if I actually do have this PF print quality issue.
When you look from very close, like if you have your nose on the glass, then you do see the printing dots. But from a normal playing distance I would say you don't see them. Have a look at the attached pictures (I have the feeling my phone camera increases this issue compared to what you see real life).
My pin has been produced in july 2020.
What do you guys think??
If this is a PF printing issue, am I supposed to ask my distributor to open a case with Stern? or can I bypass him and open a ticket directly myself? That would be more convenient for me since he is located on the other side of the country.
Also, second doubt: it seems like when the ball goes to the right ramp quite slowly the opto (highlighted in the picture) does not trigger. Is that a normal behavior? If not, do you think I could fix it?
Many thanks a lot for your help & advices beforehand, I'm a bit nervous for this first not-at-all-reasonable purchase!
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Quoted from R_Coles:

During NPMB you have to hit blue shots to light mondo jackpot (krang loop). Once you collect mondo jackpot it lights super jackpot (lair shot). Similar sequence during TPMB.

Quoted from bazou:

Hello guys,
Finally received my NIB TMTN Pro, my very first pin, I'm so happy to join the club!
At first I thought that everything looks fine, but the more I look at it, the more I wonder if I actually do have this PF print quality issue.
When you look from very close, like if you have your nose on the glass, then you do see the printing dots. But from a normal playing distance I would say you don't see them. Have a look at the attached pictures (I have the feeling my phone camera increases this issue compared to what you see real life).
My pin has been produced in july 2020.
What do you guys think??
If this is a PF printing issue, am I supposed to ask my distributor to open a case with Stern? or can I bypass him and open a ticket directly myself? That would be more convenient for me since he is located on the other side of the country.
Also, second doubt: it seems like when the ball goes to the right ramp quite slowly the opto (highlighted in the picture) does not trigger. Is that a normal behavior? If not, do you think I could fix it?
Many thanks a lot for your help & advices beforehand, I'm a bit nervous for this first not-at-all-reasonable purchase!
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Quoted from R_Coles:

Hi! I’d say your print looks decent, yes there is some grain to it up close but I’ve seen worse where there are discernible horizontal/vertical lines in the print....On your second question, that’s not an optical switch, when the ball passes through the wire gate the gate should be depressing the lever on the top of the switch, if it’s not doing that you should adjust the gate so that it depresses the lever. You can test this by going into the diagnostic menu and actuating the switch to ensure it’s functioning properly.

Quoted from ticktockman:

Joined the club with my Premium being delivered on Friday (my third pin behind SW Comic Premium and AIQ Premium). Couple questions: it's very hard for me to tell what's going on in the back-half of the playfield because of the backbox reflection and various lights going on. Will Pinstadiums help with this? Also, what can I do about the brutal left outlane?

Quoted from Rob_G:

The switch looks like it's missing a screw. Don't bend anything and search inside the cabinet for it.
Rob

Quoted from RhettDR:

Anyone else have no audio / voice at the beginning of "Portal in the park" ?
Shredder talks to Krang on some radio / comm device, and there is no dialog. Nothing...
It seems really odd.

Quoted from ticktockman:

Joined the club with my Premium being delivered on Friday (my third pin behind SW Comic Premium and AIQ Premium). Couple questions: it's very hard for me to tell what's going on in the back-half of the playfield because of the backbox reflection and various lights going on. Will Pinstadiums help with this? Also, what can I do about the brutal left outlane?

Quoted from daveyvandy:

Dimming the backbox lighting can be done through the menu as mentioned above. I highly recommend PinStadium Neo for this game on top of that - the vibrance is amazing. Cary Hardy did a video of them on this game on youtube so check it out.

Quoted from Heavyk:

but what else?

Quoted from Heavyk:

Hi everyone got my TMNT pro last week, and have been playing it quite a bit. Now that I've got about 200 plays under my belt, this is usually when I start looking at mods. I was wondering what are some of everyone's favorite mods for this machine. I know a lot of people put pinstadiums on it, but what else?

Quoted from ralphwiggum:

I put a shaker, mirror blades, external subwoofer, and Lenticular apron cards in mine. All my Sterns get the same treatment for mods- those 4 things.
There is a lot of great side art out there, but I could gaze into the mirror blades for hours....LOL

Quoted from ticktockman:

Joined the club with my Premium being delivered on Friday (my third pin behind SW Comic Premium and AIQ Premium). Couple questions: it's very hard for me to tell what's going on in the back-half of the playfield because of the backbox reflection and various lights going on. Will Pinstadiums help with this? Also, what can I do about the brutal left outlane?

Quoted from Heavyk:

Hi everyone got my TMNT pro last week, and have been playing it quite a bit. Now that I've got about 200 plays under my belt, this is usually when I start looking at mods. I was wondering what are some of everyone's favorite mods for this machine. I know a lot of people put pinstadiums on it, but what else?

Quoted from Heavyk:

In regards to the mirror blades are you talking about the ones from pinball decals?

Quoted from azur3:

Yes, it‘s a bug in software 1.41. Already reported multiple times and certain to be fixed in next release

Quoted from tinkerer:

Hi everyone, my Pro was delivered Wednesday and I'm excited to join the club! It is my first pin and we have been enjoying playing it (somewhat excessively ) . One question I have is are loose screws and deviations normal for a NIB pin? When first setting it up, I found a screw loose in the cabinet I couldn't identify. Today, we stopped play when I noticed another screw caught in the left outlane. It turns out the lair 33 assembly (above 05A) had collapsed in on itself. However, one of the screw types seems different than the ones listed in the parts manual and I can't find any signs of the missing washers. In addition, I just found a long black screw magnetically stuck to the cabinet speaker that I have no idea where it goes????
Any advice is much appreciated!
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Quoted from ticktockman:

Joined the club with my Premium being delivered on Friday (my third pin behind SW Comic Premium and AIQ Premium). Couple questions: it's very hard for me to tell what's going on in the back-half of the playfield because of the backbox reflection and various lights going on. Will Pinstadiums help with this? Also, what can I do about the brutal left outlane?