plenty of topics with mods out there
https://mezelmods.com/collections/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-pinball-stern/products/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-pinball-pro-glider

It's not a diverter on the Pro.

No, I don’t have anything to advertise, I was just sharing my opinion as I’ve used the PinMonk light gels for DeadPool and TMNT.

I find the white lights in the middle of the playfield to be mismatched with the rest of the game. I like them to match the insert outlines.

I created a little 3D printed “cap” for the van diverter. I’ve been testing it and so far it works really well. I could share the files if anyone wants to try one. You don’t have to disassemble anything to install it, I just took it apart to get the measurements.

Also ignore the blowout on the bottom, that was from testing. It will actually hold.
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Thanks, does this animation always happen at 10 million? I'm new to pinball, first NIB for me. But, we've hit over 10 million lots of times, but I swear we've only seen this animation a couple of times. Though it could be that I've missed it most of the time.

if i understood you right, the game is slower with the new post rubbers? I tried this once with standard silicone rubbers and they where so freaking fast with the rebouds i swiched back to the hard rubbers. What rubbers did you buy?

Pinmonk is the father I never had.

I just went with the manual and eyed it... I usually buy titan rings for my machines and so I have some spares and I have an eye for the sizes at this point. So I just compared and decided on colors.

I bought the regular "Titan Competition Silicone Rings". I find the silicone to be grippier (yes I made a new word), and so I feel like anything around the flippers to be a slower play. It may seem like that wouldn't make a bunch of difference on it's own, but that upper flipper also has that grippy-ness (yep another new word) so it makes a noticeably slower playfield in my opinion (not much, but just enough to give me half a chance). That on top of the stock posts being essentially hard as a rock, it definitely seems to give me more react time on bricks to the posts when I miss ramps.

Usually the way the machines work is the higher the scores generally are, the higher the replay value becomes. It's a value that can increase or decrease depending on how well people are playing the machine at a specific location. It's so people don't constantly get free games in an arcade if they're pretty good. I think you should be able to see what the replay value is either on the instant info screen (hold the left flipper for 5-10 seconds while playing a game) or it might be buried in the settings somewhere. You also get the technodrome animation when there is a "special". That's just a general thing that most pinball machines have and it doesn't really mean anything except for giving you a good show of something with lights or the display usually.

I really like the art package compared to the Pro and the LE. I'm also a huge fan of player controlled diverters for some reason, so that probably plays into my premium decision as well.

I donno. I wanted it, so I bought it as my first home pin. I have a real hard time trying to figure out how much fun I have with the game per dollar, so I just don't even try. Don't really see the point in doing so anyway. If I didn't spend that $1700 on it, I'd have probably done something boring with with the money like home improvements, or bought more Apple gear I don't really need.

How many plays approximately before you encountered the issue? Is your hypothesis that the VUK lock was creating the issue or simply the balls?
Heard feedback re: carbon balls magnetizing from a customer and want to get a bit more data to understand

Rubber per the manual is correct except if you have a star post at lair exit, as most people should, that should be 5/16 instead of 3/16

what do you call it then, its ugly

It's not diverting anything.

It's an up-post of sorts.

Sound comes alive with dual voice coil!

Is the stock Stern cabinet speaker a woofer or a sub-woofer. I always thought it was a woofer.

You’re right: technically Stern’s is a woofer.

Two potential problems:

1. The crappy amplifier on the CPU board can't drive it well and it may kill the CPU board.
2. The frequency range crossover isn't really designed for sub bass, only bass. If you get an amplifier to fix #1, you might want to look into a dynamic expander to actually give the sub part of the subwoofer a workout.

mrs_mezelmods I think it was about 100 plays. I used the balls that shipped with the game - not that it's proof, but I've read that Stern shipped balls with some games that were not meant for magnetized games. I don't know if that's true or more BS on Pinside (sorry folks!).

I used new 'standard' - not high-chrome or high-polish balls, and will check back late this week to see how it's doing. I don't believe the vertical post or sensors were the culprit.

I had to replaced the balls on my TMNT Premium with less than 100 plays. They became highly magnetized and they were not releasing properly from the van for multi ball. The new balls from Baron were the standard variety and so far so good.

Just found a pro in stock and bought it! I'll be in the club soon

So I made a rookie mistake last night. I was putting on new flipper rubbers and it slipped off. Causing me to break the Donatello plastics above the left sling. Should I contact stern and see if I can buy a new one or go through the distributor I got it from. (One of the worst experiences I had buying a new machine)

Good luck with that. Stern doesn't sell onesie-twosie plastics - you have to buy the whole plastics set for $287.50. Yeah. $287.50.

Man. Not what I wanted to hear

Check your goodie bag. Some games (but not all) come with spare sling plastics. It was more common in the past...not sure how much that is done anymore. Worth checking though. Fingers crossed for you!

Yeah, it's a bummer. Stern could easily add specific easy-break plastics to the initial run and offer them separately when they are broken, but they'd rather sell you a whole set of plastics you don't need for almost $300.

Ask your distributor first. But uh maybe be a little vague and just say the plastic broke . They might be able to get you one

I am a rookie and will soon be replacing my flipper rubbers with Titans. Any tips for ensuring that I don't break anything?

Titans are one of the easiest to install...now if you’re putting on Super Bands get ready for a little bit of resistance.

Yep they were super bands. Tight and slippery.

Xaqery This has worked for me as well. After going back to 1.21 on a new SD card I haven't encountered ball searches after TP multiball anymore (15 games in). I'm now running 1.21 on my TMNT LE (#62/500). Let me know if you need further data

That’s what I put on my TNNT and they seem to be working great on this pin. Whenever I put on Super Bands I try to stretch them as much as possible before installing them and it seems to help.

Nice!

Hopefully Stern are listening.

How you fixed the problem?

My glider came completely loose after unboxing in the First game, My dristi sends the complete ramp with the glider for Exchange because the screw under the glider was fixed with locktite. The screw directly broke as i tried to fix it myself.

Nope. It’s easy. Just take your time.

With superbands boil the kettle and soak them in the boiled water for a while. Take them out and stretch them. Then put them on hinged end first should go over the pointy end easier.

Then throw them in the trash and buy titans and call it a day.

I didn't get a goodie bag, where is that hiding?

Should have been stapled to the inside left of the cabinet, below the playfield.

Going to check now lol

EDIT: I forgot, I did find that bag, it had some keychains in it.

I was kind of disappointed Stern didn't team up with a pizza chain to put some pizza discount coupons in the goodie bag. Completely obvious marketing point missed.

Stop thinking outside the cabinet

I was thinking outside the shell.

Scavenged a thin/slim post sleeve from TWD to put on the right post of the right ramp. Makes both the right ramp and right orbit a fraction wider.

In the photo where I’m holding it the slim rubber is closer to my tips.

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I’m having an issue where my back left lighting seems to be “rebooting”? It will run foe a couple of seconds then do a bit of a startup cycle and fail over and over. It is happening in attract mode and in game. I also notice the pizza will jerk just a bit at the end of the sequence. Has anyone seen something like this?

This has been reported a number of times as a sign the servo for the glider is failing:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-club2020-cowabunga-its-pizza-time/page/32#post-5770567

Is your glider movement suggish?

It also can be a sign of a short in a GI bulb, but that's less likely.

Ahh crap…I read stuff a while ago at launch about it and kind of rulled it out because the glider seemed totally unrelated. I’ll contact them tomorrow. Thank you!

Has anyone done the glider servo replacement from amazon? I am looking at trying to replace it myself. I dont know what sterns deal is but still dont have an ETA for a new glider after a month. Looks like its a straight forward motor swap.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU7TQV8