Cowabunga dudes. I am now a happy owner of TMNT Premium!

I've only had the game for 2 days and the fam couldn't be happier! Mods already on order are:

* Katana Blade Shooter Rod
* Technodrome figure for behind the turtle van
* Turtle Crossing Sign
* Ninja Pizza Billboard
* Mutagen Container
* interactive rgb lights for the back ramp

Any other mods I should consider?

I do hope they re-fix the turtle van loosing balls. Seems they fixed it before but then broke it again in the latest firmware. Or maybe you folks know some tips for that?

Most of my mods arrived and I’ve installed them.

Ninja Pizzeria sign I had to improvise. Seems the mounts were intended for the pro ramp.

Unfortunately it only had one apron card when I traded. Anyone got a scan of the other apron card?

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I’d like to take you up on this offer.

I just placed an order for your TMNT lenticular set. If you wouldn’t mind tossing the originals in the package too. That would be nifty.

Any chance you’ll make a set of STNG lenticulars?

Many thanks to everyone that offered scans and custom ones!

This pin sits next to a full decked out Munsters with color custom cards. Feels naked!

That would be cool!

Is there a video mode on this game?

I got one of these on order. What was your issue with it?

My left sling started acting up tonight.

Not firing sometimes then firing at times
when there is no contact. Is there a good post on troubleshooting and fine tuning them?

Thanks for the tips! That was the problem. I do actually have the proper adjuster tools.

This is the first time I ever had to adjust the slings. I was mainly wondering which reed to bend the long or short ones and how much of a gap to leave. Your description of what to do was very helpful. Thanks again.

It’s pizza time again!

+1
This is a great suggestion. It’s the set I have.

Folks that bought the Leonardo Katana shooter rod...

Did stern send you an entire assembly?

Can I just swap out the rod itself?

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I will measure them side by side.

Well. I measured them both.

Stock shooter rod extends 6.75” from where the plate touches the cab.

The TMNT shooter rod extends only 6.5”.

And super bummer. It doesn’t reach the ball properly when used. Plunger launches are useless now.

Damn, what a disappointment.

How does stuff like this make it out the door?

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Update.

I pulled both the stock shooter and the katana shooter out of their housings.

Both rods actionable length is the exact same.

So I measured the washers. Same thickness.

I measured the short external springs (the ones outside the machine).

The katana blades external spring is .25” longer at rest. This explains the rod protruding from the base into the cabinet .25” less than the stock shooter.

I swapped this spring.

All launches are good now with my new katana shooter and old spring.

I also then tried the original shooter housing and hardware with the katana rod and it shoots fine.

Check if the outer spring that comes with yours is too long.

Not the best picture but you can kind see it.
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Care to share the sign maker? Maybe they can make me a good topper for my STNG.

Love at first launch for me. Traded my ST Premium (with uv kit) for the TMNT Premium on the spot and a month later, still no regrets.

Agree 100% with all your comments.

This game is giving my AFM a run for its money as my favorite pin of all time.

I agree.

I do my own callouts (in the voices) while playing and my family is sometimes in tears.

Krang: “Shredder, you have to do something for me.”
Shredder: “What is it now Krang? I’m already hand washing your robots tighty whities!”

I just got word my Official TMNT Topper is ready to ship!

More Official toppers are showing up back in stock in places.
https://nitropinball.com/products/tmnt-topper

Cannot wait for mine to arrive. Tho I wish the eye blinked.

Where does one get a stern red spring?

Someone asked about if the TMNT logo is removable from the topper. It is.

It’s two hex nuts but the bolds they thread to are welded to the frame. They are not very noticeable but some folks might want to hide them with something.

Here is what it looks like without the logo.

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I’m going to sell the plastic logo for $500 and put it towards a down payment on my next topper.

Crazier is that I was able to score one of these easier than a PS5 or XBSX. I Want both and can’t land either.

Also on the premium you can just pull the door open with your finger and they will fall out

Yes. Stern just last week made a new batch available.

I have been on the latest code for months and it’s an outstanding bug. Sometimes when turtle power multiball activates the game just bricks.

It’s rare. But somehow usually when I am having an awesome run.

Blitz one grand.

This game can absolutely be made much easier.

You can’t activate ball save for the Episodes. But you can set the ball save time really high in general. And you can even set the number of times it can save. Also set all awards to be extra ball and your kids could be playing for quite a while!

I highly recommend pinmonks light gels:
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1170-pin-monk/03944-tmnt-mode-light-bracket-set-9-inserts

These greatly reduce the stably white blinding ness of the game. He also has one for the “turtle power” light.

I’m not a Wizard, nor a tournament player. If I want crazy high scores and a simple game I play Munsters. If I want want to be reminded that I need to git gud I play TMNT.

I think it really depends on if you have other games to balance out your play sessions and what those games are.

At one point in time Ghostbusters was too much of an ass kicker to have in my collection.

But after getting better at TMNT and STNG and having a Munsters and AFM to console me after a series of fails, I kinda wonder if I could handle GB now.

I don’t expect to see major scoring tweaks to this game. But I do hope they fix the multiball crash and missing final battle audio.

I like the co-op and half shelf challenge too. I wish every game had modes like this.

There’s really no reason (other than time) for them not to.

That’s way above retail. But I get your point.

I still think jailbreaks and home brew are the only way some of our games will see the desired updates.

Gotcha. That makes sense.

I do get where he’s coming from. But we’ve all seen how Stern behaves at this point. What we buy is what we get.

They may update the code. They may not.

Maybe we end up with a Ghostbusters. Or maybe we end up with a 24.

I think jailbrake and home brew are going to be the only answer for several pins.

My comments hold true for Munsters as well.

If you get one of pinmonks awesome fans, flipper fade is no longer an issue.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1170-pin-monk/04203-tibetan-breeze-spike-2-flipper-coil-cooling-kit

You may want to contact him and ask if a third fan is necessary for TMNT.

Where did you get those samples?

Also; green.

Ouch. Yeah. I baby all my machines when moving/working on them.

I cringe when I see some yank Theirs around or move them with back boxes not bolted down.

I like it!

Yes, audio in final battle. Why so long for that to be fixed.

Nope.

Didn’t get the crash (but I’ve only played two games since updating.) The final battle audio is sweet. We were really missing out!

Y does April not like cats?

This callout in game always makes me LoL.

What color?

Dustwel

This is spot on. And I have a few more tips.
I removed one of the washers and put on a smaller outside spring. This added a lot of the power back but then the ball was launching “weird”.

So I took a closer look and noticed the plunger was not hitting the ball dead center.

After adjusting so it was, it’s a lot better and really rips now.

So I’d recommend checking for and addressing both issues of you have them.

It’s likely both reach and targeting.

Do you have the burning building mod? I’m looking for that.

Well… installed insider connected and fired up my TMNT Prem today hoping to level up and get some achievements.

Since I got this thing the Glider occasionally would do this thing where the tail end will jump off the ramp and get stuck there requiring me to pull the glass.

Now it’s happening all the time and sometimes seizes up because the spinning thing underneath the servo over spins and then gets jammed between the nuts and bolts holding the set onto the ramp. That then requires me to take the rails and ramp off to unseize it.

The issue seems to be the metal rod between the glider and servo. It used to be bent but it straightens out after a few games.

Anyone got a fix that lasts for more than a couple games?

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From one of my favorite pins to completely unplayable.

Calibration test shows Far Left, Left, Center, Right, Far Right all are where they should be.

No idea why on startup it's suddenly started jumping off the ramp and getting stuck to the left on boot up rendering the game completely unplayable.

I’ll have to reach out to them.

Problem is I got this pin in trade (been working fine for months). My experience with Stern has been that if it’s out of warranty and I don’t have a distributor I rarely hear back from them.

So I was asking here first.

I've seen play fields for Sterns still in production list for $350. Not sure if those had takers. Mine has ink blots as well as looks like it came out of a bad ink jet. But I got it in a trade so no hope for a replacement from Stern for me.

If you are considering selling yours, I may be interested.

You’d pick this over Munsters?

Many thanks to both of you!

I have this game parked right next to Munsters and STNG!

This bug is was a major buzzkill in an otherwise excellent game! Not anymore!

Seems we have all had to replace that servo.

Still love this game!

Very happy to see new folks popping in.

This is a solid game that doesn’t get enough love!