Picking up a pro tomorrow, first time picking up a pinball rather than having it delivered
Got a van without tail lift.

First stern also!

My question is, how heavy is a tmnt compared to a B/W, like Fish tales or Road Show?
I'm hoping it's a bit lighter!

I got the game, but already have issues....

The solenoid that releases the ball from the lair lock doesn't work so the ball gets stuck there.

Doesn't work in test whereas all others do.

I'm at a loss as this is my first Stern.... Please advise!

I just fiddled around under the pf and backbox and it worked... Guess something loosened in transit!

What a game! Being used to the early 90s Bally Williams I've got a lot to learn

Regarding rules, is there any benefit to holding the left flipper when you plunge?

Aah it just seems odd! And even weirder that it has a traditional shooter rod when a lot of sterns use a button, there seems to be no real benefit to soft plunging so far. The skill shot is always the left lane and even if you use the button it seems to bounce to that lane most times! Maybe I have it set up wrong?

I've goto learn that combo, only played a couple of hours and there's so much going on.

Interesting! So much to learn!

I got 23mil tonight, best so far but no Idea how!

What I find a bit confusing is there's an animation for extra ball but no text or call out. Also doesn't say on screen when your ball does except for the same player being active. No shoot again text, which meant my other half nearly played my balls a few times!

Ohhh! We installed that code yesterday, so that's it! I should have been clearer then. But i thought the 1987 code only changed the background videos!

Any idea what this setting is for?
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I read you can backhand both ramps?

I put my flipper power up by 5 and managed but then never again (I guess flipper fade?).

I also read in this thread that people put the flipper power down and it makes the game play better. But can you still backhand a ramp?

I'm finding the game brutal, set at 6.5 (at least the bubble is dead center of the two lines)

Are there any modes that utilise the pop bumpers or spinner?

It seems very ramp and orbit orientated

There's a ball save option for lair which helps. I have mine set to 2 seconds

Folks,
On a plunge or autofire all the way around to the upper flipper, if you don't hit the ball mine often drains SDTM. Is that by design of a ball guide adjustment?

Thanks guys, I'll check the flipper... But if not that it sounds like a ball guide adjustment? Is it easy to get to?

It's not aligned to the hole. But even so a slow mo video doesn't show the ball making contact with it.
I tried to re align the flipper but my 5/32 allen key won't move it at all, even feels like I'm stripping the head of the bolt.

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What are the domes that have the leds behind on the training plastics? I am considering changing them to red as the white is so bright

Would the scoring feel more standardised if you could add an extra zero to the end of it?

Couldn't we keep pestering the coder?

Turtle Power MB seems to be worth next to nothing, except for running it with a mode is there any points to be had?

I don't see turtle power multiball mentioned in that post

It seems a bit of an oversight that if you play teams vs it doesn't tell you which team won at the end of the game. It shows the player scores individually.

In the gameplay it shows a team score so why can't it when you finish?

Xaqery

It doesn't disappear I wish it did! Makes sense it would center the score but it doesn't

What post rubbers are people using?

I use perfect play on all my machines but the rubbers on turtles are wearing out already, I suppose its because they are thinner and the posts either side of the ramp get hit hard and a lot!

I thought the softer perfect play rubbers would be nicer than the rock hard black rubbers it came with but they barely last a month.

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How peculiar! Mine was like this too. I just grabbed some spare screws and washers and fixed it to the empty hole

Check all connectors, it sounds like the post solenoid isn't working.

When I got mine a ball would get trapped in the lair because the post wasn't working. It was just a loose connection

My game locked up and had to be rebooted at the weekend. it was during a competition so I didn't see it personally but apparently the display locked up and went black where the animations go.
Does this sound like the same bug that people are talking ab

Sadly leaving the club tomorrow. Swapping Turtles pro for a really nice original AFM. Always wanted an AFM and they don't come up often over here and then you're lucky if you nab it.

I will miss Turtles, it was one of the only decent themes Stern have done in the modern LCD times. But I was finding it very frustrating to play.
I hope to get it back sometime when I'm a better player