Picking up my pro on Tuesday.. weather permitting. Played it for the first time last week. Great pin. Fast, challenging, and fun. The current owner did the mods right.. speaker lights, mirror blades, glider, slime plastic protectors.. game looks fantastic. Excited to bring it home..

Hello.. New to turtles. Can anyone tell me if 2v2 requires each player to play an entire game while the others wait? That's how ours is. You would think you take turns. Thanks. Ill check which code I have later. Just got our pro. Loving it.

Hey fellow tmnt owners.. today I noticed a loud noise on my pizza spinner. Not all the time, but always prior to ball start. I got under the hood and noticed that the magnet assembly under the pizza disc had wear on it and was spinning around until the wires stopped it. Not sure what is supposed to hold the magnet assembly in place, but something should. Almost seems like its just free floating with the electrical tape wedging it in place. Over time it looks like its freed itself up and can move. There is wear on my wires and under the assembly. Anyone experience this?

Ordered my technodrome, turtle selector bezel, and canister thingy.. waiting on the pipe mod... having a blast. Family and friends are loving it. As much as we enjoy our Cleland GOTG, tmnt is crazy fun. Other mods include ramp lightning, glider, and trough lightning. Absolute keeper..

Mirror blades and a few other mods. Looks really good.

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Installed it last night. Pretty easy until the "slide it down on the posts". Took several tries. Will probably go back in and adjust it again. Looks great. Did the mutegen container at the same time. Really easy install on that one.

Ok.. so I think I'm done modeling my pro. Maybe a piece of mylar or two. Here's the list of mods and pics for anyone who is considering.. i do have the sewer pipe mod on order, but not doing the flaming building. It just seemed like it took over the playfield and hid the ramps too much. Looks super cool though..

Glider
Technodrome
Plastic protectors
Speaker lights
Mutegen container
Clear rubbers install/color flipper bands
Turtle selector
Ramp illumination
Trough illumination
Custom cards
Moved turtle van

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And yes.. thats baby groot.. his pinball game is right beside TMNT.. still adding mods to that one. Trough lights and ramps illumination on order. Don't plan anything else for it.

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I had to plan it out a bit because I was putting in the technodrome while moving it. You don't have to take the van out to get the technodrome in but makes it easier. As for turning the van... its held to the plastic with two screws. The plastic is held on with 4 or 5 screws if I remember correctly. To get the the last screw u need to take off a small plastic above it (2 screws). Only one is kinda tough to get to, but doesn't require removal of any ramps. After I took the van and plastic out I realized I couldn't use the original holes. I set the plastic back in, put a couple screws on to hold it and positioned the van. I took pictures of the van to recreate the position after I pulled it. I marked the bottom of the plastic and drilled it. I only put one screw in the back post of the van. Holds it fine. Took about an hour to complete both installs. The technodrome required opening up the post holes with a dremel to get it to slide in and all the way down.

Thanks! Yeah everyone who plays it loves it. Tried not to over do the mods. Tried to keep it tasteful and fun. My older son, in his late 20s likes the theme but told me the real reason he enjoys it is the coop, 2v2, and other modes. Seems to be the draw to the game. That and its a lot of fun. I really hope stern revisits that for existing and new pins in the future.

Thanks.. honestly I never even considered tmnt when it came out, but we wanted something new to add that seemed like fun. Theme i appreciate but not in love with. The price was right. The gameplay sold me on it. Hopefully you've had a chance to play it. We like it so much, its the first time I considered upgrading to the premium. But the pro is so good, I just can't justify it. Especially now that I put the work into this one.

Yours looks great too. I thought about the training signs. I opted for the mirror blades.. I like how it opens it up. But the art blades look great too. I planned to go with one container and couldn't decide which side to put it on. Really like the van turned on the pro. Looks less like a toy car now. Has some cool detail..

Start with mezelmods...

Lol.. nice room. Looks sweet. Baby groot came from fun.com but I think you can buy him elsewhere. Not cheap but got it on sale last Xmas and gets lots of comments. Must have for GOTG owners. I think it was listed as "Neca baby groot"... I think he's 30 inches tall..

Depending on how good a deal you can get on a pro.. ive seen them range from routed (w/ Shaker and Krang) to 6200 nib i think. Most used seem to sell between 5200-5500 from what I've seen. So you are pretty close to buying a used machine and paying for all the mods. Shaker, side blades, technodrome, and glider will add up plus all the other mods. As the previous post stated, if you like the mods then its pretty much done for u. It sounds loaded.

Congrats! You will really enjoy it. My son just posted our best game today. Just under 50m. We are still figuring out shots and strategy. Trying to finish modes and get the new multiball from update 1.23. Loving the challenge. Maybe some members can chime in on playfield protectors. Haven't used one. I just recently waxed mine. As for pinballs. I had a problem with the ball release for pizza mutliball. The balls wouldn't roll down. Realized all of them became magnetized so they laid against the metal rail and wouldn't roll forward. Swapped balls and problem solved. Enjoy! Welcome to the club.

Also have tmnt and gotg.. both pro. Cleland code for gotg. New players find gotg more forgiving and are drawn to it. I guess its easier and more relatable (movie). Tmnt is a group play favorite. Its faster, deeper and the 2v2 and coop doesn't seem to get old. With that said, I'll keep both. However IF I had to let one go, it might be gotg.. but my wife would argue that tmnt would go first. Tmnt can kick your A. Gotg plays good music and just about anyone can manage groot multiball. Now ill throw in some confusion. Just picked up a stranger things prem. That has rocketed to everyone's favorite. Projector, crazy magnetic wall lock, cleland code, demogorgan pie hole shot.. and the upside down with uv. Crazy cool. Something else to think about.

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I was messing around with the full set of plastic protectors. Really brought a nice glow.. but almost too much. I dialed it back a little. Pulled the off the turtles near the flippers and both side plastics "lair" and "april". It toned it back some to my liking. With the van turned and robot upgrade it also lessened the glow, but I think in a good way. I included some pics.. before and after. Note that I had the slime protectors and slings done prior and all clear rubbers. Before pic and partial install.

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Completed pics...

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It came with them.. but this looks like them.

ebay.com link: TMNT Sling Shot Return Lane Protective Plastic Set Stern Pinball

Understand on the April plastic. I also pulled them off the Lair because the ball travels under two different plastics and seemed to cloud it up. So far we really like the look. I went back and forth on the turtles by the flippers but opted to not use the protector. Its easier to see the galls in the lanes now. As for the van. If you decide to pull it I can help walk you through.

Sorry to hear that.. recently saw a similar situation with a new GnR. In the meantime work on your reflexes, the inner and outer loop for the top flipper can fly around crazy fast..