Our troubles are over Dude.

We are all Achievers

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Crank that left flipper coil setting up and you will smoke that right ramp. I actually cranked both of them up.

And congrats!!!

I have sent this up the food chain but here is a few of my "whites"....

On the bowling alley, its tough to pick up a spare. Seems like a direct hit does not register but if you are about an inch to the left, where you don't hit anything, it will register. Same when going for a strike, rather than hitting between the the first two pins on the left, you have to hit almost the last and second the last pin on the left to register a strike. There may be a way to adjust this but I have not been able to figure it out...

On the Rug...hits are registering well during the first 3 hits (either from the left or right flipper)...but when the rug gets further back, I need to hit it hard from the left flipper to register. Shooting from the right flipper for those last few hits don't want to register. Seems like the hits register "better" when hitting the right side of the rug vs. the left. Especially when the rug is farther back on the the roller.

Left ramp....was getting some rejects on the left ramp. The ball was bouncing around after clearing the diverter and not going into the lock. Messed around with adjustments to the pitch, got it set and also waxed the ramp and the balls. Much better.

Left Mark it Zero saucer seemed weak when ejecting and was bouncing off the top of the left sling. Played with the coil settings and ended up adjusting the rubber and post of that sling just enough to where now the ball skids off the top of the left sling rather than bouncing off the top of the sling and SDTM.

Donnie orbit and Rug Skill shot. Had a SDTM issue. I added a small piece of felt to the side of those ball guides. Now, on the skill shot the ball comes down and hits at the base of the right flipper (where I think it's supposed to land on the left flipper) but its not going SDTM. Would like to see an adjustment for the time that the Rug skill shot stays lit. Seems like my best bet on the Rug Skill shot is to immediately shoot the Dude ramp from the right flipper and then slam the rug with the left flipper. Also on the Donnie orbit, I added felt and the ball exists from the Maude lane guide and comes down to the left flipper rather than the right. I have a feeling I can move that felt around enough to where I can get the balls to land on the correct flippers. Just need to mess with it some more.

side note...I wanted to experience as much as I could of the game. I set all the character modes to start at 0 lit. this way I could see and hear each animation rather than just a few and then completing the character. There's some good shit in there.

*******Let me emphasis....this game is playing extremely well right out of the box. Add to that, (for my game, number 16) is something like the 26th pinball machine DP has ever made (ES and proto's included). More than impressed.*****

Yep....I think I end up locking more balls from the left flipper than from the right, on the fly or from the ball craddled.

yes...I did the same when dealing with the balls getting hung up at the top of the left ramp. I adjusted that right flipper up just 1mm but it made a big of difference.

forgot to mention...re: music

Jules knocked it out of the park.
My wife joined me for Expo when TBL was announced. She loves Santana and was super excited about the music being in the game. Well, she came down after I mine was up and running and her first words were, "I love the music."

Well done Jules! I am sure you have been busting your ass getting those tracks done....

any time now Tom....any time now.

fuckin A man!

We have to remember we are at code .45

I think we are experiencing just the beginnings of a great Pinball machine. As is its very playable.
I played TBL for a while this morning....then jumped on BOP 2.0. If/when Lebowski gets to where 2.0 is (with code and callouts/features), its going to be pretty awesome.

Might consider adjusting that right flipper bat up a mm or two. I did that and waxed the balls and that ramp......its much better. Might want to make an adjustment to the coil strength of that right flipper if you haven't already. From the video it looks like you have good power from the flippers already.

yes...on 16 it came with .44 code so I uploaded the .45 right out of the box. didn't even try it with .44

he is obviously not a golfer....or been to San Diego. just sayin'

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Messed with some super band blue sling rubbers. They are a little tight at 2.5. Might try a 2.75. Looks good with the blue sling covers and inlane guide. Also traced out the sling plastics, need to get a set of plastic protectors made.

Only thing I am still working on is my bowling alley launch mech is a little janky and even on a dead on hit of the pin it won't register when trying to pick up a spare or hit the moving pin. Otherwise, really enjoying the overall game play. Its a fun pin.

Had a chance to check out the clips during Mark it Zero....(with the glass off). There is some great clips used as you advance into Mark it Zero...hope we can get a longer light or an adjustable timer for that feature. Its a tough shot on a good day, and with the hurry up makes it really hard to get past the first or second animation when playing a game.

Regarding the multiplier, I seem to have only grabbed it from the mystery award

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We may have met, I was at the booth all weekend and yes, the game has been road hard and put away wet. That flipper sticking was kicking our ass. It wasn't in the mech, we had to keep adjust the opto interrupter on the actual flipper button. We looked around to see if any of the vendors had one, but no dice. I guess after some 4,000+ plays those interrupters start to loose their shape. I don't want to speak for the entire group but I would say that most of our games (that have been delivered) are working well. We had to tweak them a little, but nothing major. We are now waiting for another release of code.

As for price to value, thats kinda up to the ones buying it. For me, I am looking forward to opening the hood of the 10k Batman LE and seeing it side by side with Lebowski.......I know what the under hood of Lebowski looks like....it will be an interesting comparison for sure. It's too bad you couldn't have played a "dialed in" Lebowski....its a fun game.

They don't. They are taking names.

Its all good. Thats the thing to do. Melissa will put you on the list and you will get contacted as soon as it opens up.

going to Magfest?

On mine, two were clipped in and the other was in the socket but not clipped. If they didn't clip it completely at the factory, I could see how they could work out during shipping.

Gene....little Shop of games has them in stock....they made mine

I have the game, and from a quality standpoint I have to disagree. The quality of build on TBL is incredible. Sure there are some bugs but we are not even at full code yet.

Now, regarding "crank out" you may be right. Stern is the only company (that I would say) is cranking out games. Cranking out means volume. I don't see anyone doing that. Even though JJP does have a factory and line, I don't think I would put them in the cranking out business yet.