Does anyone have the dimensions for this pinball machine for shipping? I know stern machines are about 31” tall and won’t fit in my SUV, but I’m curious if this might be a little lower profile with the head folded down and legs off.

I haven’t been able to find anything yet on dimensions.

Thank you!

Hi folks! Silly question - just got my TBL (used, from original owner) - updated from .51 to .57 and it seems to be working 'pretty' well, but I have a few questions.

1. Apron cards - this one doesn't have any, and I can't find any. Is there an image file or apron cards I can buy somewhere? Looks pretty plain on the apron without anything but slots!

2. Lock bar feels sharp, stamped and cheap. I saw someone replaced theirs with a much nicer chrome Bally Williams (?) bar. Does anyone have a source for this piece or part number? I'd like to upgrade.

3. On the center scoop / VUK, when the ball goes in, it doesn't kick back out unless I gently nudge the machine, then it lights yellow and kicks the ball out. Is that a playfield angle thing or an opto issue or?

I think that's all for now. The sound and video assets on this machine are just awesome. Looking forward to getting it dialed in! (And figuring out the airballs coming off the left ramp constantly.)

Awesome! Thank you

Any tips for preventing this stuck ball situation? I wish there were stickies on this thread, as this is probably common, but I couldn’t find anything by searching.

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No, it's jumping off the left ramp and landing there occasionally. The left ramp is driving me bonkers. Everything else seems to be pretty dialed in - except the lower playfield cover that won't sit flush regardless of how much I try and adjust it from beneath

Otherwise, love the game! So different from what I'm used to with modern Stern machines.

Good idea! Can I ask where you got those? Are they the keychains from Amazon? I need to put some on mine - although I'd think they knock over easily if only held on with a small bit of adhesive?

Will give it a go - I had a similar playfield with AC/DC Luici but it adjusted more granularly. This one seems to bump up in the center of a section between two adjustment screws, but if I lower it down it's too low on that side. Probably need to just keep tweaking it. It's pretty close right now, but we like perfection!

May I ask how I'd know whether my machine has the reinforced standup targets or not? I purchased from the original owner (he has a collection of 70 amazing machines. Things were meticulously kept.)

SN is 00376.

Thank you! Will get a few replacements ordered. It's driving me nuts. Hits the glass super hard, and often will bounce all the way back to the drain straight over the flippers.

General question - the lockbar on my machine was pretty bad. Stamped metal, super sharp edges and felt cheap. I ordered a replacement chrome lock bar from Hot Rod Arcade / pinball plating, and WOW what a difference. Softer edges, thicker throughout and a much nicer plating.

My question though - both of these pieces have a lot of play left and right. Is there a way to tighten them up? It shifts a lot on nudging the machine, etc. I only have Stern Spike / SAM systems otherwise and those lock bars lock in place much more securely.

Thanks everyone for all the help!

Oh Duh. No it does not have foam. I'll add some. My machine only has one of the two screws. It's brass, and doesn't seem to turn much in the spot. Interesting...

Thank you! Last question I promise / do you unscrew them so that they are taller to make the fit tighter or can you tell me what exactly those screws do? I’m sure it’s a 50 year old design, it’s just new to me.

When I hit escape I get a solid black screen with a mouse cursor. Pressing the windows key does not yield any icons whatsoever. Is there another trick to getting these icons to show?

Thanks! Yeah tried that too. Guess I’ll have to pull the drive and try it that way. No go getting to a menu on the screen.

Thank you! That did the trick. Night and day improvement.

I'm not normally an illuminated flipper button guy, but I like the looks of this one. Anyone have a part number for these? I'm used to modern sterns, so the opto driven flipper buttons are new to me.

I did some research and it looks like these (https://www.pinballlife.com/britemods-store.html) - but I'm not sure which to purchase to swap them out. If anyone has a lead on convenient power connections for them I would great appreciate that assist as well!

Thanks all! Game running awesome now that I adjusted the lower playfield cover. That's what was causing all of my airballs into the standups.

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Quick question that I can't find an answer for - does the WiFi dongle actually do anything in the game? I don't believe it does wifi connected updates, so what's it there for?

No luck on terminal window. No alt-tab action. Only a black screen with a cursor. I can right click and get to display settings, then all settings, then see most of the settings dialog window for sound, network, etc. but never any way to execute a terminal command or file explorer / browser. It's like application execution is completely disabled. I wonder if this was changed at some point on the machine to prevent any modification?

Ah good idea! I can create a new folder on the desktop. It's otherwise completely black. I tried changing resolutions / aspect ratios to see if a menu bar or anything else would appear, but nothing. Only thing I can do is the context menu.

ONE other thing that would be nice, would be an ability to mirror the audio to two outputs. I do that on my PC and it's handy. If we could do that in Ubuntu, we'd be able to send audio to the onboard jack, which could be used as a subwoofer output to a powered sub. This game doesn't super need one, but they are sometimes a nice addition to the soundtracks.

Thank you! That worked perfectly. Now I see why the background is black, since it flashes during boot - I now see a folder sitting there I didn't remove LOL. But all music replaced and it works like a charm. I appreciate the assist!

With mine, I've had flipper return springs break at the connecting point, so for like $.31 each, you should get some spares. I also had one of the two slingshot plastics (the bunny side) break in multiple spots. I recommend getting protectors for those. A few sets of quality pinballs as the machine scratches balls up and can cause playfield damage if you don't replace them when they get dull / scratched.

So far those have been my issues with ownership. The rest of the machine is thankfully holding up well. I'm sure I'll have to deal with the bowling pins or rug mechanism at some point - but this isn't a beginner's pin to own. It requires some care and feeding - but rewards you with the best theme integration of pretty much any game! Especially if you swap the songs with the real deals

Can anyone explain the flipper power settings? What is the ‘ms’ for after them? That seems like A timing metric vs power?

Ah interesting. I know it stands for milliseconds, but I couldn’t understand how time related to strength. Ok I’ll adjust them up a little bit

Thank you!

I bought my TBL used, and the Bunny Lebowski plastic was broken. I had to order a new full plastics set to get that one piece, so now, of course - I have a spare for EVERYTHING. Just curious - did all of the machines come with these? I have the DP and the Pin on the keys that came with my machine, but was surprised to see all of these in the replacement set?

Thanks!

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i bought just the lockdown bar. It’s night and day better than stock!!

My airballs were caused by the clear plastic lower playfield cover not being flush with the playfield. It was slightly lower, so the ball would hit the ridge, bounce into the stand ups, and airball at the dude ramp or back at me. Was easily fixed by lifting the playfield and adjusting the clear plastic cover until flush.

Question for the group - what’s the procedure for adjusting the main flipper angle? I’m used to machines having small holes or index marks to adjust to. My left flipper is slightly high I believe, as it’s almost impossible to hit the Walter ramp.

Thanks!