Hey Everyone! Been lurking this thread for years and following the machine since ~2013/14. Finally had the guts to buy one and its delivered! I was first talking with Melissa starting probably 2 years ago and then delayed delivery for the fix for the lower playing field update, its been a wait to say the least.

Anyways, Dudes:

Does anyone know where I can find a service or pinball specific help to get my machine upstairs? its still in the box and I'm a little afraid of using a company that moves heavy objects like Safes or something because this is a big more fragile. I saw on the thread that someone did it but it looks like they disassembled quite a bit to make it work that I'm not experienced enough to do. I have larger stairwell and big doors all the way up.

Any ideas? I live in the East Bay, CA.

Chris

It's a pretty clear path, stairwell is wide, may need to be lifted above the hand rail to make the turn which would require leg removal.

Or the machine could just be kept folded up as its shipped and brought up without issue? I think 4 people could do it up the stairwell. The rest is easy. Big wide doors.

I live in Alameda, CA

me- after I paid it took some time. fairly certain I paid in may and it showed up a week ago

Hello, I finally have the machine set up, but the scoop isn't shooting the ball out correctly. Maybe only happens 10% of the time. The other 90% I have to wait until the machine cycles to shoot it out. Its like a sensor isn't registering the ball? Anyways, I have a couple other questions about the machine and I was hoping I could talk over the phone/FaceTime with someone to get some help. Anyone interested in DMing me their number so we can talk pinball? I'm an urban achiever and this is my first machine, so I want to make sure I set this thing up correctly and work out this issue.

Hello,

So here in lies the problem- since this is my first machine I'm not familiar with lifting up the playfield while the balls are loaded. I can't see a door anywhere to prevent them from falling out. Is there a trick?

Also, the suggestion to adjust a switch - is it to adjust a physical contact switch or to go into the menu and adjust an analog sensitivity? Would you happen to know the name of the switch I should be looking for within the test mode and where it could be found? I'm sorry for my lack of some basic knowledge here, but I do most things jumping in both feet first.

Obviously, I'm not a golfer - more of a nihilist

Maybe I'm more of a nihilist

also, I know the stranger has some good advice, but the cuss words are muted on the machine - is there a setting for that?

Thank you. Yes, well understood its a hobby for sure. I love mechanical/electrical things so learning basics here has already been really fun. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks dude. So I'm looking at the switch, the adjustment looks like bending the lever up towards the playfield that triggers the switch earlier

I had the same issue- its the switch adjustment underneath the table. It was an easy fix. Must be an east bay thing, lol. (Alameda here)

Man, the "start character"/"mark it zero" saucer is really hard to hit. I had all the characters ready to go, and I drained two balls trying to hit that friggin thing and never got the multi ball going argggggh.

Due to Rensh's positive encouragement(LOL ) I just played a bunch of games doing nothing but lighting characters and practicing saucer shots and I just had my best game ~19,500,000. I hit three wizard goals - mark it zero, super jackpot, and start characters!!!! My best game yet. I should have had the collect balls lit but man, I did awful on the frames!!!!

Thanks Rensh lol

So I've had this game for about 2 weeks. I've got ~125 games. I've got it set up pretty well. Still need to work on SDTM Donny shots. That was one of my balls on my high score just now. Very frustrating.

Link? I checked and didn't see it. . . sorry to bother you on something I should be able to figure out on my own. I saw some that may have been available in past but sold out. I have a 3d printer if someone knows the link to the file. FWIW, I found the Lebowski ramp clip to print here in my search: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4920822 I'll print that next

The white circular post is a ball launcher for sure. I'd say that post has caused more headaches and dimple from flying balls that anything else on the machine. If someone has a rubber replacement or idea to calm down the intensity of the launching, I'd love to know.

Just wanted to send a note about how much fun I'm having with this machine. I've had it for less than a month and have ~325 games played. Its been GREAT.

FIX - I didn't realize one could delete old versions directly in the game menu by highlighting old versions!

I can't for the life of me figure out to delete versions. I have a keyboard connected to my machine and I'm pressing alt F4 a bunch before boot up but can't make anything happen

Is it possible because I'm using a Mac keyboard? its full-size

Yes my mistake! thank you.I definitely tried overcomplicating the process lol

To Koen's point- I found that I had to go into my Safari settings to tell it not to automatically unzip files. Its under SAFARI->Preferences->General->uncheck "open "safe" files after downloading.

Further, before I found this setting, I would re-zip the file and it had to be named exactly as the original file download was. An incorrect title appeared not to be read by the machine.

Who’s got the Donny coffee light mod? How is it holding up? How was the install? Do I need to resolder anything? I can’t tell how it goes on and I don’t want a headache.

Is it tasteful in person? It looks great and the machine could use some more Donny lol

Also 1.0 rocks. Lol

Can confirm that one of the mystery rewards gave me nothing but a giant laugh Lolol. Well done dp. If anything the scene should run a bit longer lol

I do like the idea of some level 1 rewards doing more hilarious cutscenes that didn’t make the game itself through regular play!!

I keep the balls shiny and the Walter ramp cleaned and waxed. I'm at 6.5 degrees incline and have played for 2 hours with a second player. I seem to have just enough power to get the ball up there without modifications to strength

I was one of the 10+! Lol. Took some finesse with some bent nose pliers and patience to replace but got it done. Let me know if you get stuck and I will help out on the switch replacement

Sorry for the silly question but as this is my first machine, I don’t know what I’m getting into if I buy those blades(which are the ones I want). Are blade art stickers? Or do they just sit in and hang off the wood box? If they are stickers, is it hard to install these? It looks difficult getting around all the brackets and such.

What kinds of an install in terms of time and effort to “get it right” is this. I’m a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff so it takes me awhile when I’m doing something for myself.

Worth the $$$. Makes it pop. I installed myself

Great idea! I find that going from the lyric songs to the built in rug modes are kind of a bummer as the lyric songs are so good to rock to. The game does spend a fair amount of time in rug modes so I think it’d be important to pick some good ones

Holy shit - the opera music from the movie in the scene where the dude reads the ransom note to hit the targets is truly EPIC. I mean, I know this sounds insane, but if you figured out a way to dub the dudes words over the voice actor, Jesus.

so what cable do I need to buy to reflash my ssd that was sent? This is truly incredible, man

where do I find the 2 fan kit?

Hello, wanted to send a shoutout to JYEAKLEY! Solid supporter of everything Lebowski with the sweet music playlists!

My first and only(to date) machine. I jumped in head first and their customer service had been fantastic. We our blessed to have a team like Dutch supporting the community. Rensh is first class.