First time to destroy the ring and under a minute not bad at all, my first dtr was over 2 minutes and filled with panic.

I know everyone was hoping for some news about a vault edition of LOTR at TPF and I have great news! The cost of pins is clearly getting higher and we have finally managed to find a way to cut back costs and make the game easier for new time players/buyers.
The new LOTR vault edition will feature a custom coca-cola sponsored shire skin with a built in ramp to cover that pesky left lane. By removing the vuk in the shire we are able to cut down the costs of mechanical parts and can get rid of that plastic tree wall that breaks on every machine.
Finally you can play pinball the way it was meant to be played.
Brought to you by Coca-Cola and Stern Pinball

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When I got the chance to playtest it I did not get to destroy the ring but I can tell you that the balrog roar was replaced with a refreshing "ahh"

I know custom shooter rods aren't very popular here but I was bored and it can always be taken out easily enough. Bought a cheap replica of sting and took the blade out and made it into my new shooter.

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It is luckily against the wall side and people are mostly sitting in the stool but I will probably just put it in for special occasions anyways. Was simple to make, its sturdy and feels great to pull back on a metal sword with some weight behind it.

HUO doesn't mean you are getting the best machine, there are plenty of homes that I would never let me pin set foot into. Find one in your skill range to repair and make look the best you possibly can. A good playfield matters more than anything, I would expect most cabinets to have some fade at this point and be ok with it. I paid 4900 4 months ago for my routed machine and I put about 1200 into it making it look great. I got to learn alot about the machine and still get a quality looking Pin for a little elbow grease.

I have the yellow one that lermods sells for the Hobbit, looks great keeping the gold theme. I did put a white one in my Getaway to brighten it up and that also would probably look really good.

I have mine wired to permanently on, I had thought about wiring it to the Gandalf light but I like the mode start idea alot.

Welcome new members, lots of cool ways to spice up your machine, I would highly recommend ryan1234 Habitrail mod if you don't have one yet. If you haven't decided if your pro ladies or not yet, you can get apron stickers to cover them up or get the great rule sheets with the rest of their bodies.

I am not sure, I have instruction cards with the middle earth maps on them that came with my machine but the magnets to cover the 2 women I have only seen the Sauron and Balrog

So a huge tree landed on my house during the Tornado this week right on top of my gameroom. Took forever to get everything out of there but I finally got the machine to my parents house that has power and was able to boot up LOTR with no problems at all. https://imgur.com/a/mPEtmSR

So then I cleaned the getway up, brought it inside and set it up and she wont boot. Checked all the fuses and the glass is broken on the 8amp fuse near coin door power supply. I replaced it when I got home today and still doesn't do anything, rest of the fuses look good but I am worried that it could have been a power surge before hand since the tree ripped the power from our house.

The 6 leds on the driver board are all lighting up but I am getting a solid red for d19 and d21 but d20 is never turning over. It looks like the game wants to boot with the dmd right when you turn it on but its just a microsecond and its gone, just making a wierd static noise when trying to boot.

Any help on where to start would be greatly appreciated this is the only valuable from my house I care about.

edit * - woops meant to post this on getaway forum page, please disregard

Thanks everyone, at least I am still in the club.

I have money for another machine and it had already crossed my mind if you have a lead on one lol

I saw the idea somewhere in this forum but I put a metal post rubber over mine and it fits perfectly and allows the diverter to stick out a few extra mm to allow the ball to stop it more often then not.

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Can you take a picture of the part or do you have the part number. I have a ton of extra plastics.

I have 2 green over the POTD, 1 blue right over the Orthanc tower and the rest red . The blue really catches the tower nicely.

My machine came with a Gandalf the Grey as well, Gandalf the white on shadowfax is definitely worth it. the AOME sets will have any missing chars you need. Do some of the newer production runs also have chrome ramps instead of brass? unless I'm the only person who has the chrome ones, they look terrible compared to everyone elses brass ones.

Definitely make sure you have the correct balls, same thing happened to me when I picked up the game. It looks like they want to roll but since they grab each other there is not enough space for 2 to go down and the first one will get pulled back up the sword.

Where can I get this cliffy protector in the Pippin lane under the blue rubber? It is posted in the LOTR gallery, I suppose I can try messaging the guy who posted it but didnt want to creep him about a picture he posted 5 years ago.

Almost all the machines I see for sale have serious wear underneath that blue rubber bracket including my own and this would stop the issue from happening or getting worse.

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haha Indeed it is! I didn't want to bother you with pms but I appreciate you reaching out. Thank you Razorbak86 and PinballTilt

I'll make a shirt for everyone that doesn't make it to Valinor, waymore potential customers.

Has anybody here replaced the cabinet decals on their machine? I can only find them at Retro Refurbs and would love to know the quality of the replacements before I order.

Definitely the middle pegs. Most routed machines will have them all the way up and most home machines have them already down. Best way to Valinor is to start with the pegs.

There is a clear piece of plastic that covers the arwen piece that will protect it just fine. The potd diverter mod increases the flow of the game but it actually is to your disadvantage. The game was designed to give you extra souls if the ball falls off the potd into the shire so you are actually making the game harder by using that mod.

A lot of people think this is an attainable goal but its not. Jay makes maybe 3 a year and only brings them to select tournaments that he is competing in. Much better off making one from scratch, the materials cost less than 20 bucks and anybody with a little artistic skill should be able to pull it off.

Gotta make it gold! Looks cool tho, do you have any pictures on a machine?

So am I the only one who tried adding more girls to the game?

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Back when the Gollum piece was the hot replacement mod for that plastic, I asked ULEKstore to make me one with Lady Galadriel instead. Thought it made most sense next to the Gift of the Elves.