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I just watched the 14 billion point game by Ray (Theguyoverthere ) and have a question about using the right flippers in combination. I noticed that you were able to hold balls on the lower right flipper while using the full motion of the upper right flipper. Is there a trick to doing this? Do you just half-press the right flipper button, or is there some other technique to accomplish this?

Yes, half way in or release halfway out. Upper flipper games have done this for 30 years or so.

Its called 'staging flippers' or 'staged' flipping.

The upper flipper switch is stacked with the lower flipper switch. When properly adjusted, you should be able to independently activate the upper flipper by releasing the flipper button a bit without releasing the lower flipper.

It may take adjusting the flipper switch blades to get that proper level of activation where the upper flipper will open and close with the smaller amounts of movement.

Just a technique to half to full to half press to keep the lower flipper engaged while moving only the upper flipper. This can be too difficult if your flipper button blades are not evenly spaced, so if you're having trouble, you can adjust the blades on the right flipper switch until it becomes easier to do. Still, even with proper adjustment it takes a lot of practice to do it well.

Congrats, my house is in the same echelon-ish. You've got to break 300M to get onto the leaderboard, but I have plenty of games I just quit on ball 2 because I won't be making it above 15M.

lol, very true. I only get a chance every couple of weeks, to put on 3-5 games(10 if they’re horrible quick games), but it’s coming along. The rest are kids/wife playing. Even as much as my wife doesn’t like Rush(Geddy’s voice), she loves the game.

Had plenty of games that way, then ball 3 becomes a miracle game. Play ‘til the end my friend.

Flipper staging and making an accurate upper flipper shot to one of the 3 upper shots on Rush is not human. Ray must have some alien DNA.

This helped fill in the gaps for me. Thanks Ray!

Am I the only one who (up until now) never noticed that in addition to the mode-specific completed-goal information, there is in fact a linear progress bar, right at the top of the song mode pane on the display?

I don't recall seeing any mention of this in release notes, but I'm still on 0.98 and I have the progress bar, so it's been there at least a couple of months, probably longer.

Back in July, it seems like it wasn't there. Some folks here even commented on the lack, e.g. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-rush-owners-club-1/page/149#post-6993840 and https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-rush-owners-club-1/page/149#post-6993410. That second one even has a "screen shot" and I'm pretty sure it shows that there was no progress bar when that photo was taken.

I'm pretty stoked about the topper teaser in the Roll The Bones Mystery list. I wonder how long we have to wait...

I don’t have the instructions handy. Can someone confirm for me that on the v3 scoop protector if the black spacers are on top of or under the scoop’s metal bracket?

Thx

Not really sure what you're asking exactly. But...

Lots of photos online you could look at. Including https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-rush-owners-club-1/page/118#post-6916215, https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-rush-owners-club-1/page/119#post-6917663, https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-rush-owners-club-1/page/119#post-6917767, and of course the Stern service bulletin (https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Stern-RushScoopAdvisory.pdf).

Mine were on top. From the top down on my machine it was assembled:
Plastic -> Spacer -> Scoop

If I'm understanding what you're asking.

Nice, thanks for pointing this out, I hadn't noticed this either!

On top.

Thx thats what i found fit well.

I had pulled it apart to trim the pop bumper ring but had already forgotten they were there so when pulled it apart I didn’t get a look before they were rolling around

Finally dealt with the pop ring. The more games it had, the extra wear was allowing it to actually get bound up by the scoop.

So cutting wheel engaged!
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You can’t see them as they are under the plastic. It’s covered in the install sheet for the scoop but stern doesn’t post those online. :/

I had dropped them in disassembly without looking for them before they fell out

Would be a good manual update topic…

Just was Wondering what you guys have you left and Right Flippers set at For Power Level..i know it was poster here before

Thanks

I'm at stock

Stock power should be perfectly fine. This is how the game designer intended the game to be played.

Without going and looking, think I set my bottom two at 185-190, and upper right to 175-180. Pretty sure I had a 10 point difference between upper and lower. It plays smooth, and I don’t experience the reject shots others have mentioned previously. A bad shot is a bad shot, the kind you already know won’t make it, as soon as you flip.

I only remember hearing it once, but I swear Geddy says in a Challenge mode, "Select a planet, and no you cant choose Tatooine."

i st mine at 190 at stock the ball is flying all over jumping on stuff the other night the ball hit the Glass so hartd thought it was going to break.. Stock is too High for me...

Yep, that one slayed me. I wish it was Trek not "Wars," but still as funny.

If the expression lights are an indicator, then prolly a year or two.

Second video in the series has now fully finished processing (great for watching on a 4k TV!)

Probably my favorite Rush speech call to date is Geddy Lee imitating Cartman imitating Geddy -- "I'm Geddy Lee, an' I'll sing what I want!" (or is it "...whatever lyrics I want"?)

These are so awesome! Thank you!!!!!

Trying to decide between orange or blue plastic protectors, any pics?

Skip them. You will be able to get a full set of plastics easily for a while. I'm at well a over 500 games and have yet to see a ball strike a plastic to the point that worried me.

i have the orange i think the look is much better the not having the protectors

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Yeah those look tight!

I have to agree that orange looks amazing.

Anyone know of a resource for clear plastic protectors? Thanks!

Gameroom Mods, check under market place for Rush items.

To include options for a few posts above, I went with the red protectors.

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I have a Cricut at home and I was looking at these acrylic protectors. They cost like $12. I have protectors on my GOTG and I love them. I am going to see what it looks like when I cut my own. Will get back over Thanksgiving.

~Chase

I think that you would want to use PETG rather than acrylic. acrylic is brittle and will break/shatter from repeated hits rather quickly.

The only plastic protector I use for any game:

https://www.pinballlife.com/clear-petg-fender-washers.html

And they fit all games. They also don't turn the plastics colors they are not supposed to be

I believe the original poster was looking for clear protectors for the slings and outlane art. It was mentioned that Gameroom Mods has them. They recently added clear after I DM'ed them asking for a non-colored option. The clear set is cheaper as well. They can be found here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1167-gameroom-mods/06577-stern-rush-fluorescent-protectors

The other benefit of installing them is to be able to remove the large metal washers which stand out under the sling art.

Appreciate the help and responses - thanks all!

Sweet, Thanks for the heads up.

I don't think you can cut thick enough acrylic on a Cricut. It would only be the flimsy .007 or .020 acrylic. And yes, PETG is the better choice as acrylic is too brittle. Cutting protectors on something like a glowforge would work better, but that's a $3k buy-in.

Or you can just hire it out. There are lots of mail-order services (e.g. Xometry), and many people have local services available, either at their library, maker spaces, or laser-cutting businesses.

Existing products seem reasonably priced to me, but for those who still prefer DIY for whatever reason, those options do exist even if you don't already have the hardware.

Hiring it out to a service kind of defeats the purpose of DIYing it to save money.

That depends on the service. For example, I designed a fix for the Rush inner loop, it's cheaper to get it printed from Xometry or Shapeways than to buy the alternative design offered by sellers here.

Alternatively, some of the "services" are non-profit entities, like libraries, or offer DIY access cheaper than a service would, like many maker spaces do.

Or maybe you just prefer using a material that's slightly different from the retail offerings, or you'd like a slightly different profile, and so saving money isn't even the point.

My point is (i.e. your statement that I disputed) you don't need to buy a laser cutter to have access to one, and there are plenty of scenarios where going that route is preferable to just buying the part. I get that DIY threatens your business model (generally...not sure if you sell this kind of thing specifically), but let's not contrive false narratives. If someone wants to cut their own protectors, just let them.

Anybody else make the time machine shot with the upper flipper? I was surprised when I did it today! It was not intentional though.

haha - yep - plenty of options with that flipper - super jackpot ramp and Orbit along with The occasional VUK and Time machine.