Maybe this is the 'parts' issue that's holding up production.

Got my Rush topper starter kit in today. Now just planning out the rest of it

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That's what makes Geddy a genius!

I'm not trying to be snarky, just curious because I'm fairly new to this NIB thing. If Stern designates the first run of Pros for operators, how are so many people ending up with them in their homes?

Good news. I got my LE today.
Bad news. When I pulled out the rear leg bolts the plate inside shifted. Has anyone had this happen before? The only solution I can think of is to get inside, loosen the plates, attach the legs then retighten the plates.
BTW: that's dirt not scratches

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Not sure, but it did it on both back legs

Unless this is some new engineering d sign, it looks like a real sloppy job of putting these screws in. Only one of the six on this side are flush. The other five are screwed in at all kinds of angles. All six if them are akimbo on the other side

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Well, I finally got the legs on, just more work than I planned on.
That being said, the game's a blast. I definitely need to figure out what I'm trying to do.
Also need to pump the music up more, being drowned out by the callouts

I got a few games in on my LE last night. First game in everything was going fine then all of a sudden the flippers went dead. Is that part of the game or a glitch? It happened to my wife on her next ball as well. Flippers go dead, ball drains, it moves on to the next. I played one game after by myself and no issues. My wife played a game this morning and had the dead flippers again during a multi-ball.
I know Hot Wheels has that as part of gameplay, but this just seemed random.

This would make sense because the playfield lights go out when the flippers stop. It happened to me a couple times during a single ball on the first game I played this morning. The flippers would go dead then suddenly start working again, go dead then start up.
Played four games after that and it didn't happen.
Ran diagnostics and it didn't show anything. No Tech Alerts either.

Also, I am running the newest code.

I think what probably happened was the leg bolts were installed before the plate was screwed in. I imagine they then screwed in all the of one side (badly) before getting the other side, which pulled the plate one way. When I pulled the leg bolts out, I felt a pop, which was probably the plate evening itself out.

Has anyone adjusted the flipper power on theirs? I dialed mine back a notch because they were just slamming the lower scoop so hard. Also, the ball kept rimming out of the upper hole. It's still rimming out, but not as much so I might have to drop the power more. No problem hitting any of the shots with it dialed back.

Also, having the same issue with the side scoop as mentioned earlier- eject-off upper flipper- back in scoop- over and over again. I'll be dialing that back as well.

Now for the I'm an idiot question. I'm trying to turn down the callouts and turn up the music so does that mean I need to put the speech attenuation in the positive and music attenuation in the negative?

Yes, ran into the same issue on Sunday when I got mine. The inside plates were installed badly and shifted when I pulled the leg bolts out.

What I did was prop up the rear of the machine at a height where, if the legs were on they wouldn't touch the floor.

Next, you've got to go ahead and bolt the head into place, remove the glass and pull the playfield forward.

On mine, the inside plates were screwed in badly, so I had to completely unmount them. I used a 1/4 socket instead of a screwdriver. They're slotted but much easier with a socket. I think there was also some glue involved so I literally had to pry them loose at that point with a screwdriver.

After that, I bolted the legs on with the plates unattached. Finally, I screwed the mounting plates back into place.

It took me about an hour to get it all done, but it seemed to be the best method to go about this.

...I'm pretty sure it was 1/4

I haven't seen any damage on mine about 30 games in. I did dial back the power on the flippers because the ball was slamming them way too hard.

After playing several games, one thing I would have liked to have seen was not using the same songs for both modes and as background music. I think they should have used a selection of songs to flip through for standard play then used different songs for the modes so it's not so repetitive.

Maybe someone who has pull will read this and they'll add 10 more songs to fix that problem.

New code! .89

I dropped mine to 150

When I first unboxed mine on Sunday I had an issue with the flippers going dead during the first two-to-four games. It already had the 0.88 code on it, which had just came out. After that, I played it for about a week with no issues at all.

Tonight, I played about six games then installed 0.89. On the first game I started having the flippers go dead again.
I went into diagnostics and ran the Tech Report and it came up with nothing.

Is anybody else having this issue?

I'm wondering if it has something to do with the installation of new code and just needs a couple of games to get things ironed out.

I set my scoop up to lock the ball like some others mentioned on here.

The first time, it locked the first ball and auto-launched the second ball. When the second ball locked it did nothing. It just sat there for a while then did two ball searches before it kicked both balls out of the scoop.

The second time around, it worked correctly.

I installed 0.89 and it locked the ball but I have to manually launch the next one. (I haven't looked but maybe that a change in the code update).

Speaking of launching the ball.... I'm also having the issue someone else brought up on here with a soft launch for the skill shot acting like it's hitting something right when it gets to the ramp. When the ball trickles back down it auto-launches. If you pull the plunger back all the way it launches fine. Has anybody figured that one out?

This morning I got back on thew machine hoping a reboot of shutting it down then restarting would fix the problem. It was actually first. I played an entire game where the flippers did not work for a single shot

I was hoping things would be better this morning after shutting off the game and restarting but it was actually worse. I couldn't even get through 3 balls where it would let me hit it once. However, when I ran the Tech Report this morning I got this message.

Any ideas?

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By 'that section' do you mean the lower play field?

What's a good way to remove this tape adhesive from the back glass. I was going to use GooGone but figured I'd better ask first before I ruined it.

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Has anyone checked out what the 'Director's Cut' version is under game settings?

I unplugged the CN15 and played three games with no issues. The last one was a really long game too where I set a new high score.

Does it take a special tool?

Check with a distributor. If it's like Godzilla, you order a Premium now you may not get it until 2023. By then I hope they've got the issue fixed.

I'm loving this game but man.... I've had this a little over a week and already been under the hood more than games I've owned for years.

I tried adjusting my shooter rod to the right because the ball keeps rattling when it gets to the ramp then falls back down. I loosened all the screws (once again, some in crooked) and tried to shift it over but it wouldn't budge. It looks like the top of the plate is already against the side wall but that's the direction I need to go.

Anybody else made this adjustment yet?

Yes, for me the 4 ohm just sounds flat. I tried these settings and quickly went back to what I had.

I tried the other settings as well, but didn't like the sound.

There's been a few people (including myself) post about this, but so far no one's provided a solution. With me it happens on about 80% of the soft shots where I try to set up the Skill Shot.

On soft shots, mine rattles so much at the incline that it just drops back down. The most annoying thing is, the auto launch then shoots the ball before I can make a second attempt. I was trying to see if there was a way to turn that off other than disabling it completely.

There's definitely issues with Stern's Quality Control department. There have been so many minor issues with this machine I feel like Insider Connected needs to add new categories for 'Problems Corrected'.

Yes, that's what I've been doing, but it makes you Rush shots .. no pun intended.
I would prefer it just worked right in the first place and didn't rattle. I did some slow mo vids and it looks like the ball shoots left when it hits the trough switch.

Yes, mine just froze up for the first time. I was in the middle of Freewill multi ball when it just shut down except this one red LED on the opto sensor.

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How did you make this adjustment? Did you have to remove the return lane to get in there?

Last night I did something I'd never be able to so on any machine with ramps. I switched the flippers to the soft setting. Surprisingly, I could still make every shot easily. Best of all, it's not beating the crap out of the scoops.

Everyone's talking about all the songs they would have liked to have seen on the machine. That got me thinking Stern could take a hint from CGC's and how they're releasing a 'special' edition of code for CCR at an additional price.

Stern wouldn't even have to put a lot of effort into it. Just get the rights to a couple more songs then charge customers to add them into the background music library.

I'd certainly pay money to have some of the stuff from albums that were left out doing nothing more than blasting while I'm playing.

Go back through this thread. The issue came up a couple times when the LE's first came out. Some of the inside leg plates weren't mounted correctly so when you remove the bolt they shift. Easiest solution is to unscrew the leg bolt mounts, put the leg on (with the machine off the ground) then screw the mount plate back into place.

I'd drop the power on the flippers all the way down to soft. I did that on my LE and can still make all the shots while not blasting the scoops.

I'm not really digging this Straight Down the Middle change in the new code.
Not sure what happened but I installed the new code and had a game where I barely got to touch the ball.

I haven't played much on .90, but loving it so far. The additional call outs add a lot.

I was being sarcastic. After the code change I couldn't keep the ball in play.

Anyone else notice their scores going WAY down with the new code? Uh, it seems like I'm playing the game the same way as with .89 but suddenly I'm not getting 1/3 the points I was before.

Seems time they could have gone with something more streamlined like the did at the bottom of the ramp to the time machine.

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It's the 'Apollo 13' fix?

I just played about 10-15 games on the Pro and Premium at the Louisville Expo and other than the look, I really had no issues with the scoop fix. I had no problems making the left loop shot, in fact, it seemed smoother than on my LE.

Other things I learned:
My upper loop needs some work. The machines Flip N Out had there were as smooth as butter on white bread. Mine is more like chunky peanut butter on saltines.

The ball launch was a bit clunky on some of the machines, but not as bad as mine. On the smoothest one I saw the tip was much further to the right than on mine, almost to the edge of the groove. I've also noticed that even the auto-launch seems to clunk now and then on every machine I played.

Another thing I learned after playing so many games on my LE then switching to the PRO. No matter how well you hit that upper left shot next to the time machine the VUK isn't going to catch it. It wasn't until the third ball I realized there was no VUK there on the PRO.

And yes, the lane to the Time Machine is much tighter on the PRO than the Premium or LE.

I know the feeling well. My first LE and most expensive game I've ever purchased. Rear leg mount plates are out of whack, questionable scoop guards, I've got a short somewhere that randomly makes the flippers go dead, screws installed crooked all over the place and the shooter rod can't shoot straight.

My fix list so far:
Remounted the rear leg plates so I could actually put the legs on the machine.

Removed the lower 'red' screws from the shooter rod plate and shifted it as far right as it can go. (better but still not perfect).

Thanks to PinMonk, I've narrowed the dead flipper issue down to the red bulbs in the lower playfield. I pulled every red bulb, removed the sockets from the playfield and inspected everything closely. So far, it's all checked out, so tonight I'm going to have to remove the flipper mechs to see if there's bad solder/stray wire on the underside of those sockets.

Eventually, I'll get around to make an attempt at smoothing out the path of the ball through the upper loop which rattles badly.

With a NIB I expected to make a few tweaks here and there, but damn this is far more than should have to be done. How much do repair techs make at Stern. I may have to send them a bill by the time I get this straightened out.

That's what's been happening on mine since unboxing. I've tracked it down to a short in one of the lights.

I think I finally resolved my issue with the lights going out and the flippers dying.

At PinMonk's suggestion, I unplugged the CN15 connector on Node board 8, which is the lower playfield lights. By disconnecting wires to the plug and only running one color of lights at a time I narrowed it down to the red lights. I then inspected all of the sockets and red bulbs on the lower playfield. That turned up nothing. But to get to the last two I had to remove the flipper mechs. When I did, I noticed this tiny nick in the insulation of the wire leading to the red bulb under the right flipper mech. It was from where it had been pinched the metal edge of the mech being installed. My eyes aren't good enough to see if the cover was cut all the way through, but it looked like it could be enough to be causing the short, so I covered the wire and put a strip of duct tape along the metal edge of the flipper mech.

I then played a quick game with no issues.
My next game was epic (for me) and went about 30 minutes. Like someone else noted on here, it seemed to happen a lot during multi-balls. For me, Headlong Flight was always a killer (I guess because there's a lot of red lights). On this game I got every multi-ball and Headlong Flight twice with no issues. No dead flippers. No loss of lights. New high score.

Of course, two games isn't a solid test, but its the longest I've been able to keep the machine running since I unboxed it three weeks ago.

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Look back a few pages. This has happened to a couple people including me. It's probably a bad bulb, bad socket or nicked wire causing a short

One starting point is to unplug the C15 connector from the node board. That will turn off the red, blue and white LEDs in the lower playfield. If your machine plays okay without that connector plugged in, you know it's one of the lights. Keep in mind this picture is with the board facing up and it will be facing down under the playfield, so the connecter is in the back.

An easier test, if your problem is like mine, a nicked wire going under the flipper mechs, you could try slipping a business card or something non-conductive between the wires and the edge of the bracket. More than likely if you have a short it's going to be right at the edge of the bracket. If that solves your problem then you know that one of your wires probably got nicked during the install. Keep in mind, the nick on mine was tiny so it doesn't take much to cause a short.

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That is the node board where your short issue is probably occurring. Have you tried opening then closing the coin door or restarting the machine?

If neither of those work, you may want to unplug that CN15 connector to see if the message goes away.

I believe the word you are looking for is pogonophobia, not to be mistaken for pogonophillia, which is a love of mustaches.

Yes, I've had it happen a time or two myself. All of the balls will drain then it just sits there. After a minute or so it will eject the captive ball in the scoop.

Read back through this thread. The issue may not be the board but the wiring. If it happens after the new board is installed you might want to start there.

The rubbers on the Premium and LE and thin and funnel the ball onto the ramp. The posts on the pro have a bigger surface and tend to reject the ball more often.

My wife has been binging on Chicago Fire and last night she called me into the living room as she panned through an episode. I'm not sure what season it was but some of the characters go backstage to meet Alex and Geddy. It's pretty funny but unfortunately not posted anywhere that I can find.

It looks like your goodie bag was mounted a lot better than mine. On mine it was literally laying across the top of the subwoofer. I had to remove it just get it out of the way.

So, I'm kind of electronic tech illiterate. What's this whole ferrite thing?

Here we go again. After spending weeks tracking down the issue with my flippers going dead I finally resolved the problem. Now after two or so weeks of play without glitches it suddenly starting again. At least I know where to start looking this time.

It's just getting really frustrating. I've had my LE for about 10 weeks now and out of those 10 weeks I've gotten 2 weeks of play where the machine wasn't down needing a fix. I may have got the lemon in the batch but doubt if I'll ever by a NIB again.

I love the game, but all this petty mending shit is just that, a load of crap.

Found a wire running under a flipper bracket where insulation had been nipped during install.

That's where I'm going to start this time

Thanks for the encouragement. I may have found it. It looks like the wire running under the other flipper mech had rubbed through the insulation as well. I put a piece of thin cardboard (piece of a business card) between wires and bracket and played two games without issue.

While I had it opened up, I went ahead and added the felt strip to the turn. Man, what a difference that make. No more death-rattle on shots around that loop. I was obviously missed a lot of hits on that switch because all of a sudden I'm getting weapons left and right. I think I'd only picked up about 8 weapons total prior to today.

And yeah- the Space Ship is a really cool looking game. I mean, Space girls in bubble helmets, you can't beat that. In fact, it's sitting right next to my Rush machine. I'll probably never get rid of that one. It's a blast to play and is totally different than any other game I've owned.

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Dude! Operation Mindcrime is a classic!

I've had the same problem and still haven't completely resolved it. I moved the shooter rod as far to the right as it would go, which helped but it still clunks about 75% of the skill shot attempts.

Wow, those are nicked a lot worse than mine were. Glad you got it tracked down.

Check out the Vapor Trails Remix, it really gives that album a different sound.

It seems like the code update also did something with the rattle issue on the plunge. I was shooting it up the lane about 90% of the time without a rattle- compared to 10% before the update. I don't think it was my imagination, but I can't believe the issue was resolved through software. It looks to me like the auto-launch bracket was set forward a bit to where it held the ball better for the plunge.

As far as the Cygnus X-1 mode- set aside some time to play this one because it takes a while.

It prevents the time machine from creating a quantum loop which actually sends you back to 1974.

Just think, we could run around in our bell bottoms, braces and bowl haircuts repeatedly telling the chess club, "I swear, in 48 years there's going to be a Rush pinball machine!"

....on this page...

Glad it isn't just me. I had a game the other day where I didn't even get to hit the ball with the lower flippers...even with the ball save going.

This never dawned on me but I never made the connection to the 1960 movie The Time Machine.

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I hate to say this but you've barely scratched the surface of issues that have come up on this pin.

Dammit this game can be so freaking frustrating at times. I'm currently going through a stretch where I'm lucky if I break 30m. I had one entire game where the lower flippers did not touch the ball once even with the ball save. (That should be an insider connected achievement right there.) I think I'm going to have to step away for a little bit before I break something.

Wow! That gap is huge. No wonder you're getting balls stuck there.

So, apparently from what I've been reading on her lately, if they just changed the theme, the music, the videos and the code Rush would be a pretty good game?

Hmm, this could be interesting.

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The thing is, until Ninja made his protectors, Stern had probably never considered 3D printing parts. With the parts shortages and delays I would expect to see Stern creating more and more parts on 3D printers to eliminate shipping issues. Considering how eventually corners are cut for mass production, this is probably not a good thing.

I think I may have set a new record for low score on the first ball. First ball with ball save netted me a grand score of 20,000 pts. I didn't even know that was possible.
Has anyone scored less than that?

Played my first games on the new code last night. No issues, except actually scoring more than my last stretch of games.

I couldn't resist and played the Hemisphere's Wizard mode. What a trip. It is correctly depicted as hemispheres of the brain. Reminded me of Simpsons flipper madness only multiplied. Put your thinking cap on before attempting this one.

Where are the clock settings? I searched on my machine and couldn't find them.

New game code already? Well, there goes two hours of my life.... LOL

Yes, this game can be frustrating but I kind of conditioned myself for that by owning a BKSOR Premium. The thing that gets me the most is when every ball drains at once during multiball. I'll be like, 'Okay, there's too many balls out here to control' then suddenly they're all gone at once.

Since updating to 0.97 I've been noticing a whole lot of pass throughs on the time machine where it doesn't register. I'll have everything lit up and it even says it's time to hit the time machine and the ball just shoots right through. I'll have to shoot it four or five more times for it to actually stop the ball and register.

Same here. Showing a lot more drains on the left than the right and I know for a fact I've had twice as many drains on the right.

Forgive me for being stupid, but how do you change the number of minutes? When I tried to do mine it moved in 10 minute increments either way.

Those of us who have been listening since 1974, think you 1978 guys are newbies....

Finally reached Cygnus X1 for the first time and also completed it.
Funny, I was about to restart after second ball because we were doing so bad.

I also started having magnet issues, but only after upgrading to the latest code. I contacted Stern and they said they were investigating it, but haven't heard anything new on the issue.

If anyone comes up with a good magnet setting, please post it.

This game is so insane. Last night I had 7 million going into my third ball. Finished with over 900 million. Also, I'd never managed to complete La Villa Strangiato before. Not only did I complete it but did it on the first attempt.

You can tell which side it's going to by which side flasher is lit. Also, you can't just smack the button to get it to switch. You have to hold it a second.

Yes, I'd be curious to see if the people with the burnt Node Boards have added any mods to their machines.

I'm not sure how long it would hold up, but you could get a plastic straw, split it open, then wrap it around the wiring. It would produce less friction and probably hold up longer than the rubber, especially now that there is a catch-point with that tear.

Installed my NinjaCamp Soft Plunge Corrector yesterday and man what a difference. No more lane rattle when attempting the skill shots. A great fix!

Isn't is sad that we feel like we can't play pinball without an internet connection?

My stepson came over last night and he's not a big pinball guy. He played Rush for the first time and absolutely loved it and talked about needing to buy a pin. He said, "I'm not a big Rush fan but this music really works with this game." I told him he's not the first one to say that.

Not so with mine. I adjusted the shooter rod over as far as it would go and it was still off center. I had to install the Ninjacamp lane mod to get it to work correctly.

I lost track of the conversation, but did anyone resolve the issue with the time machine magnet failing during gameplay? I don't see how it could be a heating issue because last night it happened midway through my first ball. It almost seemed like a programming issue because after a made a few more shots it started working correctly.

This could be the beginnings of issues that cropped up on the LEs early on. The cover on the wiring running under the flipper brackets was worn through causing a short.

Have you had any issues with your flippers losing power or going dead when the lower playfield lights flicker?

Just curious, has anyone had issues with the Time Machine modes starting when the ball doesn't make it into the time machine? I've had this happen several times since the latest update. The mode will start when the ball only goes partially up the ramp and sometimes when it just hits the front of the ramp. Anybody else seen this?

Has anyone had issues with the optos on their ramp acting flaky?

If so, what was your solution?

Bond LE has expression lighting? First I've heard of this. I don't think Godzilla LE has it, so why would Bond? I heard Stern was reserving expression lighting for music pins

Played the new code tonight. First game, 33 million, second game 3.2 billion...yes the consistency continues

So, when the Expression Lighting is going to come out?

I don't need it, but I hadn't seen this asked in about four or five posts so I thought I'd better bring it up again.