Don’t lie, I know you man and you would love to watch the fallout from that

I kinda hope that is the LE, makes it easy for me to go with a premium, that things hideous!! And is that really the best a baby yoda doll that I can get for £15 from a toy shop? Wire forms look fantastic though, very shadow/Elwin esque.

Exactly! The pro art is clearly designed for location play, every character from both seasons is on there somewhere. For Stern this is the game to go on location now they are opening back up again, combine the reopenings with a theme like Mando and it’s a receipe for big sales.

I was interested in an LE but after watching the reveal trailer I might be more interested in a pro and I’m considering sticking it in my mates bar to help him out and earn some coin as we are reopening indoor facilities soon here in the U.K.

This should work:

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I hope they have the Luke scene/rescue in the game, if it is then I maybe tempted to get a premium and stick it in my mates arcade.

Why does it matter to you so much, what Panzer likes and dislikes?

Not every pin is going to rock everyone’s world, I think AIQ is the best pin ever made, I have an LE and absolutely love it, but plenty of people hate it or slag it off even in the owners thread, doesn’t make a blind bit of difference to me.

Not every pin is for everyone, luckily we have a lot of manufacturers giving us all a lot of choice. I was interested in an LE for Mando but now I’ve seen it I’m quite happy to wait for gameplay and the chance to play this before maybe getting a Premium, it just didn’t blow me away like it did others, good for them I’m glad it’s amazing for those who like the look of it, same goes for those who don’t like it, the next game might take their fancy.

Buy what you like, not what others like, always works out well for me.

I’ve never had an issue buying before playing, if I can watch a gameplay stream and I’m entertained watching someone else play and it just looks fun, I know it’s for me.

I wanted a Mando LE but watching the reveal I’m not 100% sold so I’ll wait for the pro and premiums and play those first, that magnet above 5 roll overs and the mini playfield area are the only things I can’t tell if they will be fun to shoot, so I’ll wait this one out.

But sometimes you just know it’s for you, hopefully all early LE buyers are super happy once they get their pins.

Same here, but after seeing those rifle side rails, I’m even happier to wait for a premium if the game looks good after gameplay.

Those side rails are possibly the best I’ve seen from Stern in a long time, they look awesome!

Knock them all down and the playfield tilts to access a new shot would have been pretty unique and special.

Didn’t get chance to watch the stream and won’t get chance for another few days, was there any mention of the epic season 2 Luke finale being in the game anywhere?

Mando with a sprinkle of Luke would be perfection!

Dwight being lazy is ridiculous, look at how much he puts into the games he’s free to code, TMNT, Mando looks packed with code, he’s pretty much added an RPG experience into a pinball, that’s not lazy.

He did exactly what he was told to do for Munsters, it’s was clear from the start it was going to be a throwback game, pretty sure they even say as much during one of the Stern/Deadflip stream, the inserts on the playfield gave it away too.

Played Mando Premium today was pleasantly surprised at how good it was, but is Luke in the code/on the LCD in any modes? Thanks

The one from Hooked will be of a much higher quality.

I don’t need to see the Stern one, I have brought enough from Hooked to know his will be a much higher quality. Rob doesn’t mess about when it comes to casting mods, his stuff is second to none, just check out his deadpool pop caps and compare them to sterns it’s night and day dude.

I saw someone had added cara dune to the shooter Lane, was that a one off?

Is anyone selling the interactive grogu? Or a guide for it anywhere? Thanks

Thank you dude!

Has anyone found Luke in the code yet? Listening to super awesome pinball show he is in there but not in “this is the way”. Managed to get the mission and razor crest mini wizard modes today so guessing it’s the encounter wizard mode?

Link?

Will these be the first Mandos to hit you guys down under? Congrats on the incoming Pro.

It is well worth the wait, I didn’t like the reveal photos, thought it looked boring from the reveal stream, no streams grabbed my attention so passed it by initially, then played it at U.K. Pinfest and wow! 2 LEs later it is one of my all time favourite games.

Wow man that sucks! But it’s most definitely worth the wait in my opinion, as I said it wasn’t even something I was interested in other than the theme but second I played a game I was hooked!!

Without being able to see the rest of your collection it’s a tough question to answer. Both amazing games in their own rights, both are in my top 3 Sterns of all time, AIQ flows far better and on paper the shots are better but something about Mando as a package just has that magic about it.

AIQ is as fun to shoot as it looks, Mando shoots far better than it looks like it should both brilliant so I don’t think you will be disappointed with the change up.

You can definitely back hand the ambush shot but it’s challenging! Speaking of the ambush scoop shot that’s the reason I felt the Prem/LE was the way to go, above all else that shot is a lot of fun!

The loop shot can rocket round and out the right orbit and the ambush 180 shot itself just feels great!

I now buy and keep games that have those memorable shots that never get old and it’s the reason I sold BM66LE, the code is phenomenal but there is not a single memorable shot on BM66, for me the scoop shot on Mando is that special shot and it helps all the other shots are great to amazing too.

Yeah that flasher going crazy is intense. 50% of the time I brick that shot putting too much pressure on myself or just getting too excited to make the shot

Looks like Dwight updated TMNT with some tweaks, bug fixes and small additions.

Assuming he went back to TMNT while he had the chance and will sort out Mando shortly. IC update is likely not part of his .99 and 1.0 plans.

Don’t stern often out source the production of toppers? If that is true then it likely adds another cog to the machine that has to be part of the approvals.

Boba is going to slap some sense into you 12C92E26-53C8-4374-A367-32DF9043F893.gif

But seriously as cool as those side rails are I don’t think they would look right on the LE.

They are extremely cool and one of the few times I think Stern have produced must have side rails! Maybe look at selling your LE or trading for a premium + cash your way?

What where you expecting? There are a lot of good changes and additions to 1.0.

I have it set to only operate when needed. So for grogu and super pops, makes the game shoot even better imo.

Yes another great update

Yeah I have had that issue recently, playing it too much probably haha. I will take the button apart when I get round to it, check it for any plastic nubs and sand them off if all fails swap the spring or button itself.

Edit: first game I have had this issue on.

Go into switch test mode and hit the side of the cabinet near the flippers as if you where flipping see what switch activates on screen.

After seeing Rush I am once again like I was when Godzilla was revealed really happy I took the plunge on Mando. Rush looks great but it also looks like nearly every other Borg game layout wise, super happy with Mando’S very different feeling layout.

That’s the funny thing about Mando, it is another fan layout but the genius in the design is the shots are different distances from the flippers.

It mixes up the feeling of the shots, it also helps that the majority of all the other recent sterns have had a wide open middle with the shots all the way at the back, Mando mixes that right up!

Looking at the manual and also the mech itself on my LE, is it some sort of magnetic switch? There should be a little metal nut on the back of the swinging target is yours in place?

I might be totally wrong about it being.a magnetic switch but for the life of me I can’t see a switch on the swinging target and the manual mentions a magnetic sleeve.

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Cool I was right.

So if the screw is supposed to be magnetised I bet that is the issue for some. Either that or there solder has chipped so the magnetic switch doesn’t detect the screw.

The encounter diverter is only a plunger/coil, there has to be something rubbing/getting in its way, I would strip out the ramps and take a look personally

I would mate like I recommended above, it’s a simple coil mech, so if you can’t see what’s causing the binding/restriction of it disassemble the ramp and get a better look.

The main ramp is super easy to take apart and remove mate, I’ve had the whole thing out so if you need anything just ask.

I would try adjusting the leaf switch first and see if there is a change in behaviour.

That’s for the BOBF pin

Saw it day of release but my Mando pin has a big razorcrest front and center.

If BOBF is any where near as popular as Mando we will see a BOBF pin and if episode 6 carries episode 5 forward it could all make a nice little mode

Get yourself over to the owners club thread tiger

Which decal are you referring too?

Once the rules are finalised these will be available for those who want to bling up the factory cards and decals. Apron windows will also be available so all decals on the apron can be replaced.

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Yeah premium and pro aprons blow and the two IC aprons, which seem to replace the window decal art and right instruction card art with IC decals.
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I think 99% of people are with you mate I know I am and do not want to loose art on any of my existing games.

Easiest solution for the window is to get someone with a prem/le to create some copies of the right apron window art

As for the rest I’ve designed and made this in tandem with a fellow pinhead, apron windows will be framed along with the shooter lane.

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I could remove mine and take a hi res photo for anyone that wants one to print there own decal/create there own plastic for the windows on premiums