About to finalize my purchase for a Mando Pro as my first pin ever.

Is it true that it needs a bit of mods/upgrades?

Such as new flippers, new rubbers, and parts to protect the left ramp from breaking? Is there anything else I need?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Good point. I guess I'll try it first and see how it goes Thanks!

And thanks to whoever posted the link to buy the parts for the ramp:

https://passionforpinball.com/wip.htm

Last thing I want on my first pin is for it to break right away lol

Thanks!

Yeah I've seen posts on the foundry, I'll definitely look into that too. Seems to get a lot of love on here.

Is there a good site to buy the cliffy ramp guards from? I think they're out of stock at https://passionforpinball.com/wip.htm but he hasn't got back to me yet so not sure.

Is it?! I'll have to look into it then. I can see a shaker mod being great in a game like JP with the T-Rex. Guess I'll have to look into it more then, thanks

Just googled it (found his pinside ad) and yeah those look so much better. Thanks for the heads up on his stuff!

If I get the wireforms, do I need to worry about purchasing the accessories by cliffys to protect the plastic ramp that seems to be prone to breaking? Not sure if that part would still be there after doing the wireforms.

There's a 4 week wait for his though (

So this is my first pin and I'm still getting used to having a pin and working on it.

I see people say 6.5 level is a good level.

At 6.5 my bubble on the machine is a little below the middle line.

To get the machine bubble in the middle it puts the level at 7.5.

Is my bubble just off on the machine or am I over thinking this and should just go with what I feel is best for it?

So this is my first pin ever. I went in blind on buying my first pin. So excuse the layman's terms on this. But I have a few questions

1.) I've noticed that like 3 out of 4 times, the ball doesn't even have enough power to get to my flipper in the top right playfield (pro model). It either just rolls straight down from the ramp or doesn't get pushed close enough to the flipper to even get some hits on it. Is it supposed to be this way? I can't even complete encounters because 3/4 times the ball doesn't even get to the flipper for me to hit it.

2.) Do you guys consider this to be a newbie friendly game? I ask this because if so, I can't handle the stress of other pins then lol. I feel like the layout, when it hits the bottom bumpers, is just prone to have the ball go to the outer lanes and there's nothing I can do. Like it hits an angle perfectly after it hits the bumper and shoots out of bounds. Or if trying for the razer crest, sometimes it just falls back down straight where I'd really have to push the machine to get it in play again. So is this just normal in the pin world where yeah, physics just screw you up sometimes? Might be a stupid question but I am getting frustrated where I have good games (for me) and the third ball, it just hits the bumper, bounces a few times, then bounces out of bounds with nothing I can do.

Dang. I appreciate all the replies to my post! Didn't think I'd get such replies.

So smokinhos , Beeloots , ChrisLIX , Medic , Apinjunkie , scootss , freddy , OB1Kenobi , I just want to say I appreciate the time to reply to my post and give advice/feedback.

I don't want to quote everyone of you because then it would make my reply super huge, lol.

But I just want to say I read every one of your posts. I did not know I could adjust the slingshot strength and adjust the playfield to make the out of bounds smaller, so thanks to whoever said that. I put the slingshot to the absolute minimum, because going from the 20's it was at, to even 15 for example, I hardly noticed a difference lol. Only the minimum felt easier to me.

And ChrisLIX , here is where my flipper is, I did not know it could be an issue: https://imgur.com/a/XSSj6fW

And thanks to whoever said I could take off the gate for the upper right playfield ball. I will be doing that this weekend

So yeah, thanks for such an awesome and helpful community here!

So mando is my first pin and still love it. However, I feel like the flippers are getting weaker. I up the strength and still something seems off. I have around 500 plays on it, but IIRC, the manual doesn't talk about replacing the coils until much later.

Is this a coil problem and should I just replace them? Or is it getting too hot and I need those fans I've seen on here? I wouldn't think the latter because I only play for around 20 min a time.

Oh that's cheap as it is. Thanks! I'll order a few

Are you referring to the rubbers on the flipper with sleeves? Sorry, still new to this life >.<

You guys are awesome. Thanks for the help!

Is the side armor even made anymore? I randomly look at least once I week it feels like, and every place is still sold out of it.

Appreciate it!

For those with the topper, do you tilt yours at an angle somewhat?

I'm 5'11" and with mine installed, about 20% of the bottom is not viewable.

I can't see the bottom hologram information at all such as the beskar.

Oh for real? I'll double check the box but I don't believe it did.

This is a life changer then haha. I was like..how are people viewing this and enjoying it? It's like trying to watch tv on a huge mantle when laying on the floor.

Doh, you guys are awesome. The wedge was in the box. So glad I didn't throw it away! I just got too excited originally and installed it without the manual and checking the box more thoroughly.

So uh....I recently purchased side armor for it. Are we really expected to drill holes for it? Is this common for all side armors for Stern games?

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