Awesome! I got the email earlier today that mine shipped so I'll soon be in the club too! It's my first pin and definitely not my last.

Thanks for the reminder! I sent an email to Cliffy just now. I created a to-do/shopping list based on posts on this thread and one of the other items I have listed for must haves before first playing is mylar to protect the shooter lane along with turning down the eject power. Is something like this all I need for that?

https://www.pinballlife.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=mylar_24inch

Thanks! Would that be the other pieces included in this set?

http://www.passionforpinball.com/WIP/mandalorian-base-v2-001.jpg

Since Mezel Mods has been out of stock of the upgrade kit I emailed PU Parts to see if they'd ship to the US but was directed back to Mezel. Mezel was included on the email thread and said they'd order more upgrade kits from PU Parts.

I've seen it mentioned in this thread before. From the description: "This Mandalorian Pinball Upgrade kit improves and supports several parts on the game. These pieces help improve ramp performance, avoid airballs, upgrade the standup target performance and a variety of other improvements."

https://mezelmods.com/collections/mandalorian-pinball-mods/products/mandalorian-pinball-upgrade-kit

Thanks for the helpful review of the kit!

I received my machine yesterday and have played a few games, but not too many until my Cliffy's and other mods arrive. I noticed a number of airballs on the ambush area when playing at the arcade so the description on the kit stood out to me. I don't remember any airballs on my games yesterday, though I'm sure I'm going easier on the machine. I noticed on the left ramp the ball movement is often not smooth. When I play more games I'll be able to describe it better. It could be a matter of turning down flipper power slightly or going easier on the machine.

I'm definitely in the honeymoon phase but so far I love the machine and look forward to progressing on it. I was able to triple my highest score from the arcade just by not being distracted from the lights and sounds of other machines and people.

Has anyone had their diverter blade break and replaced it? Mine is still the stock from my NIB but I proactively ordered one from Marco’s and was going to put it in expecting it to break at some point. I was attempting to remove it and I stripped the screw somewhat and don’t want to try again to get it off. It seems super tight and I’m not even sure it’s the right screw to replace it. I’m just assuming by the looks of it.

+1 for PinWoofer. Sounds way better, even more so if you tweak the settings after the install.

I bought a PinWoofer for my Mando and it included some tape for the glass. It looks like it's sold separately as well:

https://pinwoofer.com/playfield-glass-shake-reduction-tape/

For anyone wondering the turnaround time on Cliffy's, mine just shipped today. My order was invoiced and paid for on 3/18.

I meant to add that he also said he was 3 weeks behind when I was invoiced.

I tried this and can confirm that the ball no longer gets stuck. I tested it about 10 times. Thanks!

Do you know what your pitch is set to? For the first point this seems like it could be pitch related. A good pitch is around 6.5 degrees. I have it set to 6 because to answer your second point, I don’t find this game to be newbie friendly. I still have fun with it but it’s definitely hard and frustrating at times for the reasons you point out.

Because it’s hard, you’ll read in other posts that it forces you to take your time with shots. This includes practicing live catches, backhanding the horseshoe ramp and the foundry scoop. I had very minimal ability with those things prior to owning this game and have been able to get better at them. I have the same experience with a missed shot up the middle coming back down the middle and if the ball bounces off the top part of the bumper it will likely find itself in the outer lane. It’s frustrating but I’ve tried to work on my reaction time so that I can nudge it when does either of those things and maybe lets me keep it in play for a little while longer. For comparison my high score is around 300 mil with the outlines on easy, the pitch at 6 and everything else default difficulty.

I cut it in half from the factory setting (30->15?) and my Outland drains from the sling have gone down quite a lot. The logic with halving it being that if it hits the lower sling it will still undershoot the outline versus raising the sling power and having the issue of draining in the outline when it hits lower on the sling.

I wonder if this means callouts in the final wizard mode. I’ve heard people mention it was lacking. Maybe someone can try the debug mode for it and report back.

Edit: I don’t see the debug mode in the service menu anymore so it looks to maybe be removed in this update which means I need to “Play better” if I want to see if there are new callouts and hear them.

Oddly enough I’m waiting on a new power board for my sound mod so I have no sound at the moment to be able to try it.

It is! He says it at the menu before you start a game and are running through the menus.

I tried to remove it at some point to replace it with the one from Marco’s thinking it was destined to break. All I did was strip the screw. It didn’t break so I’ve left it for now but thought about retrying with vice grips on the black part where the screw is. It must have some lock tite in there.

Welcome to the club! Next Level is such a great spot. I spent at least 6 hours there and completely lost track of the time.

I seem to recall seeing that mode on someone’s stream and they said they didn’t have the topper.

It means you don’t have to complete a Hunter in order to progress the next multiball after you complete one.