Glad you finally got the new one and it's great to hear it works better now. I can't wait to come check it out.

Sorry it ended up being such a pain to swap. Don't you love it when something looks like it will be simple and the further you dig the more you have to pull off? Gotta love pinball!

Thanks for the update Tom! Enjoy the mini playfield finally. It's not that great yet, but I did find it a little more fun setting difficulty up to medium and lowering the special award to 25k with an extra ball for special.

I would like to know how the dam thing works!!!! lol typical Stern not telling the player what to do.... When the ball is in the mini playfield and goes towards the top, nothing happens, no switches work... its only when the ball is towards the bottom... Any ideas???

It has three proximity optos up the center of the playfield. What it does from there I have no idea. It has potential for some cool software magic if Stern chooses to do so.

The problem I had with mine was it was rubbing the back board behind the main playfield and was slow to move until I bent the back board a little from the mini playfield. Now it's nice and strong going back and forth.

My first issue with it was it would just trap the ball and sit there until ball search would release it. It ended up being the right ramp entrance switch arm came off the ball swing lever. It came from the factory this way.

Does it look different than the stock one?

I get the most 'hits' from the optos when I get the ball near the top then stop moving the playfield, then go back and forth again just before it gets to the bottom. It seems to register more hits when I'm not swinging the playfield. Think the most pts I got so far is 26 or 27k, except for the 50k I got once during double scoring

Does the assembly come with Ironhide attached? Or do you have to reattach your existing figure? Just curious.

Totally agree. I'm still not sure whether or not mine is functioning properly. Most of the time it lays at the bottom of the "V" and I jiggle it back and forth with no apparent scoring involved. Occasionally it will wiggle upwards and pick up a few points. Megatron canon is WAY higher on the fun scale!

Wait for the code update the mini playfeild will be alot more fun

I have stopped using it all together.... Just a dam waste of time... Could be so much better

I think mine works well. One thing I learned and have mentioned before your pitch has to be set well and when your in the mini PF mode I see some hitting the flippers fast on videos. I find that hitting them slow. Left right left right.. like a drum beat will get the ball going back and forth and travel forward or up. I actually think its cool.

Yeah but when it gets half way up or above, none of the switches work and the ball is going side to side and scoring nothing.....

You kind of wonder what the inspiration was for this thing - it's like a test of your rythm (I guess) more than anything - an unusual skill set to draw from for pinball. Hopefully, it really is a work in progress...

I agree that it needs some code work. But, if you set the difficulty to medium or hard and lower the point value of the special to 25-30k and award an extra ball for special you will appreciate it more. With these settings you actually have something to work for. the default settings makes it a complete waste of space.

As for scoring, it's pretty much like coasterguy said, don't flail on the flippers. Also, I seem to get the most points when I stop beating on the flipper buttons for a split second when the ball is high.

For those who think mini play field is weak... Try changing the rubbers. I switched the weak, slinky Stern rubbers with some black Harp slingshot rubbers and what a difference.

Hi TF-Friends I hope you can help me.
Yesterday I got my Transformers LE. Awesome machine but my miniplayfield in game is totally without power. I don't think it has to do with the rubbers because the coils seems not to work correctly in the game. In the coil test modus the coils seems to work much stronger but in the game not 20% from the test power.
Tom, I did not notice what was wrong on your mini-playfield - the same problem?
Do anyone of you have a tip for me? Thank you so much!!!

Glad it is better Tom. What a cool machine this is right?

Hi Tom, thank you so much for your quick answer.
Exactly that is my problem. It's totally sluggish in the game but in the right and left direction.
In the test mode the coils are ok.
So it seems I need a new one too.
I hope Stern will answer me quickly!

That was the exact same issue I was having until I noticed it was ever so slightly rubbing the main playfield back board. I bent the back board slightly away from Ironhide (about 2/16") and it works great now.

Hi Tekman, thank you so much for your tip.
I checked the back board and there is no contact between it and the miniplayfield.
The coils seems totally without power - like the coil only would try with 20% power.

I think it's really great that you have to tear apart a NIB game because they didn't iron out the kinks beforehand. *sarcasm off*

I did contact Stern but no answer until now. Did anyone else?
I think it would be good to show them that there is more than one machine with this problem.

I just got my Premium and coils are fine in test mode and weak during game play. On occasion the ball hits the bottom of it from the plunger. It seems it hits the plastic under it so slightly and does have a very slight rub against the back. I am shocked that the solution is an entire play field swap. If it works in test mode you would think it should work during the game or that Stern would send new coils and not an entire play field.

If they send the whole play field it must be a faulty board issue. Whats sad is they think our time to swap things out is not worth anything. I problematic part like this should be much easier to remove.