Here's my lineup.
Ordered 5 each red, orange, and yellow LEDS to put under the inserts that are colored for them, plus a yellow flasher for the railroad symbol. Should make those colors less washed out than with the white LED under the colored insert. Also swapped out the green start button for a red one. There is no happy green in TWD!

Had to turn my coils to soft to get things somewhat under control. Damn thing was flinging air balls everywhere with them on Normal. I'll play it for a while like this and then compare. Are you guys still playing on factory outlanes or did you close them up already?

Has anyone noticed if their Bicycle Girl, Crossbow, or Fishtank lights do anything yet? I know they're plugged in because they come on for the light show, but nothing in play that I've noticed yet.

Also, I'm keeping a community updated rules sheet here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AeilyWnqi9J44rxazO9G6JXYLLw_8Y8gYC4dSCbIFl8/edit#
Feel free to contribute or correct as we learn.

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Here is a doc to report bugs. Maybe Stern will take a peek, maybe not. If you find something, feel free to add it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oghf83IEZFSMQfs5LlJnxiLASr6Nvt0Kkv-hF6YAer0/edit?usp=sharing

Has anyone else tried changing out some of the GI on the backboard? I've got a mix of mostly red with a single warm white, and I think it looks pretty cool - what do you think?

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All Red Backboard GI
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Red with single warm white
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The fact that there's no GI back there on the right side, due to the fishtank, makes what you do on the left more dominant, and somewhat overpowering if all color, in my opinion. I'm working up an idea to mod the fishtank to give it some light, and hopefully a flickering random effect when you hit the right ramp. I've got the design for the flicker done, but not yet finished on the switchover from solid to flickering when you hit the ramp. I'll post more as I make progress, and eventually either make a bunch to sell, or post instructions to make your own.

Yeah - I wasn't going for that, but it ended up looking like a sunset situation, which I though was kind of awesome.
The order left to right was red, soft white, red, red, red

Can we also make sure that the person being filmed is a terrible player, AND that the machine is no where near to level or proper incline? I want to make sure we get the full and proper experience

In breaking news, I just snapped off my brand new Woodbury sign with a high heater off the left flipper. Had a screaming orbit shot coming around at Mach 3.1, took a shot with the left flipper and sent that bad boy long and deep like a Babe Ruth home run shot. Warning on that shot, folks, its a doosey. 2nd time its happened, but the last time I didn't have the Woodbury sign, and it hit the right ramp switch assembly, knocking the wire hinge loose. I think I'll need to work on my drop catch.

Oh, and I forgot, you HAVE to have a STLE right next to it with the volume cranked to the max.

Put up 99 million today with a kick ass game! Very proud of myself. Had a great multiplier combo on the pop bumper jackpot. Serious points there if you build it up right. Think I netted 7.5 million on it for a single shot.

I've put over 200 plays on it so far. No STDM problems. That's not to say I don't stem once in a while. It's pinball. That happens. Place a lazy shot halfway up a ramp? Sometimes you're going to get punished for it. That's pinball. STDMs off the magnet got cleared up after I leveled my machine. So did rollers out of the pops. That said, the pops on this game are not a 100% safe return to flippers! and I think people are complaining and not liking that. I dig it. You need to watch how it's rolling out and be proactive. You can tell when it's going to be a close one before it's too late, and give it the right nudge, you just have to be paying attention.
As for the outlanes, they are absolutely brutal, and make me want to take Bowen's advice on lanes. "How do you make it go inlane or outlane? Easy, you don't. Keep it away from them." The way the outlane side rubber sits lower on the playfield makes this very unsafe territory. Use the ramps for safe return and collecting the shot multiplier. You don't want to get bit! That said, by all means when y get a multiball and a ball saver, go ahead and drain one out and get that nice juicy bit bonus. Free points!

The only mechanical issue I have right now is that if I take a full flip on a ball screaming around on the tunnel shot, that flip is usually going to be a massive air ball. Like break my Woodbury sign home run ball. So I may need to adjust my flipper rubber a little bit. I really do enjoy this game, and find the type of challenge it gives a very refreshing change. Not much in the way of random cheap drains the way my xmen does - which also doesn't bug me. Those come from magneto and wolverine just being assholes and throwing the ball around. It fits that theme. In this game I find that 90+ % of my drains I can see coming! and just didn't think properly to nudge it right. It's maddeningly addictive that way. Will you get a slam power drain from a bad aimed shot sometimes? Yep. That's pinball. The slow floater that goes over the outlane rubber and right in like a Larry bird three pointer? My fault for sitting there staring at it. Every. Single. Time. It's hypnotic. Why don't I nudge that thing?

I haven't touched my PoTC or Xmen since TWD got here they are getting jealous.

Been planning to do the same to mine, on the led strips behind the tunnels. Looks good, man!

The gear I just looked at sure wasn't cheap. 15 for the panel and 15 for an inverter....add in the time to figure out the wiring and rig up the plug & play harnesses, and suddenly 80 bucks isn't looking too bad

Rules and Bug Sheets up and ready for your input - They are copies of the previous, so edit away as you discover new things!

Thanks to everyone who has assisted so far. You all rule. You are survivors!

Rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aOmSE1l5xGgxbyH0AbRypnnkzIF3GU9bseulZbJc8wM/edit?usp=sharing

Bugs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kr6oy2ruBvpvqxhegjuOH-9aIQTl6ZHxdEa3yTaYGb4/edit?usp=sharing

I'll admit as an owner I have a bias, but hot damn, this is the best machine I've ever played. I've hardly touched my other two since I got this back in October. So challenging yet addictive - and I think thats really the holy grail for play. It walks the fine line between too hard and "god DAMMIT, ok just one more." I love that. I love the calculated risks you take when going for the drops or the stabs. Do I left orbit just one more time to build up the pop bonus? Do I try and build up the 2x timer some more or collect it now and get the points? Nearly every shot seems to require an evaluation of risk. Code is brilliant already in my opinion, and only going to get better as it gets fleshed out a little more.

Holy SHIT how did that happen? Did you somehow have a giant shot multiplier, plus the 2x on play field running with a huge finish shot? That is amazing. Way to go, dude.

Anyone come across this yet? Ball keeps getting stuck, between the rubbers on the left lane above the pops. Right side flows through ok, but left side has always seemed pretty tight, and now unless the ball has a clean drop through from above, it tends to get stuck between the rubbers. Picture attached. Any advice?

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Great thing is that because the ball isn't hitting Wellverine, you can mount whatever you want on top there, without needing to build a replacement switch or other assembly.

Just put up my highest to date. Absolutely EPIC game. Killed it on tunnel, and rocked it all the way to HORDE mode!!! Needed to share it with somebody, so here it is.

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I can show you this - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNUs8fgLOB2hVBBzcsgxDvdEuBbGhRuwSJdkkeo1Xv4/edit - its the one we've been working on for the Pro. Don't have anything specific for the LE, though, sorry!

Get those drop targets! I've improved my scores quite a bit by focusing on them more. Also, Well Walker, Riot, and Blood Bath make for one hell of a stack! Now if I could just reliably hit the Riot shot even 25% of the time, I could kick some serious ass.

For what its worth, I added a pair of spinners to my TWD Pro. They look pretty good, I think.

Yeah, made a simple little jumper for them to add on to the connector for the ramp switches under the playfield. Works well, to a point - they don't fully score. I believe its because of how fast the switch is triggered. You'll get maybe 10 rotations, but it will only recognize 2 or 3 at most - the first, then the last 2 as it slows down. Anybody have any ideas about how to get around that?

Been thinking about adding a flasher under their respective playfield inserts as well, but haven't really sat down to figure out how to wire it in. Should be simple to just tap it to the source for the other flashers, but Im concerned about if the spinner switch sticks closed at all, that I might damage the rest of the circuit. Are typical Stern flashers controlled on/off by the boards in the case of a spinner? I don't have a machine with a spinner to compare.

Hooking it to the pops would be great for scoring I think, but won't it also fire the pop every time it's triggered?

Gonna go find some gator clips and try it out.

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Kill more walkers. Based on your minimum walker kill setting, new ones will be lit when you drop below the minimum.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNUs8fgLOB2hVBBzcsgxDvdEuBbGhRuwSJdkkeo1Xv4/edit here is the living community rule sheet. A lot of it is accurate and current, but I still need to do some checking up on latest release. Maybe I'll make it a vacation week project with the glass off.
I have some new mods I got for Christmas to install anyways.

Can I refill your eggnog? Get you something to eat? Drive you out in the middle of nowhere, leave you for dead?

Congratulations! That is DEFINITELY not a 12 month subscription to the jelly of the month club!

You need to consider the benefits of extra balls in the pops when you are in a mode like WWMB or Riot, where hits to any switch are building your jackpot and mode shot values. Great way to build up big points! Its the center drain from a weak roll out that is the defect, and not the send in to the pops from the Barn shot. My opinion, take it for what its worth. (Not much usually!)

Quick tip for the club. While I really like Titan's Competition Silicone line. Don't use their post rubber on the arena ramp. Its just too damn good at being a post rubber. Nice and fat, super bouncy. But not what I want in a missed shoe over there. Holy s*** its in your face FAST.
Aside from that, Titan Competition Silicone all the way!

Right here, my friend!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNUs8fgLOB2hVBBzcsgxDvdEuBbGhRuwSJdkkeo1Xv4/edit

Its a community document, so feel free to add if you discover anything new, or you find a mistake.

I went with Warm Whites in the GI, with some strategically placed Reds and an orange in one spot.

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Thanks to Chuck for the Cliff's Notes.
Full Game Rules here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNUs8fgLOB2hVBBzcsgxDvdEuBbGhRuwSJdkkeo1Xv4/edit

Light all multikills, then shoot Woodbury and you're into Horde. Thats all, simple right?

A death save on my TWD is perfectly acceptable to me. (Ive got felt sliders under the feet, so even a medium nudge will move it a little)

Here you go!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XNUs8fgLOB2hVBBzcsgxDvdEuBbGhRuwSJdkkeo1Xv4/edit?usp=drive_web

You can have some decent scoring in it by collecting some food drops prior to starting Well Walker. They increase the amount of points you get per hit on the walker while the mode is going. I don't remember exactly how it works, maybe I'll go glass off tonight and clean up that section of the rules.

Not sure what you mean by Horde light and Woodbury multikill? I'm definitely not a professional, and I have been to Horde and Terminus on several occaisions.

I just sold my PoTC at Pietistic for the same reason. I never played it. Its a fantastic game with great fun shots, cool audio and light show, but compared to TWD, I just wasn't motivated to play it. TWD on the other hand constantly mocks me, challenging me to just one more. You know you want to.

I've set mine for extra balls at 150,300,450 million and found it to be a nice reward for playing well, and helping me get a little deeper into the game.