Gotcha. I'll keep an eye on it. Metal fatigue..that thing will eventually just snap if we have to keep bending it. Wonder why it's any different than say the ones used on Space Shuttle....makes me wonder if all the ones currently being made as replacement parts are just of a lesser quality.

Groovy. Thanks! Gussing this will fix my "minimum volume" issue as well!

Also, my cat claimed the game before we could even get legs on it...

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This may or may not be weird, but I've found that the way I grab the shooter handle changes the strength of the plunge. I am not used to using non-standard shooter handles. I found that if I grab the handle by the base of the beta capsule, I get a more "traditional" feeling plunge.

UMCE #291 checking in!

Got it yesterday, first time ordering from nitro pinball.

This is my Second spooky pin!
I love this machine, the shots, the layout, THE FLOW!... Spooky did it again!
Bug and team have done an amazing job, This game is going to be a classic.

Being a big Ultraman fan, This pin checks all the boxes... and the art is on another level.

Now I'm wondering if we're going to see Five Ultra brothers?

Butter?

RaM has two brothers, so five for UM would be funny!

The first thing I would check is if the plunger is hitting the auto launcher. There is some left to right play in the positioning of the playfield, a quick slide one way or the other may fix your issue.

Deciding if I'm going to sell my UM or keep it. Played it for a while until I had an epic game. Almost cleaned out the modes, bought an extra ball and was loving it. Then... It gave me multiball for an unlit scoop on the left with unlimited ball save. This completely ruined the game

There's an ad for a NIB UMCE for $6700 just below your post... methinks you'll be keeping it for now.

Couple months will be the one year anniversary of HWN/UM release... it'd be nice to have stable code by then.

Well, the bugs will be worked out soon enough. I’m glad they are putting more content in (that is awesome long term)…but the code is a bit on the buggy side at the moment.

Well of course! Cats and butter…

It’s a known bug that is being addressed. Happened to me a few times on Halloween. I think these next updates will have the last few bugs worked out.

You're not wrong, but even so....it's *extremely* weak. I'd offer to post a video but...well....I'm lazy. I know what I want a shooter plunge to feel like and there should be a sweet spot to sift plunge to right side of the orbit. Mine specifically only makes the full orbit on a very specific method of release, and really.....if you're plunging at full pull it shouldn't matter at all how you're releasing it....it should make the orbit.

Thanks, I'll get in there and take a look. The auto launcher is full power dead on...no issues at all. =) Sadly I only got to play 2 games today....sprained my ankle real bad moving the game inside. Foot went full sideways, brain went OH SHIT.

Upgrade your shooter spring for a red one.

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I agree - that is the one thing on my game is the shooter rod is terrible. It almost feels like it sticks. I been meaning to look at it too but I am also lazy.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/131162

I guess we know where the floor is on a new in box machine.

As rotordave said, it likely just isn’t striking the ball properly. Mine is doing the same thing. I plan to check it out.

I had a thin film of very small metal shavings on my playfield the other day. Not sure where that may have come from but there is metal on metal shaving that occurred somewhere, probably relating to Baltan It was no big deal, caused no damage of any kind, but I’m glad I saw it so I could clean it up and keep the clear coat perfect.

Hello Ultraman folks! I was wondering if anyone here has also played Halloween and how would you compare the two? I enjoy Halloween, there's a spot near-ish me that has an Ultraman but it was down for repair when I went last week Still haven't been able to try out an Ultraman so I thought I'd ask here if anyone has played both and how the gameplay differs with basically the same layouts? Ultraman looks really cool. Thank you!

Thanks for this tip. The hissing from the speakers was driving me crazy. This did the trick!

That's a screamin' deal.
Anyone basing their opinion on this game (and Halloween) on anything but actual hands-on play time is being grossly mislead. Been enjoying the hell out of mine since it arrived.

Couldn’t agree more. The current code gives an average player like me plenty to do. There really is a lot there to play. Once you play a lot you realize there are a lot of fun shots. This game really clicks for me.

Going to put my ultraman on route.

Quick question i know people are going to be confused about the balls popping up under the slings. Location play people will never figure this out even with the lights and sounds.

Is there a setting in the game to give a ball back if someone doesn’t flip and the ball rolls down the middle?

Mine doesn't stick. Sliding the playfield all the way to the right (as LP suggested) completely fixed the issue. I'll just have to remember that in the future. Also the sound adjustment mentioned by someone else fixed that "static" issue and the minimum volume issues for me as well.

Different mode names, art, and sound. That's it. Same shots.

Not that I see. That would be a good feature request for operators and home users alike. Basically a 2-3 second ball saver any time the inlane risers are used.

Neat idea, I did this and it helps alot.
It helps enough that I decided to remove the plastics below the Kaiju plastics.
It really helps me notice the ball coming.
During multiball everyone here including myself keeps missing the balls coming from the lifters and they just drain.
I am looking forward to the July 10th updates and very curious how they plan to address this.

Thanks!

Hey Snaroff....care to not be a chickenshit and explain the downvote? If I'm actually wrong it's in everyone's best interest. I'm not aware of any code divergence in terms of how the modes are structured. They've said it MIGHT be a possibility at some point, but afaik....we haven't gotten there yet.

It is just a down vote. He might have hit the wrong button. Deep breath.

Am i missing something between 2nd playfield and main playfield. When mine arrived the ball kept falling into the cabinet. I moved the wiring to be sure it wasn’t getting caught up. I also made sure the playfields were tightened down to be sure there wasn’t too much gap. Ultimately I had to make my own aluminum guard which fixed it but probably shouldn’t have to. I am actually trading the pin for HWN and I want it perfect for the next owner. Thoughts?

If you are out of breath from saying what I typed...you might lay off the cigs. But yeah, sure. I'd edit it...but there's no point now. Oh well, it's not like I have a rep to lose around here anyways.

I was referring that you take a deep breath before calling him a chickenshit. No big deal. Play on.

There is there is a post somewhere in the pinned posts showing how to confirm your diverter for that ramp is aligned correctly. I’d start with that and compare yours with the desired alignment.

Very useful links; https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ultraman-kaiju-rumble-owners/page/31#post-6828828

The diverter specifically:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/halloween-owners-threadhes-coming-home/page/42#post-6665122

New speaker grills installed. Like the chrome look better than the powder coating that comes with the game.

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Those look great!

Thanks, I may try to find a yellow piece of plexiglass to filter the one eye on each grill. Was thinking of changing out the black mesh to red but I think the black works fine with the speaker grill lights.

I just set up #231 last night and played until 1am. I may be new to the pinball game I only have one other machine. But it is an awesome game! Fast, smooth, I love the lay out and theme. With all the shit talk on this forum I was pretty worried , but I’m happy to have this pin I just wish I scooped it for the bargains I’m seeing out there. If you’re waiting and worried don’t be! It’s a really cool pin.

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I’m happier with my Ultraman than I am with my Mando. I agree with you that my only regret is missing these great prices. I do think Ultraman is at close to it’s bottom price point this summer, once it is out of production - given how rare it is - it will start to bounce.

Is Spooky planning to be finished with production in 2022?

You’d think they’d just finish the run instead of waiting for the Halloween CEs to be finished to move on to the bloodsucker editions. I’d think it would work to our advantage as the focus could strictly be on coding the game. I’m really hoping they can make this something special.

Exactly...apparently hit the wrong button! Changed accordingly.

Please...sorry I caused you any stress, but I'm not a "Chickenshit" (whatever that means).

Try not to sweat the small stuff, Frax. A pinball buddy I've known for over 12 years passed away this weekend. He is also a champion jet skier (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3870556273052479&ref=sharing).

My Mando can be frustrating. Probably because I suck. One of the few games I have considered taking out back and lighting it on fire while ceremoniously dancing around it lol. I have none of this frustration with UM.

I think with Halloween, being a fan of the first 2 movies makes it a really cool pin with the atmosphere it gives you. Not sure if i would like it at all without that. I don’t know the Ultraman show, but I think the pin is still fun. They are slightly different, as I really like the Dada mode on UM. HWN has the stalker mode, which needs a little more polish in my view, but it’s still cool. Other than that, the 2 are the same mode wise I’m pretty sure. The code on both just needs to move forward to get to a better state, but right now, both are decent. I like things with monsters, so maybe that’s why UM sits well with me.

Can't tell you how many times I've hit the downvote (or upvote) button because I'm curious to see who's on the list, and then I'm like D'oh!

Anybody know how to contact Lanez Custom Steel? I ordered their powder coated shooter housing a couple weeks ago and haven’t heard anything. Their contact us section of the website is broken.

I checked my order emails and they come from a “no reply” address and have no contact info (mine shipped a week after order and arrived in about a week, no issues).

Looks like they are responsive on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/lanezcustomsteel/?ref=page_internal