PinMonk FYI my premium has a build date of Aug 29th 2021 and I installed your Anubis fairly soon after I received it. It was a little tricky to install, but I have not had any problems with it. Would some photos or video of mine be of any help?

Weird. I don't know if someone is assembling the gate wrong at the factory or what, but I've had at least 4 now with problems getting the anubis installed because instead of being flush with the backboard once on the bracket, it's sticking out about 3mm, which isn't enough back for the head to get under the crossmember support for the cabinet. It's very confusing since the install has been flawless since I released it years ago, and then suddenly issues...but not with all machines, just some, apparently.

I had to omit the stand-offs and installed without issues.

My Pre was just from the last run and no issues with my install either.

I wasn’t very drawn to this pin but I enjoy the other Elwin games so I picked up a pro last week. Damn, this game is great. I have been completely neglecting my other pins. My pinwoofer kit should arrive tomorrow which I’m excited to install.

So maybe they reordered some of the parts and they were a slightly different spec, then changed over when the original stock of parts ran out part way through the 2021 run? So weird. Much stranger than I expected.

My premium was a 2021 build and your Anubis kit worked for me.

What was the month of yours? August? Was there more than one Iron Maiden build in 2021?

We've seen this with other parts like the leg mount brackets and the notorious coil stops that were failing in a super short time. I'm pretty sure Stern substitutes parts sometimes when they need to.

OK folks... I have had my Pro for almost 2 years now and have put just about every possible mod on it. I am thinking now about getting the legs and side rails powdercoated, and looking for experience from others who may have done this. Should I do the wireforms in the game to match the powder coating? The chrome is not a bad look, but it might be an even better look to match the color of the powdercoating. I don't think I will do the coin door (mostly because I don't want to have to disassemble it!) but what other parts should I consider? Very receptive to color choices, too... anyone else who has done this and would care to share their color choice (photos too!) would be much appreciated. The local powdercoater I found says they can do anything that Prismatic Powders has in stock.

While I will admit that it looks cool, in games that I've seen that just have the wire forms powder coated and not the base ramps, something about it, at least to me personally, looks a bit off.
If you were going to go through the effort of powder coating the wireforms, my vote would be to disassemble the metal base ramps and powder coat them as well. Just my opinion, may not be everyone's taste though.
A deep lustrous/metallic cherry red would be my vote

I would do a gold colour for this game. It would match the PF colour and the back panel.

Someone posted a Pro done in red a few pages back that I thought looked really good.

Yellow/Orange/Gold like Pin_Fandango mentioned is a good look too. I changed the red GI to orange in my machine and I think it looks better with the tone of the playfield and the egyptian theme.

I always do my coin doors as I think it completes the look very nicely. To disassemble is very simple, it's literally just a few screws. I did mine in red, specifically Illusion Cherry.

https://www.prismaticpowders.com/shop/powder-coating-colors/PMB-6905/illusion-cherry

Illusion Cherry looks great! I think I would be 100% in for that color, or one of the other reds, if I didn't have a GnR sitting right next to my Imdn. I don't want it to look like I was trying to match the powdercoat color between the 2 games...

My wife seems to think we need to do some sort of medium blue color, but I am not sold on that. I could see a darker blue, or a gold/yellow, or perhaps one of the purples.

Thanks for the advice!

I have Illusion Royal on my GB Prem and it's beautiful.

Has anyone powder coated a premium anything other than yellow/orange/red? I'm looking for ideas.

Copper or bronze maybe? Some other crazy color?

I realize this is a long-shot but my best friend is getting married in Vegas in February 2022 (in a month) and I'm his best man. He's a massive IRON MAIDEN fan and he loves the pin but unfortunately can't afford it. That's where I come in! I'd like to purchase a MAIDEN Pro for him as a wedding gift (or even a decent priced Premium) but I ain't seeing any on the marketplace or at distributors. If anyone knows of someone who wants to sell theirs or even where I may be able to purchase one on the West Coast, I'd really appreciate it. Ideally, please PM me directly. Thx!

Wanna be my best man?

Gotta do coin door, just wish I could have found laser cut rails. Center ramp had to be done again.

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R u powder coating ramps??? Eeek! That's not going to end well.

You could try pinballjah on pinballrevolution.com. He's in Toronto and has been looking to trade his pro for a while but it sounds like he'd possibly be willing to take cash if the price was right.

I thought powder coat was pretty tough? Do you think it will chip?

Have them on a few pins, and they’re holding up just fine. Ask me 10 years from now and I might tell you different.

I wouldn't but it'll be fine. How's your car holding up? 140km stones don't seem to mess it up too badly

FYI mine was shipped late April for my fall build premium and it didn’t work. His forehead would get stuck/ lodged in the gap. Shot you pm.

There's a lot more to the Pre than that, have you played one?

Clairvoyant newton ball and underworld scoop hardly constitute "a lot"
I like the premium but prefer the pro art. I do agree that if you are going bang for your buck, Maiden is one of the best pros out there.

You do understand that the different features of the two make for a different style of play regarding mechs that are not present on the Pro? If not, then yeah there is "a lot."

Hello folks... I have an August build IM premium. I've had many issues with the Orb and the captive ball for spelling mummy as well as balls hanging up behind the ramp. I've been able to fix all these but now have a new problem!

Problem:
The left ramp when the tomb is open works fine... except many times it remains open during a Trooper Multiball. When this happens the balls entering the left ramp roll into the sarcophagus lock and get held.... until a ball search is activated. Has anyone experienced this issue? I'm not sure where to start to be honest.

Any information would be very much appreciated.
Thanks... Randall

Go to diagnostics menu, IM game, then lock. Shut coin door. Using flipper button stop lock in position 62. The
"ball on" switches are 39 and 40. Press the leaf switch closest the ball and 40 should light. Then press 39 which is deeper in the chute behind 40. One of these leaf switches needs adjustment-you need to bend the leaf (assuming the switch isn't bad.

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Thanks... I can adjust leaf switches... but I'm not sure how to lock the menu as you're showing it. Maybe it intuitive once in the menu. I assume I'll have to lift the PF in order to reach these leaf switches of course... right?

When you say the leaf switch closest to the ball, I'm assuming you mean the captive ball... correct?

Captive ball is correct. You can remove a ball and roll it behind the captive ball to test switches. You can do this from above.
Turn pin on. Open coin door. See the green, 2 red , one black button. Press black button 3 times, right red button 3 times, black button once, right red twice, black button once .
Shut coin door. Press right flipper until position 62 is lit You can now see the ball switches 39 and 40 to the rear and slightly below the captive ball.

Of course open coin door, press green button until you return to intro screen to get out of the test mode

I'm really liking that copper. Might have to go in that direction myself.

I recommend working on your communication skills. Giving off a tone in a forum post IS impressive though.
Regarding your play style comment, that would be implied in any pro to premium comparison obviously. The only point I was making was there are only 3 physical playfield differences, not "lots"

Thank you.

Extra mode as well, I believe.

I thought the pro looked better then the premium, but now that I own the premium, I’ve grown to like it more. The LE though…..yuck.

Pro owners can get the extra mode through stern connect now.

I haven't had a chance to try the Pre/LE so I'll reserve my comments, I just know that if I had to shoot that left ramp to activate any mode I'd be tearing my hair out haha so I'm grateful for my pro

Prem owner here, I shut the Madness mode off. More fun trying to cash in that power jackpot boost with some multipliers..

I’m new to the club; can someone clarify this? I have a premium but I activate the modes by shooting the underworld scoop. That left ramp does give me hell though.

You are correct, through the underworld.

Sorry I thought you guys had to shoot that left lamp to start at least one of the modes.

To lock balls for Trooper and also for tomb treasures I believe.

When it says "shoot the sarcophagus" it's the left ramp on the premium and loads it into the lock while on the pro it's the center target.

When a mode is ready, the premium raises the center ramp and say "shoot the underworld" to start modes. On the pro it says "shoot the center." Aiming for the same spot, but it goes up the ramp instead of into the underworld scoop.

Ah yeah it would be the tomb treasure that would destroy me being on the left ramp. I have a mental hangup with those for some reason and miss the right orbit on the pro pretty often when it's lit for a treasure despite it being one of the easier shots for me.

I do like the sound of that. The center shot is wild on my machine and I overshoot the target a lot. Going under would be a nice change of pace.
I looked it up and I think I would prefer the way the underworld shot feeds the lower flippers too. I find the way the rubber post on the pro is used makes the ball feed down too slowly and it can get dangerous if you don't use the upper left flipper. Letting it drop puts it right on the tip of the left flipper

So my IM has been compromised now for over a month (all the LEDs are out on the lower half of the playfield), but I really have to give crazy props to the distro here, who straight after the Xmas break have been constantly troubleshooting with me up until today - literally responding to my emails within 10-20 minutes, and have now sent a new led board overnight express.

People may knock Stern for the customer service, but they have an absolutely stellar distributor here in Sydney (Amusement Machine Distributors). They even always help me with the same level of service for machines I haven't purchased through them. Best guys ever.

Also, IM = best machine ever.

I kinda like having the tomb treasures on the right orbit - as that orbit might feel a little under utilized with just Eddie letters and the occasional mode shot on it with the Prem? Is the right orbit used for anything else in the Prem that I'm forgetting? I would like the added challenge of the Mummy lock being on the left ramp though vs the Pro though...

For the left orbit lock/reward return on the Pro, I just usually give the left side of the cab a bump as the ball passes the left upper flipper, to get the ball to land a little further up the right lower flipper, where you can then nail a really nice feeling drop catch and shoot back for another lock or center ramp or mummy shot or whatever. Really rewarding when that goes just right to repeatedly nail a series of trooper locks in a controlled fashion.

The dead bounce or drop catch on the underworld return on the Premium is great too though, but was more of a gimme on the Prems I've played.

I've been super happy with my Pro since purchased new back in early/mid '18 - I never found a good opportunity to upgrade to a Prem, and I may never now with the ridiculous prices for everything and crazy demand...

Even just going strictly by the Pro, I still think IMDN is the best pinball machine I've ever played. Though GZ (perfectly happy with my Pro with a few mods there too) is right up there with it also.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-is-jericho/id767016946

An hour interview with Bruce Dickinson.

I’ve had my NIB IM Premium since end of November and I really love the game. Never played a home game so many times without getting bored.

I have no issues other than the adjustment of the captive balls, the center ramp getting stuck in open position and the right upper flipper mechanism hitting the cabinet bracket on return. (Annoying sound…)

Today I started to think about the return of weak shots from the right ramp. Are the balls supposed to hit the right ramp post or feed straight down to the flipper? In my game the balls hit the post and start to bump randomly, often hitting the slings…left outlane.

Sometimes it comes out of the right ramp cleanly but I have had so many drains off the right post of the right ramp where it shoots directly into the left outlane. That's with the outlane at the tightest setting too. Very frustrating way to drain.