Welcome To The Jurassic Park Prem/LE Club!!

Quoted from JMCFAN:
Nice....I have my amber rod waiting for me....along with a few other mods....lol

I had an amber lighted shooter rod just waiting to be installed in my JP, and it turns out Mr_Tantrum has a great Jurassic Park themed shooter rod plate he mentioned a couple months ago that look great in person. It's available with and without the LED cutouts. Peel and stick. 8-)

#6956 2 years ago

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seenev

Pinside member

Quoted from MrMikeman:
I have the thin clearcoat on my LE (2020). I can see the wood grain. However no dimpling or wear with over 2000 plays.

I bet if you look closely you will see dimples. Mine has very thin clear but the dimples are pretty small. It's definitely an improvement over my GB which had really, really bad dimpling.

#6957 2 years ago

MIK

MrMikeman

Pinside+ Pro!

4y 114K 3,381 7

Quoted from seenev:
I bet if you look closely you will see dimples. Mine has very thin clear but the dimples are pretty small. It's definitely an improvement over my GB which had really, really bad dimpling.

Oh I'm sure I could find faint ones. Nothing compared to Stranger Things though. Wow. That thing looks like the backside of the moon.

#6958 2 years ago

MIK

MrMikeman

Pinside+ Pro!

4y 114K 3,381 7

Quoted from J-Freeze:
Thats how my November 2019 is too

Oops fixed the build date in my post. Sept 2019.

#6959 2 years ago

007

FightCave

Pinside member

Salinas, CA

3y 26,900 15 4 13

Quoted from hoby1:
Gees..... been waiting for my Prem. for 6 months. Still didn't hear anything. They keep saying its shipping next week. How long ago and who did you guys order from.

My distributor is telling me this week, hopefully we get our premiums soon.

#6960 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Joined your club last night, picked up my nib in oregon at next level. 9 hour round-trip but well worth it. What a fantastic pin!! Many mods to install today, shooter and topper on order. Topper will look great along with the rest!

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#6961 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,846 6 98

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Joined your club last night, picked up my nib in oregon at next level. 9 hour round-trip but well worth it. What a fantastic pin!! Many mods to install today, shooter and topper on order. Topper will look great along with the rest!
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Where did you get that MET topper?

#6962 2 years ago

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Goyomex

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Chatham, NJ

3y 61,300 420 9

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Joined your club last night, picked up my nib in oregon at next level. 9 hour round-trip but well worth it. What a fantastic pin!! Many mods to install today, shooter and topper on order. Topper will look great along with the rest!
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Nice set-up! Is the JP behind those pins?

Joined the Club this week as well - finding it hard to concentrate on work with the JP sitting in my basement calling my name.

#6963 2 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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Quoted from Goyomex:
Nice set-up! Is the JP behind those pins?
Joined the Club this week as well - finding it hard to concentrate on work with the JP sitting in my basement calling my name.

Jp on other wall, no topper yet so hiding

#6964 2 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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Quoted from woody76:
Where did you get that MET topper?

Its a one off from tilt I was lucky to find used here

#6965 2 years ago

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seenev

Pinside member

Any word on Toppers shipping?

#6966 2 years ago

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seenev

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Does the audio lag for anyone else in this game? Like callouts get behind what's going on at the moment?

#6967 2 years ago

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Manny65

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Quoted from seenev:
Does the audio lag for anyone else in this game? Like callouts get behind what's going on at the moment?

Not that I've noticed - are they specific callouts or all of them? Are you running the stock code or the custom audio/video version?

#6968 2 years ago

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seenev

Pinside member

Quoted from Manny65:
Not that I've noticed - are they specific callouts or all of them? Are you running the stock code or the custom audio/video version?

I'm on stock code. Sometimes when a lot is going on the callouts seem to get behind. Like if the Trex gets into position, it might say "shoot the Trex" find seconds later. It seems like it queues callouts sometimes if there's multiple things to say at once.

#6969 2 years ago

007

FightCave

Pinside member

Salinas, CA

3y 26,900 15 4 13

Quoted from seenev:
Any word on Toppers shipping?

My distributor said late May.

#6970 2 years ago

MIK

MrMikeman

Pinside+ Pro!

4y 114K 3,381 7

Quoted from seenev:
I'm on stock code. Sometimes when a lot is going on the callouts seem to get behind. Like if the Trex gets into position, it might say "shoot the Trex" find seconds later. It seems like it queues callouts sometimes if there's multiple things to say at once.

It's normal. The callouts are priority based. Things to do that are timed are a higher priority than announcing you got an extra ball for example. Callouts just get stacked in a queue and the system eventually gets to them but sometimes it's quite delayed.

Hitting the control room lock(staring control room) sometimes takes a long time because the system catches up on all outstanding calls.

#6971 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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I'm getting about 40% rejects on auto launch, ball wont make full loop. Have tried up and down with power, now at 200. Any adjustments needed to the ramp to help? Any ideas greatly appreciated.

#6972 2 years ago

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Goyomex

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Chatham, NJ

3y 61,300 420 9

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
I'm getting about 40% rejects on auto launch, ball wont make full loop. Have tried up and down with power, now at 200. Any adjustments needed to the ramp to help? Any ideas greatly appreciated.

Check post #1396 for a fix suggestion.

#6973 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Quoted from Goyomex:
Check post #1396 for a fix suggestion.

Thanks!! So much info here, hard to digest it all

#6974 2 years ago

TPK

Kneissl

Pinside member

12y 126K 3,866 7 121

I’m in the club! Any hot tips/mods? It’s got a shaker and the original movie sound/vid clips.

#6975 2 years ago

RCT

unlockpinball

Pinside+ Addict

8y 77,800 295 30 2

Quoted from seenev:
Any word on Toppers shipping?

I have a topper on order too. Many can't wait and are paying North of $1,000.

#6976 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Quoted from Kneissl:
I’m in the club! Any hot tips/mods? It’s got a shaker and the original movie sound/vid clips.

Lots of mods available, but my favorites are: the stern lighted amber shooter rod, mr_tantrum’s shooter plate 3D insert, the control room plastic by vlek, the raptor pit fence by mezelmods, and the lighted flipper buttons kit and the 4-piece neon green protector plastics for the slings and inlanes you can get at PBL. Lots of other cosmetic mods can be found pretty easily. That said, there are a couple of fixes people general apply, including shooter lane protectors by Cliffy, swapping the left screw in the tower ramp, adding a washer to the left fork in the shooter lane, and adding a nylon or Cliffy carbon fiber washer under the third flipper post washer.

Keep reading this thread for more ideas…

#6977 2 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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Quoted from Markharris2000:
Lots of mods available, but my favorites are: the stern lighted amber shooter rod, mr_tantrum’s shooter plate 3D insert, the control room plastic by vlek, the raptor pit fence by mezelmods, and the lighted flipper buttons kit and the 4-piece neon green protector plastics for the slings and inlanes you can get at PBL. Lots of other cosmetic mods can be found pretty easily. That said, there are a couple of fixes people general apply, including shooter lane protectors by Cliffy, swapping the left screw in the tower ramp, adding a washer to the left fork in the shooter lane, and adding a nylon or Cliffy carbon fiber washer under the third flipper post washer.
Keep reading this thread for more ideas…

what does the left screw in tower ramp and 3d flipper washer do?

#6978 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
what does the left screw in tower ramp and 3d flipper washer do?

The left screw in the tower ramp flap usually interferes with the tower shot. The ball touches it as it passes. You can grind it down or replace with a shallower screw so the ball can pass smoothly by.

The third flipper post takes a beating, loosens up can begin to damage the play field. Many folks add a nylon or carbon fiber washer between the play field and washer to allow a good solid tight post without damaging the play field.

#6979 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Quoted from Markharris2000:
The left screw in the tower ramp flap usually interferes with the tower shot. The ball touches it as it passes. You can grind it down or replace with a shallower screw so the ball can pass smoothly by.
The third flipper post takes a beating, loosens up can begin to damage the play field. Many folks add a nylon or carbon fiber washer between the play field and washer to allow a good solid tight post without damaging the play field.

Good to know, thanks. Just picked my premium up last week so will add these to the list.

#6980 2 years ago

ZUM

Mr_Tantrum

Fort Worth, TX

8y 140K 12,539 3 6 75

Quoted from Markharris2000:
Lots of mods available, but my favorites are: the stern lighted amber shooter rod, mr_tantrum’s shooter plate 3D insert, the control room plastic by vlek, the raptor pit fence by mezelmods, and the lighted flipper buttons kit and the 4-piece neon green protector plastics for the slings and inlanes you can get at PBL. Lots of other cosmetic mods can be found pretty easily. That said, there are a couple of fixes people general apply, including shooter lane protectors by Cliffy, swapping the left screw in the tower ramp, adding a washer to the left fork in the shooter lane, and adding a nylon or Cliffy carbon fiber washer under the third flipper post washer.
Keep reading this thread for more ideas…

Another "fix" is upgrading to the orange shooter rod spring. If you buy the amber rod it comes with it, otherwise it is worth upgrading for more consistent launches.

As far as the mods I offer, you can see some in the Pinside Market but I list everything here: http://thezumwaltfamily.com/pinball

#6981 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:
Another "fix" is upgrading to the orange shooter rod spring. If you buy the amber rod it comes with it, otherwise it is worth upgrading for more consistent launches.
As far as the mods I offer, you can see some in the Pinside Market but I list everything here: http://thezumwaltfamily.com/pinball

Your shooter plate really compliments the amber shooter. I highly recommend it to anyone with the bug to add mods to JP!!

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#6982 2 years ago

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JMCFAN

Pinside+ Frequent

Corrales, NM

5y 61,300 1,479 3

Quoted from Markharris2000:
Your shooter plate really compliments the amber shooter. I highly recommend it to anyone with the bug to add mods to JP!!
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I dont see the shooter plate on the list...?

#6983 2 years ago

ZUM

Mr_Tantrum

Fort Worth, TX

8y 140K 12,539 3 6 75

Quoted from JMCFAN:
I dont see the shooter plate on the list...?

It's in the Pinside Market, but forgot to add it to my list - all updated now.

#6984 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Notice the LED lighted flipper buttons from PBL? They are a perfect match in color to the LED amber shooter if you have Margaret send the translucent Yellow buttons with her BrightButtons LED kit. They are an easy install and plug into the Ticket connector on the node board.

#6985 2 years ago

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seenev

Pinside member

Quoted from Markharris2000:
Notice the LED lighted flipper buttons from PBL? They are a perfect match in color to the LED amber shooter if you have Margaret send the translucent Yellow buttons with her BrightButtons LED kit. They are an easy install and plug into the Ticket connector on the node board.

Do you have a picture?

#6986 2 years ago

MAL

Drac

Pinside member

Noosa

10y 52,550 226 1

Quoted from unlockpinball:
I have a topper on order too. Many can't wait and are paying North of $1,000.

Are more toppers available? Are Stern making more?

#6987 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Quoted from seenev:
Do you have a picture?

You can see the amber rod and the lighted flipper buttons in these pictures.

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#6988 2 years ago

TOM

Lounge

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 71,050 1,535 5

Quoted from Kneissl:
.... original movie sound/vid clips.

THIS ^^

#6989 2 years ago

MBL

mbl1116

Pinside+ Frequent

Medford, NJ

3y 69,800 1,561 2

I know so many people just joined the club, but if anyone is ready to move on let me know. I'm looking for a premium in southern nj

#6990 2 years ago

MJH

Markharris2000

Pinside member

Silly question but.... I am ready to swap the sling rubber rings, mainly for color, but also a little bit for the feel. I know manuals are notorious for being wrong, but the Stern manual (Pg 37) shows these 2.5" rings, and yet the actual rubber installed SEEMS to be a 3-inch ring when I removed and measured it. I tried putting 2.5" rings on and they were very tight, and yet the 3-inch factory rings seem just a hint loose to me.

What size is everyone else replacing those with. I was thinking of Titan's.

#6991 2 years ago

TOM

Lounge

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4y 71,050 1,535 5

Quoted from Markharris2000:
Silly question but.... I am ready to swap the sling rubber rings, mainly for color, but also a little bit for the feel. I know manuals are notorious for being wrong, but the Stern manual (Pg 37) shows these 2.5" rings, and yet the actual rubber installed SEEMS to be a 3-inch ring when I removed and measured it. I tried putting 2.5" rings on and they were very tight, and yet the 3-inch factory rings seem just a hint loose to me.
What size is everyone else replacing those with. I was thinking of Titan's.

Silicone or poly rings will feel tight and may need leaf adjustments on the slings. I use standard white 2.5” rubber on the slings and the colorful stuff for 1” and under - keeps my life simpler and I prefer the feel of old-school rubber on the lower part of the playfield.

#6992 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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I put the spacer nut under left side of shooter lane and still getting rejects on auto plunge. Strength is at 160 now, seems to be best. I've tried all power settings. Any ideas? Taller or shorter nut? I've watched it over and over and can't seem to see the problem. Thx for any help

#6993 2 years ago

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Manny65

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Quoted from Hayfarmer:
I put the spacer nut under left side of shooter lane and still getting rejects on auto plunge. Strength is at 160 now, seems to be best. I've tried all power settings. Any ideas? Taller or shorter nut? I've watched it over and over and can't seem to see the problem. Thx for any help

Is the ball (in the shooter lane) resting against both sides of the auto-plunger? Some people have needed to bend them such that the ball is cradled evenly

#6994 2 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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Quoted from Manny65:
Is the ball (in the shooter lane) resting against both sides of the auto-plunger? Some people have needed to bend them such that the ball is cradled evenly

Yes , I've had to adjust that on other games but this is good here. Thx tho

#6995 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Its probably 20% rejecting , but drives me nuts!!

#6996 2 years ago

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Manny65

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Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Its probably 20% rejecting , but drives me nuts!!

Any rejects on the manual plunger?

#6997 2 years ago

MWM

Hayfarmer

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Very few, but I've only been using auto trying to dial it in

#6998 2 years ago

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Manny65

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Hayfarmer:
Very few, but I've only been using auto trying to dial it in

If the manual plunger is making the ramp but not the auto, then I'd say that the fork in the shooter lane is ok and doesn't need to be adjusted any more. IIRC there was a post where someone had to adjust entire auto mech as it wasn't straight in line with the shooter lane.

The other thing is are you using standard carbon steel balls or chrome/mirror finish balls? The latter can become magnetised and there has been at least one case where this caused issues with making the shooter lane ramp. Test each ball individually to see one or more consistently fail

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#6999 2 years ago

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Hayfarmer

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