I have my playfield pitch angle at 6.5°

Playfield angle is about 6.5 degrees and level side to side.

What's worked for me was to adjust that rubber a little bit. Mine wore down a bit and slightly adjusted the exit path of the ball to drain a bit more often. I rotated that rubber to a "fresh facing" and it's better. Someone mentioned adding a second rubber, but I haven't tried that yet.

I believe this is McPin54 pin here on pinside

Looking to add a Wonka Le to my collection if you have one in the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois area pm me..

It arrives! Can’t wait to set him up, so much time and so little to do. Wait, strike that, reverse it.

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Did you try recreating the fall-tumble trick? Congrats. Wonka is a truly magical game.

Oh nice, well at least you got to get the full WOZ experience ... I love that thing, of course I just bought mine this year (found a pristine one, #19 ECLE, even found the original owner who gave me the backstory of being one of the very first to take the plunge and buy it) so I have the recency bias, but what a beautiful work of art. And to me there isn't any debate that they raised the bar for the competition. Funny enough the original owner also expressed regret over selling it!
But back to Wonka ... I really do think Wonka is the most fun pin I have ever played. Shoots great, has tons of achievable shots, and the pacing seems pretty intense to me, especially with multiball going. Lots of fun mods to play with, great theme ... but I'm preaching to the choir on this forum

For giggles, can anyone tell me what this plug goes to? I figured the topper, but if it were for a topper I'd think the plug would be protruding from the cabinet not the head.

AND

Does anyone have any advice for quieting the backglass rattle? I tried a couple small pieces of electrical tape but it's still got slack. I could just keep adding, but there should be a cleaner way to fix it. Wonkavator Multiball drives it wild.

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Weatherstripping

Well im going to be back in club next week with an Le from automated. Now have to rebuy all the mods i had on my standard heh.

LE does not come with sideart correct?

No side art.

You really don't have to.

Automated was terrific for me. My Wonka arrived safely today, just 4 days after placing my order. The only “issue” I’ve noticed on my example (Nov, 21 build) is a tiny bit of cab decal wrinkling around the flipper buttons. I’ll remove the buttons, apply some heat and smooth that down. Should be non issue. Otherwise, plays great out of the box. I turned my flipper power up a couple points, but I might go back down. The ramps seem super easy to make. Maybe my pitch isn’t steep enough yet. Is slightly steeper than 6.5 recommended on this game?

I forget the pitch i had but i definetly turned up the flippers on my old standard. Though it made the gobstopper a bit harder to hit especially from backhand

My most secret machine entrance for ball locks gets confused and stops off to the left side instead of toward the flippers or toward the back (seems like it is off by 90 degrees). I feel like this was mentioned but can't remember what to test or look for. Any help is appreciated.

Duh. Thanks. I never thought of that, probably because I've never touched weatherstripping. One more tool for the pinball toolbox...

I can never lock the lock bar on JJP pins. I have this problem on every one I’ve owned. I’m sure it’s user error. Does anyone else have this problem? I have had 4 JJPs and I have several 90s pins with the same lock bar style. Only on JJP do I have to fuss with it until I get lucky, until the next time.
Anyone help?

Try adjusting the two small brass flathead screws underneath the lock bar. Once you get it dialed in it should be easier to lock and unlock it.

Yep, adjust the two brass screws to get it just right

On my original wonka I always had to really push the glass all the way up to close the lock down latch. My dialed in is even tighter. Good to know i can adjust something

I wish I was as lucky! At no fault of Automated, ABF delivered my Wonka LE to the wrong location! Not sure how that can happen. How does someone sign for a pin if they are not expecting one. Apparently they picked it back up on Friday. Hopefully it is not damaged and we get it next week. Fingers crossed!!!

That’s crazy. ABF dropped mine off too, and I was a bit surprised they didn’t ask me to sign anything, just asked my name and left the game with me. How they could take it to the wrong home, and leave it with a person is puzzling.

I can't believe they didn't ask you to sign for receipt! Gotfrogs' game was being delivered by some local shipping company contracted by ABF to do the final stretch. The driver had other commercial looking cargo still on the truck when they opened the back so I presume he got the paperwork confused. The other loads in the truck were dumped over and the driver complained of rough roads in another part of town he had to drive through... So "driver incompetence" was undoubtedly the cause.

A classic case of ass-clownism.

Took a hot minute but we finally got it and it does not appear to be damaged!

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Got my game today as well from automated. Wow the code is so different now from when I had a standard. Put up 13m a few games in and got to wonkas office which I had never done before. Such a cool mode though i didnt do too well with it. LE is such a pretty game. Powder coat is pretty, light show is amazing. Cant wait for my mods to come.

I really think wonka and dialed in are the best jjp games to date.

Looks like it arrived in perfect shape, magic awaits, congrats!

I finally received my nib Wonka Le! I see there are washers under some posts but not others
Are there certain posts that should have washers under them? If so which are the most likely to get playfield damage?

I also added new rubbers and can’t remember where this plastic goes if anyone can help?

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Looks like over the captive ball.

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Fantastic thanks!

Toppers. Any suggestions. What can we still buy??

I love the one tilt topper makes. They take a few months to get once you order but are real nice.

https://tilttopper.com/shop/ols/products/willy-wonka-pinball-topper

Ordered mine in Feb and we are almost in May, still waiting. Looks really nice, will report back when (hopefully not if!) mine arrives

Thanks for the tip/picture Derek! 2-day old machine and our gear had slipped all the way down.

New rubbers all around on NIB? Just curious, why (color change, performance, or both?)? I replaced all of the flipper rubbers on mine with Titans and LOVE the feel of the Titans (and a fun purple color, love the look). Congrats on the machine, great choice

From my experience with GNR the JJP supplied rubbers were rubbish
That’s the main reason but I also chose dark blue

Now is there a guide showing which posts cause playfield damage? I also need to install washers I suspect

Loving this game! We have spent all of our free time playing since it arrived.

Some quick anecdotes on NIB experience this week... lots of good (mostly important stuff)... some not (mostly details). Interested in thoughts/advice on some of them:

1. Game was packaged quite well. Game functioned almost 100% upon power on. Stiff foam between the pallet/cabinet and playfield/cabinet were nice touches. Only packaging issue was the Gobstopper. The Blue nub of the Gobstopper rubbed against the glass during transport and made a bare spot with no paint on the tip and the glass was smudged with paint. Glass cleaned up fine. Gobstopper blemish is small, so I'm unsure if it's worth the hassle to replace.
2. Sound quality out of the box was BAD... thought it was the digital audio tracks, but sounded pretty OK with headphones... Some troubleshooting connector disconnecting/swapping seems to point to a super obnoxious right side tweeter... Still overall disappointed in the audio track quality/mixing/fidelity, although the tracks themselves and the variety of music are great. I just expected the quality to be MUCH "richer" sounding after owning WOZ and Hobbit and recently playing a lot of Dialed In! I probably should have prepared myself since this one's not a Chris Granner or David Thiel package. PinWoofer?
3. Sling posts came with tasteful black washers for playfield protection.
4. Plastic Oompa Loompa already broke off the camera.
5. The lockdown bar powdercoat color came out a few shades lighter than the armor and it's quite noticeable. Looks like too thin of a coat or something.
6. One of the cabinet decals had a small puncture/wrinkle seemingly unrelated to packaging/transport - another one of those things not worth the hassle to correct
7. The Augustus spinner bracket was bent too far down and the ball was running into it. Bending it back up into position caused the spinner-to-microswitch alignment to get tighter and the microswitch stopped registering properly on each spin (only registers on slower spins). Not sure what to do with this one. Gotta take off the whole ramp to get to this spinner/switch assembly. It "works" kinda, but doesn't give you the full satisfaction it should for a perfect rip. I wish there was an optical switch solution.
8. Shots through the Augustus spinner feel clunky. Sometimes it rejects. Sometimes it clunks into the saucer. Sometimes it clunks back through the TV lane, and rarely it rolls cleanly over to the Wonkavator. I feel like maybe the lane guide that ends just above the right upper flipper might be the culprit, but that's another thing that's hard to get to and manhandle.
9. Noticing some flipper fade; more affected timing of shots than make-ability, but still will probably grab some fans once PinMonk finishes his bracket design for JJPs.
10. I mentioned in a previous post the Gobstopper mech failed due to loose set screws, but that was easily remedied (thanks again Derek).
11. We were a bit disappointed in how "sloppy" some of the exposed/unhidden wiring and ball trap prevention plastics look. Also, exposed microswitches, roll under switch brackets and such don't help the overall aesthetic. It could have used a few months of tinkering to get to a WOZ/Hobbit/DI level of polish. There are also ramps with rows of unused mounting holes and such that look like prototypes vs final parts.
12. Wow that light show is great.
13. Screen is OK but blacks/saturation not as good as Hobbit to my eye.
14. Damn it's fun to shoot. (BTW - I only had the ball return through the pops SDTM once that I recall in well over 100 games)
15. Setup for wifi connect, beta opt-in, and over the air software update was quick and easy since I knew how to do it from other JJP games.
16. Scorbit is flaky and frustrating, but I still can't stop using it to track scores and achievements. App crashes, app freezes, app won't find the machine, machine won't connect for a long time after power on (but sometimes connects instantly). I also wish JJP/Scorbit would improve the creativity around their achievements. "Do the thing" x1 x10 x100 x1000 is PRETTY lazy implementation of achievements (although I gotta commend them - some of the names are VERY clever). Some achievements should definitely be that, but achievements related to doing a combination of things within a single game (or a single ball) or for MISSING shots or whatever(!) would add a lot more variety and fun (see Xbox Live, PS Network). It's still nearly impossible to find a list of Scorbit achievements to go for because it's so buried in their app. Stern has blown by them in user experience, unfortunately, but Scorbit's no-extra-hardware approach is superior, so I hope they close the gap soon!

I feel like that shot keeps changing on me. Sometimes I have to take the shot early, sometimes late. When I turn on the machine each day it feels a bit different, which makes minimal sense. Also, if you just got it try taking the shot "too early" and "too late". Initially I had to hit the flipper at the absolute earliest moment to make it cleanly.

Regarding the blemish on your invisiglass, report that to JJP directly via their website. I did this and they sent me new glass within a week and it was painless. They just asked for a picture and then shipped the new glass.

I would also ask for a new lockdown bar. It should match the other powder coated pieces.

Isnt it sad that its my only concern when a machine gets delivered... did they damage it... My MMR was damaged but I didnt see it until I took the strap off in the game room. The whole head fell apart in my hand...

Joe at Pinballstar (besides being devilishly handsome) is a standup guy and took care of the damage even though the truck left and I signed off on it.

The same thing happened on my Wonka LE within the first week. My Oompa Loompa was knocked off the camera by an airball, but nothing was broken on it so I glued it back on with Gorilla gel superglue (at both the hand connection point and the foot connection point).

I also purchased and installed the following mod which protects both the Oompa Loompa and the camera.

https://www.ulekstore.com/Chocolate_Bars_MOD_for_JJP_s_Willy_Wonka_pinball_p/wwcocobars.htm

Gord

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What is the mech that stops the ball on the left before dropping it into the magnet for the upper left flipper? Mine is fine 3/4 times but that 1/4 time it drops the ball very sloppy and it bounces all over making the loop shot impossible.

Ditto...Whole supply chain issues.

Love mine! Worth the wait.

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Dang that looks sweet! (Jesus I sound like Napoleon Dynamite, GOSH).

I took your advice and if I concentrate on shooting it a little earlier/higher on the flipper my success rate goes way up. Thanks!!

Excited to snag a set once they are out!