Possible solution for balls flying off the right ramp wireform -

The first few nights of playing Wonka, the ball flew off the right ramp wireform quite frequently. Yesterday afternoon, I bent the top wire of the wireform around the curve up slightly. My friends and I played probably 40 games last night and the ball never "jumped the track" all night.

I can't remember how much I bent it up. It wasn't much because the wireform still looks normal. I bent the first section (next to the plastic ramp) and the second section up. I also made sure the first section was tight up against the plastic ramp.

Looks great! That back corner is oddly dark. Almost looks like a GI string is out!

Any update on your shooter rod availability?

LOVE IT! Thanks for the video!

That was fun!

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I don’t have issues with the audio. It sounds great to me but most of my time is on 1.09. It seems to me that JJP’s audio hardware can play many more concurrent sounds compared to Stern’s (no evidence, just observation). This can sound like a lot of things happening at once as sounds are mixed into the foreground and back. It may not work for some people. It works for me and adds to the mania of the theme.

Worst part about the audio is the voice actor they picked for the pinball specific call outs (said many times around pinside). He really brings the excitement level down when he says “Jackpot” with what sounds like his last dying breath. Maybe JJP will redo them like Stern did with Star Trek.

Where do you suggest getting neoprene washers? I don’t notice any rippling on mine but would like to avoid the issue if possible.

Thankfully my diverter is working flawlessly. I hope they figure it out soon for you guys.

I was thinking of using a T post rubber and cutting the wide part off. I wonder how wide the narrow part is on one of these....

https://www.titanpinball.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52

It's more than the post hole location. The post is dead center over the lane guide divider. They could maybe move the sling posts over to make room.

I love the game but the callout actor you used is really bad. He sounds like he is dying most of the time. One of the jackpot callouts in particular sounds like the guy's last dying breath. His laid back voice style really dampens the excitement level. Replace him with someone that has excitement in their voice like one of the kids. I suspect it would be tough to get a Gene Wilder impersonator but that would be better too.

Agree with the others but everything seems to happen randomly. It is tough for the casual player to know what to hit other than "the TV" (which seems like the only shot the game calls you out to shoot). Maybe this is just learning the rules of the game...

Open a support ticket, JJP will send you one at no charge.

Poop occurs, sorry for the hassle. Make sure to pull that spring out of there if you plan on playing the game with the broken link. It looks like it is close to shorting out the switch next to it.

I wouldn't leave my machine in in hot, humid conditions for long.

Or maybe the flipper bat is clamped in too tight to the playfield. When pulling up on the bat, you should feel a tiny bit of up and down movement.

Dang, your backglass looks great! I really need to do that mod.

I get STDM returns but not nearly 75% of the time. Mine seems really fair in that area. Maybe its a magnetic field or something in my game room because my Ghost Busters doesn't do that either.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wwcf-club-wonka-golden-tickets-inside/page/92#post-5486601

This post shows stock is a bit warm

There is space around the screw holes to move and adjust the shooter rod mounting block. It's not just the screw holes themselves. As you can see in this picture, the block can be moved quite a bit (this picture is obviously not normal and probably due to someone using the shooter as a handle when moving it).

When you move the shooter mounting block, be aware of the front decal, you can scratch, rip or ripple it if you are not careful.

Also remember that the enemy of good is better. Sometimes you can make it worse when trying to make it better. Shooter rod alignmnet can be tricky trying to get the shooter rod dead center on the ball while avoiding the autolauncher forks.

You can also check and adjust the alignment of the autolauncher forks as it hits the ball. Bend the forks further apart to make more room for the shooter rod, etc. You want both arms of the forks to hit the ball at the same time.
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For the Full Install, you need to create a bootable device, of sorts with a special procedure on the JJP site. It's kinda finicky as to supported media.

You might want to plan on having a couple media types on hand to try or ordering a new thumb drive to use for updating. I have some drives that don't work for JJP or Stern or Color DMD. Maybe too old, too slow or just non-standard timing. Also, don't order a crazy huge device as if they are too big you can have issues too. Stick with a name brand, 8GB or 16GB thumb drive.

http://marketing.jerseyjackpinball.com/general/install-full/

http://marketing.jerseyjackpinball.com/general/install-delta/

After owning the game for over two years, I finally kicked my friends off the GC. Had a really fun game last night! 2.8M on ball one! Finished just under 9M but only collected one golden ticket. Those just don't come to the casual player!

Love this game!

Yes indeed - 9M - fixed it.

Thanks! Well that explains why I have never seen and probably never will see this ticket!

I was super impressed with the build quality of Wonka, my first JJP game. It is noticeably heavier (and less "twistable") than a typical stern game.

However, I feel the same 2 strong adults that it takes to move a Stern game can move Wonka.

Anyone know where I can get a decent resolution version of the game map that is in the manual? I would like to print out a large version but the one in the manual gets blurry when you blow it up.

Anyone know where you can get a decent version of the game rules map that is in the manual to print larger?

Perfect, THANK YOU!

I don't think Wonka has significantly longer ball times than Star Wars. I think you will find they are very similar. Both can drain very quickly and cheaply. You could crank up the ball save timer on both to extend game-play. Wonka has a pretty short ball save time out of the box.

Wonka has apparently easier shots (the ramps) but you aren't going to get anywhere only shooting for them which I could see a novice doing. Without a little help determining what to do, a novice is not going to get very far on either.

I just LOVE the rules on Star Wars, so fun and challenging. I'm still trying to figure out strategies for Wonka and I've had mine since it started shipping!

Wonka is by far the more spectacular looking game both while playing and in attract mode.

Other than the ball time thing, I think you will enjoy Wonka, especially if you are a fan of the theme.

I can't get the delta update to work from 1.35 to 1.37. Tried both USB and WiFi. Both ways the update fails fairly quickly. Made several attempts with each method.

Ideas?

Tried WiFi again the next day and it worked. Not sure what the issue was.

It's right there on the JJP download page. https://www.jerseyjackpinball.com/support/

The only delta upgrade option is from 1.34 to 1.37. If you have 1.33 or prior, you need to perform a full update.

For the full update, you need to make a bootable USB stick. Super easy to do on a Mac. No special software utility needed. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/updating-jjp-games-with-a-mac#post-5342260

Doesn’t he need to update from 1.33 to 1.37 using the full update over USB before WIFI is supported? I thought wifi support started in 1.34+.

I used that one too. Works great!

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