Good to hear! Believe it or not you probably had a speck of dust or your switch spring was stuck and fiddling with it sprung it loose. If it happens again, I'd probably recommend stern sending you a replacement switch.

lol, that is funny because I am like 80% on Xavier. I am sure at some point I will be hitting Cyclops no problem, but suddenly missing another shot all the time.

Nah, the Pro is defintely not as brightly colored as Magneto. From a distance the Pro looks busy and dark-ish with a lot of dark browns, reds, and oranges on it because there are a lot of characters. Both the LE's do a better job on color scheme aspect because of the focus on one character.

This definitely happens to me as well. It's annoying all right. It ruins what would otherwise be a very satisfying combo given how fast the ball was going.

why why did you do that to me . i just peeked at the danger room bit .. could not help myself .. little underwhelmed ,, didn;t have much stuff in it .. maybe they still need to add stuff..

Yes. I have the same problem. Doesn't always happen but when it does, it sucks! I was thinking of wiping the ramp down with some novus 2, it's helped on games in the past.

qhy did you just post that he posted that then comment on that! Lol. I was avoiding his spoiler. Shit, now I just spoiled it for the next person. Stern has to entirely revamp the wizard modes now. Thanks a lot

I added a 1/4" to the front right post to raise up the ramp cover along with a longer screw.It seems to help a little.

sorry .. i just woke up ,, wasn't thinking clearly

Hehe no prob. I was just messing around.

No one except for me and anyone else who decided to play it where it is out on test right now. I reviewed it a few pages ago right as the LE code update came out. It was version 1.0, but I was surprised because when I got to play it, the LE code update was NOT out and it incorporated almost everything that everyone suggested into it. By the time I got to post on it though, the LE code was out, so no one cared that I got to play the Pro.

It's cool. But I picked up my LE literally within 30 minutes of playing the Pro and didn't regret it one bit.

LOL

I have gotten to the point that I can hit Beast about 40% of the time I shoot for him. I am actually thinking about trimming my Wolverine with a Dremel on the waist. There are endless possibilities of what could be used for Wolverine instead of the current toy. I kinda think that some kind of stand up target with Wolverine's face (maybe a double width?) - like the Joker on BDK, would be cooler AND more functional.

Cyclops I can hit pretty well. Xavier is the bane of my shots right now.

Thanks for taking the time to make these vids!

Really helps with the Villain modes to know where to aim instead of flailing away ...

Imagine completing all those modes with the glass on ... That'd be an epic game ...

Dave.

They actually started to design X-Men based on the movies, but Borg didn't like the art work.

Oops, they also talk about how you have to collect X-Men to battle Magneto.

Cool video. Stern are really picking it up with PR like this.

Dave.

Hah, yeah that's outdated already...but - you still kinda do. You still get X-Men as jackpots if you play them before Magneto Multiball.

Just wondering what airballs people get or where does your ball get stuck.....

My upper flipper sometimes shoots over the rouge lane and on top of the plastics.

The Xavier popout sometimes is too hard and knocks the ball off the ramp. The ball got stuck between the ramp and magnetos arm today.

The balls got stuck in the ball trough because I didn't notice that the bulb from the left slingshoot fell in there.

Also had a ball stuck behind the nightcrawler on the iceman ramp - but just had to wait till he went down.

Also need to do the post mod in front of the ramps.

I like Storm too, and she sounds exactly like she does in the cartoon on Netflix. Pretty over the top there too, but it's what 'm used to. My 4 year old watches the three X men series, Avengers, and all the Spidermans on there over and over and over.... so I've heard them a LOT.

I took my spinner magnet assembly completely apart today to try and find some adjustment to get it away from the left edge of the hole. I took every single screw out, there is no adjustment at all anywhere other than the four on each side of the playfield brackets it mounts to for up/down/tilt...

I gained maybe 1/32" which got it to stop grinding the edge. I guess I'll be in touch with Stern as I don't see any way at all to get it anywhere near center. I could shim something, but every single surface is up/down, so I'll lose any gain once I have to adjust it level again...

The white wood looked fun to flip. Damn you Gary and all your 3rd flipper noobs cant get to upper ramp bs lol. Came out better i suppose though.

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Love it! I didn't think they were starting the PRO build until the 24th. Awesome!

interesting to see the captive ball there in the whitewood like we were told about. I think the magnet was the better way to go but that damn wolverine magnet pisses me off sometimes by taking the ball and throwing it right down the outlane.

This game is so addicting. My poor other pins but be hating on Wolverine when we aren't in the room. You know they are jealous.

I don't think that it is the motorized IJ4 version that was discussed though, it looks static.

+1,000,000 got my Mag last night..the ramp movement freakin suck...

Drops the ball on the left sling, over the left flipper, or straight down the middle alot...

everything else seems great but the ramp! Ughhhh....

Gerry, I don't know why but my ramp isn't doing that anymore. It stays put now even during Magneto multi-ball. I did play with the switches underneath an little and also did all of the ramp tests and it is now fine.

Seriously, last night it just stayed either to the right or the left. There was one time when it moved during play but I literally would have had to hit the Iceman shot at the exact same time it was moving.

Just an FYI.

I'm pretty sure that it is *not* supposed to stay in one position with the current code, at least during Sabertooth mode.

I hope that they change it on the next update.

You should start Sabertooth then Mags multiball.The ramp will go nuts.

During Magneto multiball the ramp should be on the left until you hit the Iceman ramp.Then it will go to the right until you hit Magneto.

I believe in magneto mb, the first time the ramp moves left. The 2nd time the ramp stays right. On iceman it moves back and forth after each ramp hit, on wolverine MB, it moves back and forth, and on sabertooth, it moves each time you hit wolverine. Could be more.

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Mine doesn't move during Wolverine multiball.

I played several games today and these are a few things I would like changed.

The Hellfire and Brotherhood target shots should count in modes.
In modes like Brotherhood the DMD needs to stay on the mode display instead of going to the pop bumper display.Everytime I had a chance to look up it showed the Gambit pop display.

That does not happen on mine anymore. I was so used to seeing it move during Wolverine but it does not. Doesn't even move when I get Weapon X multi-ball.

I haven't tried Sabertooth...I always seem to go for Juggernaut, Sentinels, etc. I'll try it on Sabertooth though.

I'm happy with the way it is...the ramp is fully functioning but not going nuts like before.

Wolverine is over to the right where he should be opening up the Beast shot. I think the Pro is gonna be sweet, doesn't seem gutted much to me like some other pros. Making a shot to hit Nightcrawler isn't bad at all, as it's feeding the other flipper setting up the next shot. Iceman mode have to get used to hitting Xavier to hit the ramp again, at least on mine I can't backhand it.

On my Magnet spinner offset issue, I decided to dremel out ~.045" in the playfield mounting bracket holes. Gave me just the right amount to center it up perfect!

Doctored the square hole underneath and the mounting holes on Wolverine like Markmon suggested, and my machine is playing sweeeeet.

Edit - I also should note, any ball that stalled on the right of Wolverine's hip before I adjusted him would go straight down the middle. Nothing to nudge it off of and I couldn't move it enough to prevent it. With him moved I no longer have any problem, it catches the right flipper enough to save.
Just need to fix the rattling from the FF speaker kit and, other than having to adjust those stupid standup targets regularly to keep Cyclops and Xavier open I don't expect any more problems.

Right-o. Yesterday, I was getting so frustrated with miss hits bouncing off the ramp posts and going down the sides (particularly down the left drain) I was about to chuck the machine off the balcony. So I decided to try something.

I took the rubber ring off the left post. Hardly earth shattering ... but boy did it make a difference. Now if you hit the post, the ball comes right back at the flippers rather than going god-knows-where (drains, magnet-->drains, magnet-->SDTM) Any failed Cyclops shots also fall down towards the flippers, rather than down the left lane. I will put a Cliffy colour sleeve on here eventually.

I also closed the outlane posts right down, and thats made a big difference too. You can shake the ball back up now, you couldn't before. Also gives you some leeway with nudging.

I hardly ever modify my games play wise .... my Ironman is exactly as it came out of the box. But something needed to be done!

Had 4 games with the above mods. Best score on totally factory 3 ball settings (the only change is to free play) is 45m. Had all the Xmen lit solid except Iceman who was flashing. Had 3 flashing Villains, almost got Juggernaut, had his helmet off but just ran out of time. Dohhh.

Dave

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why not move him like I did? I posted pictures and details on one of these threads... After doing that I have no desire to replace wolverine anymore. He's perfect

That's awesome!

....OW! LOL

I noticed this as well. I saw it was mentioned raising the height of the ramp cover may help. You think putting down a small strip of felt tape would pad and slow down the ball a little to prevent this? I used this trick for the upper left ramp on BF to prevent ball from going too fast and flying off the wire rails and it worked like a charm with no negative effects that I could notice.

The only thing that really annoys me are those two lights popping out. I've given up looking for them...they think they are in Twilight Zone and not X-Men....

I took the rubber ring off the left post. Hardly earth shattering ... but boy did it make a difference.
I also closed the outlane posts right down, and that's made a big difference too.

Yep, my previous best was 27M and on my 3rd game with the above adjustments- picked up a cool 43M with 3 ball, extra balls enabled. Now it really FLOWS!! Plays like it should....thanks Rotor Dave for the suggestions.

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Happy to hear more feedback for the $0 RotorDave mod .... best $0 you have spent today .... possibly ...

Dave

Dave,

Might make sense to do this. I personally don't even see the reason for the post other than to save the life of the ramp. Are there any other rubbers that cause less action?

Why not get rid of the peg altogether and just wrap the side of the ramp with the blue cushion like SM has? I'm guessing that would make for a LOT more direct shots on the ramp and dead balls which could be just as bad.

I'll keep it like it is for now.