Quoted from Kiwipinhead:

Take his high scores down Danni

Quoted from rotordave:

Hey! That was encouragement!
Miss "I stand on one leg!" lol
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Quoted from Danni_NZ:

First post from RotorDave's daughter! Ground breaking stuff right here...
It's been a long time of hard work to get here but I finally got to Danger Room (2nd time) and finished the whole thing! Finished with a pretty good score (for me guys, for me). It does not help when your dad mocks you from afar!
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Danni

Quoted from QuarterGrabber:

Ha, you should have made your name on here rotordanni

Quoted from onetaste:

I've just joined the Xmen LE (Wolverine) club, I'm excited about where this game might take me, it looks like it has some nice deep rules without being a long player like LOTR or SM.
I'm having a problem with the LED above the blackbird scoop. Every 10 mins it keeps popping out. I suspect that someone has put short posts under the plastic that the LED attaches to, consequently it is flush against the scoop (see images). If I'm right, can someone take a photo of their xmen scoop and the posts?
Thanks, onetaste

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Quoted from CraigC:

I've just installed the mezelmods bracket and modded the wolverine paperweight to fit in the game.
here is what i've found and my suggestions (typing this up very quiclky with limited time):
1) the posts that come in the mezelmod kit are too short and thin for the playfield and will not be able to be nutted correctly from the bottom. I swapped these out for #8 rubber posts and hammered these in from the top side (rock solid). I also had to drill out the base plate so that it could fit over the larger post thickness.
2) you can use titan rubber posts on the front 2 posts and the thinner black supplied posts on the back 2 posts and everything works fine.
3) If i take the bracket out again i will change how the switch is mounted. there is not enough length in the screws to mount it properly. i will switch the screws out for longer #6 machine screws and a threaded backing plate so that the switch can be removed without having to drop the pop bumper bracket.
4) i switched the leaves of the switch around so that the outside (towards the pop bumper) switch gets pressure from the inner tensioning leaf. the way the switch is shipped is more for a NC (normally closed) switch.
5) i took the wolverine bust and sawed him off where he meets the base. i then drilled a hole up through the middle of the figure and hogged the bottom out a bit to fit over a #6 nut. i then drilled a hole in the center of the 3d printed top piece that fits over the captive ball, pushed a #6 2" threaded screw through the hole and secured it with a locktited #6 nut. The wolverine figure was tapped and then threaded onto the rod.
I worry about the longevity of the bust as it's made from a non-flexible chaulky plaster like material. if it gets a good ball hit it will break. i will make a plastic piece to go on top of the base to help prevent balls popping up from the captive ball.
The sensitivity of the captive ball is awesome on mine and i can get wolverine hits from the upper flipper (difficult, but possible) and off center shots no problem.
I didnt have a ton of time for game play last night but in quick practice it feels awesome and the xavier shot is a nice solid shot instead of the frustrating mess it was before. hopefully will have more time for play tonight.
-c

Quoted from TomGWI:

One of the arms broke off my paperweight wolverine from a ball hit. I bought a new figure but too lazy to remove the old one. I did replace my magnet core as it started to mushroom and was causing air balls.

Quoted from CraigC:

I've just installed the mezelmods bracket and modded the wolverine paperweight to fit in the game.
here is what i've found and my suggestions (typing this up very quiclky with limited time):
1) the posts that come in the mezelmod kit are too short and thin for the playfield and will not be able to be nutted correctly from the bottom. I swapped these out for #8 rubber posts and hammered these in from the top side (rock solid). I also had to drill out the base plate so that it could fit over the larger post thickness.
2) you can use titan rubber posts on the front 2 posts and the thinner black supplied posts on the back 2 posts and everything works fine.
3) If i take the bracket out again i will change how the switch is mounted. there is not enough length in the screws to mount it properly. i will switch the screws out for longer #6 machine screws and a threaded backing plate so that the switch can be removed without having to drop the pop bumper bracket.
4) i switched the leaves of the switch around so that the outside (towards the pop bumper) switch gets pressure from the inner tensioning leaf. the way the switch is shipped is more for a NC (normally closed) switch.
5) i took the wolverine bust and sawed him off where he meets the base. i then drilled a hole up through the middle of the figure and hogged the bottom out a bit to fit over a #6 nut. i then drilled a hole in the center of the 3d printed top piece that fits over the captive ball, pushed a #6 2" threaded screw through the hole and secured it with a locktited #6 nut. The wolverine figure was tapped and then threaded onto the rod.
I worry about the longevity of the bust as it's made from a non-flexible chaulky plaster like material. if it gets a good ball hit it will break. i will make a plastic piece to go on top of the base to help prevent balls popping up from the captive ball.
The sensitivity of the captive ball is awesome on mine and i can get wolverine hits from the upper flipper (difficult, but possible) and off center shots no problem.
I didnt have a ton of time for game play last night but in quick practice it feels awesome and the xavier shot is a nice solid shot instead of the frustrating mess it was before. hopefully will have more time for play tonight.
-c

Quoted from CraigC:

I've just installed the mezelmods bracket and modded the wolverine paperweight to fit in the game.
here is what i've found and my suggestions (typing this up very quiclky with limited time):
1) the posts that come in the mezelmod kit are too short and thin for the playfield and will not be able to be nutted correctly from the bottom. I swapped these out for #8 rubber posts and hammered these in from the top side (rock solid). I also had to drill out the base plate so that it could fit over the larger post thickness.
2) you can use titan rubber posts on the front 2 posts and the thinner black supplied posts on the back 2 posts and everything works fine.
3) If i take the bracket out again i will change how the switch is mounted. there is not enough length in the screws to mount it properly. i will switch the screws out for longer #6 machine screws and a threaded backing plate so that the switch can be removed without having to drop the pop bumper bracket.
4) i switched the leaves of the switch around so that the outside (towards the pop bumper) switch gets pressure from the inner tensioning leaf. the way the switch is shipped is more for a NC (normally closed) switch.
5) i took the wolverine bust and sawed him off where he meets the base. i then drilled a hole up through the middle of the figure and hogged the bottom out a bit to fit over a #6 nut. i then drilled a hole in the center of the 3d printed top piece that fits over the captive ball, pushed a #6 2" threaded screw through the hole and secured it with a locktited #6 nut. The wolverine figure was tapped and then threaded onto the rod.
I worry about the longevity of the bust as it's made from a non-flexible chaulky plaster like material. if it gets a good ball hit it will break. i will make a plastic piece to go on top of the base to help prevent balls popping up from the captive ball.
The sensitivity of the captive ball is awesome on mine and i can get wolverine hits from the upper flipper (difficult, but possible) and off center shots no problem.
I didnt have a ton of time for game play last night but in quick practice it feels awesome and the xavier shot is a nice solid shot instead of the frustrating mess it was before. hopefully will have more time for play tonight.
-c

Quoted from onetaste:I've just joined the Xmen LE (Wolverine) club, I'm excited about where this game might take me, it looks like it has some nice deep rules without being a long player like LOTR or SM.
I'm having a problem with the LED above the blackbird scoop. Every 10 mins it keeps popping out. I suspect that someone has put short posts under the plastic that the LED attaches to, consequently it is flush against the scoop (see images). If I'm right, can someone take a photo of their xmen scoop and the posts?
Thanks, onetaste

Quoted from Max_Badazz:

ok, someone tell me who that disco chick is with the extra ball animation and does she have her own mode in the game? So far I am really enjoying the game

Quoted from pinballcorpse:

Dazzler.
No.

Quoted from CraigC:

you're missing the piece that says black bird that mounts under the top piece with spacers. i'm not near my machine but can take a pic later.

Quoted from CraigC:

Any word if a color DMD will be available? This would be a no brainer insta-purchase for me.
-c

Quoted from MRG:

"Here are some pictures from my phone without flash and my battery was dying. I'm spending some time enjoying being able to see the shots now the giant blue and yellow torso is gone.
That game looks great.

Quoted from Thestrangebrewer:

I"m hoping someone here can help me. I had a problem with the game, so I just updated the code. I still have the same problem..... Randomly, when I'm playing, the flippers go dead, and my ball ends- goes down the drain...... It's happening a lot lately. Any ideas?

Quoted from Thestrangebrewer:

Do I have to join this club to be a member?

Quoted from Thestrangebrewer:

Please expand a bit on the opto switches. I can look through diagnostics in the game.... haven't done that yet. do you think it would be an issue with the coil? or something different?

Quoted from Thestrangebrewer:

I reseated the molex connectors and checked switches 2 and 4- both look good- kind of at a loss..

Quoted from Lermods:

Take balks out of the game. Put the game in switch test mode and feed the balls in one by one. Do they all register on the matrix?
Is anything stuck in your trough, like a light bulb? Might seem dumb, but on more than one occasion a bulb has come out from under the slings and lodged itself in the trough without me even realizing it until I see the balls not feed right.
Look for broken wire (s) around the coil.
Clean the optos with a qtip and rubbing alcohol.
Make sure connections at opto boards are good, as mentioned earlier.

Quoted from CraigC:

Here are some pictures from my phone without flash and my battery was dying. I'm spending some time enjoying being able to see the shots now the giant blue and yellow torso is gone.

Quoted from redundor:

Does anyone know if there is a list of LED bulb types for each location for X-men Pro? (sort of like this list I made for my JD https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B-EK4Cqk6O589vE-AVHtPSp0Agc-p3CZAb4Xp8z9ceI/edit#gid=920895732)
I just picked up an bone stock X-men pro and am in the process of tuning it up, and one thing it badly needs is LED's.

Quoted from PavBall:

Where did you find that Wolverine? Is there a kit for that change?

Quoted from MRG:

Check out the LE manual:
http://www.sternpinball.com/upload/games/x-men/le/429/XMenManual_042214.pdf
Pages 109-111 of the PDF or Y12-15 of the actual manual

Quoted from lyonsden:

Then use the captive ball mod: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/x-men-le-wolverine-newton-bracket-by-mezelmods
Can't recommend the captive ball enough. Such an improvement to the game.

Quoted from redundor:

Getting started over my lunch break. I copied out the lamp matrix and filled in the bulb types that I remember. Anyone have any tips on color? I also have to take a look at the GI on the table and decide what colors I want to put where. I am thinking that all white might be a bit bland on this table.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T0hKz5FzJRvHd7AjFHOp3T-z_8kowrf2dTbWm7i5dwU/edit?usp=sharing

Quoted from luvthatapex2:

I replaced the GI with the red, white and blue LEDS from the LE guide and left the inserts white (replaced the incandesents with white double leds). I like it!

Quoted from redundor:

Do you happen to have a picture? I'd worry that with the red white and blue all so close to each other the colours would wash together. I was leaving towards doing zones of colour, so maybe red on one corner and blue in another. I have been searching for photos for some inspiration but haven't found all that many yet.

Quoted from luvthatapex2:

Well, I am not a good photographer and the basement gameroom is pretty dim but here is a quick pic of my XMEN. The colors are bright and pleasing, not harsh and look great during gameplay. The RED are awesome near Magneto and his stock white flasher looks great coming through his cape amidst a wash of red around him. Stern did a nice job on the lighting of the LE and left almost the same exact holes in the PRO (except missing 4 additional lamps), so it makes XMEN an great candidate for LE type lighting.
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Just follow the LE lamp color map and I think you will be pleased.

Quoted from luvthatapex2:

Well, I am not a good photographer and the basement gameroom is pretty dim but here is a quick pic of my XMEN. The colors are bright and pleasing, not harsh and look great during gameplay. The RED are awesome near Magneto and his stock white flasher looks great coming through his cape amidst a wash of red around him. Stern did a nice job on the lighting of the LE and left almost the same exact holes in the PRO (except missing 4 additional lamps), so it makes XMEN an great candidate for LE type lighting.
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Just follow the LE lamp color map and I think you will be pleased.

Quoted from DugFreez:

I'm not a fan of the red GI bulbs under the slings (even on my LE). Since the LE does have the GI color switching I did leave it (as changing it would throw off the LEs GI light show), but I don't understand why anyone with a PRO model would put red GI bulbs there. Red faced Emma Frost and red faced Mystique look bad (even on the LE) in my opinion.
I do remember someone posting that they switched the sockets under the slings on their LE so it was red butt Emma Frost and red butt Mystique. I think this would look a bit better, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the effort as just white in both sockets would really be best in my opinion. Most of the other plastics in the game don't have pictures on them so color matching the LE GI bulbs doesn't seem bad in other locations. There's also red faced Sentinel in the back right corner, but he's not nearly as noticeable.
That being said, I still don't understand why a person would put the red and blue GI bulbs scattered around on a PRO. Unless they are switching the GI lighting color (like the LE) I don't understand the appeal of the red and blue bulbs in scattered out locations. Something like red GI under Mags makes sense, but just a red here and blue there just because the LE is that way....I don't get it.

Quoted from DugFreez:

I'm not a fan of the red GI bulbs under the slings (even on my LE). Since the LE does have the GI color switching I did leave it (as changing it would throw off the LEs GI light show), but I don't understand why anyone with a PRO model would put red GI bulbs there. Red faced Emma Frost and red faced Mystique look bad (even on the LE) in my opinion.
I do remember someone posting that they switched the sockets under the slings on their LE so it was red butt Emma Frost and red butt Mystique. I think this would look a bit better, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the effort as just white in both sockets would really be best in my opinion. Most of the other plastics in the game don't have pictures on them so color matching the LE GI bulbs doesn't seem bad in other locations. There's also red faced Sentinel in the back right corner, but he's not nearly as noticeable.
That being said, I still don't understand why a person would put the red and blue GI bulbs scattered around on a PRO. Unless they are switching the GI lighting color (like the LE) I don't understand the appeal of the red and blue bulbs in scattered out locations. Something like red GI under Mags makes sense, but just a red here and blue there just because the LE is that way....I don't get it.

Quoted from PinDescabarian:

I agree. I switched red to whites. Looks great now. You won't be disappointed.