It's here
Turned up at 1pm. Took an hour to get it in the house and set up, frig me it's heavy! Feels like it weighs a pinball machine and a half!
In the spirit of fairness, before I tell the world how brilliant the machine is, I will list the few negative points I have found so far.
- Game came with an american plug! Had to nip to the local shop to buy a new kettle lead
- There are a couple of scuffs on the inside of the cabinet where the pf must have scraped on testing in the factory
- The balloon bumper has a little scuff on top too where its marked the glass. That may be from shipping in fairness though
- The trough ball guide wasnt aligned meaning no balls would pop into the shooter lane. Had to bend it with pliers
- The screen still flickers slightly. Dont know if this is to do with uk voltages or what? Ill email the woz techy to ask his advice. Not hugely noticeable though
- The right flipper was mis-aligned. I've obsessed over how tight to do it up as well. Probably threaded the bolt but as least its in place haha
And thats it really, everything else works exactly as you would expect it to. This was probably in the first 150 games made so I would expect lessons to be learned by the time later machines are being made.
That said, none of the above distracts from my amazement at the game. I updated it to 1.18 straight off the bat and if I didn't know that only half the modes were in the game so far you could be forgiven for thinking its the finished article. Loads going on and I haven't got a clue what's happening at the minute!
