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I like how the American flag is always lit, and the playfield colors go red-white- and blue ! Pretty neat how the game is timed too, I like it 👍

EDIT: 500 mil. Whew, what a ride this machine has been, I hit 400m three times a few weeks ago and never got close until today. I caught my first shark last week, and today I almost landed two, and how in the hell does anyone land all 5 sharks ? Holy shit ! It must take at least 30 minutes to accomplish that. Love this game, I can see why its very popular 👍

but I guess I had it on auto update, oh well. I’m ot upset, though wish I would’ve known my machine got updated, kinda wanted to wait to see what others thought about it, but the Cutting Room Floor music is pretty cool 👍

I bought a slightly used JAWS prem a few weeks ago, when purchased it had less than 250 plays, been playing fine, probably have close to a 1000 plays now. Though during a multiball it has sorta locked up when the last ball has drained. It will go through the “find ball” sequence, and found a ball was “stuck” right up against the metal on the right drain lane, shook it and all good. Then one time after a multi ball, 3 balls got stuck together and it jammed up again right under the apron. Is this a fluke ? Or are the balls starting to magnifie ?

Anyone that knows a Hardbody, a replacement 3rd brake light on a Hardbody is pretty hard to find, the only option I could find is to modify to a new Frontier 3rd light. If you want to go this route here are a few things I found. First thing is the new Frontier light mounting screw holes line up perfectly, but that’s about it.

First thing is the power plug is different, so go to a salvage yard and find a Frontier and clip the plug to the 3rd light and leave a few inches of wire to splice it.

Second thing is you need to do is file down the the outer “flanges” on the new brake light, if you don’t, it won’t mount flush to the cab.

Third thing, and this is where it get to be a bitch, the Frontier 3rd light power plug is in a different spot than the original Hardbody, so you need to center the new light and mark where the new power source is going. I used a Sharpie and drilled the hole with a step bit, and since I have no headliner yet I used a 3/8” drill bit and finished drilling it through the outer cab above the rear window and into the inner structure. This is important, because you need to have enough clearance for the wiring harness plug and the outlet that sticks out on the back of the Frontier light.

Fourth, fish the wires out and splice the Frontier plug from the junkyard (red to red/ black to black), plug into the new 3rd light and check it works, and it will !

It looks so nice, and the new light has a huge gasket that will seat against the outer cab and shouldn’t leak.

Balls eaton ? 😆 I love this game !

For some reason my cat loves to lay on Jaws, but leaves my other pin alone, so I got a cheapo blanket from Amazon, looks and fits better than I thought. Hopefully this keeps the little kitty paw prints off of it now.

but I love it !

I’ve had my prem game for one week, and I think my pop bumper isn’t right though, it doesn’t trigger on the skill shot unless you give it a good bump when the ball comes back down and hits it. I played another JAWS in the wild, it was a pro, and the bumper seems to have a lot more sensitivity on the skill shot. The pro bumper also seems to have a lot more action than mine. I opened up my machine and when I pushed the bumper apron with my finger, the contacts seem to be make contact correctly. Im an old EM guy, and I want to “adjust” the contacts, but since it’s so new, I’m afraid to do anything to it yet. Is there a settling in the program that might make it more sensitive ?

Is there a way to just award 1 ball save per ball play ? Seems like if you don’t hit anything it will award up to 5 ball saves ? I don’t like this feature, it’s like having up to 15 plays on a 3 ball game. I’ve been through the settings and can’t find anything about Ball Saved. I saw something on line out Freeze Time, but can’t find that in the menu either. Thanks 🙏

My cat is jealous of the game so she it trying to get my attention lol. Just picked up this game a few days ago and we have been playing it all weekend. Starting to figure out some of the sequences to get into multi ball and feeding frenzy, and how to close beaches and bring in the shark. What a great game !

I’ve had nothing but EM machines for 40 years and this is my first modern pin, and wow, what a great game. I have no idea what I’m doing yet, but I just love the game play and features. Bought it used from a Stern dealer, the game is a Premium game that is barely 2 years old with less than 250 plays. It came with the Pro backglass, art blades and the anti reflective PF glass, got it for $8500 out the door. They even threw in a t-shirt, a bunch of stickers, and wrapped the hell out of it with moving blankets, straps and plastic and loaded it in my truck. I’m really happy with this game so far, and looking forward to a few friends coming over tomorrow for some spirted game play and beers !

It’s taken a few months but I finally have my d21 back on the road. Had it professionally detailed and then I put all the trim bits back on. The rear NISSAN sticker/emblem was an expensive OEM so only had one shot to get it right. After nervously lining it up, I nailed it ! My neighbor thought I got a new truck.

Nibbler is the best, she seems to like pinball !

I’ve had this game for 35 years and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tie score.

So glad to have both of these cars together.

Decided to replace the stockish Walker mufflers on my 88 because it sounded like an old Chevy pickup. I found this axle back system and it got fairly decent reviews and is a LOT cheaper than a Borla or Corsa exhaust. I love the way it sounds, the new mufflers are basically glass packs with really nice exhaust tips and overall construction, definitely worth the money. No drone at cruising speed, pretty quiet if you don’t push it to hard, but when you jump on it is where the fun begins, these pipes sound great ! They will definitely get your neighbors attention, so depending on where you live you may need to use some restraint. I’m running stock manifolds with 2.25” straight “h-pipe” and these mufflers, they look really good too.