The power ramp thing that stops the ball, and fires it onto the play field REALLY p**ses me off.  I seriously need the magnet mod...  I'm perfectly level, and this rarely works.  I'm surprised this aspect was built as it is.

Do you mean the skillshot rocket, or the spiral ramp magnet?

I find that maybe 1 in 10 times the skillshot bounces out of the rocket catapult and drains before I get to touch the ball.

Sorry, no,  the right ramp, leading into the mini-playfield, but when the power is not activated.  The shot where it drops the ball in front of the small flipper, to hit the piano.  I don't know what that thing is called, but the metal "grabber" thing, that brings the ball from that ramp to the PF.  The balls travel along to it, then are supposed to stop in it, and get carried to the PF, but usually (on mine) hit it and roll back, and eaither get ejected ramdomly on the PF (sometimes draining GRRR) or they have to wait until the ball cames back to rest against it, and the solenoids cycle looking for the ball.  

I heard this is very common, and there is a magnet mod ($5 - not the PF magent mod in the spiral) that installs on this and is enough to hold the steel balls there to be released onto the PF properly.

I have that mod and it is essential, so they say. Not sure where it is from as it was there when I purchased it.

Quoted from Atomicboy

I'm not good at the mini playfield yet, I only win that maybe 1 out of ten times.  I can't seem to find the trick to that (the power we're talking about here right?).  I actually haven't even gone into the settings yet since having it, just played it non-stop.  It was set back to default, when "restored" by MPAmusements.  It's on regular 3 ball mode to my knowledge, I'll have to look.  Maybe my months of non-stop TAF, as they are similar in gameplay, has helped.

I'll do whatever minigame/mode gets lit, but then I'm gunning for piano/slot, or relighting it as fast as I can, and hitting power/gumball/cameras along the way.  I nearly got LITZ twice, one or two windows away.

The trick is to trigger the magnet after the ball crosses it and bounces off the  back rubber.  When I am playing good I can get it first try when the ball is released on the mini playfield.  40% range is a good percentage for me.

Quoted from Cobra99

The trick is to trigger the magnet after the ball crosses it and bounces off the  back rubber.  When I am playing good I can get it first try when the ball is released on the mini playfield.  40% range is a good percentage for me.

I second this strategy.  

Quoted from Atomicboy

Sorry, no,  the right ramp, leading into the mini-playfield, but when the power is not activated.  The shot where it drops the ball in front of the small flipper, to hit the piano.  I don't know what that thing is called, but the metal "grabber" thing, that brings the ball from that ramp to the PF.  The balls travel along to it, then are supposed to stop in it, and get carried to the PF, but usually (on mine) hit it and roll back, and eaither get ejected ramdomly on the PF (sometimes draining GRRR) or they have to wait until the ball cames back to rest against it, and the solenoids cycle looking for the ball.  

I heard this is very common, and there is a magnet mod ($5 - not the PF magent mod in the spiral) that installs on this and is enough to hold the steel balls there to be released onto the PF properly.

Here's the website.
http://www.decoratorsupply.com....._diverter_magnet.htm

Yeah, I've seen it there, I was waiting to figure out what mods I was going to buy for it, and what other stuff I want from there in total for a full ship.  Thanks though.

funny, I played much better tonight at the mini playfield, winning about 60%.  I'm getting more of a feel for it.  Had LITZ again but the balls got jammed in the gumble machine, so I dd it all with three balls grr.  That has happened a few times already, where the way they load in causes two to block the hole.  If I notice it, as its very noticable, i open it up and fix it, but i didn't today.  

Does anyone have the LED gumball board that lights it up, not the extra set of lights, but the circuit board mod?

Let your $ do the talking, both of them are for sale on Kijiji Calgary this morning. Nice looking machines to, from what I can tell.