Sopranos safe kickout, should bumper fire?

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Question about the kickout from the safe hole in Sopranos.

The ball passes very close to the lower jet bumper, as it goes over to
the right side then dribbles out.

Should the jet bumper fire, as the ball is near it, or not?

If it fires, then the ball will spend a lot of time in the bumpers, and
it will be like Dracula where you spend a lot of time just waiting for
it to come out of the bumpers.
If it doesn't fire, then you get what I typically see now: a slow
boring dribble out the right side.

So it's kind of a lose-lose situation. I'm curious what the intended
setup of the game is: after being kicked out of the safe into the
bumper area, should it bounce around in the bumpers, or just dribble
out the right side?

Josh

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Mine does not activate the bumpers, neither for the "safe" exit nor the
"spinner" exit (which both end up in the same area). I believe this is
the way it was designed - the pop bumpers are probably inactive for a
few seconds while the ball is being ejected. (I may be wrong, but
that's what I think.)

-Brannon

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brannonrad@yahoo.com wrote:
> Mine does not activate the bumpers, neither for the "safe" exit nor the
> "spinner" exit (which both end up in the same area). I believe this is
> the way it was designed - the pop bumpers are probably inactive for a
> few seconds while the ball is being ejected. (I may be wrong, but
> that's what I think.)
>
> -Brannon

Mine almost always hits the pop bumpers coming out of the safe, and
rarely hits the pop bumpers coming out of the spinner.

The rocky mountian pinball showdown had three machines set up for the
tourney, I ended up playing all three. One of the notable differences
between the machines was how sensitive the pop bumpers were. One was
really dead and everything was a dribble out the exit lane, I liked the
one that was more sensitive and set mine up to play more like that.

BTW isn't it time for another RMPS now? I'm ready for one.

One thing I found *greatly* impacts the amount of time the ball spends
zipping around between pop bumpers is the angle of the machine. I found
that up to a point, steeper means more time in the pop bumpers. I have
mine set so that the bubble is about 1/3 outside the steep side of the
marker.

Jeff
you know, jackpot.

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If there is enough interest, I'd be glad to host a pinball party. That
would be fun, rarely are they all being played a thte same time. It's
kind of cool when they are. Are there enough people around Monument,
Colorado? I can always reset the high scores on my machines later if
Donovan shows up.

Jeff

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Krellan wrote:
> Question about the kickout from the safe hole in Sopranos.
>
> The ball passes very close to the lower jet bumper, as it goes over to
> the right side then dribbles out.
>
> Should the jet bumper fire, as the ball is near it, or not?
>
> If it fires, then the ball will spend a lot of time in the bumpers, and
> it will be like Dracula where you spend a lot of time just waiting for
> it to come out of the bumpers.
> If it doesn't fire, then you get what I typically see now: a slow
> boring dribble out the right side.
>
> So it's kind of a lose-lose situation. I'm curious what the intended
> setup of the game is: after being kicked out of the safe into the
> bumper area, should it bounce around in the bumpers, or just dribble
> out the right side?
>
> Josh

I wouldn't call it a lose-lose situation. Party at the Bing or
F-Frenzy + spinner + lotsa pops = lotsa points. I like it when I get 2
or 3 shakedowns from one trip to the pops.

Has anyone noticed that, in multiball, somehow all the balls can stay
in the pops, but when one ball leaves, more than often all of them head
toward the flippers one after another?

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"CAH" <cmcolinh@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Krellan wrote:
>> Question about the kickout from the safe hole in Sopranos.
>>
>> The ball passes very close to the lower jet bumper, as it goes over to
>> the right side then dribbles out.
>>
>> Should the jet bumper fire, as the ball is near it, or not?
>>
>> If it fires, then the ball will spend a lot of time in the bumpers, and
>> it will be like Dracula where you spend a lot of time just waiting for
>> it to come out of the bumpers.
>> If it doesn't fire, then you get what I typically see now: a slow
>> boring dribble out the right side.
>>
>> So it's kind of a lose-lose situation. I'm curious what the intended
>> setup of the game is: after being kicked out of the safe into the
>> bumper area, should it bounce around in the bumpers, or just dribble
>> out the right side?
>>
>> Josh
>
> I wouldn't call it a lose-lose situation. Party at the Bing or
> F-Frenzy + spinner + lotsa pops = lotsa points. I like it when I get 2
> or 3 shakedowns from one trip to the pops.
>
> Has anyone noticed that, in multiball, somehow all the balls can stay
> in the pops, but when one ball leaves, more than often all of them head
> toward the flippers one after another?
>

2 or 3 shakedowns on one trip? Hmm, I imagine that's good for the score.
Mine are not set that sensitive, maybe I should make an adjustment and play
with it for a while.

Yes I have noticed the multi-drain move this machine can display at times -
very frustrating....
Paul