My new toy HUO LOTR!

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I posted on RGP that I was looking for a new Pin to add to my lineup and it was a short search, I had 4 reply's in just 2 days.

I viewed 4 nice HUO games over 2 weekends, meet some great pinguys, seen some awesome collections, and talked pinball when my daughter and I shopped.

This was the one I bought its soo nice it makes me shake when I play it :)

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Good game, you'll enjoy it. May drive you crazy trying to complete it, not an easy task. I've yet to destroy the ring. :( But, I don't own it either. That's my excuse :)
 
Congrats! By far my favorite one in my collection.
When you say, "Makes you shake" do you mean the machine has a shaker motor or it makes you shake with excitement and fear?
 
Mind telling us what you paid? I'm in the market for a LOTR but don't know what the going rate/range is. Especially for HUO

I would expect to pay between 3400 and 4200 for a nice HUO standard LOTR, mod's, and custom stuff aside.

There are always exceptions in both directions but I think that's the market right now.
 
Congratumalations!

I had never played LotR till recently at an auction, and I absolutely LOVED it.

Truly a fantastic machine, that one is.
 
Congrats great game and worth the money. I have had mine for a couple years now and don't see it leaving my collection unless I get out of the hobby all together.
 
Damn fuse blew for the magnet
whats the fix for this?
I know its an issue with this game

I pulled out a blown 4amp slow blow, and don't have any of those laying around

Got to order some.

Can you put a 5 amp in a regular LOTR not LE?
 
CLEARLY
The Shadow is messing with your pin mojo as it doesnt like being laughed at by your new arival for having four buttons on it...
SOLUTION
I will take the Shadow far far away from your precious, so you dont have to deal with it causing you any more problems.
SERIOUSLY sell me your Shadow LOL

all joking side
Starting the year off right!
 
Damn fuse blew for the magnet
whats the fix for this?
I know its an issue with this game

I pulled out a blown 4amp slow blow, and don't have any of those laying around

Got to order some.

Can you put a 5 amp in a regular LOTR not LE?

Known issue and yes 5a slow blow is your answer. Both versions. Forget ordering - just run down to your local auto parts store and buy some.
 
I love my lord of the ring. Nice to know that a HUO fetches what I paid for mine NIB :) Not that I plan on selling it anytime soon. Yeah good luck completing it (With the glass on LOL). I can destroy the ring, but I've yet to get everybody across the damn bridge in Fellowship multiball, and for the life of me I can't kill the witch king. But it is one of my fav pins. If you haven't yet go into the adjustments and enable cave troll.
 
I love my lord of the ring. Nice to know that a HUO fetches what I paid for mine NIB :) Not that I plan on selling it anytime soon. Yeah good luck completing it (With the glass on LOL). I can destroy the ring, but I've yet to get everybody across the damn bridge in Fellowship multiball, and for the life of me I can't kill the witch king. But it is one of my fav pins. If you haven't yet go into the adjustments and enable cave troll.

No idea how long you've owned yours but I've had mine 3-4 months now. I have yet to complete FOTR (get all across bridge), I have acquired all Gift of the Elves (in one game), beaten the ring (in one game I made it to the ring 3 times!), beaten every ring mode (yes that includes the Witch King) and most importantly I made it to TABA for the 5th time and FINALLY BEAT THAT BITCH of a mode!
Sadly I feel like Valinor will never happen for me. It's a struggle just to get to TABA let alone beat it. Can;t imagine having to beat all the ring modes again when I'm usually on my last ball ... not likely.

TABA requires shooting the ring ramp, then shooting one of the 7 lanes, shooting the ring ramp, shooting the next lane - wash rinse repeat until all lanes are shot then you have to shoot the ring ramp one more time to finish.
This is a total of 15 shots needed to be completed.
But BOY DO I LOVE LOTR!!!!!
 
Congrats on your pickup, I am such a big fan of the LOTR pin that I splurged and got the LE version when some of the places started discounting them. No doubt one of the best pins made, period. I also love the shaker in the LE, once you play one with a shaker it's almost weird not to feel the shaker when you hit Balrok.

I also added the figures to the playfield, as the LE version didn't come with them from the factory, and limited LED's.

In my few months of ownership, I've only destroyed the ring once, but I have been playing Iron Man and Spiderman mostly while my wife has been playing the LOTR. I need to put more time on my LOTR!!
 
No idea how long you've owned yours but I've had mine 3-4 months now. I have yet to complete FOTR (get all across bridge), I have acquired all Gift of the Elves (in one game), beaten the ring (in one game I made it to the ring 3 times!), beaten every ring mode (yes that includes the Witch King) and most importantly I made it to TABA for the 5th time and FINALLY BEAT THAT BITCH of a mode!
Sadly I feel like Valinor will never happen for me. It's a struggle just to get to TABA let alone beat it. Can;t imagine having to beat all the ring modes again when I'm usually on my last ball ... not likely.

TABA requires shooting the ring ramp, then shooting one of the 7 lanes, shooting the ring ramp, shooting the next lane - wash rinse repeat until all lanes are shot then you have to shoot the ring ramp one more time to finish.
This is a total of 15 shots needed to be completed.
But BOY DO I LOVE LOTR!!!!!

For some reason - the first time I got to TABA I completed it!!! ...but the few times I've gotten to it since, I totally flubbed. I've been getting much better at completing Fellowship (getting everyone across the bridge) lately....I don't think I did it until like 4 or 5 months after owning the game.....but it's really satisfying to hit the Balrog that last time - crazy light show and Gandalf screams "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" My best recommendation for that mode is to practice capturing some balls on one flipper to quell some of the chaos and make your ramp shots.

I don't think I've completed BITCH KING in years! I usually at least get one shot at him....but 3!? Glarghghgh
 
I don't think I've completed BITCH KING in years! I usually at least get one shot at him....but 3!? Glarghghgh

LOL!!
For FOTR I try to get a ball stuck behind Balrog but otherwise yes I do try to cradle/stall as much as possible.
I completed the Witch King without a multi ball the other night. It was cool being able to actually watch the display for that mode. IIRC this mode requires 10 shots. Unlike Gandalf VS Saruman where you mostly shoot Legolas and Aragorn, The witch King staying solid with Legolas but changing between Aragorn and Merry gahhhh. Not sure why but Merry is one of those shots I have a problem with. Pippen shot is easy for me - figure that one out?! ;)
Don;t get me started on the Gimli shot - that is my ultimate Kryptonite shot.
 
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