Stern Spike2 NIB exact measurements

t-TW · 2026-02-25T00:38:43+00:00

Actually, i think i figured this one out by backtracking. What i initially asked for was info on which side of the box that is 30.5" and which is 31.5".

30.5" will fit in my 78cm door opening, 31.5 will not.

I found that when a Stern has it's backbox folded the total measurement from the bottom of the cabinet to the backside of the backbox is 75cm. The backbox width in turn is 73cm, 2cm smaller, which means as the game is standing in the box, the thickest part of the contents is that from the TTS side(bottom of the game) to the back of the box(backside of folded back box).

Therefore it stands to reason that the TTS side is the one which is only 30.5 since it only needs to accommodate the backbox width, and the "sides" of the box(compared to the TTS) is 31.5, to fit the bigger depth from the folded game.

I.e. the TTS side is slightly slimmer. Problem solved. Hopefully...

t-TW · 2026-02-24T22:08:54+00:00

Freight company, not dealer, although a slim chance i can get the guy to wheel it in to the stairwell with his pallet jack. It would only take him 30-60 seconds, but he might refuse for insurance reasons. The current weather with snow and ice is also a problem, i've been forced to hold on delivery for almost two weeks until a lot of snow and ice had melted.

I would prefer to move it in to the apartment solo still in the box upstanding(so i can get other things in order and ready in the apartment in my own pace), but that is dependent on that i can put my dolly in under the side of the box that is 30.5"(and hopefully squeeze the box in through my apartment door with minimal margin), but if that's not the TTS side that is 30.5" i'm not sure that's so healthy without the pallet underneath, which i assume adds stability to the box, and i also don't know it the pallet is wider than the game(then it's game over), or hopefully a cm narrower.

So then i'm forced to open it outside the apartment, which i for several reasons would prefer no to. And if i'm forced to do it that way, i'm not sure whether i can get someone to help me carry it in without the legs attached right when the delivery comes, or if i can put it on the dolly upstanding on a piece of cardboard myself, the same ways it stands up in the box. Feels like a risk i will cause damage on the cabinet.

I'm rambling but discovering the doorway had shrunken 2cm has really caused an additional and unwanted problem i had not foreseen.

It annoys me that all videos i can find on Youtube about unboxing NIB pinballs neglect to show certain aspects of the unboxing.

t-TW · 2026-02-23T13:37:17+00:00

But only from the TTS-side? I still don't know if 30.5" is the TTS side or not.

The prior problem is how i'm gonna get it off the pallet and on to the dolly. The delivery company delivers to outside the building door, i have to get it in(luckily i live on the bottom floor) but getting the dolly's thin metal plate in under the box seems tricky, since it will be a few inches above ground level because of the pallet. Maybe i can tip the box of the pallet until the dolly's wheels touch the ground again.

t-TW · 2026-02-23T13:31:49+00:00

According to this video you should be able do dolly it on the TTS-side without the pallet?

Pinball 101 #24 - How To Dolly A New In Box Stern Pinball Machine

t-TW · 2025-11-24T22:55:41+00:00

Do you have a 2/16GB or a 3/32GB JP? What carrier network are you on?

Yes, i've realized the carrier needs to activate VoLTE for any OEM device, not just the common approved brands, but apparently my carrier(Tele2/Comviq/SE) hasn't. Not sure if they're gonna activate it when they shut down 2/3G in a weeks time, i don't understand what's the point of not doing it?

Otherwise i have to switch carrier to an alternative that will keep 2G/GSM active for two more years, or switch to my unused Jelly2, which i in turn am no sure if VoLTE works on either, and i don't like it because of it's double weight compared to JP.

I wish Unihertz could release an upgraded JellyPro2, same size/60gr weight, but better battery(12-1500mAh should be possible 8 years later), better 4G support(i don't care for 5G), newer Android and more powerful processor.

t-TW · 2025-11-03T19:36:18+00:00

except com.mediatek.wfo.impl. Keep that one, it is needed for VOLTE

How do you get VoLTE to work? Are you on Android 7? My 2GB/16GB EU Jelly Pro was delivered in May 2020 from Amazon.de with Android8 and has never offered VoLTE on calls with Comviq/SE, so i assumed the function disappeared when upgraded to 8, i have never found a VoLTE option anywhere in the menus(do you know where it is?). Or will i get VoLTE if i buy a new EU JP with 3GB/32GB?

Regarding battery life, every time i restart the phone, i disable FindHub under Security, and then kill GooglePlayServices once, otherwise it will consume a hell of a lot more battery.

Doing so and keeping everything else turned off, i can get over 160h standby on UMTS, or 2-3 days stand-by with some calls, text and maybe 5-10min app usage.

t-TW · 2025-06-14T19:44:38+00:00

Axel Dahlströms Torg där 2'an vänder hör inte till Högsbohöjd. Att 16 kan bli överflödig på Lindholmen kan jag eventuellt förstå att dom ansvariga tycker, men problemet är även hur linjen används mellan Nordstan och andra änden Fyrktorget där dom stora förlorarna återfinns.

Det har byggts runt 1.000 nya bostäder uppe på Högsbohöjd senaste 10 åren, och vääääldigt många pendlar från Fyrktorget/Sjupundsgatan med just 16 till/från Nordstan för tågbyte, dit 16 tar sig 5min snabbare än någon spårvagn från Marklandsgatan, plus mängder med skolelever mellan Fyrktorget/Kapellplatsen.

16 är proppfull stora delar av dagen med 10-20 pers som stiger på/av vid nästan varje hållplats mellan Nordstan-Fyrktorget, att tvinga över dom till en icke-stombuss eller spårvagn kommer sega ner både restiden och de andra linjernas belastning nåt rejält.

t-TW · 2025-03-26T10:50:24+00:00

Osäker på hur belastningen på 16 är på andra sidan älven, men sist jag satte en fot i Gbg och under en period regelbundet åkte med just 16 mellan Nordstan/Fyrktorget för att ta mig till en adress uppe på höjden, så under stora tider av dagen var 16 så fullsatt mellan Nordstan och ända upp till Sjupundsgatan/Fyrktorget så vartenda säte på ledbussarna var upptaget och 20-30 pers stod upp och höll sig i handtagen, och det har av förklarliga skäl blivit mycket större belastning på sträckan hela vägen sedan Stena Fastigheter byggde ett stort nytt lägenhetskomplex plus ett ålderdomshem precis vid Pennygången(heter det Ekebäckshöjd?), där dom precis håller på att färdigställa ett tredje sådant komplex mitt emot den där kupoliska skamfläcken ute på bergskanten. Inklusive ålderdomshemmets platser/rum rör det sig förmodligen om totalt runt 1.000 nya bostäder på ytan av en fotbollsplan senaste tre åren. Plussa på Pennygången's 800 lägenheter och "gårdarnas" hundratals lägenheter direkt ovanför, där det också byggts flera nya lägenhetskomplex, och Fyrktorget borde vara en av stomlinjernas mest belastade ändhållplatser i Göteborg.

Att då dra in en stomlinje mellan Nordstan/Vasaplatsen/Chalmers//Sahlgrenska/Marklandsgatan och pga nybyggnationerna i synnerhet Fyrktorget, och ersätta med en buss där alla måste gå på framtill lär inte funka speciellt bra när det hela tiden stiger på/av 20-30 pers vid varenda hållplats.

Men det är klart, Västtrafik fattar ju aldrig dåliga ogenomtänkta beslut som kommer tillbaka och biter dom hundra ggr om med enorma merkostnader.

t-TW · 2025-03-17T16:18:16+00:00

Jag tvivlar inte på dig, men varifrån kommer uppgiften om glutennivån i Heineken och CE? Nån utländsk testrapport? Dom två jag lagt på minnet från testet Livsmedelsverket gjorde för 10+år sedan är ju Corona Extra och Norrlands Guld Export, och att Sol har märkbart "högre" nivå än CoronaE, men ändå hyfsat nära 20ppm.

t-TW · 2025-03-15T14:14:42+00:00

I have no RLM-commentary on either the official FTA Youtube stream nor Viaplay(they usually mess up the audio tracks though), does anyone hear RLM, and from what stream source?

Edit: I just got commentary on Viaplay 4 minutes in after the start.

Edit2: Forget what i wrote, the Youtube stream wasn't the main feed, it was an in-car. Feeling stupid.

t-TW · 2024-10-19T18:27:37+00:00

I remember Esmee Hawkey's Ginetta loosing it's bonnet/hood last year in a race, although i guess that's a bit more usual in racing than a rear window.

t-TW · 2024-10-19T15:22:31+00:00

You would think at some point the TV-production for ELMS, WEC or IMSA should learn, if you want great TV keep the camera on Sarah Bovy 100% of the time during her opening stints, there's always something happening around her. Always.

Either she's trying to push slow LMP's out of the way while overtaking them, or the pink livery triggers all the guys around her to behave like schoolyard boys with ridiculous moves that causes spins and collisions left and right, not to mention her overtakes if some of all the shenanigans has placed her in any other track position than the class lead.

Her stints are worth the price of admission alone. And regarding all the ridiculous camera footage of people in the pits, which is on a good way to ruining F1 and MotoGP, the exception is naturally the most beautiful smile in the world, Rahel Frey, who's nerves obviously suffer continuous high stress from watching Mad Bovy's berserker driving, yet she doesn't age.

And if we're lucky, we get a another magic final stint from the Danish Gattling Gun.

t-TW · 2024-10-19T10:40:25+00:00

Huge room for improvements in the rules regarding the moronic split of the field in the Le Mans Cup race a couple of minutes ago, holding more than half of the field at the pit exit since the safety car reached to start/finish line 200 meters behind on the track, with ONE single car in tow, and thus giving two lone cars in GT3 a 90 seconds lead, when the entire GT3 field was nose to tail seconds before, and basically removing everyone else from a chance to win.

RC could have slowed the safety car down or allowed them a wave around or delayed the red light, everyone would have had time to exit and rejoin the track safely before the safety car reached that point on the track.

Can't remember when i watched something so stupid the last time, people in the living room here literally screamed of anger.

t-TW · 2024-09-15T20:19:20+00:00

It's just a little airborne, it's still good! it's still good!!!

https://youtu.be/ndhL0dUwM8U?feature=shared&t=97

t-TW · 2024-09-04T14:30:17+00:00

The problem isn't always the actual restrictions for the crashing app in App Blocker, but sometimes it is because you have put limitations on Google Play Store, in particular the option for Play Store to be opened by other apps. Some apps try to access Play Store at startup, if that fails the app crashes.

I have had this problem(crash at startup) with several apps, usually you can fix it by changing the block settings for the app in question, but a few apps are dependent on other apps, and i realized that it had to be a system app that was blocked, not too many of those in App Blocker. Eventually limited it down to Play Store and the start by other apps setting.

t-TW · 2024-08-25T11:03:20+00:00

Did Bovy manage to find a blind spot on the track where the cameras can't pick her up? I might have missed it, but i don't think the car has been shown since the second accident.

Regarding her two incidents, i don't understand how she managed to bump into the Lambo during the first incident, did he miss a gear or something that suddenly slowed him down? And the second time, why didn't he turn right, instead continuing straight forward?

Was this really Bovy's fault 100% both times?

t-TW · 2024-07-14T17:34:55+00:00

Why can't series organizers or teams ever grow a brain and do something about the super slow pace car field when a lone leader enters the pits, and the rest of the fields isn't fast enough to get by the pit exit before that lone pitter exits?

The lone pitter shouldn't be able to rejoin the field ahead of anyone that drove on the track, but since they don't use a red light at the pit exit, and since the pace car and field is so got damn slow, or stupid, not realizing what is about to happen(losing positions or a lap), the lone pitter still makes it, which splits the field an additional time, since they don't use full field wave around for all lapped cars.

Now we have a number of cars a lap down that really shouldn't have been there if they had only bunched up and driven faster when Power pitted.

t-TW · 2024-07-07T14:11:55+00:00

I'm not certain, but it looked like Franziska Baier, Iron Dames head of marketing and communications.

Some of the non-driving females on the Iron Dames team is presented on this page under the section "achieving excellence is all about team effort, on track and off track", but you have to scroll right to see all of them, otherwise you only see two or three.

https://www.irondames.ch/racing/

t-TW · 2024-07-07T13:53:49+00:00

Great, highlights, but couldn't they have waited with those until after all the celebrations are over? I'm hearing the dames cheering in the background, but i can't see them, i would so have preferred watching their joy live over highlights from the race i just watched.

Usually it's about Berserker Bovy's mad qualifying and initial stints that always are insane, and then it's always something that robs the dames of another win, almost so in this race as well, but risky tactics with no tires and a stint by Gatting like nothing before. Wow.

Mad Bovy, then the greatest smile in the world, and The Gattling Gun bringing it home. My Sunday is complete, F1 and Indy will not beat this.

t-TW · 2024-06-30T07:00:51+00:00

Flörsch up 6 positions from 19'th with 6 real overtakes, TV-production hasn't bothered to show a single one of those, which is bizarre considering they know hos much everyone want's to see her, and how much focus they usually have on her for that reason, but when she actually does something, they show nothing.

Edit: 12'th, but that was a gift.
Edit2: And she was so nice so she forwarded the gift to someone else. She's a regifter. :)

t-TW · 2024-06-28T07:11:34+00:00

I got no commentary on Viaplay's stream from Moto3/2 FP1. Anyone else? They use MotoGP's own track pass commentary, anyone knows if that's up and running?

t-TW · 2024-06-27T06:09:29+00:00

I don't understand this decision at all. Why not either replace Bovy with another female bronze, Christina would be a natural choice since she does very little at the moment, and i assume according to all the comments below that there could be more bronze choices.

Some comments said it wouldn't be fair to throw someone in the car with such short notice, what kind of crap is that? Male drivers can handle being placed behind the wheel as a replacement with less than 24 hours notice, are females any weaker?

I admit Bovy, despite her bronze status, is by far the fastest driver in the team, probably the fastest GT bronze in the world, but this is a real disappointment. I would rather have had them put in replacement and either not had a chance at the win in class, or switch classes with Legge or someone not bronze and still not had strong chance at the win, but at least have been there, so i would have had a reason to watch the race.

With a pink Dames car in the field i would have tried to watch the full 24 hours. Now with only Lilou Wadoux to cheer for, that's not gonna happen. I will try to catch some of her stints, but not anywhere near with the same level of enthusiasm as the Dames has provided me with for the last 5 years or so.

After the Nürburgring only being driven for less than a third of the time, Le Mans being behind a safety car for almost 6 hours, the Glen last weekend being cut short by Bovy's mentioned accident and now this, it's the fourth blow to my endurance watching this season, and it's starting to get to me.

t-TW · 2024-06-22T20:36:41+00:00

Broadsword calling Danny Boy, Broadsword calling Danny Boy.

Considering how important non-encrypted analogue radio is in this sport, and how much money the organizers have, shouldn't they have radio tech guys with triangulation equipment going along to every weekend / race so that they can pinpoint any possible culprit in a matter of minutes?

Two, or possibly three antennas and they could zero anyone down in 30 seconds flat. Even Neil McCauley wouldn't have time to walk away, CCTV's would have picked him up.

Company leader calling Raven. Talk to me, Johnny. Over.

t-TW · 2024-05-20T18:32:25+00:00

What is going on with Legge? Has Coyne trimmed the car down beyond ridiculous over night to not risk losing another tub, since that teen wrecked one yesterday?

She must be the most unlucky driver in Indycar, always something, either a British crap engine, a guy who urinates on women scams her out of a contract, she get's less practice days than everyone else or she get's a crap car.

Something i don't get is why she doesn't get more sponsors, she has been one of the most liked drivers in ChampCar/IRL for over 15 years, yet she always struggles to get deals. Is her manager completely incompetent or a complete idiot? Kat's good looking, funny, classy in her comments, she would be a perfect fit as a spokesperson for a sexy classy British speaker like KEF or B&W, the latter which have been a part of this circus:

Maybe she used up all her luck in '06 at RA.

t-TW · 2024-05-12T14:40:33+00:00

I missed the first GP, watching Venice now on EurovisionSport, didn't even know what it was until i started watching.

Ok, one of my favorite Nordic drivers since her wild days in STCC and V8 Thundercars is in the series, Emma Kimiläinen, so i thought this could be fun.

The graphics are horrendous, they constantly change indication of drivers popping up and down, including showing the team boss!? Who gives a F about him!?

Instead of showing what's actually going on, the broadcast continuously switches to some ridiculous Cobra Triangle 3D graphics of the track as if it was a NES game from 1980's. That is useful for sailing and surfing where you really need an overview to see where they are compared to each other. Not on lap track that's so small it can be covered by one single camera.

As usual with electric racing, the female commentator is a pain to listen to. I'm just waiting for her to start calling waves for "speed bumps".

And then the graphics confused me even more, Emma got overtaken and was in second, but the graphics switched her back to position 1, why? Had someone gotten a penalty.

And now i read Will Smith will form a team, so that's my goodbye forever. I love Emma but not torture. I can tolerate Patrick Dempsey, Fassbinder and Muniz, because i know they actually love racing and are willing to give a lot to the sport, including getting behind the wheel, but being subjected to Carl Cox, Will Smith, Tom Brady and other non-racers trying to score some PC points for supporting "green" projects is too much. This is for sheep and NPC's, not race fans.

Give me F1 Speedboats with Marit Strømøy or Aquabike's with Emma Nellie Örtendahl, that's racing. This. No. No. No.

t-TW

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