All of you make these wonderful mods for pinball machines that a handful I just have to get. But when I get them I'm so busy with work and life that I don't have time to install them. There they sit, under the games in the box they were shipped in. Am I alone?

A fellow pinsider suggested a "mod party". Have a bunch of fellow pinsiders over to help install the mods, free beer, gameplay and maybe a tourney with prizes. I like the idea but feel is it mooching off your friends? Unless the prizes are really good.

#2 10 years ago

JOE

neverahighscore

Pinside member

East Greenville, PA

11y 131K 1,415 13 14

Make one of the prizes one of your mods! Less for you, more for your friends -Joe

#3 10 years ago

YZF

yzfguy

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12y 146K 11,174 7

My mods are usually immediately installed after running back inside from the mailbox! honestly, usually within minutes !

#4 10 years ago

STK

flynnibus

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OP
Quoted from badbilly27:
All of you make these wonderful mods for pinball machines that a handful I just have to get. But when I get them I'm so busy with work and life that I don't have time to install them. There they sit, under the games in the box they were shipped in. Am I alone?
A fellow pinsider suggested a "mod party". Have a bunch of fellow pinsiders over to help install the mods, free beer, gameplay and maybe a tourney with prizes. I like the idea but feel is it mooching off your friends? Unless the prizes are really good.

Not just mods.. but all parts in general It's a byproduct of knowing you gotta buy them when you can because they aren't around forever..

#5 10 years ago

MEL

blondetall

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(I was totally expecting something else from the thread title. )

#6 10 years ago

???

SpOoKyRiDeS

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11y 44,150 1,176 8

I work on my mods, after first family time, then work, but even an hour here and there, you still can have the time after the more important time is spent. Pinball, as a hobby, should feel like it. If not, its then a third job, which noone needs. Most important thing is to... just... have... fun! ~SpOoKy

#7 10 years ago

RST

PinRob

Pinside member

11y 103K 3,765 39

Yep I'm in the same boat - I got almost everything I need and while i have installed a number of things I have 100's of dollars of stuff yet to be installed due to my lack of extra time to do it.

-2

#8 10 years ago

BIL

badbilly27

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Prospect Heights, IL

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Quoted from blondetall:
(I was totally expecting something else from the thread title. )

clever naming to get reads

#9 10 years ago

JRJ

jarjarisgod

Pinside member

Madison, WI

14y 97,150 5,087 82

Same here. I bought the Tron arcade mod about a year ago and still haven't installed it.

#10 10 years ago

JIM

BowlingJim

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20y 105K 2,607 12 8 1

I have every ramp and all the mountains and the missing mountain mod sitting under my White Water. Had the parts for a couple of months just not looking forward to putting them on.

#11 10 years ago

GEM

Silverballer

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14y 88,300 3,238 51

Quoted from jarjarisgod:
I bought the Tron arcade mod about a year ago and still haven't installed it.

This one is takes 20 minutes. Get to it Mr. Binks.

Quoted from BowlingJim:
I have every ramp and all the mountains and the missing mountain mod sitting under my White Water.

This one takes more than 20 minutes. You get a pass and my sympathy.

I am also guilty of this as I have the real spinning sawblade mod for TOM. Sitting in the box.

#12 10 years ago

DOG

Whysnow

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12y 187K 35,338 30 1

Some pinheads enjoy working on pins as much as playing them. I think a mod party sounds like a blast! The ability to get under the hood of a bunch of pins, pimp them out, and have fun lending a hand to another pinhead is always a good thing!

Free beer and good pin-nerding helps obviously.

LMK when the party is

#13 10 years ago

DUG

DugFreez

Speaker Light Kits

12y 94,550 4,453

I have a real knocker and icicles for the Iceman ramp on my X-Men. It is still considered "on probation" so I'm in no rush to install them.

#14 10 years ago

JAS

jsalce

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Dumfries, VA

11y 53,550 425 12

OP
Quoted from badbilly27:
All of you make these wonderful mods for pinball machines that a handful I just have to get. But when I get them I'm so busy with work and life that I don't have time to install them. There they sit, under the games in the box they were shipped in. Am I alone?

I'm with you, same problem. Some mods I don't want to do until I clean the whole machine and take ramps off (plastic protectors for example). I agree with flynnibus, you just don't know how long some of these mods are going to be available, so you try to get them sooner rather than later.

#15 10 years ago

BIL

badbilly27

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Prospect Heights, IL

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Quoted from Whysnow:
LMK when the party is

Consider yourself invited my friend if I go through with it. Regardless, when I have a small get together I promised some of my Wisconsin friends will get an invite.

#16 10 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Inactive member

San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

I don't do mods.

#17 10 years ago

CBM

spfxted

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Saddle River, NJ

12y 147K 24,659 4 9

I do this every time I get a mod.....call NJGecko and we have a party.

#18 10 years ago

JRJ

jarjarisgod

Pinside member

Madison, WI

14y 97,150 5,087 82

Quoted from Silverballer:
This one is takes 20 minutes. Get to it Mr. Binks.

I actually went to install it a couple months ago, only to find that I need a different set of needlenose pliers to get the old cabinet removed. After that, all motivation drained away. Maybe I'll try again in a few months.

#19 10 years ago

CFL

centerflank

Inactive member

Unknown

11y 165K 13,962 7 206

Quoted from jarjarisgod:
I actually went to install it a couple months ago, only to find that I need a different set of needlenose pliers to get the old cabinet removed. After that, all motivation drained away. Maybe I'll try again in a few months.

Id love to come play your Spiderman and a Tron LE, Ill install the mod for you!

#20 10 years ago

JRJ

jarjarisgod

Pinside member

Madison, WI

14y 97,150 5,087 82

Quoted from centerflank:
Id love to come play your spiderman and a TRON LE, Ill install the mod for you!

Deal!

#21 10 years ago

JRK

jrivelli

TrueColor Protectors

Milwaukie, OR

11y 89,650 4,625 10 20

Mine usually sit for a while and then I'll put them all on at once

#22 10 years ago

SJF

sfish

Inactive member

12y 40,650 334

I have a bunch of mods laying on top and under my machines. I think part of the fun is looking forward to getting them and ordering them. I will put them all on someday but I am not in a hurry.

#23 10 years ago

SKB

Eskaybee

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12y 155K 12,953 40

OP
Quoted from badbilly27:
All of you make these wonderful mods for pinball machines that a handful I just have to get. But when I get them I'm so busy with work and life that I don't have time to install them. There they sit, under the games in the box they were shipped in. Am I alone?
A fellow pinsider suggested a "mod party". Have a bunch of fellow pinsiders over to help install the mods, free beer, gameplay and maybe a tourney with prizes. I like the idea but feel is it mooching off your friends? Unless the prizes are really good.

Not alone. Though I normally add a newly acquired mod within a week of receiving it; I still have two sets of mirror blades from the Black Friday sale. Procrastination > mods. but turns out saving these worked, I've been through so many games in the past 6 months, it's good I still have the blades

#24 10 years ago

JJD

coasterguy

Pinside+ Frequent

13y 133K 9,557 9

Mods can be fun but, they can also be frustrating to install. I try to install them after a good nights sleep that's for sure.

#25 10 years ago

JON

jonnyo

Pinside member

Oakland, CA

14y 57,150 2,873

OP
Quoted from badbilly27:
All of you make these wonderful mods for pinball machines that a handful I just have to get. But when I get them I'm so busy with work and life that I don't have time to install them. There they sit, under the games in the box they were shipped in. Am I alone?
A fellow pinsider suggested a "mod party". Have a bunch of fellow pinsiders over to help install the mods, free beer, gameplay and maybe a tourney with prizes. I like the idea but feel is it mooching off your friends? Unless the prizes are really good.

I think it's a good idea. It's an opportunity for the people newer in tech to learn from the older ones, and just an excuse to socialize and barbecue.

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