I joined the club with a AC/DC prem! Can't wait to get the MikeD mini LCD Mod and start to dig into the other cool mods out there. Gotta find all the hidden tricks, rules, and strategies ... and read through this thread. Found out that if you hold the right flipper at launch, you get a opportunity for a higher point skill shot. Going to be a lot of fun!

Did the ruleset ever get updated/completed? Reading through it, it looks like there were several additions and suggestions noted (even here on pinside) that needed to be added/revised. I just got a ACDC Prem a couple of weeks ago and would also like a cheat sheet for the detailed rules and modes. If anyone has something all compiled together and updated, it would be much appreciated.

Love the pin so far. Got many mods in mind to add to it. Just received the MikeD mini LCD mod and need to install it, and have a ColorDMD on back order.

Just got my ACDCPrem a few weeks ago. I get air balls when the drop targets pop back up, which seems to be normal (I've seen that on other pins). That along with the cannon shot has me a little concerned about playfield dimples. Has anybody used a playfield protector on this pin? Is it kind of needed? I have a playfield protector on my F14 and it is pain for cleaning and dirt sometimes getting under it, but is pretty good for everything else. I'm ordering Cliffys today, but are there other wear areas to be concerned about if I don't get a playfield protector?

Mine are that way too. The Pinbits mod for those (with "back flashes") supposedly will be remade/restocked soon - so they told me last week. I'm waiting for them ...

Licensing extension agreement conflicts put a halt to production

I got my modfather shipment in today and ... oh my gosh ... his artistic talents on this stuff is fantastic! I love the way he did the highlights on the train the most. The bell is great too and the photos do not do it justice, as it is hard to show the proper shades of browns and cooper with my phone camera. If your ACDC is a keeper for life, I highly recommend having ModFather add some detail to these items.

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If you find a supplier/distributor for those please let me know. I've been looking and inquiring for 4 months now.

I took my bell off to have modfather paint it (he did a great job). When I put it back on, I also installed some other mods, changed all the rubbers, cleaned and waxed the playfield. I had just waxed it maybe 300 plays earlier but, while I had it apart and dirtied it up a bit with doing mods and such, I thought I should. Now when I hit the bell, it swings and hits the glass more than 50% of the time, sometimes pretty hard. I don't feel like the flippers are too strong ... everything is at the default settings and I'm not powering through the ramps. Did I miss something when I put the bell back on? Is there something mechanical there to limit the swing travel? Before, it was really rare when the bell hit the glass - usually only when I hit it after it was already swinging. I did wax it before I did these mods (when I first got it) and the bell swing was still fine. That originally was with mill wax. I changed this time to carnauba wax. I did not change the flipper rubber as I think the guy I bought it from last October had put new titans on them a short time earlier and they were in good shape. I eventually want to get inivisiglass, but want to solve this first. Any suggestions? Is there any bell swinging adjustments?

Let me try another one. I have some red bulbs that are bad and going bad in my lower playfield. I notice that those go dim and brighter for HTH. Are those special bulbs, or can I just replace them with normal LED bulbs? If they are not "normal", where can I buy replacements?

To answer my own question for those that are curious ... I replaced all of the lower playfield LEDs with normal Comet red frosted ones and it looks a lot better now. More rich color that is dispersed in the lower playfield area more evenly. These LEDs still will fade in and out during some of the Hell themed song selections.

I did that also. I changed every rubber on the top and bottom. The new comet red frosted LEDs really make that bottom playfield pop now when it is played. Cleaning the underside of the window with sparkle really cleaned it up. I was worried that it was getting cloudy. Nope ... just a little grimy from whatever floats around down there.

I did it myself and replaced all of the LEDs with red frosted ones and the rubber while in there. Might as well wax it too. Not hard. Remove the couple of screws, disconnect a couple of connections in the way, and just let it rest there while getting it done.

I just bought invisiglass for my Prem and it makes a big difference. I bought one for another pin before, but adding it to this one too is just great. With all the many playfield GI and flashing lights, they have some reflections on the standard glass ... as well as the translate and some room lighting. I advise getting invisiglass or PDI (whichever your flavor preference) and a piece of bent plastic for the DMD for this pin. Most of that glare goes away. If you sell the pin later, you can swap the original standard glass back in.

A must for me was the cliffy protectors. Besides what you have coming, I got the train, bell, and wood block painted by modfather and that really touches it up with some detail that really looks good. Just my opinion. Changing all of the LEDs to the brighter frosted ones brightens it up, but doesn't blind you when you look at the bulbs. You should glance at the pinbits lightning bolt flashers that have a back flash - great effect of a flash on the train and bell when those go off that isn't hard on the eyes for the flash. Just some suggestions to look at.

I have 4 pins going through the pinnovators pinmixer into 1 polk 100 watt sub ... sounds great even with multiple pins running at the same time.

You got me on this one. I had to try it for the jukebox mode. Nope. But after a few flipper button presses, I did get a "Get out!" call out in the Steve Richie voice. Worth the effort. I also found holding the left flipper gives you a countdown to start in competition mode. Is that the same as tournament mode?

I put my name on the list for the stainless laser cut speaker panel that I will put EL red paper behind the cutouts. Take a look at those - something different. Likely not something most people would like, but I'm keeping my ACDC for a long time and want that slight spruce up over more flames there.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stainless-steel-speakerpanels-acdc-tron-lotr-star-trek

Also keeping my eye on the pingraffix powerblades ... waiting to see if the slight color change they talked about would be a more yellow flame instead of the blue hue. It will be interesting to see how that turns out.

Ahhh, I'll try that. Thanks.

I also got a "Geez your annoying" call out with the right flipper button. Something new for me.

Yes! I have a translite, but need the decals. The expanded set would be perfect!

I ordered one too. I "think" it will look better than stock in person. Did you use just 1 sheet of EL paper?

I got 179mil today ... my highest so far. I saw for the first time at the end of the ball bonus total a 2x on 2 balls and a 3x on one ball pop up in a yellow circle on the ColorDMD then blow up the total end of ball bonus to a new total with that multiplier. Not sure what I did for that, but it felt like I accomplished something new after 8 months of playing every few days.

Thanks for the explanation. I'll look for the flashing lanes in the future now that I know what those mean. Interesting ...

Link isn't there ...

I replaced all of the GI on the playfield with frosted bulbs too. Even the lower mini playfield - it looks much better, and more color is dispersed.

I'm all of a sudden having a problem with all of the GI bulbs under the plastics. They all flash rapidly together when the ball is in play for any song. The only time the don't is when selecting a song, shooting the cannon, or playing the lower playfield. Reboot does not help. It's not random flashing like in attract mode ... they all flash together. Anyone run into this and have a solution?

^^^ Thank you very much! ^^^

Good to know ... I will have to try them too.

Just thought that I would show the Pingraffix PowerBladez that I just installed on my ACDC Prem. The video on the Pingraffix site is the older first run version. They changed the color hue a bit to be more yellow than blue and I like it a lot better than what is in their original video. Some of the color is still a bit washed out in my video because of the bright lights, but the blades are not a over-whelming annoyance. They look real good and compliment the look of it when playing the lower playfield when most of the other lights are off. They are constantly running a random pattern and are not triggered by sound or sound levels. Glad I made the purchase.

Can someone give me the red color code to match the rails for the older premium (not the VE unless they are the same red)? I want to get something powder coated to match and need the code for it. Thanks!

I like the tilttopper.com one that I have. I also have the Helen one from Laseriffic, but the titltopper one is a little interactive and flasher based on sound level. Just my 2 cents

Too bad you don't have some available for the MikeD LCD mod corner. All it would need would be a lighted logo ... nothing shining down on the LCD mod.

The MikeD mod comes with a switch that plugs into the 120v service outlet on the switch. Then pin power triggers the normally closed switch to open and send power to the MikeD mod components. So the only power it uses from the pin is to trigger the switch relay. I really like it. No it will not work on another pin or on a pro machine. Just premium and LE.

Mezelmods has target splints for those that I'm going to eventually try. The targets just keep twisting on me.

A couple of months ago when I inquired, they said to get the 2 piece one as it is easier to install there. They did say however that "some" people on here have said that they used the one piece one to ensure that the splint would not bend over time. My next order with them, I'm just going to go with the 2 piece - easier is better in my book. If someone has a different experience with them, comments are welcome.

Need for someone to make a roof for behind the MikeD mod. No lights shining down needed, a lit logo would be nice. I have the swinks frame, but it just looks bare back there. Anybody do anything there?

I'm going to try these ... they advised to use the 2 piece splint.

Nice - you should make those and sell them. I'd buy a set. Looks good.

Understood. For what it's worth, I ask Mezel if one of theirs would work on my F14 center kill targets and they said it would not. Looking forward for an update.

That's normal, but agree that a short magnet stoppage action would help.

I have them. Most people seem to like the red, but I think the red is just too much red added to already red heavy lighting on the playfield and doesn't contrast more with the rest of the game lighting. To me those flashers should be a pop of a different color. I chose blue and it is kind of a washed out blue like a real life lightening bolt - not a dark rich blue. It goes very well with the white back flash, like a real lightening flash. The red with the white back flash ... just doesn't seem like the right combo to me for a lightening bolt. The front flash isn't super bright to flash the bulbs directly in your eyes. The back flash is awesome. Just my opinion ... I like them better than the others that are on the market.

beatmaster made one version of them long ago with wires going to the detonator. I got one about a year or so ago from him that he still had laying around. Maybe check with him. With new ACDC pins being made, maybe he would start those back up if there was enough interest. Doesn't hurt to ask.

Just so you know, this is the version of the dynamite that beatmaster was making before.

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There's no action, lights, etc. It's just a static toy that can be added for looks. See my pic at the top of this thread page.

Hey ... that's the image on my pin's blanky

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I'd like one for behind the MikeD mod (different shape)

Are the call outs low level too? Or just the music? Bell and train sounds?

If you have a headphone accessory with volume control, check that too. Sometimes it will also control master volume. Could be wrong on that, but worth the check.

There is a magnet under the bell to stop it from swinging. Seems simple, but I wish they would put it in the code so that 3 seconds after a bell hit they would activate the magnet for a second or two to slow the bell swing down if the opto still shows it's swinging.

It kicks it a little in a ball search. Not sure when else it is used.

The pinbits bolts with the built-in rearward extra back flash are the best in my opinion. Love them.

The pinbits are better because of the back flash ... in my opinion. Love em.

If you press another button (I forget which) it alternates between the live version and the album version.

Pinbits blue with rear flashers

Drum sticks? Or drum sets? I haven't seen a lighted drum stick mod yet?

The Stern or Pinnovators headphone jack / volume control???

Pingraffix AC/DC powerbladez ... I love em for this title. They are a yellow flame color and not like the video with a bluish tint. If you like them, you might want to inquire about them.
https://www.pingraffix.com/product-page/ac-dc-or-kiss-pinball-power-bladez-stern-pinball

If he made a roof top mod for those of us with the Mike D video mod I'd be in. It wouldn't require the extra lights for the band. Just a similar nice cover with the AC/DC cut out that would light up with the existing lights back there. It would be a different shape though, so probably too much work for the 10 or so that he would sell of that variety.

I have had those too. I like the back flash on them. They come loose every once in a while - I gotta add some loctite to those threads.

Anything that will help the odds. Thank you!

I wish he would make a roof for that area for those of us with the MikeD LCD mod.