Just picked up this cabinet on Thursday. Love it, but man is it a heavy beast. My bonus room upstairs is where my cabinet lives, and even with another guy helping there was no way we could get it up in one piece. Spent the next day labeling and unplugging everything needed to remove the head, the playfield and the transformer. I need to write up a quick guide on how to do that for when I forget later lol.

I looked it up in the manual and it says 250lbs. I guess that is pretty standard. Felt like a real lead butt compared to the old EM it replaced.

I was trying to find some info on adding mirror blades (side mirrors) to my Airborne to cover up the scratches on the inside of my cabinet. I found an old post that says Bally/Williams ones may work. Has anyone here tried it? How did it go and can you share a picture?

Also, does anyone know what the difference is when ordering mirror blades between Bally/Williams and Bally/Williams Remake?

My last email with Randy Perlow stated “
Airborne is not currently an active title and I’m not sure if/when it will be completed.”

I can’t remember if I posted this on here before, but there is a nice way to work on the playfield. You just need to put a rag or something behind the rollers at the back middle of the playfield so it doesn’t scratch the dmd.

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I've never looked into the process of how they colorize the games. It would be cool if there was a way to help out.

The metal gauge on that trim is pretty heavy (far studier than any other pin I have seen), so it shouldn't have any issue supporting the partial weight of the playfield since the supports are taking more of the weight. It works for me, and others who have done it.

Moved it back downstairs and into the garage for pick up. She’s on her way out Monday night to make room for a new pin.

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When I had mine I remember getting Cliffys because that left out hole is getting hit constantly. I did throw mirror blades in and they worked really well since the back board for the playfield is mirrored as well.

I went with clear titans to help with lighting. The machine is pretty challenging to shop out as there are just so many parts to it. I posted a ways back how you can perch the back of the playfield up in the glass trim to make access a lot easier, just be sure to throw a towel in there so you don’t scratch the dmd.

Sorry I couldn't / wouldn't help, but glad you figured something out. I was out of town for my 10th wedding anniversary and didn't want to entertain getting on the phone and talking about shopping a pin I traded away more than a year ago. I would prefer to stay married and out of the dog house.

Here is a post in the pinball magic forum that shows the same thing
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-magic-club/page/42#post-6337280

The ramp is designed to be in the down position except when capturing the ball. Capcom redesigned the mech early on to prevent the coil from burning up from being energized most of the time, but also released a software patch to address the issue. The toggle in the settings is to set the ramp behavior for the 2 different mechanisms. The details are in the code release notes.