I'm definitely a cheapie when it comes to some things and even I now replace all those old sockets with new when doing a swap.

All the 'fixes' over the years with old sockets just don't cut it for me in the long haul. I do save the ones that aren't rusty though, and re-use the bare wire between the GI sockets sometimes (when I need a short piece and I can't find my new spool....)

I see meteor behind you, how about LED strips to replace the rocket lamps/top meteor light lamps? (I know about the twist replacements already)

That way all the LEDs would be consistent throughout the machine.

I just finished doing my Dragonfist - looks great. Fun soldering in the 470 ohm resistors and luckily I stuffed them all and thought about it and realized the resistor needed to be on the opposite side of the board as the LED before I soldered even one.... but I had to pull out all 100 resistors and flip. Oh well.

I think this is a nominee for "product of the year" - first time my fist has ever had all its lamps working 100%.

This is after endless frustrations with replacing sockets! Even replaced sockets there still were lamps that weren't reliable. The elimination of the socket is the genius part on this product.

https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/the-twipy-pinball-awards-results-percentages-and-honorable-mentions/

Would qualify under 'mod of the year'

That's what the newer revision has.... I just got the pre-revision.

The only suggestion I would have is make the landing area larger for the common wire - just to get it away from the screw head. I also sometimes use the tab which negates worrying about that and uses the screw to pass the common voltage.

I had found one swapped wire and one I forgot to connect when I did it, easy as cake to pull the playfield up, desolder and swap. The standalone pad takes solder really well.

Need more circuitry to deal with the phased lamps. LEDs would stay on for multiple phases.