Good to see you here. That is some GREAT news about the new movies. I have the first one on BluRay 3D and it's a KILLER. Must have watched it 20 so far. Post pictures of the Gunships, I' love to see them.

OK here are a couple of pictures of the lit Pod. The led strip is white light and the color temp of the leds really messes with the ccd pick-up in the camera and it looks blue but it is white light. Gonna have to look for a filter for my camera one of these days. It was all pretty straight forward, take apart, paint, hot melt guy into Pod, toss clear plastic that held him in, drill holes in Pod and pf plastics for led wires, attach led strip, route wires and reassemble. Looks really good and for once no left over parts.

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Thanks Pintucky. Now to start on the pop caps mod I talked about earlier. Got the parts in today and will go to the hardware store tomorrow to buy one of those cone shaped drill bits that drill ever larger holes and they aint cheap, $30. I did a mock up job on one cap and it looks WOW!! Some may say it's to much but I think it looks GREAT.

Yeah....for the whole 2 people that have been reading my topic.

To give my game a more up to date look here is the new look of my pop covers and how I went about doing it.

First you get (hopefully borrow from a friend cuz they are like $35) a multi diameter drill bit with a max diameter of over 1 inch.

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and drill out the center holes to just over 1 inch.

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and this is what it will look like. Notice that there are 2 extra bolt holes

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those holes have to be at a 90 degree from the factory screw holes so that the new bolts will clear the 2 indents on the pop cup.

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here are all 3 that are done.

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This is what you will be putting on from the underside of the cap, a mini dome.

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And this is the final product, looks like it came off a 2014 game doesn't it. The bolts that hold it on are #6-1/2 in. stainless steel with nylocks nuts. I wanted to use chrome cap allen head bolts but they are over $2 each and the smallest I could find were #8.

They look great but now I have a REAL problem.......what color domes.

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I color matched the bulb with the lens. Here is what they look like on the game.

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Now the last challenge is going to be routing out the plastic the sits just above the cap with the red dome. As you know that plastic has to come way down so the only thing to do is grind it away around the dome. The black dot on the plastic is centered on the dome so you get an idea about how much plastic has to come off.

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The final piece is done. Now I can put the game back together. I haven't played it in 3 weeks so I'm pumped.

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Well I wouldn't go quite that far. It's pretty close considering I did it by hand with a dremel and carved it out a little bit at a time. But it's good enough.

I REALLY hope you find one, I'm soooo glad I did. With all the extra lights I put on it it's like a whole different game. Put a post up on PS. Your mind is in the right place so come back and chat anytime.

Yeah, if I would have left the regular bulbs in I probably would have started it on fire by now. Counting all the bulbs in the strips and other bulbs I've added 76 bulbs to the game and I still have the 2 el paper under the translucent cards to put on yet. DANG this is FUN!!

Just got finished installing the el paper apron cards. They look GREAT but the pictures turned out like junk, the ccd in my camera made the card color red.

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My spelling will probably be wrong but to read about it google Electroluminecent paper or film. It's really cool stuff and comes in dif. colors too.

funny you should say that cuz when I got my new 1970 Grabber Orange Mustang for my last month of Senior High EVERYONE wanted to sit at my table for lunch.

paper from Mexico. Good one.

I bought the cards and el paper from Pinballcenter.com in Germany. The cards and paper aren't cheap but it's the only game in town. They have them for a bunch of diff. games.

Hey guys, as you know sparky is making the MDM, a couple of you have chimed in and said you'd want one. I think I have convinced him to make it for us. He has just put up a picture of the proto faceplate so take a look and leave your feedback. As you know there aren't many mods out for our game because there weren't many sold so if show sparky by getting involved with the design that we are interested I think we can get it for our game. Avatar is a keeper for me.

Thanks guys.

GREAT news guys, Sparky is doing an Avatar MDM for our game so let's show him our support and get them for our games, I'm getting 2. I just put a Met one on my Met and it's way cool. Oh and the hex standoff did not come with the MDM and he will also start selling the power splitter if you need it which is great cuz ya don't have to order them from another vender so you'll save the shipping cost when ya buy them from Sparky.

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What you doin here, that aint no Avatar!! just kidding, I'll let it slide THIS TIME. Looks great there. Is it close enough do you think? I hope Sparky sells a ton of these. Now one for your Avatar. I've got 2 coming for mine.

Hey guys, I was thinking about changing the apron and getting a design put on the triangular inserts that light up with the flashers so I contacted Gio at the Refinery. He has a metallic blue apron ready to go and asked what design I had in mind for the flasher inserts. I was thinking of the flying creatures (name escapes me at the moment) or something. So I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. A metallic blue apron would look a lot better then the black one I think. This would be a one off but I was thinking if there was interest maybe we could get a better price, I haven't gotten a price yet. What do you guys think?

Hey what are Avatar buds for. I'm thinking it's the blue that's on ST, have to see it first. I have the blue legs on my ST Pro that Stern put on Avengers and that compliments the pf PERFECT.

Welcome to the club. You've added some nice mods but what else did you chrome. You can see my mods in earlier posts, I will be getting 2 of Sparkys MDM mods, I just added a Modfather gold leaf shooter knob and am talking to Zdoor about a metalic blue apron with custom flasher insert pictures. The complete apron might be for sale to other Avatar owners if it works out.

That's some nice extra chrome work, got some pictures? Mines going nowhere also.

Thanks Gio. Well what do you guys think? It's a metallic blue and would have an engraving, like the Refinery does on their IM apron, of a Raptor on each of the 2 flasher inserts like in this picture. The creature sure would be nice and big and fit perfectly to.

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Hey ya can't take it with ya so spend it now and have some fun. This is one mod that will actually add to the game IMO and there are really no mods out there for Avatar so if Gio does it that would make another mod he could offer and we would get a cool mod, a win-win if you ask me.

So I want this mod and am asking if anyone else wants it too. The apron is ready to go but the plastics have to be made. Don't know about a price yet.

Hey thanks. That makes 2 , who will be #3?

I have a Refinery chromed on my Pro and it looks WOW!!!

Just make sure it's an LE, waaaay better then the Pro. I LOVE mine.