i sifted through the disaster that is internet mp3 search/downloading, and found a nice BOP music mp3. i set it as my ringtone. really cool. pm me your email if you want a copy.
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Greetings to all! I purchased my Bride of Pinbot about 2 weeks ago after searching for several months. I found it through a round about path that ended up with me at a pinball bash party. Lo and behold..... there was the owner playing Indiana Jones. Chat lead to invitation to play his Bride the next week and that lead to a purchase!
The cabinet is pretty nice with a scuff on the Start decal and a back box corner scrape. It has new legs, coin door (new style), unbroken plastics, a good playfield, leg protectors, new rubber, and rebuilt flippers. On the flip side (is it Yang or Ying?)...... the ramps are broken at the entrances and 2 playfield scuffs at the habit trail/ramp drop points. All the features work just fine (including the face positions) and it kicks my butt with side drains. Working as intended. I hope that you will allow me to lurk and pop up with uninformed questions....this is my first and only pinball machine.
I went the CPR backglass route. when the pin is off, the b/glass is awesome ,compared to the translite. but turned on the leds shine better thru the translite. But i love my CPR backglass and would never go back.you can always buy as brite led bulbs as you want. i prefer frosted white and a few color leds.
Quoted from weaverj:i sifted through the disaster that is internet mp3 search/downloading, and found a nice BOP music mp3. i set it as my ringtone. really cool. pm me your email if you want a copy.
Hey that's pretty cool.
Quoted from Catalyze:Greetings to all! I purchased my Bride of Pinbot about 2 weeks ago after searching for several months. I found it through a round about path that ended up with me at a pinball bash party. Lo and behold..... there was the owner playing Indiana Jones. Chat lead to invitation to play his Bride the next week and that lead to a purchase!
The cabinet is pretty nice with a scuff on the Start decal and a back box corner scrape. It has new legs, coin door (new style), unbroken plastics, a good playfield, leg protectors, new rubber, and rebuilt flippers. On the flip side (is it Yang or Ying?)...... the ramps are broken at the entrances and 2 playfield scuffs at the habit trail/ramp drop points. All the features work just fine (including the face positions) and it kicks my butt with side drains. Working as intended. I hope that you will allow me to lurk and pop up with uninformed questions....this is my first and only pinball machine.
Hey Welcome to the club, I hope ya got it at a good price. The ramps are still available, but I can't remember from where just now. Your welcome to come back and ask all the questions you want, lots of guys here know a lot more then me.
Quoted from nightsearcher:I went the CPR backglass route. when the pin is off, the b/glass is awesome ,compared to the translite. but turned on the leds shine better thru the translite. But i love my CPR backglass and would never go back.you can always buy as brite led bulbs as you want. i prefer frosted white and a few color leds.
I've got the CPR glass too and really like it but it's very spendy.
Quoted from MustangPaul:The ramps are still available
Starship Fantasy? .........YUP. just checked, IN STOCK 
I have several things that I would like to replace on my machine. It looks to be a matter of practicality for me. The ramps need to be replaced for the machine to work well, so I just ordered the set from Starship Fantasy. There are only so many out there and with folks replacing playfields, they seem to be the first to go. The helmets are already gone (and mine has a tab or two that are suspect) so I will hope for a new run of them in the future. I would like to replace my translite with a true backglass, but with a budget, the ramps need to come first.
Quoted from Mancave:Starship Fantasy? .........YUP. just checked, IN STOCK
Thanks Paul, the name just escaped me at the time. 
Quoted from Catalyze:I have several things that I would like to replace on my machine. It looks to be a matter of practicality for me. The ramps need to be replaced for the machine to work well, so I just ordered the set from Starship Fantasy. There are only so many out there and with folks replacing playfields, they seem to be the first to go. The helmets are already gone (and mine has a tab or two that are suspect) so I will hope for a new run of them in the future. I would like to replace my translite with a true backglass, but with a budget, the ramps need to come first.
That's good you got the ramps. Did ya get the mini playfield too? If yours is original a new one is a must before they are gone too.
Quoted from Chosen_S:I really like my translite , it looks perfect, so my vote is good on it.
GET PINDUINO!
Nuff said
Let me know if anyone needs a pinduino kit for BoP -- I have two ready to ship.
Quoted from lyonsden:Let me know if anyone needs a pinduino kit for BoP -- I have two ready to ship.
What does that do again, I can't remember.
Quoted from MustangPaul:What does that do again, I can't remember.
Here is one of several youtube videos showing how PINDUINO lights up the shuttle ramp and also the faces. Great mod, and I love mine. Eric (Lyonsden) is first rate to deal with as well!
I would like to replace the helmet lights with LED's and also the ones behind the translite. On a bone stock BoP running L-5:
1. Which LED's will work without ghosting in the helmet? Since it isn't affected by patched ROM's, I would be grateful for what specific LED brand will work nicely.
2. Will LED's work well behind the translite without going to a patched ROM or is it a necessity to run a patched L-6?
Once again, I am depending on folks for advice since I am so new at this.
Thanks!
Weyburn, SK
Quoted from Fourbyracer:Here is one of several youtube videos showing how PINDUINO lights up the shuttle ramp and also the faces. Great mod, and I love mine. Eric (Lyonsden) is first rate to deal with as well!
» YouTube video
that's stunning ! if i still had my bride i would be all over that !
gents, i have a game play question. almost every time i hit that dumb micro orbit to the right of the chute to the pop bumpers, underneath the zigzag ramp, it will come down and bounce perfectly off my slingshot rubber over into the outlane drain. is that the way it was designed? seems pretty cheesy.
Has anybody put a full lexan playfield protector from Germany on their repro or original playfield yet?
Quoted from nightsearcher:Has anybody put a full lexan playfield protector from Germany on their repro or original playfield yet?
I've been thinking about it for my new pf. 
Quoted from nightsearcher:Has anybody put a full lexan playfield protector from Germany on their repro or original playfield yet?
Have it in the house and ready to go. Won't have time to install for quite a while yet.
Decided to install one since the game has needed a full shop job since I picked it up and might as well while everything is apart for cleaning.
Quoted from RCA1:Have it in the house and ready to go. Won't have time to install for quite a while yet.
Decided to install one since the game has needed a full shop job since I picked it up and might as well while everything is apart for cleaning.
Cool, can't wait to hear how it comes out.
Quoted from lyonsden:Let me know if anyone needs a pinduino kit for BoP -- I have two ready to ship.
How much? I must have missed the price in the thread.
Quoted from lilltlc:How much? I must have missed the price in the thread.
I sell Plug and Play kits for $150 shipped in the continental US. For shipping to other places, I need to check the prices first.
Instructions on how to install them (which has the build parts listed at the top that I use for assembly for anyone who wants to make their own): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MLP6dfrXEHKzagEaGHgIDAJDE9ru7fXbJFnbxBFeEaE/edit
Code (free and open source): https://github.com/elyons/professor_pinball_pinduino_sketches
Just PM me or post in the pinduino thread if you have any questions: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/update-arduino-shield-propin-pinhead
I'm getting the sense there has been little confidence here about the helmet bulbs and changing them to LEDs. If I've read right, the LED/GI OCD mods work for the rest of the game, but not for the helmet. If they are left incandescent, will it blow the LED OCD fuses? If made LED, will they flicker or ghost?
Quoted from jsa:I'm getting the sense there has been little confidence here about the helmet bulbs and changing them to LEDs. If I've read right, the LED/GI OCD mods work for the rest of the game, but not for the helmet. If they are left incandescent, will it blow the LED OCD fuses? If made LED, will they flicker or ghost?
I've got cointaker frosted premium in my brides helmet and they do not ghost what so ever. Don't know anything about the ocd.
Quoted from Hadji:Hi! Here is mine BoP, i added some mods, i will share video soon
Looks nice but I don't see any mods.
Quoted from jsa:I'm getting the sense there has been little confidence here about the helmet bulbs and changing them to LEDs. If I've read right, the LED/GI OCD mods work for the rest of the game, but not for the helmet. If they are left incandescent, will it blow the LED OCD fuses? If made LED, will they flicker or ghost?
I left mine red incandescent and have the OCD board and there's no problem. The OCD board doesn't effect the helmet lights at all, they are on a different circuit.
Quoted from MustangPaul:Looks nice but I don't see any mods
Yeah there is......4 balls stuck behind the apron
Quoted from Mancave:Yeah there is......4 balls stuck behind the apron
Lol, watch the video
Quoted from Mancave:Yeah there is......4 balls stuck behind the apron
hahahahahahahahahaha
Edit. Well I found that you aren't supposed to use the metal guides according to CPR, however the holes are much larger than original, and result in the balls not sitting right in the face plastics. That sucks.
Ok, so today I'm working on replacing the face plastics with the new CPR ones. Drilling the holes and mounting the metal ball rest plate was straight forward on the mouth face. However on the Eye lock face, the countersink screws are mounted under the plastic ball guides. My search of the forum hasn't resulted in finding a post on how you guys are drilling the holes for the metal ball rests on the eye face.
How have you guys done this?
Quoted from Talon2000:Edit. Well I found that you aren't supposed to use the metal guides according to CPR, however the holes are much larger than original, and result in the balls not sitting right in the face plastics. That sucks.
Ok, so today I'm working on replacing the face plastics with the new CPR ones. Drilling the holes and mounting the metal ball rest plate was straight forward on the mouth face. However on the Eye lock face, the countersink screws are mounted under the plastic ball guides. My search of the forum hasn't resulted in finding a post on how you guys are drilling the holes for the metal ball rests on the eye face.
How have you guys done this?
Maybe try drilling holes new holes in the metal plate that miss the new plastic ball guides?
Quoted from Talon2000:Edit. Well I found that you aren't supposed to use the metal guides according to CPR, however the holes are much larger than original, and result in the balls not sitting right in the face plastics. That sucks.
Ok, so today I'm working on replacing the face plastics with the new CPR ones. Drilling the holes and mounting the metal ball rest plate was straight forward on the mouth face. However on the Eye lock face, the countersink screws are mounted under the plastic ball guides. My search of the forum hasn't resulted in finding a post on how you guys are drilling the holes for the metal ball rests on the eye face.
How have you guys done this?
reusing the metal plates are a must no matter what CPR says! i used 2 sided 3m tape to mount mine. no drilling required .
Plastic protectors?
My bride's plastics are mostly intact and looking good (except for a broken one under left flasher and to right of shuttle ramp). Are protectors worthwhile? They're not all that expensive, but given that the plastics have already survived for so long are they necessary? Thanks for any opinions!
I'm just going to cut a new plate, relocating the holes, and making the oblong holes an individual hole for each eye. So everything will mount up similar to original. That way everything has a clean look and actually functions.
Quoted from tfduda:Plastic protectors?
My bride's plastics are mostly intact and looking good (except for a broken one under left flasher and to right of shuttle ramp). Are protectors worthwhile? They're not all that expensive, but given that the plastics have already survived for so long are they necessary? Thanks for any opinions!
I've not gotten a broken plastic from not having a protector on but I have them on most of my games and think of them as cheap insurance that look nice. What can crack plastics is over tightning the screws that hold them on. Just snug them down to finger tight is all you need.
Quoted from MustangPaul:I've not gotten a broken plastic from not having a protector on but I have them on most of my games and think of them as cheap insurance that look nice. What can crack plastics is over tightning the screws that hold them on. Just snug them down to finger tight is all you need.
I was thinking the same about their utility ("cheap insurance"). I imagine it comes down to personal preference, but do they alter the aesthetics of the game (that is, are they noticeable or gaudy looking)?
And thanks for the advice on tightening screws.
Quoted from tfduda:I was thinking the same about their utility ("cheap insurance"). I imagine it comes down to personal preference, but do they alter the aesthetics of the game (that is, are they noticeable or gaudy looking)?
And thanks for the advice on tightening screws.
Personally, I install protecters on all my games. Aestheticly, I like the look. I hate seeing fender washers or those round plastic washers that are sold to protect the slings.
Quoted from tfduda:I was thinking the same about their utility ("cheap insurance"). I imagine it comes down to personal preference, but do they alter the aesthetics of the game (that is, are they noticeable or gaudy looking)?
That's up to the individual to judge, just like anything pinball related. 
Rubber colors?
What are the original rubber colors for BoP? Manual says yellow and black post sleeves (three and two if I remember right), but I didn't see any reference for rubber colors elsewhere. Mine has a combo of mostly white rubbers, but also a couple of black and purple rubber post caps, purple bands on flippers (I usually see red on flippers in most other BoPs I've seen) and purple post sleeves. I'm happy with things as they are, but am just curious about what the machine had originally.
Thanks!
Quoted from tfduda:Rubber colors?
What are the original rubber colors for BoP? Manual says yellow and black post sleeves (three and two if I remember right), but I didn't see any reference for rubber colors elsewhere. Mine has a combo of mostly white rubbers, but also a couple of black and purple rubber post caps, purple bands on flippers (I usually see red on flippers in most other BoPs I've seen) and purple post sleeves. I'm happy with things as they are, but am just curious about what the machine had originally.
Thanks!
I recently bought a machine that it didnt look like had been fully shopped in a long time. Not sure they were the original color, but it had black rubbers on it with yellow posts. I changed all the rubbers to white which I think highlights the best on a mostly dark playfield. I changed the posts and flasher domes to purple. Flippers I changed to purple with white rubbers. Came out nice.
Test fitting the new metal plate. I made it with lowered side mounting holes, and made it solid in the middle areas. Making room for the two holes to mount the posts to. Trying first by just using the two post screws, I'm not sure that will be strong enough over the long haul though.
Quoted from tfduda:Rubber colors?
What are the original rubber colors for BoP?
I believe that the playfield (including mini playfield) rubbers are all white. There are 3 yellow post covers and 2 black post covers. The flippers are both white with red rubbers. The plastic playfield flasher domes are all red.
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