I hope you get what you paid for. Brock has unfortunately done this a few times before.

That doesn't sound too good. Meaning that he didn't deliver goods which had been paid?

So what exactly is required for a color DMD?
Color DMD
Clear panel
Anything for the love never dies lighting?

Thanks

Wow, isn’t that crazy? How the overall consensus about some games can change over time. BSD is one of my very favorite games, and The Shadow isn’t far behind. Someday I hope to find a minty BSD or fully restored one. Mine is nice, and I’m fortunate to have it, but it’s such a keeper I hope to find a CQ example. I can’t believe people didn’t really like BSD. The rules and shots are just about perfect. Congo isn’t a bad pin either, but I didn’t care for the lower pf.

Everyone can relax and put away the pitch forks, the mod was sent as promised.

Can someone please show me where this goes?!
Reassembling after a year down and I don’t want to get too far and realize I missed this.

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Thanks for the downvote. Good to know you have kept that promise...

I love this machine... It has a misterious vibe and creates an ambient like no other

All sorted with Brock so far. He even updated to a faster shipping method on his behalf. Very nice, thanks again! Received a tracking number and eagerly waiting for the coffin mod to arrive...

No, no need to mod for the Love Never Dies - Just a different mounting point for games with a lightboard in the speaker panel (instructions with the ColorDMD) It does stick up a bit more, so you need to drop the speaker panel to open the backbox once it's installed though

Just joined the club! I'm having an issue with the sound. The music on my game is super low while the voices and especially the gunshots during video mode are insanely loud. Any adjustments for this or any suggestions for a fix?

Does anyone happen to know if the playfield backboard decal is available anywhere? I am finishing up a restore and my decal was in bad shape. Before I dig into trying to scan it and attempting to touch it up in photoshop, I wanted to see if anyone else has already done this.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Mike

Regarding shipping a question to fellow pinheads from Canada or the US: what does it mean if USPS shows me the following information when entering a tracking number:

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Label Created, not yet in system

A status update is not yet available on your package. It will be available when the shipper provides an update or the package is delivered to USPS. Check back soon.
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This information is still the same after 10 days meanwhile...

Thanks for any hint from Germany!

Sounds like your package hasn't moved.

I'm in Canada, not the US. Try the number I gave you on canadapost.ca

Damn it. My fault!

Also just joined the club with a re-imported game from Europe. As far as I can tell it has been working hard in Germany since '93 and as you would expect, there are plenty of fun hacks to be found. Right now I am going through checking wiring correctness and I came across a connection that the manual says shouldn't be there. On the power driver board, J124 pin 2 has a blue wire connection. The book says all of J124 should be NC. The only other mention I could find was this post. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bsd-wpc-mpu-boot-issue#post-3843998 There wasn't a follow-up if it was correct or not but did include the warning to not accidentally mistake it for J128.
I am wondering if this is just an errata from the manual. Can anybody confirm this on their game? Thanks in advance.
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Mine is also a reimport and has the exact same wire in the same spot so it seems correct.

Do you happen to know where it goes? From the schematics it chains with J123-3 and J122-2 and ends up at a coil driver.

EDIT: Looking at this more, the schematic shows this pin driven by Q26. The BSD coil chart lists Q26 as driving "Speaker Panel FL" and coming from J128-2. So there is an error there somewhere. I think I have enough to track this down and will post the correction when I figure it out.

BATS! Just in time for Halloween

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Is it common for the plastic shooter lane ramp to touch the right hand side of the cabinet? I've seen a few pictures like the one attached where the ramp is sticking out past the edge of the playfield.

My front panel was loose so i removed it and glued it back in (6 months later) and i cant remember if the ramp was tight to begin with or something was out of square when i glued the front back on.
Thanks!

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Just to let you pinheads know, regarding the problem with my topper from Tilt Graphics it was possible to sort everything with Jose who offered me a replacement delivery without any hassle. Great guy to deal with after all. Thumbs up, big recommendation and thanks again!

Just to let you pinheads know part 2:

Coffin mod from Brock came in as promised meanwhile. Very protective packaging plus faster shipping on his behalf as a compensation for the totally understandable delay. Another great guy to deal with. BTW, the mod looks gorgeous. Didn't expect it to look that detailed. Thumbs up, big recommendation and thanks again!

So, my BSD will very randomly offer coffin locks open ramp on ball three, occurring simultaneously with the mist ball lit ready that always lights for me on a crappy game, per factory settings.

Does anyone know what needs to be accomplished in the game for it to offer coffin locks open ramp on a ball three, or am I just playing like crap and it's a random sympathy award in the game?

Looking to join the club and find a nice BSD. Anyone looking to sell or trade? I have a JP premium Id trade for the right game if we could work it out.
Thanks
Mike

Glad you like it!! I'll be making a few more soon

Officially joined the club last night. Once I get it set up, I'll snap some pics

Skill shot awards progress. Probably completing last shot with that.

Just converted the power from 220. Most things are working. Have a melted spot on the main ramp. I may try to grind it out and fill it in with epoxy.

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I’m restoring a playfield for this game. I have my foot in the door but I’d love to join officially.
Anyone have a beat, routed, project BSD they’d like to unload? Would love this game to be my winter project.

I had always heard that Fish Tales and Dracula get Lightning Flippers, but I looked in the manuals and I couldn‘t find where it actually says that. I looked in a few manuals for the part number, but it‘s not real helpful on this point - 20-9250-4 (BSD), 20-9250-5 (WH2O), 20-9250-6 (TAF and FT). I got my BSD with the lightning flippers in it. It had been nicely restored. My FT had normal size (although oddly one had the image of a lightning bolt on top) - I have since put in 2 new lightning flippers. I think the number at the end (4, 5 or 6) has to do with the color of the flipper and not the size.

So, the mist mech seems really loud. Any ideas on quieting it down?

do you mean loud with glass and game playing?

Yes. But, like loud enough that I'm going to hear this with the glass on.

New frosted blue LEDs on the GI and new iPhone 12 Pro with a great wide lens!

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It’s pretty loud, especially when the game is first turned on and runs it’s test

Yes, mine is loud as well. I think that is typical.

True, but if you spray a light coat of sillicone on the black rod, it will lower the noise significally

Hi guys

Sometimes the ball gets stuck in the mystery hole subway. It is getting stuck at the switch in the subway!
Usually happens if the ball softly rolls into the hole from a lame shot and doesn't push the switch down.

I thought to put something in at the start of the mystery hole so when the ball enters might build enough momentum to pass the switch.

Any ideas?

Its the gears making all the racket...

regarding the subway, is it clean. I had to remove both of mine because it gotten soft and fuzzy in there.

Remove the metal through. I'm thinking it has become dented over the years causing the ball to sit there. That's what happened to mine. You can get a replacement or pound out the indentation.

I’ve been having an issue with my coffin ramp micro switch. It activates during regular play and more commonly when the ball is hitting the sling shots and bumpers.
It works every time I hit the coffin shot like normal.

Hey all, I'm doing one last run of Drac coffins for the year.

One spot already taken.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-dracula-coffin-mod#post-5962102

Hey, all. I’m about to go through a restore and wanted to know what are the ‘must have’ mods in your opinion?

Thanks in advance.

Brocks coffin mod. He's making a few more as we speak. Just a word of advise...be patient!

BSD 3-D Tombstone Cover Mod (@morpheus)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bsdracula-3-d-tombstone-cover

24 inch Opto Board Replacement
https://www.pinballlife.com/24-opto-replacement-board-a-15646.html

BSD Ron Jeremy Dracula Replacement Mod (@kpull)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-death-of-dracula-goodbye-ron

BSD Alternate Translite (@pinstein)
ebay.com link: Bram Stokers Dracula Pinball Alternate Translite 2Choices Bloody or non

You will need to reach out to the Pinsiders listed in parenthesis for three of the mods listed above to see if they have any extras around or if they will offer them for sale again. I have all three of these Pinsider created mods and they are great.

The 24 inch opto board may or may not be needed on your game, but I recently installed it on my BSD and it fixed some Mist ball issues that I was having.

Gord

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Awesome! Thanks a lot! Any others?