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Quoted from cloudburst:Strangely, I have zero interest in other tables.
Your life will be much easier if you stick to that one-game-only mentality.
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for anyone interested I have started a design and build thread for the v3 of the Snackbar Mod
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cftbl-snackbar-mod-v3-2018
Quoted from allsportdvd:By any chance are you interested in selling your MikeD Mod???
Only if the Italian guy's alternative version gets finished. But he seems to jump from project to project without finishing them.
1 week later
Quoted from Jared:Picked it up for free!!!! 15 years in a warehouse!!!!
Whoa, it’s like someone handing you 5 grand. Congrats!
Breda
Quoted from Jared:Picked it up for free!!!! 15 years in a warehouse!!!!
Holy fuck.
He Said he picked it up free from a warehouse, he never mentioned that there was anyone there to see him Take it! lol Great find and an unreal score on a great title!
Canberra
Quoted from Jodannar:Anyone have any comparison shots of cool vs warm in their GI? Anyone swapped one for the other?
Hi Jodannar
I bought all my Leds from comet Leds. However, I only used warm white and Sunlight.
Picture of Snack Bar is using Sunlight
The other one is using Warm white.
Quoted from nwpinball:My Creature is missing the full gate assembly for KISS on the left and I'm trying to replace it. I'm not finding A-15661 anywhere and since I don't exactly know what it looks like I could use some help.
Marco has this wire flap which I think is the right part: http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/12-7045
Then could I just order another wire gate assembly like this one and swap the wire out:
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-15663
Thanks!
I need to replace mine as well. Have you installed yet? I’m curious to know if the parts fit.
Quoted from RGman:I need to replace mine as well. Have you installed yet? I’m curious to know if the parts fit.
I got the parts, but haven't had a chance yet, I'll report back!
The only reason I would ever leave incandescent bulbs in a game was if I was not going to keep it, and or I did not care about possibly damaging the inserts ( or wire of this discussion was only GI related). Leds operate at a significantly cooler temp, and Lower turnover all Voltage demand as well. There are many advantages to leds over the appearance.
And if anyone is concerned about losing the nice fading behavior of incandescent bulbs ocd led solves that. My 2 cents 
Quoted from Soulrider911:The only reason I would ever leave incandescent bulbs in a game was if I was not going to keep it, and or I did not care about possibly damaging the inserts ( or wire of this discussion was only GI related). Leds operate at a significantly cooler temp, and Lower turnover all Voltage demand as well. There are many advantages to leds over the appearance.
And if anyone is concerned about losing the nice fading behavior of incandescent bulbs ocd led solves that. My 2 cents
Eh, maybe on a location you would have to worry. The games were made to use bulbs. If it can’t handle them the game needs repair. If you’re burning inserts the bulbs are too close or you’re leaving your game on too long.
Quoted from Rascal_H:Eh, maybe on a location you would have to worry. The games were made to use bulbs. If it can’t handle them the game needs repair. If you’re burning inserts the bulbs are too close or you’re leaving your game on too long.
Granted, the game was made before LED's of quality were available. However, when used w Herb's LED/OCD (a MUST for this game), the proper LEDS look amazing, compared to the incandescent....imho.......
A classic game with a classic theme, I just don't like leds in this game--but that is just me. Herg might get bummed with that "b"...
Quoted from Billy16:A classic game with a classic theme, I just don't like leds in this game--but that is just me. Herg might get bummed with that "b"...
Was torn only on the ramp strings.....mini incandescents look great there...but then switched to the natural whites...look great...really enjoying this game....
Quoted from RGman:I need to replace mine as well. Have you installed yet? I’m curious to know if the parts fit.
The repro wire form didn't work with the gate assembly, but the gate with it's wire works fine with a little adjustment! I'd prefer the tab that makes the gate one way were on the other side and not so close to a playfield plastic, so I feel I'm gonna improve on this. But I can make the KISS shot now.
Hey guys I was playing my Creech today and realized the mirror is no longer rotating? All of the sudden the motor is not working. The hologram motor is working just not the mirror.
When in test mode it says mirror arm is moving... but it ain't
Any ideas, love any direction of help anyone can provide thanks.
Quoted from Rascal_H:How rarely do you see the Peeping Tom video mode? I saw it tonight and I had forgotten about it’s existence.., and I’ve owned the game for years! So funny.
Usually only if I want to. The right ramp is a relatively risky shot and does not advance towards the multiball and is not a route to big scores.
1 week later
Quoted from Soulrider911:Hey guys I was playing my Creech today and realized the mirror is no longer rotating? All of the sudden the motor is not working. The hologram motor is working just not the mirror.
When in test mode it says mirror arm is moving... but it ain't
Any ideas, love any direction of help anyone can provide thanks.
You can plug the mirror motor into connector for the hologram motor to test the motor. If it passes, check the wiring going from the motor to the triac board (Left side of cabinet half way back) also pull the board out and check it for damage and broken header solder joints.
Asmig thanks for the reply... it was real easy I unplugged it from the board and plugged it back in and worked lol.
In other news I’m so pumped I actually found a creature playfield! A brand new ipb! I can finally start my restoration. Though I think I’m going to send that playfield directly to Ron Kruzman 
Quoted from Soulrider911:asmig thanks for the reply... it was real easy I unplugged it from the board and plugged it back in and worked lol.
In other news I’m so pumped I actually found a creature playfield! A brand new ipb! I can finally start my restoration. Though I think I’m going to send that playfield directly to Ron Kruzman
Glad it was an easy fix. Be sure to post some before and after photos of the Kruzman clearcoat!
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Does anyone here have a hologram (any color but black) that they will sell? That's all I want for fathers day lol
Quoted from DK:Does anyone here have a hologram (any color but black) that they will sell? That's all I want for fathers day lol
just pm'ed you
Quoted from DK:Yay! A GREEN CREATURE will be back in my cabinet!
Welcome back!
IMG_7902 (resized).jpegQuoted from CoPinfan:Has anyone heard any rumors of some one doing another lcd video mod for CFTBL?
This one?
You’re brain will hurt if you try to follow along with that one.
I've heard that one of the reasons why mike hasn't reproduced his version of the mod (in addition to them being a pain in the @ss to put together) is that it led to a lot more support calls than he anticipated and I get that.
most people have no problem installing a rubber kit or LEDs on their machines, but with mods that requires you to actually understand what is going on, a lot of them tend to get stumped rather easily and don't bother to do any research on their own before reaching out for help (even if there are guides "out there"
if you look at his AC/DC concert mod, I had post the simple 4-step process because people didn't understand how to patch their .bin files using pinball browser when stern released the latest firmware update
the other issue is due to it being based on raspberry pi technology which isn't very good about "file clean up", especially when power is turned off and the pi is in the middle of updating a file. this can lead to corrupt SD cards and most of his customers didn't understand how to make a back-up of the SD card so that if it did become corrupt, they would have a file to re-image it
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