I bought the repro from PPS, and I can tell you 100% part of the reason it goes blue is the angle of the light. I went from nearly purple to green to yellow just fidgeting with the light and the angle it hit the mirrors.

I have an original in mine and it too can change colors depending on the angle you look at it from.

Pretty, pretty, pretty please keep us in the loop on this. Thank you very much for chiming in.

I want a CFTBL replacement PF so badly "for insurance", and I am fine with letting it sit until I move from Eglin AFB in 2021, but man, if it still pulls a WW/JP2 after waiting that long, I'd cry softly......

Have wanted this game since I started playing pinball.

I pick mine up finally next weekend! Hologram is green and this is a nice game I’m getting.

Is there newer version roms? Has L3

I’d like speaker lights, color Dmd, Alt naked translite and?

What else should I consider and who hAs some to sell

Quoted from Sonic:
Swinks was the winner for the last one, but I've got tjprice and fiberdude on the list - and now the rest of you know for when I go back to making more....stay tuned!

Add me please!!!!

And me please!!!!

Can you please add me to your list aswell, and I’ll be good to go in November/December when you are. Cheers

due to a recent job loss, I have time and a few parts to do a small run of Snackbar Mods - pm if keen

thanks mate, well I did just buy a new toy to step up some mod designs / parts (I hope) and will soon start playing with a new laser soon.

got about 6 mod ideas for Ghostbusters, but job hunting keeps me busy as well.

I’m in let me know what I need to do.

PM SENT

COUNT ME IN

Pm sent, please add me to the switch list.
Thx

Add me to the list too, please.

Anybody need or want the Tail light /Stardust speaker panel light up mod?
Latest version and I also have the speaker panel too. Both NIB never installed. $350, pm me for details.

Alright Creech fans , I have to admit I never thought that 15 years after I dreamt up the MRS bowl mod - that I'd end up making a proper MRS to achieve that goal - here is the very first one - I just put it together - I have a lot of work to do before I have more than just this one....so more will come by Thanksgiving.....anyway from my notes tjprice222 was next on the list to receive one - after him it was fiberdude120 .....so hey guys - hit me up on PM (it's easier to track all the interest to be honest) - and this one is yours.....the MRS fits the contour of the bowl, has a 13" inch lead (like the current switch does) and has a light duty adhesive to stick on the bowl...can't be any simpler!

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Hi Matt,

Your latest model of the MRS that fits the contour of Creech bowl with the 13-inch lead, 2-pin Molex connector and the light adhesive is perfect. This mod is truly plug and play now. Well done and you would be wise to stock up on these mods as you should sell a lot of them.

Gord

What y'all think?

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I have a question...is this MRS to take the place of the switch at the bottom of the bowl? Is that switch known to have issues?

Thanks!

One pic - thousand words! The switch on the bowl's issue is it is a silly application, but all Williams had in 1992......but by 1996 - they had other options!

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Neat! How much?

Please put me down for one. Thanks

Been 2 weeks - just curious if any updates on CC on your PF?

First one in green!

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HELP AND OPINIONS NEEDED..

ColorDMD - LCD versus LED? WHICH DO I GET FOR MY CFTBL ?

ALTERNATE NAKED TRANSLITE - WHERE TO BUY OTHER THAN NETHERLAND?

I NEED SOME MORE MODS...

JUST BROUGHT MINE HOME

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LED

WHY DO YOU SUGGEST THAT?

Because it looks nice with the twinkly 50s effect and not like a modern day cartoon.
Ps your caps lock key is on.

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Doesn't matter, they both fit and look great.

No idea where to get the nudie translite, but I have heard the quality is kinda sketch. I'd only get it if I happened to have the matching IPB naughty PF tho.

Great mods are all over the place for CFTBL. Avoid the crap like plastic food and car parts and film reels tho, what you want is the cool ones like the lit speaker panel mod, Swinks snack bar, and the new whirlpool reed switch Sonic just did. If you can find one of course, the MikeD lagoon mod is kind of ultimate.

Agree with the others.

ColorDMD: LED vs. LCD is personal taste. If you would find a gen 1 Thompson lit speaker mod, it is easier with LED but I think it will be pretty hard to find any. I personally prefer the LED.

And the only other caution is that I have three people that loved the game and all tired of it quickly. Many have sold them quickly after. So get it dialed in and really play it hard before dumping money.

Oh, and stop yelling lol!

Why are you yelling?!??!?!??!

J/king.

Because it looks better with less voltage draw, minimizing the possibility for random resets, which will happen if you add too many mods and the 5 v circuit is weak!

And it's cheaper. And it looks better.

Agreed. LED.

yep led all the way. No issues for 3 years.

Wanted to pass along the kind words from GRB1959 - I have to add, that's one hell of a high score....holy cow!

Hi Matt,

Just to give you a quick update on how the new MRS is performing. See the URL below for a short YouTube video clip and you can see my new high score on CFTBL compared to my previous high scores which were prior to installing the MRS.

Now that I can max out the playfield multiplier in the Creech whirlpool bowl with 2-3 balls I then find the creature, rescue the girl, light the Super Jackpot, collect the Super Jackpot and then lather, rinse and repeat. I collected 3 Super Jackpots in my high scoring game which when multiplied by the max playfield multiplier of 4X accounts for a crazy high score almost 6 times higher than my previous high score.

Granted, I play it smarter now and try to max out the playfield multiplier prior to finding the creature, rescuing the girl and collecting the Jackpot and Super Jackpot. Previously I would be lucky if I could get a 2X playfield multiplier prior to draining a ball during multi-ball.

Anyway, this game just got a whole lot more fun in large part to your MRS which really opens up scoring as it makes it obvious that you shouldn't collect the major playfield bonuses prior to maxing out the playfield multiplier.

Gord

Another major factor coupled with the MRS in achieving the maximum number of ball rotations around the whirlpool bowl is to level the whirlpool bowl. To do this I used 3 small washers on the bottom whirlpool bowl post and 2 small washers on the right hand side post of the whirlpool bowl.

With the MRS installed and the whirlpool bowl properly leveled I have been getting approximately 8-9 whirlpool bowl rotations for each ball that enters the whirlpool bowl. It makes a big difference to not have the actuator arm of a cherry switch slowing down the momentum of the ball on each whirlpool bowl rotation.

Gord

Unfortunately I had some personal stuff that got in the way, I only have time to work on it on weekends. Hopefully I'll get some time this weekend. I'll certainly keep you in the loop...

How much are they?

$30/unit + $4.50 domestic USPS 1st class

Cool. I'll check back again soon. Thanks!

I made my own reed contact a few years ago, works fine, indeed the ball can spin around mutilple times, some even can handle it to stay in the bowl by bumping the machines. Now that does not make the finding and rescue the girl shot easier. But when you get that the reward is higher. I am certianly not a very good player but like the bowl to run smooth, it took me some time after installing the contact to level out the bowl in a correct way.

Finally got it set up!
Needs leveling and some minor adjustments. Will get color LED and led’s for PF and Blackbox..

Looking for custom apron cards? Also when does the ball go into the whirlpool? I played a few games and it didn’t go into whirlpool at all?

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You can enter the whirlpool only on multiball. So spell FILM and get multibal then enter the left ramp.

to be a bit more specific. you need to spell F-I-L-M to light the lit spotlight entries (left and right orbit shots) to start multi-ball

'F' is completed by shooting the KISS shot (left orbit) a total of 4 times (or as a [hard plunge] skill shot reward with proper timing. during the start of a ball, the [unscored] K-I-S-S letters cycle (adding each letter). when all 4 letters are still required, a hard plunge when the 'K' is lit will (usually) award all 4 letters in a single shot. 'K' and all of the lit letters are scored on the plunge when the ball passes down over the roll over switch
'I' is completed by completing the 4 stand-up targets in the center of the playfield near the snack bar. depending on the game settings, scoring the snack bar will award the next required light (alternatively, the pop bumpers will cycle the awarded target when the snack bar shot is made
'L' is completed by completing the lanes at the top of the playfield. L is achieved as a [skill shot] by scoring the flashing lane on a soft plunge. lit/unlit lanes can be cycled using the left and right flipper buttons
'M' is completed by scoring the slide shot (right orbit)

once all F-I-L-M letters have all been made, a 2-ball multi-ball is started by shooting either brightly strobing KISS (left) or Slide (right) orbit shot

during the 2-ball multi-ball, shooting a ball up the left ramp will divert the ball down into the whirlpool. carefully timed nudging can increase the number of revolutions that the ball makes (when in the whirlpool) to increase the multi-ball 'jackpot' bonus multiplier. each [x] multiplier are achieved by scoring 7 revolutions (spelling C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E while in the whirlpool

while in multi-ball, you have to 'rescue' the girl by making the correct shot (KISS, snack bar or SLIDE shot). once you have rescued the girl

the 'jackpot' is collected by making the snack bar shot after rescuing the girl, and the super jackpot collected after collecting the jackpot, making 50 pop bumper shots and then making the snack bar shot a 2nd time

the point value of the jackpot is increased (during the game) by pop bumper shots during the game and the jackpot multiplier is based number of times C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E is spelled in the whirlpool

if you drain a ball while in multi-ball, you have [x] number of seconds to restart the multi-ball mode by making the snack bar shot with the remaining active ball

CPR just released CFTBL Backglass with Real Custom Mirroring!

https://classicplayfields.com/shop/pinball-backglasses/cftbl-glass/

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Oh no! Why do they keep doing this to me?!?

Now I want one for TZ, IJ and CFTBL... this is gonna get expensive!