Who has options for apron cards, besides pinballcards.com?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/custom-apron-cards-printable-versions-only/page/9#post-5214703

I ordered the snack attack kit a while back. It was on back order when I ordered it but well worth the wait. Awesome kit.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1256-upkick-pinball/03770-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-snack-attack-kit

Just listed on eBay for those looking for a mint Creach topper.

ebay.com link: itm

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Anyone added an external power supply to creature ? I'm installing the Hollomodsp and the directions they gave for the power supply make zero sense to me

I have done this on a number of my Bally/Williams machines. PM me and I will help walk you through it if you want.

Yes, highly recommend external power supplies. I have them in all but one game. one of the best things you can do to power mods, speaker amps and save the power driver board

Highly recommend ArcadeUpkeep kit https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1233-arcade-upkeep/03718-dual-voltage-mod-power-supply-kit

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What is the problem ?

The power supply is connected, with two quick splicers, to the 100v of the power connector of the DMD controller board, so the Holomodsp power is turned on and off at the same time as the machine. This is how everyone who buys the power supply with the kit installs it and they have no problems.

I have it like this also in my pinball and it works perfectly. The photos in the manual are from the installation of my machine.

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This doesn't light up, move at all, or anything -- right ?
Looks quite good in the pix, and I might have had some serious interest, but bidding on this item has already topped $400., with 3 days left to go, so I'm OUT. Where this is apt to finish will exceed my level of interest. (For the record, I rarely find the color DMDs to be worth what they cost either -- though some of them seem better than others.)

Just had my tech install the Cliffy + Mantis for the Snack Bar hole. Your comments and pix were helpful, so thanks again. It looked as though there was going to be a problem: the ball would hang up, get stuck, not pass through. Spacing too tight inside, I guess. It seems that my tech was able to work around this, using washers to give a bit more offset and enhance the interior space. Time will tell about that. I took some pix of the extent of hole damage before this retrofit. That was on the low side I hope, but I should be able to post them.

We discovered that the hole damage at the KISS hole was slightly worse than at the Snack Bar. Turns out the Cliffy did not come as a set, like the Mantis did, so I'll need to obtain another Cliffy. Is it the same exact Cliffy as for the Snack Bar hole, or a different one ? And I suppose this will be another Cliffy + Mantis job, just like for the Snack Bar ?

No it’s a different one

O.K., then I need the right Cliffy catalog #.

Looking at his website he doesn’t seem to have part numbers, you probably just need to order via description shouldn’t be a problem if you are ordering directly from Cliff

Yes, this is how you do it. Just tell him what you need and for what and quantity (if applicable).

It may be too soon to tell -- not enough plays yet -- but an early impression is that some shots to the Snack Bar hole that used to go in are now bouncing off. The more straight on, direct shots, as opposed to less direct ones, which are going in. We got the forward lip of the Cliffy as flush with the pf as can be. Is this the unavoidable tradeoff for protection ?

yes, I've found that to be the case with all of cliffy's products. the slightly smaller hole, in addition to the surrounding lip all play into the chance that the ball doesn't drop as easily as it did without the protection. a trade-off that I was willing to accept when I installed mine.

Looking to join the club, if anyone is thinking of selling. Thanks!

Only 3,700 made . . . when I looked that up, I had thought that # was going to be higher. Less than half that many for Centaur II. I had long been hearing that Centaur was an arcade staple, with many having seen them and played them. And I contrasted that with many titles that I'd never seen anywhere, until PHOF or Banning.

Yikes. Can’t believe what that went for. Anyone want mine for that price?

What did it sell for?

HOLY SHIT ! $ 910 !! About $ 780 after fees.

I have one in the original box. Probably need to sell mine too.

There has to be at least another bidder who missed out to push it that high. Strike while the irons hot!

My prediction proved true. Nice looking item, but glad it was an instant El Paso for me, even at the then $410.
So, out of curiosity, what was the original price NIB, when first on the market ?

Monsters in Motion sold them for 130 USD

https://www.monstersinmotion.com/cart/item-list-fj-c-5_258/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-universal-monsters-grave-walker-foam-prop-p-17298.html

Bought mine on Amazon a year ago for about 240 shipped.

Bought mine in March 2019 for $101 from Amazon

Well, more than just general inflation it seems !
At least it doesn't require electrical support . . . ?
As I probably mentioned, there was another one being sold on eBay some time ago, a more standard topper where the eyes lit up. And I think the price was still a fraction of that eBay auction close.

a new batch of poster mods (6 of) will be ready in a few days so adding 2 more posters to the collection making 12 posters. The extras will be avaiable for download off the website soon. 3 poster mods are allocated and 3 are currently available.

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Interesting, nicely realized, rather unusual . . . but my long-distance telepathy is not working this morning: WHAT website ?

Also would like to see more details, like where and how these might be installed ? pf lighting for better viewing of them ?

The 2nd pic shows it installed - it’s designed to go in the back right corner. They are backlit - can be either permanently on and set to come on at specific gameplay times.

There are 10 poster images currently available - https://swinks.com.au/manuals

thanks Manny65 for answering.

The poster is backlit with GI lighting link and the message under the sign is flashed with the PAID inserts and then stays on when "L" is achieved

as Manny65 wrote you can go to my website (yes I should listed - get a bit relaxed) and download the manual to understand better how it is installed. It simulates the displayed posters on entry to the drive-in to show what is one or what is on in a weeks time as they did back in the day hence some of the random posters - I like to mix it up and some people request a specific poster like the Plan 9.

https://swinks.com.au/whats-new

Here is a mod for Creature owners where there cabinet could be a bit scuffed up at the front. You can either print it with Shapeways or download for free and print yourself. In the description I made a Start Decal available to finish the look.

https://www.shapeways.com/product/24RVWF2Q7/cftbl-pinball-start-button-face-plate

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anyone have V1 of the MikeD mod that cuold share the USB files with me, my usb stick is corrupted.

PM sent.

Just finished another 4 x Snackbars (though run out of 2.5mm allen keys) available to send out on Tuesday.

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hey! I thought that I paid a premium on that auction @ expo to get the very last one made.

yours was the one of a kind

I proto-typed a OPEN sign for CFTBL to connect to the feature light so when the Snackbar is open the dome use to flash and stay lit. But with recent versions of the Snackbar v3-v7 you can't see this now with the OPEN sign with the same font as the Snackbar decal and Snackbar Sign it will glow up like the SnackBar sign.

It is hard to get a good photo colour wise
A - because I am crap at it and
B - leds are hard to capture the true colour.

The led wire still needs some heat shrink over the wires so the glow does not come out the back. But once assembled here there is no need to pull apart but is designed so it can. The sign will come with a lead and COMET bulb adaptor so it can be lit when the feature comes on.

Still got to work out the final price (between $130-150 AUD) and finish testing, but send me a message if you are interested. Priority will be given to those that reach out in the order of who reached out when.

[email protected]

Email Subject - OPEN Sign

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PM sent. I'm in !!

I'm in too! Email sent.

started a fresh thread here for the OPEN Sign Mod

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cftbl-open-sign#post-7302269

My other half has wanted a creech since we met and by chance one came up 30mins from us, so would be rude not to look.
It was a non pinball guy who had it stored for a while. He was surprised when I lifted the playfield, as if he didn't know you could do that.

I told the other half it wasn't worth it, it was worse than we thought but i was ignored and she bought it. I'm the main fixer at home so it'll probably fall to me to get it nice although she says she'll pay for the parts and try to do what she can.

I'm overwhelmed as I really didn't want this project.

The boards all looked good. Only fault was the time and date as the batteries (which are off the board thankfully) must be dead.

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No hologram and I'm not sure what is going on with the hologram gear? ( The mirror in the photo is just sitting there) I have never looked under a creech so no clue how it works.

My main issues were the hologram missing and the wear to the two S Inserts (see the picture).
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What are our options to repair the KISS inserts?

What could be going on with the hologram and what are our options to replace it? We're not keen on the LCD options and would like to keep the spirit of the original.

Will be able to investigate properly when we've got it set up... I stopped looking at the issues when I thought we weren't going to get it, then the other half decided she was happy with it.

Help.

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They make insert stickers I’m sure. Ideally it would be good to see if you have a playfield restoration guy fix them and make it like new. I’m guessing you have someone in Europe that does that? How bad is your snack bar hole? That’s usually what gets beat up.

LCD for hologram is your most likely option. Rare to see original holograms pop up.

I don’t know what options exist for mirror motor, but it just moves back and forth so someone must have found another motor assembly work of parts aren’t still around.

You might be able to pick up a used PF that you could get restored, or other strip your PF and get that one restored. But before you go down that path (as well as replacing/fixing the holo) I'd give it a good clean, drop in new rubbers, balls, coil sleeves and flipper rebuild kits, and then start playing the heck out of it. If it's a keeper, then you can get serious about how much you want to spend on restoring and what parts you need to get the holo working.

I'd say that most of what's going on in there is that's it's just filthy and missing parts. So it probably looks more difficult than it is. It's just going to be a lot of time to tear it down and clean it up. You don't have to fix the cosmetic issues to play the game, just clean and get the mechanics up to snuff and that's relatively easy but time consuming.

As you say you've never looked inside a CFTBL I thought I'd mention that the hologram is attached to the underside of the PF. But it's also in your face if you lift the PF so you probably would have noticed that.

The mirror is supposed to be attached to the bottom of the cab on the left hand side (2 machine screws into T-nuts) by a bracket that has the motor attached. This causes the mirror to wiggle back and forth. I see the connector for the motor in your pic so I figure the whole assembly is there but not screwed down correctly. It's possible that they just unscrewed it from the bottom of the cab to use with those figurines?

It's probably a keeper as it's the other halves grail game.
It's her project so her call but I think the inserts can be fixed with decals, but I'm not sure to what standard.

Is there a way to get just the insert decals we need rather than buying a whole sheet?

Definitely going to strip it down, tumble and clean everything we can. flipper rebuild, replace rubbers and see how it goes.

I'm keen to have it at home so we can have a deeper look.

The manual lists 15 starposts, but in photos I see double star posts near the pop bumpers, yet I can't see these listed in the manual.
Is the manual incorrect?

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Anyone know what this is and did it come from the factory attached here? I don't have one in my game and it seems odd that someone would add it zip tied to the wiring harness.

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I just assume that all the manuals have errors. I typically tear down the PF and then inventory for parts orders.

Any chance anyone has a scan of the hamburger ramp decal or any scans of the playfield they could share? I'm trying to get some stickers made for my coin door.