Hi guys! I have a CFTBL on the way should be here in another week or so. I'm going to read all the threads to learn all about it. I played one and was hooked! I'm wondering what are the "firsts" things I need to get for it. It's a virgin never touched for the most part. It's been in a home most of it's life and cleaned and waxed a few times. What are the "musts" I already have a ColorDMD for it. I'd like to do LED's on it and give it a full shop once I get it. It's in beautiful condition.
I'm not big into the "toys" for the PF figure a cliffy set for it will be needed as well. I haven't seen it in person but I'm told the hologram is still green with a touch of blue. How do I preserve that or can the LCD upgrade still be done? I'll be adding NVram as well. Can't wait to get it thanks for the input!

Also what are the area's that wear or show damage to look out for. I had some great high res pics of the PF but sometimes you miss things that may be a common issue so that input would be great as well! Thanks

Thanks! I have FF in my Met and they do sound great! So I guess I'll be buying another set. Who had the lighted speaker panel mod and video mod? Just so I can keep an eye out for them if they come back out.

By proper leds around the ramps, can you link me to the right ones? Thanks!

Excellent! Thanks for the tips! I guess I'll buy those LED's and the paint give them both a try see what flavor I like the best.

Creature is here! I'm always worried when I buy a pin without putting eyes on it personally but I got very lucky here! Wound up with a beautiful Creature that's been in a home for many years and had almost no wear at all on it. She is a beauty unmolested! Credit dot is time and date need to be set. Tiny bit of acid damage on the holder so I'm keeping the batteries out till NVRam goes in. I can't wait to give it the LED treatment! ColorDMD is going in tomorrow. NVRam will be next in line. Played a ton of games on it and it plays awesome. I'm in the club!

Mods I'd like to find,

The LCD display for under the playfield. If anyone has one let me know. My hologram is still pretty greeen with a touch of blue in it. But if I could upgrade to the LCD monitor that would be awesome.

The mod that lights up all the tail lights on the speaker panel plex. Is that one still around? Saw a video of that looked neat!

I'm sure I'll wind up with the snack bar mod as well.

And on to some pics!

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Put me in the que then!

Thanks added to my already huge wish list with them! lol I was chaning out the lamps with some LED's last night just to see how purple looked there and I was thinking man this thing is like ready to turn to dust on me!

Wow very nice! So I can voice the sounds of the game with this? I do voiceover work

Installed NVram on my Creech tonight. No more batteries for 30 plus years! This is the first one I've ever had with no acid damage somewhere! Someone, someday, will thank me!

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Well it requires some decent level of soldering skills and a good iron for sure. Takes a little time but on WMS games you need to remove the current ram, solder in a socket, and then just install the NVRam. I've done a bunch and I have a really good soldering station to use so it's maybe a half hour job for me taking my time. Plus I wind up flowing solder on all the connections on the board while it's out as well. This was my before picture.

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Yup! All 10 of my pins have it now!

Question, I was replacing the lamps around the ramp and bowl with the green led's from Comet and I have a few random ones that will not light. I tweaked the sockets a bit so the lamps fit securely and are making good contact still nothing. Didn't get the meter out yet but I was just curious, are these sockets known to fail? Simple Marco part? Looks like the solder is fine didn't seem like cold solder joints. If they are known to have bad sockets I'll just swap them out. Thanks!

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Thanks for the replies guys I'll test some more! I had it in all lamp test mode when I was installing them. I even had the strips out.

That's interesting! I'll take a look! Thanks!

Well as they say.. "that was easy" went to inspect that pcb under the PF and the connector on the board at J2 was almost all the way off. Even more easy then "just a fuse" Always nice to find something simple when you have an issue! They are all working again! Thanks again for the heads up!

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I have the "wool" mix on mine. Picked up the PinSound in Texas. Some of the call out replacements I might tweak but the sound is awesome!

Anyone have a Tail light LED kit they are looking to sell. I saw one on a pin at the Texas pinball festival. For sure a must have!

Yes the one for the speakers I'd like to get. I saw one in person and it looks great.

Hey guys, I picked up this mod in Texas over the weekend. Don't have a clue what it is or how it works or what it hooks up to other than the obvious. Anyone have this? Has anyone hooked this up before? It looks all there. I'm sure I can figure it out but it would be awesome if someone has some installation instructions they could share with me. Thanks!

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Thanks for your reply's guys! Cool mod! I can't wait to hook it up. I'll post pics and videos and such. The guy at the Texas pinball festival I bought it from had no idea what it did. He had a ton of mods for games. I got it for $20 bucks so I thought I could not go wrong there! Thanks again all!

I thought it was kinda cheap for what it was! I'll get it hooked up and post up. Nice mod for sure!

Finally! Got around to installing my movie poster mod! I picked this up in Texas 2 years ago for $25 bucks. I'm not huge into toys and mods on a PF because most of the time they block the site of the ball and effect game play. Since this was so cheap and it looked like it mounted in a place that was already somewhat of a dead area and out of the way I gave it a shot. Well I really like what it adds to the playfield! Just scrolls through old movie posters. Pretty neat when the creature poster comes up it will say "now playing" and the others say other days of the week. Used 12 and 5 volts and the harness it came with I was'nt a fan of. So I made my own custom harness with molex connectors to remove it nice and easy if needed. The wires were really short and they just wanted you to drape it over the back of the PF. I snuck all the wires out of the flasher behind it and under the PF into the wire loom. I get a nice reflection off the mirror blades as well.

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what da F is that!? Link me!

Funny part is I did do that first and all I got was people bitching about their "Mrs.!"

Well I did the full hologram package install tonight. Very smooth and easy. The only catch my 12 volts was like nope! So I got that external power supply with it and just tapped that into the service outlet. My hologram was blowing fuses so it was time. I used my original plastic window with the art work on it and looks great!

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Yes! So far I'm loving it!

Yes it is. Glad I was able to get one. What a difference!

I made a few vids today and upload them on my youtube page (youtube upload turned 2 of them sideways on me) have a look here...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbi2EhnPXUzvgbD1PZHDfWw

of course I played like shit while making the vids. I played a few games with no camera and kicked butt! Go figure! Either way great mod I love it and since my hologram was blowing fuses and I've had it unplugged for ever, this is refreshing for me!

Yes ALL switch triggered. It would be useless if it was audio triggered. He did his research and did it right.

The sound board is from PinSound https://www.pinsound.org/ another amazing mod. Some games I feel pinsound does not work to well with or could be a waste, but creech is 100% better with the pinsound card for sure.

Get those AA batteries off your creech!! I got my creech in 2017. The CPU was perfect. No signs of any battery leakage clean as they come. It had AA batteries on it and my first mod was to take those off and add NVRam back in 2017. I recently just got some switch errors. One on the snack bar and one out lane. So I though hmmm Took a look in the backbox and sure enough battery acid damage! At some point at some time they leaked just enough to maybe hide under a IC and just started to move around and get worse. So here I am pulling chips off and I had to replace all the molex connectors along with replace all the .100 molex connectors due to "I don't even know where it's hiding still!" Soaked the board in several tanks of vinegar and brushed with a tooth brush.
When I pick up a pin the first thing I do is look all over for any signs of acid leakage. I actually took pictures when I got my creech and it was perfect. So get those AA's off NOW! Even if you have an alarm to hit you over the head with a hammer to change the AA's in your game.. get them off. NVRam if your handy with an iron or at least do the button battery board that is super simple and anyone can do. I wouldn't even go down the AA lithium batteries only because it leaves the option for someone at sometime tossing regular AA's in there. Your PSA for the day!

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We have a diver!

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