I went a slightly different direction with my Creature mod, I used standard 555 bulbs and sockets, but instead of wiring them into the GI, I wired each one into one of the lightning bolts, ran the wires right onto the board. This way you get the best of both worlds, the lights don't stay on all the time, but flash the same way the lightning bolts do, you even get a bit of a pattern when in attract mode!! I also used LED's so they should last a long time and don't draw much more current.

Dale

No, I soldered the wires right onto the triangular light board, each of the three lightning bolt lights has a solder pad connected to one side so it's quite easy, and then put all the returns to the common line on the board, works great!! I'm doing another one right now, I'll try to take a pic and post tomorrow.

Dale

Here's a short video of my modded game in attract mode and a couple of pics of the wiring underneath:

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Yep, the hardest part of any CFTBL pop bumper mod is taking out the ramps to get to them

It becomes readily apparent why they left the lights out, one of the best uses for LED's yet!!

I have to admit I just wired them to the closest light, didn't think about which bolt Might try changing it if I left enough wire!! Either way, it's certainly a big improvement