Very under-rated. I don't think BW gets any love because of the theme. The good thing is you can still pick one up for a reasonable price. I love mine, it has tons going on with the third flipper and great shots. The Big Fatso skill shot and hurry ups are awesome. The music also has a certain level of cheese factor that ties in well with the theme. Overall BW is one of the best bang for your buck pins.

Nice welcome to the club. As for mods there is already a ton going on with the stock playfield and toys. I would just recommend LED's and some super bands or titan flipper rubbers.

I was thinking the only thing I would like to Mod is the translight. If anyone has any ideas or would like to group together I know a couple people that can make them. I really like some of the newer Dark Horse sketches and they did a good job on the latest Barb Wire comic series. The image on the bottom would really pop with some orange and warm white LED's on the backglass.

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Those are no-bueno, I do not want to make it any worse than it already is.

I would like to see hand drawn art and more of a pin up style if anyone can find some good material, there is not much out there.

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Looking to add some custom cards to my Barbwire and get rid of the fugly stock factory ones. Does anyone have some good custom cards they made they can share? -Thanks

So seven years ago I had the idea to try and make an alternative translight and cards for my Barbwire. I always liked the Dark Horse comic Barbwire series and wanted to get rid of the tacky 'Pam' translight that came stock from factory. Well I finally found the time to get around to it and a fellow pinsider helped me design a new alternative translight for Barbwire that turned out fantastic! We went back and forth on design elements(lots of emails) and added some personal elements to make it special. I wanted her to appear like she is in an 1980's bar for the background and I love the pin up style art. We also made an alternative version that is closer to original art as well. I am so stoked and had a great time making it. It really transforms the game and makes it pop with the new translight and cards. If you are interested in transforming your Barbwire I can put you in touch with the Pinsider who helped me out.

-Enjoy

This is the Dark Horse cover I based alternative art off of and before and after pics...

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So I thought the flashers would not look right with the big ones for headlight, etc. but you can't even really tell when they flash. It just looks like the pin up girl is flashing or she has 'sparkle'. -Really glad I made the alternate and it really transforms the games look.

Yes I did that on purpose. There is Gottlieb right below translight and when I was choosing my favorite neon lights to add-Bally was one of them. I wanted it to look like an 80's Bar and the Bally neons from back in the day I can remember well. We went through multiple renditions including a Subaru logo neon because I love my Subie and a Honda neon for my bikes(fellow pinsider idea). Decided as much as I liked them-I wanted it to look like an old school bar. If you were interested in having one made-it can be changed to Gottlieb as well as it may throw some off.

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