Thanks for doing this.

Looking forward to my annual stock up!! Thank you always for this sale! And the good candy!

Will it be cheaper/similar cost to buy a couple 25 2SMDs than a 100 pack per unit?

Will these fall under the rubbers being on sale?
https://www.cometpinball.com/products/post-caps?variant=39354292142182

You don't have a preset rubber kit for Harlem Globetrotters do you? if not, no worries, I can pick through the manual and figure it out

Same! Either 2021 or 2022 I spent nearly a grand. Somehow I STILL ran out of the ones I needed most!

With Black Friday approaching, I'm planning to make my first large order for LEDs from Comet. I have about 8 games (4 SS and 4 EM) and since I've not done before, I've read a lot of the forum posts. I'm a bit torn between 1smd and 2smd for inserts and backglass. Also not sure whether frosted or clear is better for inserts. The message from Comet today says the sale will include 2smd bulbs - 25 packs. It doesn't mention 1smd or 100 packs, so not sure if those will also be on sale. If only 2smd are on sale, and the 25 packs are a big cost savings over 1smd 100 packs, I'd be tempted to just buy all 2smds.

Any thoughts on whether 2smd is fine for all inserts and backglasses versus 1smd? I was planning to do 2smd frosted for all GI. Also curious as to thoughts on clear versus frosted for inserts.

Thanks!

We are in process converting our AFM to LEDs and used the 2SMD warm white frosted for GI to keep it looking more like the original incandescents (only a few GI changed so far). 1SMD in everything else: Frosted in the backbox and color matched in inserts.

In our Getaway I bought a kit with 2 SMD in inserts and no lense 2 SMD in GI and it’s almost too bright for my eyes.

Comet also has great resource pages on picking brightness and colors on their main menu. I found them to be very helpful while picking bulbs.
https://www.cometpinball.com/pages/the-art-of-pinball-leds

Good luck! It’s quite a rabbit hole.

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I knew I needed some specific things, not just 25 packs of 2smd...but I had forgotten what I needed, login to comet and bam, cart is still there, just like with PBL, love that...it's like having a list that never gets lost. Even remembered what I needed the blinking bulbs for after seeing what was in my cart. DOUBLE JACKPOT

Game Kit with LED OCD on sale?

Thanks for the response. I’m converting: firepower, black knight, Tommy, beat the clock, capt fantastic, target alpha, jungle queen, and bow and arrow.

Thanks again!

You know, it would be awesome if someone set up a bulb database for user kits like titan did with rings

I did read about non ghosting. Is there a way to tell if I need in advance on those games? I’ve heard it depends on whether original boards are in the game or not, but not sure how to determine that. Also, are the non ghosting going to be on sale? Also, I only see 1smd non-ghosting on your website - do you not make 2smd non-ghosting?

Thanks!

Awesome! Thoughts on non-ghosting for Harlem? I was planning on just doing 2SMD frosted everywhere (I have the count as aprox 39 x #555 & 52 x #44).

2smd for inserts. Get 1 SMD or the on sale retro brights for the backglass. Less glare!

Is there a way to determine what smd a bulb is just by looking at it when it’s in your hand? In other words, say I drop a few bulbs of different brightness’s, is the only thing I can do to see what each bulb is is to light it up?

The plastic ring between the lens and the base are three different shades of yellow/white for warm, sunlight and cool. In terms of 1smd versus 2smd, you can see how many diodes there are if clear, but if frosted, you may need to light them up, as I don't think they are marked. Would be great if they could mark on the base all the variations.

Wish they would too.

I just buy all non-ghosting so I don't have to worry about getting them mixed up. Been there.

When I open new bags I might mark the base of the bulbs with thin permanent marker using a legend like: 1 - 2smd, 2 - 2smd non-ghosting, 3 - 1smd, etc. Will be handy also when having to replace bad bulbs.

Awesome, thanks for the clarification. I actually ordered the LED board from Pinball Electronics a few days ago, which does the same thing as the Altek board (unless I seriously misunderstood )

So 1 is 2 and 3 is 1?

Could ya throw OCD boards into the turkey day mix?

Thanks for all you do for pinball Ryan! Happing thanksgiving

Thank you for help making so many of my pins come to life! Always enjoy upgrading my pins with all your products. Have a happy thanksgiving!

Good point! 2smd is the most common and it’s easier to write “1” 500 times compared to “2”!

Just finished counting bulbs needed and it’s roughly 1,500. Should we try to get orders in early Friday in case stuff is sold out or is the weekend fine? I have the bulb count but may need time on Saturday to decide between the various types like colors and 1smd or 2smd.

Thanks

Just wanted to show what a difference pulling some of the colored lights out of a pin and replacing them with 2smd white comets can produce.
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Looks amazing!

I often wonder how many pins will get LED'd multiple times in their life due to different tastes. Part of my Comet black Friday order is to remove an LED scheme I don't care for from a Rollergames in favor of the scheme I use throughout my collection. The LEDs I'm pulling are also Comet so... there's two Rollergames worth of Comet LEDs sold for one Rollergames

It's where the "rainbow puke" name started.

Thanks!

I finally got around to finishing up pulling whatever cheap-ass LEDs someone had in my Monster Bash - they were definitely some kind of first generation stuff, they were DIMMER than regular bulbs! Lots of them had 2 or 4 LED's on them, too. Whatever they were.... they sucked. Game came with pinstadiums because it was darker than stock... go figure.

Oh, and the inserts all needed to be cleaned out of soot. That didn't help their dimness though, they were just as dim.

Now it's all Comet retro warm white, minus the pinstadium setup - it's gorgeous. I posted a pic of the BG in the rainbow puke thread so everyone can see the before horror.

Note: Changing some of the LEDs under the drac mech is a PITA, I had to remove it and suspend it in midair with wire. Those were the last 5-6 bulbs I changed.

I keep meaning to take some pics of the bulbs if people can ID who made them, but it's not worth it. I'm not sure why I kept them, I'll never even use them for coin door lights which is my usual place to stick crappy led's.

I wish I could just order now. The anticipation is killing me

Does anybody know if we can build the cart before midnight and then submit the order when the sale starts?

Do you recommend using the no lens 1smds for inserts?

I almost always use 1smd, non-ghosting for inserts, but if you're not doing non-ghosting, then I think the no lens should be fine. To be honest, I've never experimented much with the no-lens bulbs. What do you think would be the advantage?

Some people say it helps with the bleeding when you have them directly over the inserts. I have both ocd boards so I would be going no non-ghosting. Do I still stick with 1smd then

Thanks man just threw my order in. I ended up sticking with all clear for inserts. I guess when you think about it is there really that much of a difference between no dome and a clear dome the light shines right through. It’s going to be trial and error and see which looks best

The Retro bullet LEDs are some of one of my new top favorites ever since they came out!!
I keep using more and more and more, they preserve that classic look and are barely indiscernible from Incandescents!

My Black Friday order is already scheduled to be delivered today - incredible!

Just get frosted, and you can always just remove the cap with a set of pliers if you need to. That way you don't need to buy 2 different types of bulbs. I like 2 smd for inserts myself, but 1 smd is perfectly fine.

Same. My black Friday order will be delivered before the end of the black Friday sale today! FAST shipping!

Do you have pre-picked bulb kits for games? I did not find it. Game is Dirty Harry. Thank you in advance.