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Custom Toppers for my Pins

By Hyperion

12 years ago


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    #1 12 years ago

    Just bought some items that I'm thinking of making custom toppers for my Bally pins.
    1 Lost World
    2 Viking
    3 Elektra
    Would like some feedback & tips on how to wire LEDs into them & how to mount.
    thanks

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    #2 12 years ago

    2 viking

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    #3 12 years ago

    3 elektra
    this ones tricky... its real crystals 22.8 pounds

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    #4 12 years ago

    Those will look great especially, electra

    #5 12 years ago

    Cool toppers, I especially like Lost World.

    #6 12 years ago

    Nice custom toppers. The Lost World one will be especially cool.

    #7 12 years ago

    Awesome pieces for toppers. the skull for Lost Worlds would really be great with some low pulsing red light in the eyes!!!

    #8 12 years ago

    I will be stealing that idea for Elektra . Its an odd game, a very odd game but id call it one of the hardest games I own. Never been able to get the 3 balls at once.

    #9 12 years ago
    Quoted from the96stang:

    I will be stealing that idea for Elektra . Its an odd game, a very odd game but id call it one of the hardest games I own.

    You have some good games in your collection. You should post some pictures of your games in the archives. (ALIEN STAR) for example.

    #10 12 years ago

    very nice choices, jealous

    #11 12 years ago

    Thank you all for your comments. All of these items were found on ebay, hopefully some of you will come up withsome interesting ideas for toppers for your machines.

    3 weeks later
    #12 12 years ago

    Update: Got some leds from radio shack and used my dremel to create the socket holes. Then did a test run wiring to the coin door... the Viking topper looks good to go but the lost world topper green leds were too weak. so back to the drawing board on what leds to use, maybe just buy some #44 sockets + green leds and mount them in there.

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    #13 12 years ago

    heres the lost world

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    #14 12 years ago

    Way cool LED eyes!!! Awesome job!

    #15 12 years ago

    The viking looks ready for primetime!

    #16 12 years ago

    That viking is BA! Hmmmm, I work at a golf course, you'd think I could come up with something for NGG??

    #17 12 years ago

    Those are great mods.

    #18 12 years ago

    nice work.

    #19 12 years ago

    That viking looks stellar!

    #21 12 years ago

    This might be a lot of extra work and money, but for the crystals, I would mold them up and cast in clear resin. That would cut the weight down considerably and you could drill the casting anyway you want for lighting effects.

    Plus, you'd have the mold, so you could make multiples.

    Johnny

    #23 12 years ago

    Nicely done.

    #24 12 years ago

    Another update : got the dragon skull fitted with 2 lamp sockets and wired .... MUCH BRITER!

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    #25 12 years ago

    The downside while testing another custom toy (Judge Death figure w/ LED) on my viking coindoor I bridged the +&- and all the lights went out on just the coindoor! Checked the fuses in the backbox but didn't see any burnt? ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

    #26 12 years ago

    Man, sorry to hear that! Your toppers look sweet though. I would change the fuse that operates the coin door just to be sure.

    #28 12 years ago

    Toppers look great, did you figure out the door light issue?

    #30 12 years ago

    That Lost World topper turned out excellent. Too bad about the door though...

    #31 12 years ago
    Quoted from the96stang:

    I will be stealing that idea for Elektra . Its an odd game, a very odd game but id call it one of the hardest games I own. Never been able to get the 3 balls at once.

    Hmmm... I believe Elektra is only 2 ball - multiball.

    That crystal does looking pretty cool, but damn, I would be scared to put something that heavy up there and have it crash and burn on the playfield....

    #32 12 years ago

    Gonna try an find somewhere to cut down the crystal, so it will weigh less and have a flat bottom for mounting.

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