I've got a couple from my playfield swap pictures.
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You might be able to get a glimpse in my flipper rebuild video that I shot on my Cyclone:

Here's my craft project for the month. I made a topper from the CPR promo parts. For more pics and details, click and scroll to the bottom of the page...

http://www.jeff-z.com/pinball/cyclone/repair/repair.html

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That looks great!

I love that you used blue star posts on the right and red on the left. Nobody will ever know, but it is as it should be.

Where can I find the clear plastic that goes in front over top the spook house. My ball keeps hitting the drop Target and flying and hitting the glass, the drop Target doesn't go down the first time. Thanks

make one . try strong spring on target.

I've seen that on ebay, don't see it on there now though.

And it's now back on ebay ($15 with shipping)....

ebay.com link: Clear Plastic Set for Williams Cyclone Pinball Machine

Thanks for the heads up.

I just cut my own out of plastic. works great.

So ....My love of pinball was rekindled when I bought a Cyclone 7 or 8 years ago. I ended up selling that game to Mof here who started this club.( I thought I wanted a fancier game with more balls, Well...finally after 4 or 5 years I bought another. Yes I really love the game and am happy to be back in the club.

Mof, you still have it? I bet you do.

Ha....I didn't read the post right above mine....Well there ya go....everyone needs a change. funny how that worked

Proud new owner of mof's former Cyclone! I'll have to post some pictures. I own a nice Comet, which I love, so how could I not buy a Cyclone? They belong together.

The circle is complete!

Is it okay that I left Hurricane out of the circle? Not a big fan of that one.

p.s. mof sure knows how to shop a pin! Playing a former mof pin is a real treat. Thanks again, mof!

We used to hang out at a pizza shop about a mile from my house as a teenager that had a cyclone. Fell in love with it. My first pin too!

Cyclone was also my first pin. Bought it 12 years ago. It's the founding member of my system 11 collection.

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That's the way I was thinking too. Then a super nice one came up for sale about an hour away. Figured I might not get another chance at such a nice one and said what the heck. Turns out I'm enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would, and the kids are loving it. They did a great job with the lights, some of the music can be a bit annoying though. Game play is very different from the rest of my games. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase.

Anyway, congrats on the Cyclone and welcome to the club. Oh and to add a little Hurricane incentive, if you pick one up, Pinside will give you a "Carnie" achievement badge.

Is there any place that still sale the flags and have them in stock?

Very partial set on ebay...

ebay.com link: WILLIAMS unkown sticker sheet cyclone slugfest pinball machine part

Don't recall seeing them anywhere else.

Cyclone is our first pin too, thought I would be happy with just that, but we caught the bug.
We were lucky that our machine came with the flags.

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Hi everyone, I just finished a PF swap on my Cyclone, fixing everything, and getting it playing 100%. The thing I am unsure of is, the music volume seems to increase and decrease, the callouts are consistent in volume, but the music volume kinda floats up and down. Is it supposed to be like that? or maybe I have some sort of board issue. It has been awhile since I played someone else's Cyclone, and there are no others to compare it to near me. Thanks for your feedback!

There are times where the music “ducks under” the rest of the sounds. System 11 can only play two of the three (music, sound effects, speech) at the same time I believe. So if it only does it when multiple sounds are happening I wouldn’t worrry about it. If it randomly goes down with nothing else happening, that’s different.

Mine currently does the dame thing. However I know I have the incorrect sound board in there. There are different revisions. Before my original sound board stopped working I didn't have any music fade. The incorrect one has a section of the board that isn't populated. It also causes some sounds to not work. Do your dracula sounds work? The "won't you come in" and few others are whats missing on mine.

I don't recall mine doing that. It is apart right now being restored though.

You can see 2 different boards on this thread...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/system-11-soundboard-roulette

This is what I have.

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Yup, that looks like my original. R18 area is much more populated. Sent mine out for repair, so hopefully I'll have proper sound bsck soon.

Replace your sound pot.

Or spray contact cleaner in it to see if it helps. Can test with a multimeter too.

This could be part of what I am experiencing, I am going to have to play it a bunch more and pay attention, Thanks for helping!

Yes, the Dracula callouts work, I don't seem to be missing any callouts or sounds, just the back ground music volume changes.

Thanks, the game and serial number tags on my sound board match all of the tags on the rest of the boards, and it looks the same as yours.

Actually the original sound pot was broken somehow, so I robbed the one out of my riverboat gambler, to get the game playable. I do have a couple new sound pots coming from Marco's

New pot seems to have fixed my Comet sound, so hopefully does the trick for you also.

I've been commissioned by a Cyclone owner to custom create a Comet Coaster model that resembles the one on the backglass, so I wanted to gauge interest from other Cyclone owners out there in potentially purchasing one. The idea is to mount it on the shelf at the back left. I'm still in the prototype stage but very close to finalizing, so I wanted to show my progress. FYI, dimensions are 2" wide x 5.875" long x 1" tall.

I'll have 2 options for purchase (please PM me if you are interested).

- With Lighting Included = $44 includes shipping to US (will include white Comet Pinball Matrix LED strip, 12 inch Matrix extension, and Matrix alligator clips to attached to GI socket)
- Without Lighting = $32 includes shipping to US (model will still include channel for LED strip, but you supply your own lighting)

Model Rendering
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Actual Model
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Placement (model will set on ledge in front of bottom red part of "RIDE THE COMET FOR A MILLION" sign)
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First Prototype (in plain white just for testing - final will be 3D printed in colors as shown above, or I can do custom colors)
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Lighting Channel and Strip
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looks cool nice work. not sure how it would look on ramp. can't wait to see.

I'm getting really close to a final, and here is my latest effort. Turns out the filament I used (marble) is a little too dark to dissipate the light the way I want. I'm reprinting in white and will post when done (I think this will be the final version). Unfortunately, I only own a Getaway so no pics of it actually installed in a Cyclone.

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you need Nancy Ronny and the rest of the gang figures.

Here is my final version for anyone interested: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cyclone-comet-coaster

Nice work, old friend...

Thanks, and nice to hear from you again - hope all is well.

Very cool, but isn't that the Cyclone? If it's a Comet for the Cyclone I figure it should look like the one on the Comet backglass. I not really into mods for my Cyclone, but that is really nice looking. Bet blue seats would be perfect.

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Yes, it is the coaster modeled off the backglass of the Cyclone (which is what I was asked to create). I don't have the pin, so I may be getting things confused, but I guess both coasters are referenced in the game? I know there is the "RIDE THE COMET FOR A MILLION" sign in the back left where this is designed to go (why I was making the assumption), but now that I've looked at the playfield images I also notice a "RIDE THE CYCLONE THREE TIMES TO GET THE JACKBOT" sign in the back right. I see that the left ramp graphic on the Cyclone looks like the coaster you show from The Comet backglass, and the right ramp graphic looks like the Cyclone coaster that I designed.

So, if the above is the case, the Cyclone coaster I created is designed to be placed on the ledge under the "RIDE THE COMET" sign. Is that a continuity problem for anyone (this was the preference of the owner who commissioned me to create the coaster)?

I think it would look nice next to the "ride the Cyclone 3 times". Not sure it would fit under the glass though. Could you measure the length/width/height? Thanks!

Width = 2"
Length = 5.75"
Height = 1"

Exactly how much room do you have where you are considering? If enough interest, I could potentially redesign/resize a Cyclone that would fit there.

I think that creating a model that resembles the Comet coaster might be more of a challenge for me given the design tools/skills I have access to, since it's features are not as defined nor regular.

Thanks, I'll check when I get home and see if it would fit, I suspect it will. Yes, the Comet does look like it would be a lot tougher. One of those light blue color you poster in the other thread would look great.

Well, I'm going to give a shot at the Comet, and I'll let everyone know if/when I'm successful. Freddy had an idea that I like of positioning the two coasters on the ramps as pictured (please be sure to complement him for his masterful artwork)

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This is what I was thinking...

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