I saw that too. Looks like he had fun making it. The Vader on the back looks a bit odd....long thin neck or something.

Well I'm officially in the club! I drop 19 hours in one day to pick up a star wars and have it in my basement by days end. Mission accomplished. Woke up this morning and already started fixing it up. It's very dirty but I've got the pop bumpers working the way they should be and have installed cliffys in both the force and sarlaac holes. Need to do a heavy clean and wax and replace some plastics. R2 needs some love too but I've already put up 198,000,000 with the new code. Is that a good score? Not sure what's considered good with the new code.

What's the verdict on rubber for this game? I need to re-rubber this new addition. Black or White kit? Go...

Yeah... I can throw some up soon.

Another crazy idea just popped in to my head... what do you think of the idea of doing one side white, one side black. Dark/Light side idea...

Thoughts?

Mine has black... and I'm leaning that way.

Picked up SW, my 3rd pin, in July and immediately got Chad's new code. Finally replaced a broken plunger link for drop target, previous owner had 2 broken wrong size ones in bottom of cab.

Put some purple led's under sarlacc pit, replaced white pop bumper caps w/ red ones (had white before). Looks a lot better.

Definitely looks like a toy or something should be in back right corner. There are holes in the plastic for some reason. Was checking pinside to investigate that and came upon this thread.

I have had my SW for about a year and am very happy I decided to add it to my collection. Chads ROM upgrade made a huge difference in gameplay. Those of you who didn't play the pin much before the upgrade was available will not appreciate it how much better it is now. Thanks again Chad! When I bought my machine it was in rough shape with burnt wire harnesses (back box lights), dead switches, bad diodes and DIRTY. The playfield was still in great shape once cleaned and waxed. I have put LED's in, color changing flipper buttons, white rubber, rebuilt the flippers, replaced most of the playfield plastics and just put on a new piece of playfield glass. New playfield glass made a bigger difference than I thought it would. Next on the list is Pinball Pro Speakers, mirror blades and maybe the playfield overlay. Has anyone purchased the overlay for SW yet? Would love to see some hi-res pics if you have one installed. One last note: Which is the better deal or the better pin to buy next? Theater of Magic for $4500 or LOTR for $3700?

This is such a well lit game that white rubber will look nice - for the first week. After that, those black marks will show up really well. Mine also has black rubber, and it looks sharp.

Just received my black rubber today. Have it completely done except for the few under the plastic by the jabba scoop and a few posts. Spent 10 hours shopping it before that. Have a few adjustments to make and I'm waiting on a few parts for R2 D2 and she'll be good to go.

It's probably 75% LED's already. The backglass was done. And all inserts under the playfield except the red ones. (Previous owner said he didn't like red inserts LED'd) And the bottom half of the GI is LED's. So I did a very quick guess count and I'm probably 30 LED's away from being finished.

Put up a 461,000,000 with the new code tonight! Merry Christmas!

Not seeming to get any offers or suggestions in the tech support category so I thought I'd drop this here:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/star-wars-r2d2-motor-and-slingshot-questions

Can anyone help?

I thought I'd offer an interesting bit of trivia for those who may not know :

Every Star Wars film starts ( after the scrolling text ) with a spacecraft of some type flying overhead .

I think it's very fitting that the DE Star Wars pinball starts the same way when you hit the start button .

I would go with LOTR. If it is good shape then that is a really good price! Even more so, LOTR is just a really fun game with an enduring quality to it. ToM is beautiful, but seems to get old after a while.
Good luck!

Thanks for the advice MAJRob! Missed out on both pins however. I will just be content with the ones I have for now! Ordered a playfield protector and the Pinball Pro speaker set for my Star Wars today. I will post pictures once the protector is installed. Also found some snap together models that are a good scale for this machine. Picked up Darth Vaders tie fighter and a snow speeder. They are very detailed and easy to assemble.IMG_20140101_202853.JPG

IMG_20140101_202920.JPGIMG_20140101_202948.JPGYou can probably find them on Ebay.

Well for sh=t sakes. I was doing some adjustments on my machine tonight. Fixed the knocker that hasn't worked since I got it, had my left slingshot not firing properly so I fixed that, cleaned my drop targets/assembly and replaced the missing decals... and then before I stopped for the night I thought I'd just make an adjustment on a roll over switch that was sticking up a little too high for my liking and the little bastard snapped.

Thought I might be able to solder the wire back on for a temporary fix till I could get a new switch but solder doesn't take to whatever this metal wire form is.

Kind of a piss off. Anyone know where you could find this switch?

Alot of places I pulled up our out of stock.

It's the right orbit loop switch (#17 in the manual) - 500-5142-00.

Also... wouldn't mind scoring a few more drop targets. All are fine now but I noticed one is cracking so I'd like to have one on standby.

Wanna unsolder yours and give it to me?? LOL

I am--very, very reluctantly--considering selling my Star Wars pin. I have to make room for The Hobbit. It comes down to whether to sell any one of three of my older pins--or perhaps two of the three. SW is a great favorite with guests, but it is also the pin I have had the longest, so I am playing it less now than before. Anyway, if someone in the NC area is seriously interested, please PM me.

UPDATE: Sold to local Pinsider.

Anyone have any leads or tips on repairing/replacing the Death Star target? Mine has finally broken. Can't belive this hasn't been remade yet, and with all of the 3D printing that's going on these days, seems like this is a natural.

I'd keep an eye out on eBay, NOS ones were coming up there for a while not to long ago. I brought one myself, they were way over priced but when you need one you need one.

I'm in the club too by the way. I've had mine for about two years and owning it has probably saved me money over playing one in the arcades with the amount of games my friends and I have played it. Kids and other guests always gravitate to this pin also. This ones a keeper for me.

sorry, hadn't been checking this thread. I did mean clear pop caps. These are the red ones I got.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/545-5199-02

Does anyone else have the issue of the ball flying off the ramp? Maybe it's because I just cleaned and waxed but it's happened a lot lately and I'm concerned about my death star taking a few lumps. Is anyone aware of a mod that would make the wire rail a full cage to keep the ball in it's place?

I did see that. They were going for $75. I'm hoping for a better, cheaper solution.

I was hoping that by moving the target to the down position and deactivating the motor would cause the software to compensate due to lack of switch hits on the target. Sadly, I can confirm this is not the case.

No problem with mine but I have recently played one which did this. The wire form on this machine had more of a tilt back on it than it should have. Where it connected into the metal ramp it seemed to bed slightly flatter than it should be. If there is any tilt back on your wire form, I'd start there.

It's a lot of money for not much. Hopefully someone does a repo on these sometime soon.

I just went through this nice SW club thread and I picked up a few things. Thanks guys! I hope I can contribute down the road.

The Data East Star Wars was our first pinball machine and because my entire family loved it so much, we now have 8 other pins, but everyone still loves SW. My son told me the other day to never sell the SW machine. I haven't put any mods or LEDs in it yet, other than Chad's 20th Ann ROM, but will be sprucing it up shortly.

The center "eye" target in my LOTR gets abused and chipped/cracked a couple of times already. Ever since I added a target decal that I made with 3M rubberized double-sided tape, it's been intact despite getting the same amount of abuse. It's pretty thick and probably what's contributing to some protection of the target.

I wonder if the thick decal would provide the same protection for the death star target. I will check the target for front edge clearance and if possible, place a decal on it and report back. Had anyone else given this a try yet?

Just wanted to post some pictures of my playfield protector install.IMG_20140106_225300.JPG
This was what I had to remove in order to place the protector on. Got out the Mr. Clean magic eraser and gave the playfield a good once over and test fit the overlay. Fit really well and had no problems with my Cliffy's hanging up on the force or sarlacc pits.IMG_20140106_225515.JPG
This is a picture of the playfield once I removed the protective film off the overlay. It looks really close to a clear coat job with a very glossy finish.IMG_20140107_013121.JPG
All put back together and am pleased with the results. I played about five games tonight and noticed that it is playing much faster than before. Will keep you all posted on how this thing holds up over time. As far as the death star target...I just keep a some super glue handy!

I love the after picture of the playfield protector. Where did you buy it and how much did it cost?

Does anyone know where I can pick up a Darth Vader topper?

Ever wish you could just put a couple balls on the shelf during a multi-ball so you could focus on the task at hand a little better?

This happened the other day. Stayed there until I'd lost the other 2 ball then I shook her loose.

Ball on the shelf.jpg

Yup

You should have opened that line with "Great shot kid," LOL

Ou

You can pick up the playfield protector at bay area amusements for around $140 with shipping. I think the Darth Vader topper is kinda dull and with all of the star wars toys out there you should be able to come up with something really cool. They make lots of detailed helmets for kids that you could put some leds in and have a one of a kind machine. I just have to talk my five year old out of his Boba Fett helmet.