Just joined the club tonight. Bit of a fixer upper but the playfield is perfect. Most of the damage is easily replaceable. Really excited since this was one of the first DMD games I played. Been a fan of pinball ever since.

Already ordered the replacement plastics that were damaged, new Death Star, LED's, cab touch up paint, rubber and flipper rebuild kit. Bummed that it's hard to find replacement decals but once I put it into the pile it'll be hard to even see the side scuffs.

Need to try out the new code! Only ever played the original.

Anyone know of a good place to get a NOS Death Star or even used? Mines cracked at the top and finding a repro that doesn't look like a grey plastic turd seems to be a challenge.

I actually have a big hole where the top should be. The only thing holding it onto the rotator is an ugly piece of tape with a hole punched through it.

Well poop. I hooked up a replacement launcher coil backwards on my SW and fried some boards. I'm guessing it's not a good sign when a pinball table starts to smoke.

Ordered new rottendog MPU, PPB boards and a new coil. Don't even want to bother trying to fix since I'd rather not put a board back in the machine that has actual burn marks on it and have to deal with problems down the road. Frustrated with my stupidity.

Love the green light from "THE FORCE" scoop. Would love to get more details on how you hooked that up. As you can probably tell from my previous post I'm sort of new to this hobby. =/

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Happy ending! New Rottendog boards fixed my problem. Plays great again, just need the new launcher coil to arrive and I'll be fully operational.

New launcher coil arrived today. Can I get some other eyes on how I'm hooking it up so I don't fry another board. I believe this is correct?pic02.jpgpic01.jpg

If anyone is in need of replacement wire lane ramps both just popped up on ebay.

ebay.com link: Data EAST Star Wars Pinball Machine Metal Spiral Loop Ramp 515 5682 00

ebay.com link: Data EAST Star Wars Pinball Machine Metal VUK Wire Ramp 535 6339 00

$120 is the "buy it now" price.

Paint I purchased matched almost perfectly. In the light you can kind of see the difference if you look close enough, only because the cab paint has more of a shine to it. Really hard to notice unless you're looking for it. I would highly recommend it for touch ups.

Got it from -> http://www.pinballuniverse.com/PinballPaints.htm

After I installed a new flipper rebuild kit on my SWDE I keep getting air balls off the center ramp. Has anyone had the same problem and was able to stop it from happening? Worried I'm going to lose my R2.

I have the same image on mine. Figured it was just done by a previous owner. Neat.

Interested. I just had mine welded from it starting to wear out.

I'm searching for a decal set so I can clean and replace the ones on my old R2D2. Seems like I'm a bit late to the party since all the online retailers are sold out. Anyone have any suggestions on where I may possibly find some? Or even better have a set they would be willing to sell?

My honest opinion is too much blue. I'd swap back in some white LEDs so the colors of the playfield and plastics aren't diluted. Just my opinion though. If you like the blue keep it blue.

Wow that sucks. Is your game even playable with the ramp that blown out?

It also lights up during attract mode for me.

Anyone have an extra scoop assembly to sell or know where I would be able to find a replacement? Getting tired of looking at my bent one pushing up against the plastic under the Jabba shot.

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Well that was fast. Found a NOS one from a fellow pinsider.

You really need to get over this fear. No matter what your skill level is you're probably going to do more damage to the game by not doing regular maintenance. Pinside is a great place to find people wanting to help so don't be afraid to ask. Half the fun of this hobby is working on these machines.

Hell ya. Have really good cab decals already from Pheonix and a NOS R2. If playfields and plastics get done I'll be able to fully restore my pin to look almost new. Just need to find a damn Death Star. =(

The closest I have found to a half decent replacement is from a toy.

The Ebay gods have smiled upon me! Was able to finally score a NOS translite for SW for a pretty decent price. Been looking for one of these for over a year with no luck until now. Been using a repro in the meantime that didn't look as nice under the light. Just need a new R2 dome and Death Star and I'll be a happy camper.

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Got lucky. There was two listed a week apart. I got into a bidding war and lost the first when it went over $350. A week later another popped up from the same seller and I was able to get it without any heavy bid wars for almost half the price. I think it just got lost in the mix of all the repro's that are always listed.

Pinball center has the best repro plastics I've found so far.

Don't bother with the pinball universe plastics unless you're just trying to save money. They're not nearly as nice as the ones available via pinball center. I can post pictures if people would like to see the difference.

http://www.pinballcenter.eu/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Star+Wars+plastic&x=0&y=0&search_in_description=1

Colors are closer and the print quality is way better on the PinballCenter ones. I thought the Pin Universe set looked OK before I put them on my machine too but the colors really washed out under the lights. Not saying the PinballCenter ones are perfect, just better. Hopefully CPR does a repro one day so we have a quality solution. :/

I have a rivet press so I stick with tube rivets and just use a dremel to remove them.

Holy poop. Your Princess Leia doesn't have a beard.

She's seen some action.

I had a hell of a time finding a quality repro and NOS translites are few and far between. The best one I found was from Arcade overlays ( http://www.arcadeoverlays.com/ ) Not sure if they still repro it but it doesn't hurt to send an email. I eventually found a NOS one on Ebay but it took me over a year of searching beforehand and I check ebay almost everyday.

If you're going to LED up your Star Wars look into getting an LED OCD board to smooth the light show. There's also a GI board you can purchase that really helps match the look and dimming of incandescent bulbs. (https://sites.google.com/site/energimaestro/LED)

kits are hit or miss depending on your taste. I ended up getting one for the inserts and buying individual warm whites for the GI. Most SW kits seem to use a bunch of blue in the GI which I'm not a fan of. If you have the manual there is a page that lists all the bulbs along with where they go. If you don't you can just download it here.(http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2358)

The only other thing I'd also recommend for protecting your game is maybe nvram to remove the need for batteries.

Welcome to the club!

While I agree with this price for this game can you really find a SW:DE that isn't a project for less than 3k these days?

FYI. CPR now has full plastic sets for sale. =)

http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-plastics.html

Not impossible. Managed to score a NOS translite and a nice used Death Star off of Ebay last year. I was checking almost everyday for over a year though.

Just a heads up. Looks like CPR pre-orders are up for repro playfields. =)

http://www.classicplayfields.com/order.html

Normal. It'll be a bit before you hear anything. Usually playfield needs to be in the pipe and they're finalizing sales which could take months.