I guess I’m officially a member of this club as well. I’ve been wanting a DESW for a long time and finally decided to go through with it.

My game was purchased off Craigslist for 2600, which was a little more than I wanted to spend (the guy wanted 3400 initially). Apparently, a Dad bought it for his 9 year-old son 20 years ago from an arcade in Huntington Beach, CA and it has been used in the home(s) ever since. Although by the way the guy spoke, I don’t think it has received much playtime in awhile.

I’ve got Firebird Pinball in Phoenix, AZ helping me out with the shop job since I’m inexperienced with that stuff. The playfield was very grimy and the cabinet has lots of scuffing. Hopefully, this can all be touched and cleaned up nicely.

I’ve opted for the usual LEDs (including R2 and Death Star). I’ve also requested for the rails, coin door, and legs to all be powder-coated, as they looked pretty bad currently. I’m getting some mirror blades put in as well. And of course, the 20th anniversary ruleset installed.

I’ll take pictures when it’s finished.

The only other mod I was considering was requesting some of the LED flipper buttons installed. Does anyone any examples? I haven’t seen any for this game.

Thanks! I bought it in AZ where I live. The guy told me that it originally came from CA when he bought it 20 yrs ago.

All the other ones I saw were way too high and shipping would be a good 500. But I'm already prepared to drop well over 1K into the overhaul.

That looks very cool. I would have done the legs and coin door as well though for consistency purposes, but I bet it still looks great with chrome legs. Show is some pics with it on the pin itself

I requested that all of mine be powder coated, but just in the regular black. Love the fresh look it provides to otherwise old looking rails.

Question: I noticed that eBay often has the PinballPro speaker set for Star Wars for sale on eBay.

ebay.com link: Pinball Pro Speaker kit Data East Star Wars pinball machine

I'm more of a "stock sound" kind of guy. Not really into modifying the sound, only improving it. Does anyone have any experience with these as an upgrade...or are you simply just better off getting the Pinsound board regardless?