So apparently I am a member here now, do I get a membership card in the mail ?

...it wasnt in the cabnet

What does the shifter actually do in the game ? When and how do I use it ? I get the start with shooting the tie and shooting the stormtroopers

that entire fancy handle, just for that ?

where and how could i plug this into my game ?
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Remote-Control-Lightsaber-Light/dp/B01L0DYXGW/ref=sr_1_2

next to the shooter ramp i think, but to what event in the game ? and how?

I dont know if this will break any rules here, but does somebody have a high resolution scan or artwork for the translite? mine has faded badly

TIG Welded the ramp, now to polish it up. Welder tells me the ramp snapped because the bottom screws on the ramp lip where loose in his experience, so the repeating vibration from the impact of the ball snapped it.

Any comments or suggestions on this or screw replacement or work around ?

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Thanks, skip weld the entrance only surely ? Not the entire ramp

Has anyone got the artwork or a high end scan of the front cab graphic ? Mines almost gone

Tig welded solid halfway up the ramp

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Thanks but I'm in South Africa, I doubt your friend is close

....anyone ?

Anyone know how much a Star Wars weighs ? I need it for a shipping quote and I cant find the weight anywhere

I saw a nice sticker before I owned the machine, now I can't find the artwork

It was of the target computer of the x wing on the trench run

Some Free vector Decal options I made for the Death Star and for the targets

let me know if you like it and i will upload more sometime

Star Wars Data East Target decals.pdf

Stay on target

Print them on 200 gsm board on any good printer then buy contact laminate (which is like a huge sheet of clear tape basically), and put that on top, get some double sided tape on the back then stick it on the target once you have cleaned the target.

A print shop will print it on a sticker vinyl and can put a laminate over the print, thi slooks the best but costs the most ( then again these are small and wont cost much)

just dont use the phantom menace song at the beginning with the skill shot, that sacrilege and so many people do

If I had pinsound, I would put in the track from empire where the falcon goes through the asteroid field track ten on the ost and halfway into the track

I got carried away when putting in LEDS and now I am not sure where this wireform belongs in the Jabba/Sarlac light stack. Anyone know ?

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I bought a high end wand scanner and I am going to scan in my cab graphics and fix them up, once done I will post them up here.

Thank you Sir

Please tell us more about the blue paint you have used

except they don't answer my mails about sending paint out to South Africa, so I am looking at other solutions

Star Wars Pinball Blue Pantone swatches

I took out my Pantone swatch book to match the cab blue in indirect clouded soft sunlight, the good news is the Star Wars cabinet blue matches a CMYK breakdown better than the Pantone equivalent. Slight problem, the colour jumps between the front and the side and the backbox on mine, this indicates sun fade on the front, as the side cab and the backbox are close in consistency to cyan - 100%, magenta 35% yellow 0% and black 20% - note you will need a colour calibrated printer to print out a test sample to check, or if you have the money an iris or chromalin proof sheet on colour

Please keep in mind you cant just add white into the mix and hope for a match, it either has to be a new blend or a custom colour mix up from red, blue and yellow, white will just pastel out most of the time.

I will try get a new read in direct sunlight when i dismantle the back box at some point for repair

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One of the reasons im doing this is because I bought a wand scanner and I am going to scan in the artwork at 900 dpi then retouch the cab artwork, with this CMYK match the print will match up to the existing pin cab blue.

WHY ? I currently have two Star Wars machines, the one is in fantastic shape, but the second cab is not, so im going to make new decals, then put them up for free

Retouched High resolution Star Wars Translite, hosted on an independent server http://nitroflare.com/view/F303993C8A3FA9F/Star_wars_655mm_X_570mm_-_02_Final.tif

I lay no claim to ownership or copyright. Its just a fan picture thats freely available for private use

Im worried disneys lawyers shut my dropbox down or give me hassles, so no unfortunately not, the suspect dodge site gives me some anonymity

you need to find someone who does flatbed printing directly onto film or plastic and then have a white print or latex white print put on afterwards, the white back is normally a process of flatbed printing. Make sure you get them to print rich black or under the light in the backbox your blacks will show grey

Please help.

I have this buzzing sound coming from the right speaker it seems, its getting louder. I took a video of it

What can i do to stop it and make the machine quite?

If i unplug this behind the DMD it stops

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I have done that, i replaced the cable going from the wall to the power box. I just put in a new Rottendog power board and it's allot worse

the second one is under the Force plastic

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your machine looks great, I love those red drop targets. where did you get them ?

I like the red light under your force scoop, what is it plugged into on the board and what light did you use please ? If you could take photos I would appreciate it

I cant even find those pieces on any of the two games I have. My conclusion eventually is that I dont have them so i have no idea where they would go. If you figure it out let us know

is there a better place to run them from than the coin door ?

That looks great, thanks.

Where is that 12v power cable going to ? the main board ?

Oh heck yes that would be

Whats the best way to re-enforce the start button, all the paint is coming off mine from age, is there a plastic cap I can put on around it ?

what bulbs do you have behind your words Star Wars ? I put in white LEDs and it looked crap and was to bright

this was asked two weeks ago, I have two machines and that piece in not in either of them , so nobody knows last i heard

I have left over crews often when i get carried away and forget how to put things back

I have the same buzzing, if I unplug the sound on the front speakers next to the DMD it goes away and the bottom speaker works. I cant find out how to get the buzz gone, it got worse when i put in a new rotten dog power board

help us Obi Wan pinball Kenobis

That cardboard shroud is fascinating, i want to reproduce it for mine, could you please put up some measurements and more pictures?

great condition machine BTW

have a look if the screws putting your ramps into the playfield at the start of the ramp are sticking up or out, they act like a knife when getting hit by a fast heavy metal ball

Turns out a spare rubber from a toilet plunger assembly fits perfectly over a Data East Start Button

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the wood is brittle and the pain is flaking

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Plastics

I see reference to this piece http://www.pinball.center/en/shop/pinball-parts/playfield-parts/plastics/4155/plastic-for-star-wars-de-4/b?c=2284 but I dont have this piece, is this actually a Star Wars Data East plastic I am missing ?

Then inside the case of my Star Wars I found this piece http://www.ministryofpinball.com/en/game-specific-items/data-east/star-wars/star-wars-plastic-5570.html but I have no idea where this piece goes

Any Suggestions

HOw did you get your main ramp so polished ?

I have a problem, the game starts up , i hear Obi Wan say "may the force be with you"the GI lights up, and then nothing

No DMD, nothing else happens

Help me Obi Wan Knobi's

Would you please mind taking a picture of its installation level and sequence, it seems to be hit by the R2 Legs movement

the wrong coils where installed by the previous owner, the higher amplitude was put int and it kept blowing the power board

LAH Crane Decal Redrawn to vector and in Metric 25mm by 23 mm per letter

LAH Crane Decal Redrawn.pdf

I cut a thumb size square paint sample chip out of the inside main box at the back with a scalpel, for two reasons:
1. nobody would notice the wood fill later and I could paint the missing piece to test acruracy
2. I knew the inside of the box had no sun damage, or tabaco damage, so the colour was going to be very close to the original blue

I then took that thumb size paint sample chip to a professional industrial paint company and they sent it out to be spectral analysed and then had the paint made up by them based on that. It came out perfect, a 100% match, even under a magnifying daylight balanced LED detail lamp. It also didn't cost to much, I have even given other people my left overs and it matched theirs also perfectly.

As for the decals, I have a high end wand scanner and have scanned in my mint cab and photoshopped everything including the blue to a cmyk output profile, the prices of overseas panel graphics is ridiculous I can get them printed locally for 1/10th of the price some of these people are asking.

I did it for a backup incase.