Is it possible the right side was more prone to tarnishing because of the way the hand hits it? I know the outside of Demolition man handles are worn more than the inside. Possibly people only needed the right side because it was the only side with wear. Just a shot in the dark.

Lol. I instantly thought that same thing. Then I realized you can only shoot with your right hand on fishtales. Well I guess you could shoot lefty but it would be incredibly awkward. Lol

Wow that is super tempting.

I know the lcd allows you to control the dot size and stuff like that but are the colors better on lcd than led? I have a friend with an Addams family led colordmd and the skin tones are pretty pinkish. I’m on the fence. Sell me on the lcd

I sent you a PM on the Rubber. I was just getting ready to order a set lol

What do the blue caps look like in the game. Do you have a pic handy?

I like those a lot

Someone probably changed the coin door when it came back. Which countries use those coin door with the one large slot? I’ve had a bunch of those. I never cared enough to look and see where they came from though. Reimported games never bothered me. I know you can find some crazy hacks but some of the nicest machines I’ve ever had wer reimported

It won’t hurt your game at all to leave it out but I’d suggest keying the plug if you can at all. I’ve bought so many project pins that have been damaged by plugs that weren’t keyed being put in the wrong spot.

You won’t regret it. I wasn’t a huge fish tales fan until I picked one up. It will never leave. Might even rival whirlwind for my favorite game even.

Mine did that. Play with the level of the game until it stops. It took a bit of tinkering to get just perfect

This exactly! Mine hit the rubber on the post and went SDTM everytime almost. It was all in the level. Finally got it lined out right and it never happened again

Or you could just get 2smd frosted domes since he asked about LED. Its always a personal choice obviously. I personally prefer clean white light to the dirty yellow of incandescent. But that’s just my opinion

They appear randomly from time to time. I have seen two on eBay in the last year and one from Australia. But it’s a pretty rare part as mentioned above. As soon as you find it however, there will be three listed on your local Craigslist. Or does that seem to only happen to me

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fish-tales-topper-2

Fish tales topper just listed in the market place. I gave more than $200 for mine

Not quite the amazing resto that has been displayed by some pinsiders recently but my fish tales was in desperate need of a facelift. Taking a quick break tomorrow to pick up a Batman Forever then it’s on to finishing!

Attaching a before and a where I’m at right now pic

40AA813B-5577-4423-A825-150574E5BA9D (resized).jpeg

9D6410F8-ACDD-4FAD-A98C-3C6ACDD01D46 (resized).jpeg

Mine is the same. I don’t believe this machine has ever been taken apart so I would imagine that’s how it can factory

AA723CF9-6E76-488D-A993-F30C69E120B6 (resized).png

I guess that the mermaid fits in with the back box art.

Did you guys put foam behind these targets when you went through your machine? They didn’t have foam when I pulled it apart so I wanted to check

EA64E22E-81A9-400F-9BD3-42F995C91497 (resized).jpeg

Mine has it on that one and the extra ball target but not the others. Of course I figured that it could have just deteriorated over time on mine lol. It was filthy

Finally got the playfield back together. Put about ten games on it and quickly realized this game was even more brutal without all the dirt slowing the ball down lol.

0BBDF976-129B-43E6-8BCF-56F29A03FCE4 (resized).jpeg

If you go into test mode and test flasher there will be a corresponding flasher in the backbox to everyone that lights on the playfield. I notice backbox flashers during gameplay most when locking a ball. Seems like they go crazy at that point

I know this sounds obvious but my fish tales was a pain in the butt to level properly. It did the exact same thing you are describing and the only way I could fix it was by adjusting the the level.

Which really sucks when shopping one out lol. I’m tearing my T2 apart right now

I think it’s hitting that rubber. It would hit that rubber on the plunge when I owned it every once in a while and richocet straight down the middle. I was able to get it to go to left flipper 100% of the time by adjusting the level on the front legs. There are a ton of posts on here of that same problem and it seems most it all were in leveling the machine. I’d take the glass off and adjust the level and then plunge it over and over until it is set just right.

It is very strange. I always thought they were hitting that rubber but it comes off fast. I know when I first got it set up it would bounce off of something on the plunge and go sdtm about every other time. I eventually got it to go to left flipper every time. I want to say I lowered the right front leg a little at a time to work it out. I had read on here somewhere that someone else had done the same thing so that was what I did. I think that V_piscopo was having the same problem with his and that fixed it.

I believe the game set to have the casters club open the first time through all three locks. Once you get the first multiball you should have to hit the drop target to lock balls the second time through. At least I think that is how it was.