Game Plan Pinball Lizard - The Cold Blooded Club

Picked up a Game Plan Pinball Lizard a few months back. Interesting game with quirky sounds, and definitely fun to play.

Cab has some horrible off-color touch ups on one side done by the previous owner, and the buddy I picked the game up from had already removed the mylar from the playfield. Still have to scrub the remaining glue off.

With only 1400 made, not all that much material out there on this pin. Going to do some work on it and gather some info, so thought I would start a thread so everything can be compiled in one place.

I’ve seen nicer examples, but here’s a few pics of my game:

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#2 4 years ago

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https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-plan-msu-1-troubleshooting-no-sound#post-5515119

Game wasn’t booting initially, just getting a flash and repeated clicking out of the Sigma relay on the SDU-1 driver board. Part of the MPU had to be rebuilt.

Then had no sound whatsoever once the game was playable. Sound issue was fixed by gdonovan here.

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#3 4 years ago

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Awesome game!! Would love to pick one of these up some day!

#4 4 years ago

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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Awesome game!! Would love to pick one of these up some day!

Yeah man! You can have this one when I’m done with it.

Going to post a few vids in the next day or two. Here’s a few more playfield pics...

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#5 4 years ago

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Anybody out there have a manual for this game?

3 weeks later

#6 4 years ago

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Repainted the bee hive shooter. Polished the coin door, some new price plates from Marco. (Someone had Bally plates in there, but Game Plan plates are a different size - 4th pic below)
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#7 4 years ago

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Shop tear down...

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#8 4 years ago

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More tear down...

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#9 4 years ago

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Tear down done.

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#10 10 months ago

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Just grabbed a customers to fix and shop out! Not booting and broken plastics and drop targets.

I see there was a way to convert to de targets with a spacer on the mech?

#11 10 months ago

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Just info drop

3d printed gameplan drop targets
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5151387/comments

#12 10 months ago

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Holy crap! I totally forgot about this thread. Must’ve started it then never even posted finishing the shop job, or anything else of the game I did have.

Such a fun pin with unique sound and audio, and cool whacky art. Should’ve never sold it. I’ll have to dig out some more pictures and post.

#13 10 months ago

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Quoted from northvibe:
I see there was a way to convert to de targets with a spacer on the mech?

I heard something about that a while back, but not 100%. Thanks for the dump with the other targets.

If you find anything about the DE target conversion, please post back.

#14 10 months ago

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https://www.pinballlife.com/sternsegadata-east-white-drop-target.html

OP
Quoted from Colsond3:
Holy crap! I totally forgot about this thread. Must’ve started it then never even posted finishing the shop job, or anything else of the game I did have.
Such a fun pin with unique sound and audio, and cool whacky art. Should’ve never sold it. I’ll have to dig out some more pictures and post.

please do!

OP
Quoted from Colsond3:
I heard something about that a while back, but not 100%. Thanks for the dump with the other targets.
If you find anything about the DE target conversion, please post back.

So what I've heard/read so far is
DE/sega targets - are 1/4" taller, so add a 1/4" spacer between the under side mech and pf.

Someone just told me you can use the Gottlieb drops but you increase the notch size.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-plan-owners-club-sharpshooters-welcome/page/6#post-4793778

Also thank you to whoever runs/makes http://www.pinballreplacementparts.com/ , they have made some GP boards to keep games going.

I heard the cab to head plugs can be troublesome... is that just "repin" or is this like a new plug style works better.

#15 10 months ago

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I installed a set of Data East drops in a Sharpshooter a while back, and the procedure is exactly as northvibe laid out. Spacers under the mounting bracket to lower the height of the targets on the playfield. As I recall, I was able to use shorter spacers than expected and the drops work great. These are the targets I used:

Beware, Pinball Life also sells another drop target for Sega/DE that is wider and will not fit the same way (or work the same way)...

#16 10 months ago

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Dick White approved of the disassembly.

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#17 10 months ago

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Then onto the fun mylar and adhesive removal.

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#18 10 months ago

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A few touch ups and final cleaning…

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#19 10 months ago

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https://www.titanpinball.com/kits/index.php/browse/bygame/3590

Reassembly. I went with new green and clear posts. Also created a custom pink and green color-matched rubber kit on Titan’s site.

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#20 10 months ago

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More reassembly.

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#21 10 months ago

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Reassembly done. I think the rubber kit with Comet sunlight LED’s looks great.

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#22 10 months ago

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Now to remove that crappy sticker from the apron. I get the need to mark the game and advertise, but annoying.

After a lot of Goo Gone and careful scrubbing, it came off and looks splendid.

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#23 10 months ago

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Then I made some custom apron cards. First both instruction and pricing cards on green stock, then tried a few other variations with game art.

I ended up preferring both green cards, evened it out more.

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#24 10 months ago

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Finished product. Came out great, and
played as smooth as butter.

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#25 10 months ago

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Inside cab shots for reference.

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#26 10 months ago

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Nice work!! Looks great

2 weeks later

#27 10 months ago

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I just submitted to IPDB, instruction card, manual and parts catalog for Pinball Lizard.The schematic scan's looked as good as what I have on hand.

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#28 9 months ago

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Quoted from northvibe:
I just submitted to IPDB, instruction card, manual and parts catalog for Pinball Lizard.The schematic scan's looked as good as what I have on hand.

Awesome. There was definitely more info and cards needed to be accessible for this game.

#29 9 months ago

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Are there any decals for drop targets?

#30 9 months ago

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For the flipper rebuild kit, I remember reading to use the classic stern one from PBL, which coil stop, all #6 or the #6 and #8?

#31 9 months ago

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Quoted from northvibe:
Are there any decals for drop targets?

I haven’t come across any. I would reach out to someone that makes the padded ones and see if they can run off a set. And one for back up.

#32 9 months ago

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Quoted from northvibe:
For the flipper rebuild kit, I remember reading to use the classic stern one from PBL, which coil stop, all #6 or the #6 and #8?

The flippers were snappy in mine, so I just tweaked them. I would call PBR and ask them. Report back if you get an answer.

#33 9 months ago

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