Quoted from Jarbyjibbo:

Agreed, these hardly ever wear out in a home environment. Just wipe them off.

Quoted from WizardsCastle:

My friend still has a few parts for sale.
PM if interested.
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Quoted from Loganpinball:

My plan is to make it resemble the manhattan bridge out of steel plates and wireforms across the top from the tip of ramp to the side dropping to wireforms and led bridge lights.

Quoted from MaxIsDead:

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Quoted from Jarbyjibbo:

Why don't you just go to modmypin or Mezel and buy them directly?
https://shop.modmypin.com/gid-glo-balls-p1.php
https://mezelmods.com/products/pinball-glo-balls

Quoted from ExSquid:

Don’t own the game but a place near me just got it . Played it for the first time last week, came back this morning and racked up my first billion point game on anything I’ve ever played! I neeeeed this game in my collection.
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Quoted from CoasterG:

Are you willing to part with 3 green and 1 pink?

Quoted from wolffcub:

I was also like the train car but seeing thru it was an issue. I did a bridge instead that rests on the ramp top ledge.
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Quoted from cpr9999:

Yup. I still make the left ramp Airball protector AND the right orbit protector:
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/95221
Just ping me.

Quoted from Zzap:

It's the fact the ball gets airborne off the shooter lane, as it goes around that right orbit it can rattle around a bit of it's not a smooth transition off the shooter lane

Quoted from swinks:

Just finished a design for the Library upgrade that will replace the Stern Library - similar in looks and size but has a base that is mounted first and then the top goes over with the building looking similar to the real building.
It has a series of windows that will light up with GI. It will have 2 different mounting systems into the base - one for Pro owners to uterlise the 2 angle brackets and then the 4 holes for the Premium / LE guys.
Also still got to finalise the decal as well.
I am waiting on quote for parts and then I will order a set to final test fit and paint up and install.
Also working on a few other buildings to add that world under glass feeling for this game - something a little more unique.
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Quoted from cottonm4:

Yes, it lists several numbers and there is no stock to buy. I almost bought the unit from Pinball Life as the part looks exactly like mine. But Doug, at PBL warned me off of it because it is Spike 2. He alluded that it had something to do with the score display.
I am going to call him later today and see if any Spike 1 units arrived in its parts order. If not, I'm writing a letter to Gary and his current president of the company. Who knows if it will do any good? But I'm not shy when I get pissed off. And this pisses me off.
A $20.00 toaster goes bad, I'll go buy another one. An $8000.00 pinball machine needs parts. Worse of it is is that is now when the pins will start breaking and really need these parts.
I want to find out what Stern's policy is with regards to providing parts to keep a pin running.
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Here are the legal requirements regarding manufacturers providing spare parts.
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7 years is the magic number that lets a manufacturer off the hook. GB hit the market in june 2016. This is 2023. 2023-2016 = 7 years.
So legally, Stern can let Spike 1 ride off into the sunset and say, "So long, suckers".
EDIT: I think the 7 year clock starts when the last unit has left the line. I don't know when the last GB was produced. Maybe we have a little bit of time.

Quoted from Schwaggs:

Stern’s part department is a mess at the moment. Tons of parts unavailable that should be a no brainer to get made if someone was actually paying attention.
Hopefully this will improve eventually. Maybe once they realize they are leaving money on the table in parts and accessories (toppers, expression lighting kits, etc)

Quoted from cottonm4:

Do we need to start a new thread like the Jersey Jack thread about all of the hosed up play fields?

Quoted from cottonm4:

OK. I managed to find Stern's support phone number and talked with a very helpful support representative who goes by name of Eddie. Very helpful.
There are been several superseding part numbers for this node board. You know, problems develop and changes need to be made to the board.
According to Eddie, Ghostbusters and WWE were the last 2 Spike 1 games produced. I'm not sure about the WWE but this is what Eddie said.
He said the last 2 Spike 1 games use the 8 driver node board just like the Spike 2 systems. Since Stern is still building Spike 2 games, the Spike 2 boards will be available for awhile. But Spike 1 games are going to be stuck with what parts that they can find under all of the rocks.
I'll try to not get everybody confused
The 199-7017-00A is the the Node Board 9 in my Ghostbusters. But that number was superseded by 520-6985-72. This is the part number that is in my manual, so sometime between building my GB and the manual being printed, the part number was already superseded.
The part number that Pinball Life sells is 520-1057-00. Eddie at Stern says this board will work. Pinball Life says it will not work. Pinball Life says that several customers blew up this board when they installed in in Ghostbusters.
However, Eddie tells me that before installing this 520-1057-00 board that I need to install an SD card with he latest code; After I install the new SD card then I install the 1057-00 board and start the machine up. Pinball Life says it is not familiar with this SD Card/node board combination and advises against it and also advises that node boards are not returnable. So, you take you chances. The story gets better.
The latest superseding part number is: 520-7017-72 is in stock at Pinball Life. And this part number, according to both Eddie @ Stern and the guy at Pinball Life says the 520-7017-72 will work in GB.
Pinball Life's order has come in and the 520-7017-72 node board is now in stock. I will be making my order shortly.
So, we Ghostbusters owners have dodged a bullet. But the earlier Spike 1 games have been cut adrift and are at mercy of the aftermarket suppliers is the way I am understanding it.
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Epilog: With Pinball Life you need to know absolutely what you are looking for. You cannot search for parts by game since this node board is used in several machines. You would have to know the part number you need, or you have to search "spike node board". With that search term the part shows up.
These are all 7 of the node boards Pinball Life has in stock.
https://www.pinballlife.com/search.html?Search=spike%20node%20board
Marco has a few more Spike node boards in stock. But Marco is out of stock on a lot of node boards.
https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=spike%20node%20board&VIEW_SIZE=60&VIEW_INDEX=0&sortOrder=SortKeywordRelevancy
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Quoted from WizardsCastle:

Bump!
Price drop on all items above to $180!
That's like only paying for the flippers, and the slime, and getting everything else for free!!!
PM if interested.

Quoted from cottonm4:

1) With the new code, I do not recognize this game. There have been lots of rule changes. I am going to have to read the README in depth.

Quoted from allsportdvd:

Iron maiden premium and I get GB premium and $1250

Quoted from paulie484:

I've done some google and pinside research and confusing myself (which isn't too hard!)
I have purchased a backbox power splitter that will run lights for a planned topper
Is there a safe connector at the front of the cab that I can run a 12v mod up at that end ?...rather than running a feed all the way back to the backbox splitter
ie I believe the coin door board has a spare 12v spot ?

Quoted from TheShadowsNose:

Hey there! Just picked up a pro and am starting to dig in. Having a little trouble figuring out what some of the insert colors mean. Specifically, what do pink shots mean. Also, are red shots always supers? Flashing verses solid for both of those, as well. Enjoying it so far but just want to get a better idea of what I’m doing.
Thanks a lot!

Quoted from TheShadowsNose:

Any idea on a fix? I’ve tried adjusting but nothing seems amiss, but still getting the error. New switch maybe? I also don’t know how to read the switch test screen so I’m not sure exactly what it’s telling me.

Quoted from TheCnyPinGuy:

What would they update / modernize or just rerun GB
Thoughts ?

Quoted from Rager170:

Question for anyone using headphones on this game. Is there a way to increase the headphone volume? Im maxed out and i would like it to go higher.
I have the Stern headphone hookup on the coin door.

Quoted from javagrind888:

Any idea how we could wire this to the game? Would look really cool shining where the player stands I think.
ebay.com link: itm

Quoted from swinks:

including dickless

Quoted from HayBarber:

Frozen Empire and Afterlife were great for both old ghostheads and the next generation of fans. You could also see more influences from the Real Ghostbusters cartoon series in Frozen Empire. I enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed watching my kids get so excited for it.

Quoted from Jarbyjibbo:

I enjoyed afterlife a lot and gives me big feels to watch Egon on screen again. Empire was decent but not as much fun as afterlife.