Fellow metalheads -
I'm so stoked to finally be in this club! It took patience, but the Metal Gods eventually showed me a Whole Lotta Love. One day, a Rainbow in the Dark appeared to me here on Pinside. And after Heading out to the Highway driving Over the Mountain down a long Highway to Hell for 10+ hours, I finally got a M-m-m-MELTDOWN of my own! And I'm happy to report that now having played 20+ games on it - it is every bit as Epic as our brothers and sisters of metal here have proclaimed it to be!
Mine is going to need a lot of cosmetic love, as the backbox and translite are faded, the siderails are a rusty, corroded mess and the playfield is covered in touch-ups that look like they were done by my 8 year old.
I'll start a separate thread around the restoration in progress with better photos, but wanted to chime in here with some metal love. This game's fun factor rises well beyond what one might expect and the theme is glorious!
Two questions for this crew:
1) My backbox light fixture is toast. Voltage in the fixture reads 134VAC and light bulbs I've tried in it have flickered a bit but won't hold their shine. I'm sure it just needs to be replaced, which is fortunately super-easy. What would we recommend as the easiest and best solution to brighten up the glorious NOS translite I just installed? I want even lighting and don't want to spend a lot.
2) The sound coming from the topper and cabinet is mediocre, at best. It's tinny and lacks low end. What have any of you done in the way of speaker upgrades? I really want this thing to punch.
Suggestions from what any of you all have done with respect to the above?
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