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Hi, new here..

By bizland

11 years ago

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#1 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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Hi folks, I'm from Scotland and have a Twilight Zone, had it for about 15 years. The clock is a bit ropey (gonna get a new led board for it) but otherwise it is in great condition, a bit faded on the sides but hey ho, we're all gettin' old!
Just bought an LED kit for it, dunno if this is sacrilege for the TZ purists but whatever, I'll give it a go.
I used to post on rec.games.pinball years ago, kinda lost interest, but still got the pin and never sell it! Looking forward to being part of the forum, cheers

#2 11 years ago

RPT

Prmailers

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High Bridge, NJ

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Welcome aboard!

#3 11 years ago

JFM

APOLLO_13

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Hey, welcome... glad you found us
a friend of mine is from New Farm Loch Kilmarnoch and her mom and brother still live there...

#4 11 years ago

ERG

cireone

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Welcome!

#5 11 years ago

ALK

Goonie

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Hello!

#6 11 years ago

MEL

blondetall

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Hello and welcome!

#7 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

11y 12,650 20 1

Quoted from APOLLO_13:
Hey, welcome... glad you found us
a friend of mine is from New Farm Loch Kilmarnoch and her mom and brother still live there...

I used to live in Kilmarnock, early '70's

#8 11 years ago

SCO

scooter

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welcome

#9 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

11y 12,650 20 1

In the late '70's my parents moved to a seaside holiday town, and yes loads of arcades, so I basically grew up in the heyday of the video games and pins. I lived in the arcades, as I'm sure many here did..
Loved all the old vids, but the pins were always something special, and I always thought how good it would be to own something like that!
I always wanted a Space Invader pin too, the size of it and the noise and the backbox, at the time...
A bit slow now maybe, but I would still like a nice one to keep.
With an immaculate Williams Defender, in the games room, heh

#10 11 years ago

JDW

JDub1006

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Elkhorn, NE

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Welcome to pinside. Post some pics of your TZ before and after the LED's.

#11 11 years ago

KRK

Spudgunman

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Seattle, WA

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HOLA yea get some pictures up of your game.. we can pick it apart and tell you where to spend more money on it!

#12 11 years ago

EVE

Rabscuttle

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Nashua, NH

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We had LEDs in ours, and it looked great! But yeah, it's a matter of preference, and LEDs are a love/hate matter.

#13 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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Obviously it is a heat matter and it maybe less current strain on the 'ol circuit boards, but there is something to like about the old bulbs? I don't like things too 'digital' ..?

#14 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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#15 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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Not a good pic

#16 11 years ago

CAL

mojozone

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welcome to the best pinball community

#17 11 years ago

JFM

APOLLO_13

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12y 56,650 1,665 8 11

I did my a13 totally... lotr I put in a few here and there, along with dr.who, and star trek 25th...
those things can be really bright in a multi mode or bonus mode... a13 almost blinds you when it goes into 13 ball multiball lol

#18 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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I want to get my clock fixed properly, sometimes it works, other times I get a dot, has to be fixed with a new LED board.

#19 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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I wondered why this was happening?
Hah, worn rubber.

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#20 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

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It's amazing what the heat of the lamps do to the rubber, all replaced now but it is a thought that LED's are a good way to go..

#21 11 years ago

JFM

APOLLO_13

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that's almost as good as the balrog ball capture shot...
shown on link: Freak shot on Lord of the Rings

#22 11 years ago

JMG

Pintucky

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Bowling Green, KY

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Ah, a good old Scottish lad! Welcome!!! What a history-rich country you live in. I love to read about England and Scotland history.

I've got LED's in my TZ. I feel the game runs much cooler and puts less stress on it. Plus, it brightens it up considerably.

I had a clock issue once also. It was caused by battery acid that leaked on that board the battery box was attached to. Make sure the board has no issues before paying for new clock components. Once I had the board cleaned and repaired my clock worked fine.

Mike in Kentucky, USA

#23 11 years ago

LEO

Arcade

Colorado Canyon

Beaumont, TX

11y 120K 6,324 16 34

Love the LEDs in my TZ as well. The inserts are much brighter and I put some color changing ones in the back box so the doorway behind Mr. Serling is glowing.

#24 11 years ago

JAM

bizland

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Burntisland

11y 12,650 20 1

Quoted from Pintucky:
Ah, a good old Scottish lad! Welcome!!! What a history-rich country you live in. I love to read about England and Scotland history.
I've got LED's in my TZ. I feel the game runs much cooler and puts less stress on it. Plus, it brightens it up considerably.
I had a clock issue once also. It was caused by battery acid that leaked on that board the battery box was attached to. Make sure the board has no issues before paying for new clock components. Once I had the board cleaned and repaired my clock worked fine.
Mike in Kentucky, USA

Heh, I live in Fife, just over the bridge from Edinburgh and not far from St Andrews (for the golfers).
I have a remote battery holder, so that is not a problem, the heat from the bulbs in the clock has obviously fried the opto's in the clock, even though it has had holes drilled in it before, but I'll get it sorted, it's the only problem with the pinball, everything else works perfectly, I have kept it good!

#25 11 years ago

BKC

pinster68

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Welcome, kick up your feet and get comfy. You'll be here a while.

Scotland is in my ancestry ... so a double welcome to you at that.

Lots of fun mods for TZ. LEDs are great for inserts.

I'm still trying to master my TZ. What a great game.

Brian

#26 11 years ago

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Shoot_Again

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Vancouver, WA

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Welcome to pinside Bizland.

#27 11 years ago

PEN

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Welcome! Sweet game. Be sure to write a story about how you got into pinball, or something related.

#28 11 years ago

TSR

TaylorVA

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OP
Quoted from bizland:
Heh, I live in Fife, just over the bridge from Edinburgh and not far from St Andrews (for the golfers).
I have a remote battery holder, so that is not a problem, the heat from the bulbs in the clock has obviously fried the opto's in the clock, even though it has had holes drilled in it before, but I'll get it sorted, it's the only problem with the pinball, everything else works perfectly, I have kept it good!

Beautiful country, I was both in Edinburgh and St Andrews a couple of years ago. Looking forward to heading back.

#29 11 years ago

LIO

lb45

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Welcome on Pinside - The best place to share pinball hobby

#30 11 years ago

CFL

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OP
Quoted from bizland:
It's amazing what the heat of the lamps do to the rubber, all replaced now but it is a thought that LED's are a good way to go..

Welcome Biz, I also went full led on TZ, I have a few damaged molex pins on the power driver board Im fixing tonight. Inc bulbs do nothing but destroy plastics,rubbers,and boards......I have all my games fully converted but Im sure there's a few flashers I missed here and there....

#31 11 years ago

DAJ

Pafasa

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Welcome! Great community here. Lots of help and fun too!

#32 11 years ago

CJM

EM-PINMAN

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Hello and welcome to Pinside, where all your worldwide pinball buddies reside!

Ken

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#33 11 years ago

DAJ

Pafasa

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Have you seen the door flasher mod that you can get from Pinballpro.com? Looks cool and maybe would even be neater with LEDs

#34 11 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

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Welcome to Pinside!! TZ is a great first pin.

#35 11 years ago

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