They might have jiggled loose , try pulling them out and refitting them , they only go one way so if they don't work flip them 180 degrees and try again . They are a pain in the arse to pull out , they have hot glue holding them in , try needle nose pliers or some tweezers .

They do wriggle out frequently; I am willing to bet the bulbs themselves are not dead; those don’t just die out typically

If you swap out the bulbs, make sure you use 12V. I learned through personal experience (melting bulbs) that these are not the typical 5V GI sockets.

Are the bulbs loose?
Try pressing them in further to see if they light up.

Other than that its either a burned out led or the wire fell off of it.

Many thanks for the replies & advice.
I'm embarrassed to say it was all four LED's that had gone, truly didn't think for one second it could be that simple !!
Popped in four old school wedge type bulbs until replcament LED's arrive and enjoying the new lighting effect of the spotlights..... happy days

Apologies & thanks again
Jamie K

No problem!

We learn as we go...

Like potentially putting 6 volt wedge bulbs in a 12 volt socket ? Bright, won't last long. I hope JamieK had some 12 volt wedge bulbs.

LTG : )

Lol, yep.

But it would definitely test the circuit...for a little while.

Live fast, die young....

Quoting myself

This part from pinballlife worked great. Kickback is back to kicking.

What leds did you order to replace them with and where from please mate? I'm using 12v flashers in mine but find them a bit too bright!

Did anyone try putting the RC car motor fans on their coils?
If so what were the results?

I’m still wondering what the voltages were

Get some from Phil at Pinball Heaven

I did, they had flat tops and weren't very bright and didn't really do much to be honest!

Tried a couple of types but found these nice & subtle..... Inexpensive and they run cool too
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V7F9NWR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So I got my replacement BAG board from JJP, but I’m still having issues with the lights locking up. Any other ideas? @ltg?

Its gotta be a bad board somewhere in the chain.

Or a loose cable, maybe a data cable.

Bypass the boards one by one until it works as it should,?

I don't think 2.0 works like that. I'd check with Steve again.

LTG : )

Oh yeah I didn't think about that.

I had a job that we replaced a board 3 times.

The 3rd one fixed it...

I was thinking that we really shouldn't have 3 bad brand new boards.

Ended up being a cable with a bad crimp on a pin.

It was very frustrating and difficult to find.

Every time we fixed it, it worked then failed after awhile.

That's brill! Just ordered some, thanks mate!

Anyone ever replaced one of the "lock" rollovers? What is involved? My "C" rollover button's stem broke and the button flipped up on playfield. JJP sold me a new button saying that's all I need. With the nipple on the end how am I supposed to get it through the sleeve? The old remnant won't pull out from the top. Before I go tinkering I'd love to know how it's supposed to be done. Thanks in advance.

Lermods lighting mods installed in the backboard and trough. Also installed the Throne of Erebor and Hobbit Hole mods. All really nice upgrades that I highly recommend. What to mod next on Hobbit? Still looking for a gold captive ball, anyone have a source?

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I haven't been on the board in quite a while, and was needed a reminder on how to do something. How do you upload a photo to the Hobbit machine? I did one a while ago, but it somehow got erased. Can someone give me information on how to do that?

Thanks.

http://www.pinballplating.com/quick-exchange-parts

Not sure why you have that striping on your ramps, mine doesn’t look that way. I also can’t see the leds reflection on my playfield. Maybe try moving the strip more toward the back of the game.

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Good catch, I’ll try moving the LED strip farther back on the game. I probably need to do this on the Hobbit and WOZ. Thanks

I put a little gorilla tape over the lights above the ramps and areas that reflected too much light.

Same on my WOZ.

Black? To entirely block the LEDs ? Or was this translucent gorilla tape?

that will work too. Our lights are nice and bright, which means you can place them pretty far back and still get great effects. You could use electrical tape, gorilla tape or any duct tape will work. The strips can also be cut down, we provide 20", just be sure to cut them on the copper pads only. what I show in my my pic is a 20" strip placed just in front of the backboard.

likely to block the leds.

I am confused. At least on mine, if I were to mask the LEDs that reflect onto the playfield, I'd have almost no light shining through. For the time being, I'm just dealing with the reflection. I like the gold cast it gives to everything, although I do really wish I could point the strip at an angle to eliminate the reflection.

You could mask off maybe 5 or 6 leds in the middle of the strip that are over the ramp to see if that helps. On a 20” strip, you’ve got about 30 leds so masking 5 or 6 that are right in the middle will still provide a lot of light, you’ll barely notice.

I thought the same thing.

But, there are so many LEDs, completely blocking of a few here and there does nothing to detract from the over-all effect. They are very bright.

Use thin 3/8" strips of gorilla tape. To cover the few lights that might be problematic, like just over the ramps.

Electrical tape just falls off pretty fast. Gorilla tape has been staying in place for several years now!

I have easily 1/3 of the backboard lights covered on my WOZ and it's still lighted perfectly.

I have about 10 LEDs that seem to be reflecting - let me try masking those and see if it changes anything negatively. Thanks!

It will work perfectly.

Anyone know if I can fit a Hobbit into a 2016 Toyota Rav4 (non hybrid)?

Getting my Cliffy's sooooon!

I haven't found much in this thread regarding installation. I've tried the search function too.

Does anyone have any tips of specific things that need to be done for installation?

Remove the backbox. Takes about 2 minutes, take about 10 photos of the wiring. Easiest game ever to move. I’ve moved it (once) by myself by removing the backbox, removing and moving the playfield and moving the cab separately.

Thanks!
I would never have guessed the BB would be easy to remove on this game!
No matter though, I was reasonable sure it would fit, so I drove 200 miles and got a beautiful Hobbit Smaug!! So it fits! Game is awesome! Wife loves it the most!!
I'm in the club!!

Now to figure out why the left lower flipper EOS switch is erroring as open. The last owner changed the EOS switch and no go. I guess he talked to LLoyd and was advised that it's probably a break in the wire some where? Haven't had time yet to check it out. In other words, if I pull up the flipper, there is no registration in switch test?

I'm sorry, I mean the right lower flipper.

Has anyone had issues with the small LCD on the playfield. Ours seems to be dead in the water, I took it apart and it definitely doesn't seem to be very easily serviced. Looking at the JJP website a replacement is about $175. Anyone know if there is another replacement option?

edit: Pays to look things up for yourself, it's $175 for the entire assembly, the price for the board and the lcd screen itself are much more reasonable. Now to figure out which I need. hmmm.

Check my post here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/hobbit-owners-thread/page/145#post-5092903

And follow to post #7240....

Thanks!
This should solve my problem. I'll get to as soon as I get some time and report back.

Do any of you guys use an under cab lighting kit for Hobbit? If so, which one? I see Mezel mods makes an interactive kit, anyone try this?

OK,
thanks to Energyspike I fixed the lower right flipper EOS switch! It turned out to be a bad connector at the plug into the rear of the metal PC box. Like him, I pulled out the black/brown stripe wire and bent the crimp wider and secured it back into the connector housing and was good. I also learned along the way that even if the EOS switch is detected by the computer to not be functioning, the software will only allow a maximum signal pulse such that the coil operates, but will not be energized enough to over heat and melt! How cool is that?
Thanks again!!!

Awesome, I receive so much help on the forum, I'm glad to be able to help others. Enjoy the game!

Has anyone placed mylar on their shooter lane for this game?

It's not a bad idea on all games.

Do you just cut a sliver and then an extended rectangle, to match the shooter lane? Or just a solid rectangle just past the eject divider area?

https://mezelmods.com/products/pinball-shooter-lane-protector?variant=18133347500129

Are these overkill? And would they affect installing a Cliffy there?

Anyone have issues with the skill shot drop targets only working sometimes?

First order of business. Check if their springs are intact.

LTG : )

Sounds like it is a problem with the drop target catch ledge that holds the drop up is broken or breaking.