I have owned my Hook for about 3 years now. I remember playing it when it came out at the bowling alley. I would have been around 10 at the time and got pretty good at the skill shot which few other kids could do. I rarely shoot for the wind coaster, if it doesn't make it all the way up its drains every time unless you give it a shove at the right time. Not leaving my collection anytime soon!

The only time to shoot for the wind coaster is for jackpot shots during multiball. Other than that, the payoff is not worth it. It's basically all about getting multiple ball jackpots + clock croc bonuses. Everything else is a distraction.

Just picked one up last night. You guys are getting me excited about setting it up today. My right ramp habitrail (metal ramp) that sits on the clear plastic ramp seems to be missing a metal loop to tie it to a post on right. Can anyone take a shot of this area so i can fix or find what i need to fasten it.
Thanks

Hi. Is this the area you're looking for?

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Yes, thank you Goonie. Can you tell me if the metal habitrail is touching the plastic or is it slightly elevated and drops the ball onto the plastic? Since mine is not anchored it is just siting on the plastic, works fine but when I fix it I want it to be like original .
Thanks again for the pic

Not sure what you mean by "drops the ball onto the plastic." The mounting point for the habitrail is slightly elevated above the plastic, as the loop sits on the hex head.

"Slightly elevated above the plastic " answers the question.
Thanks again.

Just finished my Hook shop out. Man this game really cleans up nice!

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It looks really good when you LED it as well. After I completed mine, I felt like I had a brand new game.

Really is amazing how well some of these games hold up to 20 years of steel ball bashing.

Just joined the club on Saturday. Pretty sure non-club members would find me insane for paying to ship a Hook! My 4yo son is sure glad I did though.

I'm very impressed with the layout of the playfield. I feel like the shot layout is reminiscent of Cyclone in the center and right scoops (flipped from cyclone), ramp placement and skillshot, plus the location of the pan book shot feels like the skeeball shot from comet.

I haven't had the game long and I know you guys didn't want to be critical BUT, I must say, when your shooter lane feeder coil is intermittent, that skillshot tune and speech call can get grating very quickly. Whoever thought putting speech calls in service mode was a good idea!?

Anyway, I'm glad to be in the club, and I hope I can get my coil issues straightened out quickly!

Dude if you think THAT'S annoying, try adjusting replay scores and holding the start button in. "Hook hook hook hookhookhookhohohohohohohoooooo..."

Man, if you bring your insane sculpting skills to, say... Skull rock or that crazy plastic on the left hand side of the cabinet (what is that thing supposed to be anyway!!?) that'd be great!

Glad to see someone put normal star posts on the slings. That was going to be the first thing I did after adjusting the leaf switches on the slings. Glad to see they fit without problems. These black posts look sort of ...budget.

MY GOD THAT DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have any pictures of star posts there? I would be interested in seeing what type of difference it makes.

Nevermind - saw the blue ones on the first page.

Just brought home a hook today, definitely needs some love. Anywhere that has the plastic part for the skill shot area? Mine has a crack on one of the holes and the screw holding it down on the right hand side, the plastic is cracked there.

Also, the Peter Pan plastic up top is broken. Seems plastics are scarce though. I'm sure I'll find more mess as I dig into it.

Looking to trade for a Hook....super excited. Just wondering if anyone has a bulb count on this machine. GI vs. insert. I see the pops are 555. Are the inserts 555 as well. Just trying to price a kit out. Thanks!!

Have to fly, have to fight, have to crow. Have to save Maggie, have to save Jack. Hook is back. I've literally seen this movie 1,000,000 times. Haha. Would like to own this one day.

Also I see PINled has a replacement display. Have they figured out how to adapt to smart DMD?

YES!!!! Bangerang!!!!

Joined the hook club last night!!! Everything works great except for the pop bumpers. Sometimes they barely work, most of the time nothing at all. Any ideas?

Adjust your spoon switches?

Run the solenoid test and make sure they fire there. If that goes smooth, should just be a switch adjustment/spoon adjustment. Good luck. "Don't mess with me pal, I'm a lawyer!!"

Whats the average price on this. I have seen $1200 and I have seen $1800. Just typical game, ramp intact, decent pf with no major wear, etc etc ect.

I wanna say no more than 1400 for a 100% working player.

Just about finished going thru one, next is the electronics. I added yellow cards on the Apron and also textured paint on the old exposed metal rusted rails and lockdown bar which added a nice touch

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That looks great. What paint did you use? My legs and lockdown both need a good once over.

You should consider switching to star posts for the slings. I prefer the way it looks.

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For the Rails, I sanded the metal rails and lock down bar to get rid of all the rust and blend in the old black paint to the metal. I used Rustoleum 223525 Aged Iron ( Multicolored Textured) from Home Depot. This was the texture part and the primer. Then I added the black from a Rustoleum Semi Gloss. Be careful the texture comes out fast so you need to spray back a ways, no heavy coat or it turns into a runny mess. It looks really weird till it drys. Use several light coats and let them dry. Test on metal for sure to practice. Good Luck !

Star posts look good!! I figured out what's wrong with my pop bumpers. I took them apart mad all the yokes are broke and the springs were tangled up.

Does everyone have a weird ground like post on the left side if the bottom pop bumper? I found it while making a list for new rubber, LEDs, and posts

Hooks needs an LED DMD option... COLOR DMD!! Ha........let's bug some intelligent people to get this done!

Doesn't the Xpin DMD work in this? I mean you have to choose one color, but still.

Not yet, but they're working on it and they're close to a working prototype.

No matter what it would be nice to have a back up option on the DMD. I love the way the single colors look....would love a mutli color but beggars can't be choosers...

MrJamma, I see you used my favorite quote from a famous crackhead. Living in NYC, I use it often!

I'm still planning to do a P-ROC project on Hook that's a full color DMD. Lots of projects on the burner but the P-ROC and Sys11 driver board are pretty much ready to go. When I finish my latest round of upgrades to my framework (native Sys11/DE support) I'll probably switch to working on this instead of T2.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/custom-hook-p-roc-project-ideas-about-rules#post-1856991

Why go with the game when you can make all new color graphics! I love p-roc!!

Hello all. Just confirming. Whats the going rate on Hooks? $1400 or so?

Looking at a F-14- Hook trade.

Both are in good shape.F-14 has very clean mylared PF, a topside tear down and clean, new balls, LEDs, great cab, new glass, new rubbers where needed, superbands on all 4 flippers, great translite, and the history of being Rob Berks old machine (ha). Plays fast.

The Hook has a clean PF, SOME LEDs but not many, superbands on both flippers, great translite, a little damage to the right side of the cab, nothing big, some switch errors that should be fixed by trade time.

Thoughts?

I say go for it. Not a huge fan of F-14 though. I Think most on this thread would agree to make the trade. Seems fair to me.

I'd say Hook has more potential but F-14 is already there. Plus if you're going to P-ROC one of them you can just run Snux's code. I say do it...

Any one have a list of rings? I'm trying to order one of the Titan kits but I'm missing a few rubbers.

Windcoaster mod anyone???

Got to play for the first time at a friends house last night. Put about 10 games on it. Pretty fun! Love the call outs and the artwork. Multiball was cool too. Didn't get too much else going since I was stinking up the joint. Haha

I have set of slings and a the center Skull for sale....$50. If interested please PM me.

I have a full machine I'm going to sell in parts .....all parts in playfield are in great condition ...also have translight , CPU boards , transformer, plastics, dmd , speaker panels , ramps and more ....

There are two lamps near the VUK (left clock shot) that have yellow covers on them that never turn on. The bulbs are good, wires look good. When should those turn on?

We picked one of these up the other day for our location, along with a BSD. This game was kind of 'thrown in' with the BSD and we got them both for a heck of a deal. The Hook is in really good shape aside from the cabinet. It is reimport so we are going to have to source a DE coindoor, but otherwise it is great. I was really surprised at how fun the game is and it is also challenging. I don't get the bad rap.

I know!!! It's a lot of fun, has some cool hurry ups and jackpots....sweet game! Preaching to the choir though...

Why don't you sell it as a project instead of ruining one more pin?