Bought a Data East Hook, the Display was out when I bought it, and before I bought it I looked to make sure it wasn't unobtanium. I found one at the PinLed.de site, and unlike all the other web sites I checked, they said they had it in stock. Three days later I hadn't heard anything so I checked their web site and the guy attaches a note to the finished order that says, "Out of stock for 10 weeks, hope you have a little patience." Honestly, I'd have a little more patience with the situation if he'd been up-front on the web site and SAID the thing was being restocked, or anything other than "in stock." That said, I read other places on the net where it says eventually people had gotten their merchandise from this guy. So, I just don't want to have my game sitting for two and a half months with no display.

Does anyone know of anywhere one can get these oddball 256-16 mini-displays - in a timely fashion? That, or get the one I have fixed? I didn't find much online for testing, or debugging these displays. I wouldn't be adverse to doing a bunch of soldering, I see others have replaced the display and that fixed the thing, keeping the board - but I'm not sure it's just the glass. The display is just dead. The previous owner said it just "Faded out over the course of a few weeks."

-Brian

I would probably rather have a brand new one in there if possible. I wonder if these led ones come in different colors? I saw a Xenon that had color displays in it and it looked pretty sharp!

I should have started here first instead of just finding the cheapest one online that said they had it in stock. Check Pinside First!!

-Brian

PinLed.de refunded my money for that display. That makes me happy at least. =)

-Brian

I ended up getting one from KSArcade. It's on it's way!

Along with the flipper kit, and a little TLC the game will be ready for action!

-Brian