Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993After owning this game for about 10 years now I have finally decided to make an attempt at replacing the lame Dracula figure on my BSD. Here is what I have so far. I will be painting the dirt (white stuff) brown, and trying to rig up some lighting. I have a clear coffin cover on the way from BAA. I would like to keep the basic format of the original coffin but am open to any suggestions...
Will look great when done I am sure.
There was another pinsider who did a coffin lighting mod for his machine and might have pointers in that thread. I do not remember there name offhand. Sorry
Best of luck with your project.
I have been wanting to do this, but seems like you need a flat, hollow figure. I found some close in size replacements, but there isnt much room in there. Please let us know how ya do it....I hate thinking of Ron Jeremy every time he lights up!
Quoted from yzfguy:I have been wanting to do this, but seems like you need a flat, hollow figure. I found some close in size replacements, but there isnt much room in there. Please let us know how ya do it....I hate thinking of Ron Jeremy every time he lights up!
It's a very tight space, if you try to stick with the original coffin cover. I took a McFarlane dracula and Dremeled his back off. It's an expensive toy to screw up, if you make a mistake (which I did with my first one).
Quoted from yzfguy:I have been wanting to do this, but seems like you need a flat, hollow figure. I found some close in size replacements, but there isnt much room in there. Please let us know how ya do it....I hate thinking of Ron Jeremy every time he lights up!
I keep thinking Freddie Prince of Chico & the Man
I'm not sure why they put him in the suit. I guess based on the dates on the headstone it was his final burial. But I prefer to think of him as he was in the movie, ready to burst out of that coffin the second the sun goes down, and fancy drac just doesn't cut it.
Quoted from Almost4200hp:Thanks yzfguy. I never thought it looked like Ron Jeremy until you said it but its kinda stuck now!
Lol, my pleasure!
Quoted from Almost4200hp:Thanks yzfguy. I never thought it looked like Ron Jeremy until you said it but its kinda stuck now!
Haha! Here's another one for ya. . When you get 2 balls locked in the coffin, it looks like a butt sticking in the air. LOL
Our non-pinhead coworker pointed that out to me, and now it's stuck forever. 
Quoted from TigerLaw:Cool mod. I have officially added this game to my wish list. Such a classic.
This game is a blast to play and still on the affordable side. One of the better movie related pins from the 90's. Thanks to all for the positive comments. I hope to finish this mod by next week and will post some more pics.
Quoted from Magic_Mike:So far so good. I always thought that the original looked lame.
That figure seems to be one of the main complaints for as long as I can remember. I kept waiting for someone to make a replacement that never came.
Quoted from RTR:I always thought he looked like a young Al Sharpton.
That's what I thought too!
I've always thought someone would mod the coffin too...Slide that cover off during different modes instead of just lighting up the clear cover. Don't think you can flip it off because it's too close to the glass, but sliding it sideways to reveal a sinister drac inside would be uber cool. If you could get Drac to sit up, even better.
Quoted from Thor-NL:Then the coffin lid could not close, logic guys, must be another guy
LOL
The original figure is cheesy cool. I would never replace mine because it makes me snicker a little bit every time i see it.
More power to you if you want to mod the game, though. that does have a more sinister look to it.
I really like the new Drac you did. Should look great when finished. The original just looks a bit wimpy indeed. Like a southpark version of dracula.
Speaking of BSD. I've been working on some new speaker bling for this machine as well. I hope to have some pics to share soon.
David
Quoted from yzfguy:Maybe chop a small wedge out of the front of the neck to tilt the head forward?
Thanks for the suggestion, but the head swivels and I don't want to risk any damage at this point. These figures are about $50.00 on eBay. I kinda like the head cocked to the side look.
Quoted from Supadave:I really like the new Drac you did. Should look great when finished. The original just looks a bit wimpy indeed. Like a southpark version of dracula.
Speaking of BSD. I've been working on some new speaker bling for this machine as well. I hope to have some pics to share soon.
David
Sounds cool, please post it up when you finish.
Quoted from kevinleedrum:Very awesome. I experimented with the McFarlane figures and didn't think it could work, but you pulled it off.
Thanks, I'm still thinking of ways to try and improve this. I may try and use the arms somehow and I would like to illuminate him a little better, maybe with a small spotlight.
Sounds cool, please post it up when you finish.
Not trying to steal any of your thunder. Love the dracula replacement. Here is what I have worked up for BSD. I don't have any real pics yet but I will soon. I'm creating some acrylic grill inserts for some Williams machines. I chose MM and Dracula to start with. They will be on our site for sale soon. www.pinballtoppers.com
David
Quoted from jkdblaze:I'm thinking of adding the wolf in the center. I just need to mount it somehow. What do you think? Opinions welcome. I'm not big on adding a bunch of "toys", but I think these figures are a little too cool and creepy to be considered toys.
I like the wolf and the new coffin occupant is just awesome. Love the way this turned out. I have one of these being restored right now and really can't wait to through some bling on it when I finally get it. Great game.
Quoted from Supadave:Not trying to steal any of your thunder. Love the dracula replacement. Here is what I have worked up for BSD. I don't have any real pics yet but I will soon. I'm creating some acrylic grill inserts for some Williams machines. I chose MM and Dracula to start with. They will be on our site for sale soon. http://www.pinballtoppers.com
David
Great looking speaker grills too! Thanks for posting them.
Not trying to steal any of your thunder. Love the dracula replacement. Here is what I have worked up for BSD. I don't have any real pics yet but I will soon. I'm creating some acrylic grill inserts for some Williams machines. I chose MM and Dracula to start with. They will be on our site for sale soon. http://www.pinballtoppers.com
David
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Swifterbant
Looking forward to see how it turns out.
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