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Ingo Kramer's Twilight Zone TZ Clock Board rainbow LEDS & Blue Housing

By Doostur

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago
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Doostur

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After my original clock board started to flake out I decided to replace it with Ingo's rainbow LED version. Just wanted to post a few pictures and video of Ingo Kramer's Twilight Zone Clock Board. Got it from Germany in 4 days to my home in Jersey. He was quick to reply to my questions via PM. I also got some blue LEDs which I may play with later, but don't see how it can look better than the rainbow. The clock looks stunning now, definitely worth the money.

http://www.german-pinball-modular.de/final-tz-clock-pcb-english.html

https://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/german-pinball

I also added a blue clock housing which I got from mantis amusement for $50 (most vendors want $100+). I also have the blue front lens but decided to try out the clear for now. They are $6 each.

http://www.mantisamusements.com/tzclockcolor.htm

You tube video Click 720 or 1080 for better quality:

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#2 9 years ago
 
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mario_1_up

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US Fairbank, IA

11y 80,800 2,350 24 8

I want to go with that board set for my tz. But i already have a lizard clock board in it. I wonder if I could just change the leds on my board.

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#3 9 years ago
 
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neurokinetik

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Quoted from mario_1_up:

I want to go with that board set for my tz. But i already have a lizard clock board in it. I wonder if I could just change the leds on my board.

The surface mount LEDs the Pinball Lizard board has are not easily replaceable, unless you have a suitable same-size replacement. Removal of the existing LEDs tends to destroy them. You can, however, solder in the cheapest regular 555 LEDs. Just remove the base.

I like that everything on the Ingo board is socketed. Too bad that wasn't around 12 years ago when I needed it, lol.

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#4 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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10y 137K 14,191 8 78

Yea ive had ingo board since day 1 heck i had it before tz because somehow I got it rev 1.9 and original working board for 70.00 shipped lol not sure how but whatever. Just installed my white face 2 weeks ago with rgb lights and wow looks amazing .I also flame polished the clear clock housing but yea all this added another dimension to the game and probably my favorite mod 20150202_125629.jpg20150202_125629.jpg

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#5 9 years ago
 
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Push600

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The best customer service I have ever received. Highly recommend!!!!!

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#6 9 years ago
 
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Cursed

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That looks awesome!

Thanks for sharing.

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#7 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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US Hagerstown, MD

10y 137K 14,191 8 78

You should try a white face it shows the colors really well compared to the color face but the color dont look bad . I need to get that stuff u put on the gears I keep forgetting

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#8 9 years ago
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Doostur

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I thought about the white clock face. You can get both color and white plus a new front clear face for $20 on ebay. Might give it a try.

ebay.com link: Bally Twilight Zone Pinball Machine BRAND NEW PETG 3 Piece CLOCK Plates

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#9 9 years ago
 
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Coyote

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Quoted from Doostur:

I thought about the white clock face. You can get both color and white plus a new front clear face for $20 on ebay. Might give it a try.
ebay.com link » Bally Twilight Zone Pinball Machine Brand New Petg 3 Piece Clock Plates

I like how he says he fixed the missing '5' and '7', yet all his auctions still have them missing.

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#10 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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10y 137K 14,191 8 78

Again great idea lol exactly what I did its nice because you can swap them as you please

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#11 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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10y 137K 14,191 8 78

Heres a pic of everything you will be getting
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#12 9 years ago
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Doostur

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Nice. WHere did you get the clock decal between the ramps etc.

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#13 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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#14 9 years ago
 
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Miguel351

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Doostur:

Where did you get that crystal clear clock housing? Everyplace I look just has the slightly opaque one that looks dirty all the time...

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#15 9 years ago
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Doostur

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It came with my TZ. I cleaned it using warm water and soap. However it does not appear to be original.

I may sell it... no use for it.

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#16 9 years ago
 
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Quoted from Doostur:

It came with my TZ. I cleaned it using warm water and soap. However it does not appear to be original.
I may sell it... no use for it.

I could actually use it - since I got rid of my blue one, I found that my original one was discolored (age & heat, likely), so I have that on my 'restoration to get' list.

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#17 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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10y 137K 14,191 8 78

Quoted from Coyote:

I could actually use it - since I got rid of my blue one, I found that my original one was discolored (age & heat, likely), so I have that on my 'restoration to get' list.

Im thinking you can stop Saturday after that mmr party if you want but I think the weather may be bad?

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#18 9 years ago
 
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pinballnut3

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Quoted from Coyote:

I like how he says he fixed the missing '5' and '7',

I will find out they shipped yesterday.

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#19 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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Quoted from pinballnut3:

I will find out they shipped yesterday.

They are fixed at least all the ones I seen were

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#20 9 years ago
 
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Coyote

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Quoted from bigd1979:

Im thinking you can stop Saturday after that mmr party if you want but I think the weather may be bad?

Yeah, we'll see. I may leave it early if the weather looks really bad. I live on a small mountain range, and the roads by me are steep, so it's easy for me to get stuck.

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#21 9 years ago
 
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TrainH2o

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US Calhoun, GA

9y 27,650 673 6

I love Ingo's clock board. I had rebuilt my OEM board back in 2002, and it was starting to give me issues again. I'm glad I found out about the new board.

Am I the only one that installed the optos backwards, the first time?

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#22 9 years ago
 
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Quoted from TrainH2o:

I love Ingo's clock board. I had rebuilt my OEM board back in 2002, and it was starting to give me issues again. I'm glad I found out about the new board.

My game had the original board in it up until this restore - it lasted 21 years with some small occasional fixes to it. I could put it back in, but decided that I'll put the original in a bag, save it, and ordered Ingo's. Went with warm white, and he threw in rainbow and blues for free. Nice guy.

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#23 9 years ago
 
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Miguel351

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Quoted from Doostur:

However it does not appear to be original.

I may sell it... no use for it.

Let me know if you do want to sell it, then. I would definitely be interested in it!

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#24 9 years ago
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Doostur

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Hmm white face or stick with colored.....

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#25 9 years ago
 
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bigd1979

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I think u will enjoy the rgb better with white face and its cheap and u can easily change it back

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#26 9 years ago
 
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german-pinball

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Quoted from Doostur:

Hmm white face or stick with colored.....

Quoted from bigd1979:

I think u will enjoy the rgb better with white face and its cheap and u can easily change it back

Here is a video with white face and color-changing rainbow-LEDs; ihmo it looks good (many thanks to Rush L. from the US, who made this video for me)

Cheers
Ingo

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#27 9 years ago
 
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german-pinball

german-pinball

11y 73,400 911 31

Here is an e-mail, I got today - sweet 5 year old daughter

".... Thank you very much for the TZ clock board that just works great: I've just had no bug at all during a full day of use and the rainbow leds are definitely a great upgrade. Even my 5 years old daughter immediately noticed it and asked why the color was changing. ...."

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#28 9 years ago
 
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TrainH2o

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US Calhoun, GA

9y 27,650 673 6

I agree. If I was going to install the RGB LEDs, I would also install the white clock face. However, it's all personal preference.

I was really happy to rid myself of my flakey OEM board, and I installed a new clear housing. My old one was slightly discolored and the ventilation holes the previous owner drilled in the top, was a hack job.

Right now I am using the warm LEDs. I may swap them out for the cool white LEDs, as it will more closely match the cool white LEDs I had installed in my OEM board.

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#29 9 years ago
 
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german-pinball

german-pinball

11y 73,400 911 31

Here is another video with the colorchangig rainbow-LEDs. WOW, that looks really great. The top-quality HD-video was made by Marc from he US, many thanks to Marc. Here we go:

3 years later
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#30 5 years ago
 
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apscarpelli

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US Spokane, WA

12y 21,150 65 6 15

Can the Ingo board still be purchased? I can't seem to find anything when I google it to buy one.

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#31 5 years ago
 
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Rdoyle1978

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7y 117K 18,137 14 6 1

Quoted from apscarpelli:

Can the Ingo board still be purchased? I can't seem to find anything when I google it to buy one.

You can PM him here on Pinside... I just installed one to my TZ - it is the ONLY board (I have 4 different ones) that lights correctly with the very important GIOCD board

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#32 5 years ago
 
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LTG

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Quoted from apscarpelli:

Can the Ingo board still be purchased?

Send him a PM. Post #29 german-pinball

LTG : )

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