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2 weeks later
Do yourself a favor... before you screw up your 10k game get yourself a tech (or a pin savvy friend) to come out and help you rebuild your flippers. We all have to start somewhere but this isn’t a $900 beater game.
Rebuilding a flipper isn’t hard but it does take a little finesse and if you don’t line it up right you can gouge up your PF real good.
Quoted from Butch2099:How long/hard is the chest mod to do?
Not hard and well worth the money. It really is cool to see it open and close as you lite lock and then lock balls.
Quoted from Green-Machine:I wonder, Sparrow, can you live with this? ...
Yep! I’m good with it.
1 month later
1 month later
Quoted from zaphX:I ended up with (Studio) 54.
Don’t be doing coke off the invisiglass man.
Quoted from zaphX:I must have been, because I didn't realize this was the POTC thread not the Guns thread. I have no idea what my CE number is.
Bahahahaha!!
Quoted from Mrsiyufy:With POTC Sales now hitting north of 20k what would it take for you to part with yours? I think even if I got 25k for mine I’d regret it.
Well if someone has 20k and wants a nicely modded SE I’m their guy, lol.
Quoted from zaphX:Yes, I'd regret it deeply unless it was life-changing money. Buy me a Tesla Roadster money. And I'd still be sad afterward.
You already sold a POTC right? So you get to have your cake and have eaten it too!
I want to never say never, it’s a damn nice game but I do like that new GNR a lot...
Quoted from paynemic:Actually considering it. I thought they were typos.
Edit:
I actually called Jack today! He answered right away (we had spoken before) and I asked him if he’d seen these prices. He said he had heard, and asked me if I could believe it. I basically offered to order enough new LEs to make it worthwhile to remake (we reminisced about him doing the same thing on lotr le). He told me they have 3000 back ordered gnr. He said they probably won’t ever run potc again. He estimated the chance at 20%. He did say he has the license for another year so there’s always a chance, but he doesn’t think so!! It was a crazy call!
So, I’m keeping potc. Don’t want to risk not having one.
Oh that’s pretty interesting! Great information.
Quoted from delt31:Yeah.....People paying close to 20 for GnR ce and that's a game where you can always get the LE
Pirates you can't even get and people are surprised at the pricing.....30k by 22 Christmas
That’s just hype. Hype dies off.
I’m sure the new JJP hype plus the furor over the GNR price hike (which I am sure is just to curb demand a little and help JJP catch up) is what’s driving the price jumps. I would be very surprised if they endure.
That said if anyone has 20K dying to be spent and wants the RAREST version of POTC HMU, huh?? 
Quoted from wesman:Jesus, wtf has this hobby become?
I grew up being contented to hang with buds and toss quarters in. I don't think I'm much of a fan of the home market, frankly. It's pretty grotesque and takes away from what felt like an incredible escape as a teen. Owning shit at stupid prices isn't really an interest to me.
Each day, a $5500 JP2 becomes far, far more sane. Sadly. And I really don't care for Stern stuff often.
Hey Wesman, I hear you. I grew up in the arcade scene of the 80s and 90s, and bought my first pinball machine (a $900 Judge Dredd) around 15 years back when it was looking like pinball was on the way out and all my local pin haunts got rid of their games... through that purchase I discovered RGP and pinball shows and the fact that pinball was still very much alive... at home!
As far as what happened? I think it’s simple. We grew up. Got hitched. Bought $400k+ houses, $80k trucks. Maybe raised kids and sent them off. Built businesses or climbed the ladder at work. You made it. You had disposable income to drop on games (or you’re an op, lol) and decided you know what?? PINBALL!
But after doing all that dropping 6k - $10k on something you like (and even better will hold some value) is actually pretty kinda nice. I just bought $6000 worth of appliances I promise won’t be worth shit in 10 years, lol.
And if you haven’t hit that point in your life or you’re on your way there still, there are still games you can get into sub 2k, maybe even less... as well as other ways to be a part of pinball like shows, leagues and even Pinside.
Worse comes to worse in pinball, if you cannot afford that dream game or just don’t feel like spending the cash hey, maybe you find it in a bar for a buck a play, or one of your pin bros picks it up and you play it at his place, right?
1 week later
Quoted from PinMonk:Karl DeAngelo's streaming jjPotC with realtime coil temps and cooling fans this morning.
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I saw those fans on your former Iron Maiden last weekend. That’s a much more elegant setup than I expected.
1 week later
I see there are quite a few sizes for Jack Sparrow action figures... what size are people liking to replace Tortuga Tom?
Has anyone installed the spinning Jack Sparrow on their SE? I’d like to see it in action.
Also is it just pinballmods.co who makes this or does someone else make one?
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:EHOH has now had THREE times the number of updates that POTC has. #WheresTheCode
It’s a Lyman thing. His games start out sparse but he updates them forever. I wouldn’t be surprised if Stern announced an AC/DC or a Metallica update, lol.
RamjetQuoted from zaphX:Funny how people who actually own the game don't complain!
If you get it, you get it. No one got into these games “cheap”. And for anyone who takes Kaneda seriously I’ll remind them... that dude bought a Magic Girl. Talk about overpriced and overhyped. Lol.
Hey has anyone else installed the spinning pops mod? The video shows the pop lights already removed but on my game they’re still here and there are 4 wires running up... do I just clip em or are they daisy chained so they’ll need to be re- attached together? I know the lighting situation on this game is complex so I don’t want to just start snipping.... image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpg
Quoted from Betelgeuse:Yes, the LEDs plug into a pcb under the playfield and can be removed. Just clip the wires and remove the LEDs with the wires attached. Then follow the wires under the playfield to where they plug into the pcb via a molex type connector. Unplug the molex connector from that pcb and remove the connector with the wires attached.
Thanks dude.
Betelgeuse hey so since you seem to be the guy with the answers... the rear pop is much too tall to spin without hitting the bottom of the ramp. Is there some install trick I’m missing? I’ve tried it every which way, made sure it was all seated down flat and the whole works but no matter what it’s still too tall even with the ramp attached high on the adjuster (which wouldn’t work well for gameplay anyways).
Edit - looking at pictures of an LE it looks like this barrel is just much taller than an original. Anyone with an LE want to be a good matey and grab me a measurement?
Quoted from arzoo:I'll also say that the spinning rear pop cap is totally pointless imo. I'm sure during the design phase it seemed really cool, but with the ramps above and everything else going on, you can barely see it. I literally never notice it spinning. In fact, I didn't even realize it was spinning until months after I owned my pirates and removed the BP for service lol!
Agree and if I could go back in time a day I’d probably skip it but I’ve cut the old lighting out and so come hell or high water I’m gonna get the spinner in or die trying.
Quoted from Betelgeuse:I actually had this problem with my front spinning pop, where I couldn't get the character to clear the glass no matter what I did. Scott ended up sending me a different motor mount plastic that had a slightly lower profile. That gave me the wiggle room I needed. I can't say for sure, but if you've got the barrel seated all the way down on the motor shaft and the motor mount is screwed down tight, there's not much more you can do.
I had the same issue, and I ended up modifying the mount just a little bit and using the original pop cap screws and made just a little more space so Jack is officially in and working!!
I don’t know if this will work on the back one but I’m gonna try!DD775890-A794-49CD-BDED-2DA786608CC6 (resized).jpeg16FB87F9-4EBD-434A-903C-65FD1C9EFA7E (resized).jpeg
Quoted from arzoo:I had problems with the stock pop-cap hitting the underside of the metal rails (right where it connects to the plastic ramp). Rubbed some of the paint off, which I had to touch-up. I added a thick rubber piece on the Tortuga kick-out plate to lift the ramp just enough to clear the rear bumper cap. I measure that cap to be one inch tall.
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So I think the combination of @rdoyle1978’s spacer solution and the lower profile mount as suggested by Betelgeuse will get me there, I’ll let you guys know how it all comes out. Thanks for the help.
1 month later
Quoted from Stef95:Hello, can you tell me if I need to remove the original wires to install the Electric Motor from the Rotary Jack please? (attached photo)
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Yes. I would clip them lower down by the plug under the PF tho, in case you want to restore the light someday.
Quoted from Stef95:Hello, I am installing the rotary jack kit and I have a problem with the barrel under the pearl ramp. This one touches the barrel. Has anyone had this problem because I would like to run it with the rotary motor. Thank you
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I’m having the same issue. Even having modified the motor mount so the barrel doesn’t rest on the screws I just didn’t get enough (although it did make it so my Jack clears the glass) clearance so mine is still unplugged too.
If you look at the last page I posted a couple pix of the mod I did on the mount and Rdoyle1978 posted a pic of a rubber he put on the tortuga scoop and I think the combination of those would work but I’m not in love with the stress the rubber puts on the ramp...
3 weeks later
Quoted from Noma2017:Hi everyone,
I will be getting a Pirates LE. Does anyone have recommended items to purchase to have on hand? Where can I find the cliffy protector set? Any other advice?
The opening chest mod is really the only must have one I can think of... it seems crazy on a game with so much going on but it really adds to the game IMO.
2 months later
Quoted from crwjumper:I was playing my POTC LE tonight and during play this came rolling down the playfield from what seemed to be around the chest area. Kind of worries me - looks like a bearing.
Any ideas where it came from? T.I.A.
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Do you have the Jack the monkey mod on your game?
1 week later
Quoted from Oneangrymo:Added these nice flipper mods. Matches the CE pretty well, any ideas on a good color for the rubbers?
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I went with black.
4 months later
Quoted from Soulrider911:right that is the same conclusion i came to… I have mine up for sale and this particular person is trying to use this as some sort of fictional based bargaining angle…
You can never say never these days but it doesn’t seem incredibly likely.
1 week later
Quoted from Green-Machine:A previous owner of one of my JJPs had used, I’m assuming windex, on the invisaglass and left burnt in drip marks in the finish. Many markings all over the glass. I was determined to get it back to looking good.
I tried many experiments with different solutions. Today I gave a product we all have in our pinball tool box. Novus2!
Shazam! The novus2 totally made the etched in markings disappear. I am so pumped! Definitely didn’t want to buy another sheet of invisaglass.
I thought I would share this remedy with my fellow Pinsiders as I am sure there are others who have encountered this terrible result from using the wrong product to clean their Invisaglass.
I’m pretty sure if you novus’d your invisiglass that you probably just have glass now.
Quoted from Green-Machine:No. You are absolutely wrong.
I hope so. But you gotta think the abrasive Novus would remove the anti reflective coating…
3 months later
Quoted from Oneangrymo:Depp has been officially replaced by Disney for Jack Sparrow role.
i wonder what that means for future POTC machines if anything?
It means it’s just as unlikely to happen as it was before but it’s modern pinball so never say never.
8 months later
Quoted from cliffordpd:The triumphant return of the 3 spinning disks in JJPPOTC. Shout out to my brother superdrummer20 and his 3D printer. And Patrick Dewane whose double herringbone planetary gear CAD model I utilized from grabcad.com.
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Dude that’s amazing! Even if it’s not what it was ‘supposed’ to be it’s still cool just to add in yet another “lost” feature!
1 year later
Quoted from zaphX:Exiting pinball and moving.
Machine - For Sale
Pirates of the Caribbean (CE)
14% OFF!
HUO - Documented (Home Used Only) - “I am the second owner of this game, but the original owner is a personal friend.
I helped him unbox and troubleshoot the game in Los Gatos, CA. When he decided to sell a year late...”43 hours ago
Frisco, TX
(1,419 mi)zaphX
35,000
29,999 (OBO)
You sailing back to California?
Quoted from zaphX:Yes indeed!
Right on! Welcome home. Looking forward to seeing you around.
Quoted from Oneangrymo:Hey guys I have one of those toppers NIB from Christophe that I dont have energy or time to install. If someone interested please make me an offer. US only please.
Thanks
Mo
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That's awesome! Is it a replica of the one on the CE? Does it move?
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