Johnny Mnemonic
Williams, 1995Hey everyone.
So, I thought I would give everyone some before and after pictures and videos of Johnny Mnemonic's translite being swapped from regular bulbs to LEDs. In the video, I also show a slow-fade color changing LED I installed on the glove of JM. Pretty simple and to the point - enjoy!
Pictures first!
Quoted from Rascal_H:Shoot for Crazy Bobs!
First thing I did when I picked up JM was load it with LED. Looks good.
Same here, and I totally agree. I also added the sub from pinball pro to it. It's the most aggressive sub in any williams game. So much so that the bass was causing the bottom pop bumper to trigger. I had to make it slightly less sensitive. People constantly ask me how I got the shaker motor hooked up.
Looks really good! BG really come to life with LEDS. I can understand people being overwhelmed by to much LED in the playfield GI and inserts but the BG art just pops and looks so much better there's really no comparison.
BG looks way better with frosted LED's
I could not really tell the difference for the glove in video.
Quoted from Winball_Pizard:Looks really good! BG really come to life with LEDS. I can understand people being overwhelmed by to much LED in the playfield GI and inserts but the BG art just pops and looks so much better there's really no comparison.
I agree the BG looks much better and I plan on replacing all the BG in my games with LEDs cause it reduces heat and takes strain off the boards and connectors but most importantly it doesn't affect game play. Which LEDs did you use cause I will be placing a big bulk order for white ones (200-300pcs) from PBL and was thinking of these ones.
Ablaze 1-LED #555 Wedge Base Lamp With Frosted Lens
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1886&parent=192
Thank you everyone for such positive and encouraging compliments! I was totally amazed how different it looked before and after. I knew it was going to look good, but I really didn't know it was going to look THAT good. I'll be doing the playfield hopefully this weekend. Some of the GI bulbs, particularly the ones underneath the left ramp look to be a bit of a challenge to get to. I'll just have to take my time and be patient.
Quoted from mwong168:Winball_Pizard said:...it reduces heat and takes strain off the boards and connectors but most importantly it doesn't affect game play. Which LEDs did you use cause I will be placing a big bulk order for white ones (200-300pcs) from PBL and was thinking of these ones.
Ablaze 1-LED #555 Wedge Base Lamp With Frosted Lens
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1886&parent=192
Hey bud! I used Cointaker's Frosted Cool Whites for the translite - all 24 or 25 of them. Link to them is right here: http://shop.cointaker.com/product.sc?productId=38&categoryId=6
I thought about doing different colors, but I wanted to "start from scratch" with all white just to see how it looks. I won't be changing those bulbs anytime soon 
. And yes, I completely and totally agree with the reasons you mentioned behind installing LEDs. I'm not one of those guys that just has to have LEDs everywhere from the translite to the playfield to the sides of the cabinet to the legs to the back of the cabinet to Christmas light strands of them wrapped around me as I play pinball */end sarcasm*. I am installing them, like you said, to knock out the heat on and around the PCB board, the translite, and the playfield.
I'll keep everyone updated on the playfield lighting. The color-changer on the glove is very subtle. I would say it's almost more for an observer to see and nearly negligible for a player. It was just an experiment, and I'll be interested to see how it works out once all the lights have been changed!
BTW: how do you change the title of your topic...? I don't want to start yet another thread for the playfield lights once I'm done. Can anyone help me on that? Thanks guys!
Life is good 
Quoted from NPO:BTW: how do you change the title of your topic...? I don't want to start yet another thread for the playfield lights once I'm done. Can anyone help me on that? Thanks guys!
I just figured this out myself last night. EDIT your initial post and it will have a TOPIC field that you can modify to your delight.
AND.. AWESOME JOB. I was super skeptical at first, but man, what a HUGE difference. It's like going from a B&W tv to Color for the first time!
-j
Hey everyone! So, here's a photo and video or two of the job I'm doing right now ! I prolly won't get all of JM done today, but I'm getting a long in the process so far!
Here, Snurdley is finishing what I started. My fingers felt like raw hamburger D: ....
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Here is a small video for the jet lanes light with the middle one having an LED and the other two being incads:
And here is the playfield at 90 degs with the incads in. I'm not totally done yet; therefore, I haven't done a "table top" shot of the LEDs in place:
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