Don’t know how you power these, but you might consider including/offering a brightness adjuster.

Any install pics on AFM/AFMr? I currently have Titan glow in the dark rings throughout (including flippers), and trying to figure out how these would look and what color I might prefer.

Also, I'm curious about how they connect to power as I may want to put a dimmer inline to control the brightness.

A few notes on this:

1) I'm really impressed with the design and execution of these illuminated flipper bats - excellent work on the part of @arcadeaction.

2) Those are the same types of connectors as used on the Comet Matrix system of lighting and wiring. This means you could easily insert a plug-and-play Comet Matrix brightness adjuster inline (however, you would need to route the wiring to the below the playfield somehow).
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3) You cannot use standard wedge or bayonet LEDs on the CGC pins (AFMr, MBr, MMr, and soon to be CCr). You either have to splice into the wiring or you can use a custom splitter which I happen to make and sell since it is needed for some of the mods I offer (I think you can get them from Mezel also). Again, this will require somehow getting the wiring to the underside of the playfield
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Would be challenging, but I think for CGC games the black cable would need to be longer (say 12") so that it could be routed below the playfield.

When I get some time I will more closely examine the possibilities on my AFMr to see what might be accomplished. As mentioned the challenge is going to be a discrete nearby hole that can be utilized to route the cable (would definitely need to be longer than standard) to the underside of the playfield. Since the cable is rather small and flat, my first inclination is there might be room to share a nearby return lane LED hole.

I would also be curious to see how these look with flipper toppers installed. I make/sell 3D printed toppers for a multitude of titles (always adding more), but I think the outer glow would still look great even with toppers installed (I could even imagine designing toppers that allowed some of the light to come through in various lettering/patterns). Does anyone happen to have any pics they could post with this configuration?

Oh, a fluorescent green bat illuminated with cool white LEDs would be awesome for AFM/AFMr. Something the same color as these posts which I put on my AFMr (originally designed for DE TMNT).

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A few questions:

- What are the current bat color options (not the lighting, but the plastic bats)?
- Can/will the options be expanded or are you limited to supplier options?
- Do you have a UV LED option?
- Can a different color combination be ordered than the one presented for a given pin (eg teal or purple instead of white for WCS)?

Cool, thanks.

We’ve been chatting, and there is going to be a challenge with the CGC pins. There still might be a solution, but going to have to think through things.

Opened up my Pinside Secret Santa gifts this morning, and to my surprise there as a Lighted Flippers set for my Stern Jurassic Park Premium inside. Looking forward to getting these installed and playing with them!

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Just finished (sort of) installing my new lighted flipper bats.

The Good:
- Install was relatively straightforward
- They look great. After looking at it both ways and going back and forth I decided to put my 3D caution flippers back on, and I prefer the softer look. BTW, the photo is deceiving as my camera phone didn't pickup the upper flipper illumination very well. In real life it is the same coloring and intensity as the lower flippers, but I think my Pinstadium lights are throwing off the exposure there.

The Little Disappointing:
- The LED converter bulbs supplied are cool white, but Stern JP uses warm white bulbs. Not that big of deal, as I'll just have to add those to my next Comet order. Again, this was a gift (of which I'm extremely appreciative), so I don't even know if you can choose warm or cool white when ordering. I order from Comet on a regular basis, so I can get by just fine until then.

The Extremely Frustrating
- I'm so ticked off at Stern right now. The pawl screws were so tight it took everything I had to loosen them. Then during my first game the upper flipper moved out of alignment. After jacking with it for over an hour when it seemed I had it as tight as could be, I just couldn't get it to work. I removed the assembly, headed out to the garage, and determined the crank arm block is stripped. After trying to fix the threads, I ended up breaking off two different bolts in it (the first came out, the second didn't). I ended up putting a Marco order in for replacement parts, and just hope everything makes it here in time for me to get the pin up and running before our New Year's Eve party.

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I posted before, but now that I have my warm white bulbs and upper flipper fixed here are the shotes of my JP Premium. I really love the glow of these!

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Stern had overtightened, bent the bolt, and stripped the claw. Just the act of me loosening the bolt screwed up the mechanism (had nothing to do with the flipper bat). I had to order replacement parts to fix it, and all is great now.

Mine were a Pinside Secret Santa gift (thank you, again! to my SS), so of course I didn't have an opportunity to inquire about bulb temp, etc. As everyone should be able to see, ArcadeMade has been extremely flexible and adaptive with this mod and they are learning some along the way about the best alternatives for various pin titles. The cool whites wouldn't have killed me, but given my strong OCD and that I order from Comet on a nearly weakly basis, it was no big deal for me to order 3 bulbs and replace them.

I tried first w/o the toppers, but I really wanted to keep them. I actually really like the soft glow the toppers create on the top of the bats.

Here is both ways in a completely dark room (I do have warm white PinStadium lighting set to 50% installed).
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It clearly glows in person and is quite visible which is why I did the closeup. I think a combination of my camera phone and being next to the Pinstadium lighting up there makes it not show very well in a photo. Also, the color of the flipper rings seems to tint the photo a little even though the flipper bats are obviously the same exact color.

I wanted to show everyone what I've been working on with @arcadeaction: Lit Flippers for the CGC Attack from Mars remake (and potentially other CGC titles). CGC posted a challenge because of how they use proprietary bulbs, but we were able to work together and come up with a solid solution. I don't think he is quite ready to take orders (you'll have to ask him), but should be very soon so I suggest contacting him for decals.

The colors I decided to go with are clear bats with green LEDs. I have Titan glow in the dark bands and the colors go great. The green is a good sort of fluorescent color that matches my posts, plastic protectors, and the other greens in the area quite well.

However, since he posted a game video, I figured it was okay to post here about them. You can see the CGC AFMr game play video here:

Here are the flippers installed and working (clear bats with green LEDs)
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Here are the same flippers with my custom 3D AFM flipper toppers installed (PM me if interested in purchasing)
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Got my Getaway lit today. I decided to go with cool white LEDs and clear flippers so I can swap band colors whenever I wanted. Also, I installed them so that I could attach a dimmer since they were a little bright for me out of the box.

Without flipper toppers

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With flipper toppers
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Well, I've done all I can do for now with Lit Flippers. Time for someone else to buy the next set!

Here's 8 Lit Flippers in my 3 pin lineup.

Getaway | cool white LEDs with clear bats, Titan blue bands on lowers & yellow on upper
AFMr LE | green LEDs with clear bats, Titan glow in the dark bands
JP Prem | amber LEDs with yellow bats, Titan orange bands on lowers & green on upper

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I think those are called "Love Guns" on KISS.

I'll see you in a couple of hours!