I know that everyone have their storie.It will be interest to share it.
Here is mine,the thing had happy end but it begin awful from nowhere.
STTNG
Before 3 days I just replaced my rubbers of the slingshots.Played it several games and at the final game and final ball when I decided to go home,the ball hit the cardasian ship (the toy) and the toy just rotated on 90 degrees from the base.I was thinking that it just need to turn tight more the screw that hold it and nothing more.Easy fix.If I knew what will be I would never begin to do it at 20h PM.The whole thing took me about 3-4 hours,I just got home at around 01:30 AM.
So I begin to turn it tight but stupid screw just rotated at one place.Not down and even not up to changed it eventually.
I then felt that I will have problems with this.Tried,tried tried so many times,nothing.I begin angry.How so little thing may be so hard.
So I decide that I must do everything that I can to remove it.So begin to rotate to remove it and at the same time to help with flat screwdrive from underside of the head of the screw (I did this many times in my life,so I know what I was doing).
Looks like the screw somehow was turn around wrong before time and this thing damaged the thread on the screw or it's hole I cannot tell.
The things begin more hard because the pedestal of the toy have round base and the flat screwdriver just didn't do it's job.
When I successful turn around about 2-3mm I had a chance to extend the flat base of the pedestal and to remove pedestal with the toy on it from the screw.
After that with many pushing I successful removed and the screw.Of course the thread on it was missing already,same for the hole.So no more screw of this type can be put there.
I needed to find a way now to put again the palstic,one side of the gate of the spinner and of course the toy like before.
I decided to use a spacer between the hole and the playfield and to use regular long screw that will go trough whole toy,gate,plastic,spacer and will be screwed in the playfield.
These spacers (Williams/Bally/DE/SEGA) have enough bug hole,but the problem was that the hole at the ball guide (which was damage already) had about 2mm small whole and the screw didn't go trough it.
Lucky that the spacer was exactly high and fit perfect without cut it or to be small.
So I drilled (extended) the problematic hole to be more big.
After that was the easy part-to put all elements and to screw everything strong.
Sorry that I don't have more pics but I know you will understand me when I was angry it was not time for pics.
And when I took a look my watch it was around 01:30AM.
But I was happy after all that this thing was fixed,because sooner or later it will be problem.