That's super cool man. Nice work indeed.
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Quoted from DCFAN:Is your projector an OLED board?
No, it is a static image. My tests with video came out poorly. There was a lot of pixelation due to the magnification of the sphere, unless I moved the board far enough back to get in the way of the Balrog and/or be sitting in the middle of the pop bumpers.
-Jay
Quoted from jrobinso99:My final design is complete. I created a video since the projected/3D effect isn't shown well in pictures. Sauron's eye kinda follows you around a bit as you move, which is cool : » YouTube video
The final version is a complete replacement for the original Palantir and mount that can be just dropped into place after attaching the lamp socket extension. It does not require unscrewing the old Palantir. This simplifies installation and prevents modification of the old mount. All components are heavy duty typical playfield grade. Cuts were made on a diamond wheel and all bonding and embedding is with epoxy resins. I'm sure it will show some signs of wear after enough airball hits, but it should hold up as well as anything else on a typical playfield.
I'll post some pictures of how it mounts later today.
This version is going to be $100 shipped for those that want one. The first batch of Palantirs I have now are already spoken for but I'm making 10 more which should be ready in about a week. These will be provided to those who PM me in the order in which I receive the request.
-Jay
Isn't it poor taste to post your item for sale in someone else's thread?
Quoted from BoJo:Isn't it poor taste to post your item for sale in someone else's thread?
My apologies. I thought about starting a fresh thread but there was a lot of background and discussion on design throughout this one so I thought I would update here. I could redirect the old thread to this one and then mention a new separate thread here? I'm not sure what the best protocol is but I personally hate it when there are 4 threads going on the same topic and trying to follow the chronology of what happened gets confusing.
At BoJo's suggestion, I created a separate link for the Projected Eye Palantir Mod.
Please continue the discussion of any animated Palantir here in this thread and discussion about a static projected approach here : http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lotr-projected-eye-palantir-mod
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Quoted from sneljo82:Any news on the animated one?
+1
Ryan, are you getting close to releasing a video of your mod yet? A lot of us are anxiously awaiting...!
I want both the eye and animated ones. I'll resell whichever one isn't staying later so add me to the list
Perhaps you could 'lift' our PM's off of this thread and maybe send out one mass email with updates. It would be very interesting to hear about your progress. And if you developed a private email list, you wouldn't have to find this thread to retrieve all the names. It could get VERY buried on here over time.
By the way, good work!!!
Mike
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Quoted from Pintucky:It could get VERY buried on here over time.
Just add to your favorites 
Haven't heard anything from the OP in 2 weeks...is this still being worked on? I already decided to get the projected eye mod, which looks awesome, but still curious to see how this one turns out if it happens.
I'm starting to do some updating work on my LOTR and am curious about this as well. I will likely go with one of them but, would like to see the projected results/price first.
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I think I have finally got the details worked out with the supplier in China on the crystals 3 times with a 3-4 week wait time in between has been a killer. I just want it to be perfect and to show up as clear as possible so I have had to tweak the design several different times. My final sample crystal should be here in the next few days and I can finally get some videos of this put together. I can really complain to much though because it has given me time to get caught up on some other projects in between
Thanks,
Ryan
Quoted from BlindVoyeur:I think I have finally got the details worked out with the supplier in China on the crystals 3 times with a 3-4 week wait time in between has been a killer. I just want it to be perfect and to show up as clear as possible so I have had to tweak the design several different times. My final sample crystal should be here in the next few days and I can finally get some videos of this put together. I can really complain to much though because it has given me time to get caught up on some other projects in between
Thanks,
Ryan
Cool! If your other projects are half as cool as the Tron topper and Palantir, you've got to tell us what you've been up to...
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Quoted from Rick432:Ryan, did the sample crystal arrive?
Maybe it turned out so well he was possessed by the eye of Sauron. Right now goblins are tearing down surrounding trees to fuel the engines of war...
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Quoted from jrobinso99:Zucot, are you sure that wasn't the PM I sent you for the Projected Eye version of the Palantir?
I am a schmuck! Oops.
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