Unfortunately a cooked flipper coil is stopping me from moving forward. Trying to find one locally. I guess I'll use my time to work on the drop target decals.

I think these are gonna look pretty good. I'm hoping glossy photo paper plus protection doesn't mess with the targets function.

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I need to trim them a little cleaner but I think this will do the trick.

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The translite is done. I wasn't able to get it today, hopefully tomorrow. I wanted to wait to post a picture with it in the game but the picture the printer sent me looked so damn good here it is. No idea of he quality up close or how it will react to light, but the same guy did my MAME marquis and that is fantastic.

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A little obscure, but totally reversible.

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The original plan was just the translite. The playfield and plastics pretty much already match the new theme. Every time I look at it I come up with new ideas and add things.

If I end up liking the game and it doesn't sell this weekend I may continue taking it a bit further.

I had it listed at $1300 which may have been a bit high. I think I have it down to $1100 right now. Part of me wants to take it home and enjoy it for awhile.

I'm finally getting the game room back in order after the show. In hindsight it was foolish to bring a game I'd never play tested to a show for hundreds of people to play. I planned on installing the flipper coil Thursday afternoon, tweaking it and having it ready for the show. We got a late start Thursday and the free play room was already booming when we got there. I was too tired to bother with it so I waited until Friday morning. A little hungover and lots of people around you playing games while you try to repair something isn't an ideal situation. Fortunately Tony Dziedzic not only helped me by bringing the coil, but also troubleshooting when it didn't work. Also thanks to Ardvark Pinball Repair. Allan's wife Susan let me steal a diode. I promised a beer in return. I will fulfill the promise along with the 12 pack! It didn't take long for the game to go down again. One of the brackets that held the return lane broke. An easy fix at home with a rivet press, not so much at a pinball show. I scoured the outdoor flea market and parts vendors and ended up with some stuff that "might" work. After a couple hours and some more scouring I found something on one of the playfields Automated had that would save me. He said take the part but don't let anyone see you and give me $5. Ha! Deal. In reality it's only a $3 part new, but I was glad to get the game back up and running. Saturday morning I thought the GI went out and kind of gave up on it. I just set it up at home and it plays great. The LED's fell out, or got knocked out under the slings. GI is fine. Flippers are strong, need a little adjustment. Translite looks fantastic lit up and off. I thought I saw somewhere the drop targets synced up, that may still need some work.

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I've been making some adjustments and enjoying a bunch of games on this. I think the game is quite good really. I have the flippers dialed in. The drop target issue was a matter of me not understanding the rules. They only sync up during multiball and it works perfectly. Cool feature! There were a few stuck balls at the show over the right sling plastic. Hopefully flattening it will help, it has a little bow to it.

I also got a free play ROM to work. Had to fight with Windows 10 to take the driver. It doesn't appear that MCUMall will continue driver support for the GQ-3X but if you disable the driver certification you can get the 7 driver to work.

A couple quick custom cards.

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I ended up selling the game. Any further retheming seemed like way too much work, I didn't have the time.

Speaker panel would have been a nice touch. If anyone wants any of the decal files I'll pass them along. I just printed them at home. Most were done with my limited Photoshop skills. Translite cost me some dough to have it converted to vector and had to have it professionally printed. Not sure I want to part with those files yet.

I don't remember if it was from here or the local forum. Maybe he will chime in if he still has it. I do still have a spare translite if anyone wanted an alternate.

I had a sign printer do it for me. It looks better than most alternate translites I've seen. He did a great job.

Sorry, I don't have either and the game is long gone. I believe I used Pinball Life's generic LEDs and just color matched inserts. I generally go frosted white for GI across the board. I like the cheaper LEDs in older games, they give the effect of a nice bright light and accentuate the insert colors, but they don't look ridiculous. Something like a Cointaker Super Bright looks out of place in a game like this, to me at least. I remember thinking it looked great when it was done.