Mom's upgrading her line-up again and her Flintstones should be here in the next week or so, so the Frankenstein currently in her room has to go... straight to my house! That leaves her with TAF, PM, and Flintstones (and Twin Win hiding in the basement because it's "not fun") and I'll have RFM, JP, and MSF. Yay, more options!

I already know that the lights in the pop bumpers are out, so I'll be ordering up some LEDs for those, since you've got to take off 2 ramps to get to them and I'm not doing that on a regular basis. Is there anything else I should get for it? They literally have had zero problems out of it since they got it, so it runs great and looks wonderful, and I want to keep it that way. Thinking about more LEDs in it depending on how hard it is to get to them. Next weekend is going to be "pinball cleaning" weekend with all 3 of mine getting Novus, fresh bulbs where needed, etc, and I just want to make sure I've got everything I need for Frankenstein beforehand.

So, suggestions? What have you all done to yours? Any pics of LEDs versus regular? My JP came with LEDs, my RFM did not, and I'm not a purist or LED freak so I could go either way really.

Bump.

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I think I may go the LED route since it appears these arent the easiest bulbs to get to. Any pics would be greatly appreciated.

I just spent 2 hours on/off cleaning and changing bulbs on MSF. It wasnt too much of a pain, but I mostly changed the underneath bulbs I could reach. We havent ventured into the ones under ramps or plastics yet, because I dont have enough bulbs. Making a list and checking it twice though. Right now it is about 70/30 regular/LED but between the new bulbs and replacing/cleaning the regulars it is much brighter.
I only color coded the inserts to whatever color they were, and used some blue/orange in the backbox because half the regulars l iterally fell out of the base and I didnt have enough to do it without LEDs. Looks much better in person of course, but I like it so far. Hoping to get frosted whites for the topside to keep the same soft colors but so that I only have to pull this thing apart once.

Before.

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After.

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So pretty together.

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I am afraid you are mistaken. This one has LEDs in it.

Mom said they took the glass off twice when they had it. Once when I was there and cleaned it with her when she first got it. I can tell they were busy racking up high scores because it was filthy. It seems the rolly bracket thing is missing on the left side under the playfield, so it falls off the track then gets twisted when i am trying to put it back down. Also, the lockbar somehow broke both brackets and just sits on top now, doesnt lock. I have a list of things to get for it, so it will be all pretty and fixed up when I get done. It plays great, just needs a beauty makeover.

I didnt realize how similar the layout is to JP until I got them next to each other, but it already seems harder just having to light FRANKENSTEIN to even start a mode.