I wanted to post some pics of my Mystery Castle restore. A big thanks to Matt Elder for answering lots of questions and providing some hard to find parts. My main goal was to be able to see more of the beautiful artwork on the plastics that are hidden under the ramp decals. I ended up using the organ decal, but none of the others. I fashioned new decals for the ramp entrances based off of the bridge ramp entrance. I also removed the ramp entrance banner lights as they obscured the view. Instead of the banner lights, I used LED strips under each of the 3 ramp entrances (and at the top of the rail for the dungeon/ballroom shots) and tied these into the banner lights. They light/flash just like the banner lights did...just without the banners obscuring the view.

Here's the list of things I've done in the restore:

Clearcoated playfield and cabinet
Powdercoated Armor (black with a baby blue/pink sparkle to match the artwork)
Chrome on rear metal coin door pieces, prop bar, lockdown receiver, playfield hangers, etc
Metal lower backglass channel and playfield glass receiver (also powdercoated)
Stapled GI light sockets replaced with standard sockets
All NOS coils
NOS ramps
NOS plastics
All boards refreshed by Clive @ Coinop Cauldron
NOS drop target banks, slings & pop bumpers
Blue plasma
Comet LEDs
Titan Rubbers

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Yes - and oddly I acquired them both last year in Oklahoma - they are 7 serial numbers apart. It was super handy to have the 2nd one when re-assembling mine.

Here’s a pic of my tower entrance. The guide seems to send it straight up the ramp. All of the shots are smooth for me.

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I don’t have a diverter sorry. I have used pops, drops and slings. I have a *few*
NOS plastics and most of the used ones, 2 used ramps and 1 NOS main ramp.

Here’s a pic looking down the ramp.

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It's hard to capture on camera, but the first three pics show the various locations with the LED strips - it basically flashes the middle of the ramp in white (or the color of your choice). The last pic shows gameplay where it's lighting both the strip and the flashers (blue flashers in my case). It's pretty obvious which ramps are lit without the banners.

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Phone cameras oversaturate LEDs in pictures, so it wouldn’t look this pronounced in person.

Designers didn’t use LEDs in the 90s because they didn’t exist. *NO* modern pinball company uses incandescent lighting - they all use LEDs.

I think the LEDs look great on this game and the stadium lighting really brightens it up - good job! Ignore the silly comments.

If you can't find a suitable replacement, you could try to JBWeld those two pieces together. Use the original JBWeld as it has the strongest bond. I've never had a JBWeld bond break - the stuff is awesome!