Joe,
Really beautiful work on your machine. Wonderful attention to detail and it looks like it is playing perfectly. I'm very impressed with the area under the pop bumpers as it hardly shows any wear!
I like my game very much and, as noted, it does not play with the same type of strategy as other pinball games. It's a fun companion to my Derby Day, and part of my little hossie theme.
While you are assigned your horse at the beginning of the game, and you are encouraged to shoot at the corresponding pop bumper, that is easier said than done. And, commonly, you'll send a ball down the center lane at the top, and change horses all together. So a hard game to beat with skill shots. If you can keep the ball alive, you do have a chance to win on score, but 400 is challenging. As such, I think of the game as more of a novelty game and it is an absolute favorite with guests and kids who play the game for amusement who do not to try and beat the machine...
I have my game set for 5 balls to game over and to not stop when a horse wins. I don't keep the platter moving when the game is over. I have it set to win 10 games if your horse wins on the first ball, but I don't think that I have ever accomplished this, yet.
My friend, who also has a Nags, put in bells into the backbox. On his machine, though, the pop bumpers are sluggish. So, not really sure if the bells are straining the transformer (or if they are the right coils or not?) or if his bumpers are tweaked correctly. As such, I was hesitant to add bells to mine, but after seeing a video of your machine playing nicely with a bell, I may try the reversible mod. Thanks for posting the video.
A cute mod that I did was add some 455 blinker bulbs behind the jockey and horse faces in the backglass.
The LED mods that Heatwave made in the pop bumpers look nice and a good idea if you use matching colors.
Best of luck with yours!
J
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