I do appreciate your feedback as always and yes I am just having fun with it and by no means have any intentions other than that. The fancy ads and videos are me just doing what I can in Photoshop and video editors (but now I use an great product called Affinity). Been trying to hone my skills in that arena because I enjoy it, but have no career in it by any means.

I do mention that things may sell rather quickly for the fact that there are a lot of kits and customers out there that I feel will really love this complimentary product for them. Many may not know the numbers and how busy it has been (doing 12-15 hour days), so just a small percentage of those ordering will make things go pretty rapidly.
It is a little intimidating, but I am prepared and have learned a lot with production and quality control.

Last year that Pin Stadium pre-order was interesting as there were like 100 of them that sold out in a few short weeks with 0 customers prior and just wishful supporters which was awesome and now we are into the thousands which I never thought would ever have happened. Especially considering the fact that when I made the Pin Stadiums, they had no name and I never had any intention of selling them. It was just a solution I felt I needed for my collection.

It was an unknown product even at it's initial launch and purely based upon trust which everything is in my opinion and it is still that way always. The good news is that I have had customers come over to see Orion's Belt working and in action to see it and they really enjoyed what has been created. Asking when they can get it and asking to get on the list etc. That is always a good feeling.

The Pin Stadium products are developed by the community with their feedback/ideas. Behind the scenes I have been compiling hundreds of requests and comments and discussed this with many about what their vision of the next line of products should be. The way I look at it is I am just putting it all together in a nice package for you all to enjoy. I want to make you all happy. It is still just Scott at Pin Stadium doing his thing (building each one and designing etc) and I hope this explains things better from this end. It's all good and thank you everyone for what you have done.

It has been a ton of work and I am looking forward to hearing what you think when this launches. Nothing has changed other than just getting excited for the new release that has taken all year (and then some) to put together.

Scott
Pin Stadium
www.pinstadium.com

A little clarification to MET owners out there. I have posted up some images of where to trigger the flashers from on Sparky.

The image showed two arrows, which means you can connect the Pin Stadium flasher cables to either of those bulbs but not both of them.

There has been an influx of Metallica owners very recently installing these and this questions came up. I figured I would address it here to clarify as I could see what I may have been confusing. Here is a much clearer picture that will help to eliminate any confusion.

Scott

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So basically either one of those flashers will work as they are synchronous for all of the Sparky events. It does not have to be the left one or the right one, whichever you choose is fine.

Very nice looking and I think the picture turned out rather well. It’s hard to capture but you did a great job!! I am glad that you had a chance to see them on DI too.

I really appreciate you posting this up as you have really covered a large era from Dialed In to The Getaway, how cool!!

As far as the flasher location I have not personally installed them on that game but maybe you will be able to find one that isn’t gong off as much. A good method of locating flashers is to go on the Settings/Lamps/Flashers menu to see if you can find a better spot to test.

In order to hook up to slingshot coils you would have to put a resistor in-line to drop it down to a safe voltage or it will cook the PS lights. It needs to be between 4v-24v.

It's in the works as we speak and will be an add-on eventually to the existing Pin Stadiums. You can feel safe to get a set and know that I am working hard on it. Currently testing out with some new advancements in the lighting industry that may very well work.

Tomorrow morning on TWIP www.thisweekinpinball.com will be having the full release details, what it is, and they let you know what time ordering starts on the Pin Stadium website also.

Yes any 4v-24v source that is not on a switch matrix.

I love your determination!! If I was in a game show I should surely choose you. . That’s not it but love the guessing.

As far as the diffuser, I am working with on that.

“This was something that was asked earlier actually. This following post and ones after it should help:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-pin-stadium-lights-official-announcement/page/55#post-4583751 “

Thanks for the update! I watched a few videos of the game and I think that the stand up target’s flasher on the left side of the playfield could be cool too!!

More than happy to clarify and answers questions. Sorry for the delay and I will definitely be able to explain this in more detail for you guys than a video ever can. Honestly it probably deserves a stream and walk-through to get all of the features and functions across but I will do my very best.

It is a completely different set of lights that has a highly advanced Flasher Module which is dedicated to providing unlimited colors of flashers.

So picture Pin Stadium but way more advanced and it’s sole focus is to be a complete dedicated flasher system that compliments the Pin Stadiums results of GI improvement. It mounts stealth just under the Pin Stadium light bar so it's now visible and is very slim/low-profile using the HD Magna-Mounts. It is controlled by the Pin Stadium app, but will show up as a different device. I will post a screenshot of how it would appear and be labeled. So basically for those that wanted even more from the flasher system and more flexibility with colors, this is that and then some.

The 5 buttons on the Flasher Module allow you to customer each of the 4 different trigger points for the flashers.

Simply tap the "Preview/Programming button" to start the programming and you will be able to dial in the 4 different flasher colors. Once you press that button the Orion's Belt flasher module is ready for you to program the 4 buttons which represent the 4 flasher trigger points you have connected on the machine (just like you would connect Pin Stadium to the back of the bulbs but you have 4 total).

Buttons 1-4 (The 4 flashers triggers)

Once in programming mode you will then open the Pin Stadium app, connect to the Orion's Belt Wifi device then select the colored flasher you want by using the color wheel. You select the color you want "Flasher 1" to be and then adjust the brightness level too. Once you have that done then you will press desired button (1,2,3,4) to that setting. Just like setting a radio station to a preset button. Then you do that for the next 3 buttons, set the color and brightness, and then onto the remaining.

So you have unlimited control of what each of those 4 flasher colors will be and also how bright they will be too. I hope that helps to explain that portion a little bit better. I will of course be continually posting up more details and pics too.

Scott
Pin Stadium
www.pinstadium.com

Haha! Yes, I am doing my very best to make sure that it is all covered and explained, past the videos which highlight the features.

The Pin Stadium are as they have always been, they do the GI and have the UV+Glow flasher option. They are a standalone system and nothing has changed with those, they are the same quality and performance as they always have been, pricing etc.

Where the Pin Stadiums left off was in the flasher category and that is where Orion's Belt picks up from. Orion's Belt mounts just under the Pin Stadiums using the HD Magna-Mounts and it is composed of two light bars that have the Phantom ribbon cables coming from them that then leads into a flasher module. That Flasher Module's sole purpose is to provide flasher capabilities for your machine. Onboard the Flasher Module is where the 5 buttons are located for the additionally programming capability.

1 of those buttons is pressed to initiate programming, then the other 4 are for the flasher triggers which are the wires you connect to the flasher bulbs on the machine. Orion's light bars are much more slimline and low profile and since they mount under the Pin Stadiums light bars (same length) you do not see them whatsoever from the player's perspective. The Invisi-Shield is custom molded into the light bar and blocks visibility from the side view so that none of the lighting comes out of the machine and into your eyes if you were to see the pinball machine from a distance with them installed. On the light bar is a set up highly re-engineered RGB and also White LED lights that are side firing across the playfield, which gives you full coverage flasher lighting.

You connect them and install them just like you do the Pin Stadiums, but instead of using 2 cables to hook up to the bulbs you have 4 of them. So the install is the same and very easy, then you connect to them Wifi signal from Orion's Belt then add it to your Wifi network. I hope this helps to explain it much better.

Scott

I will be posting up pictures to show this better and also show you the comparison in size of the Pin Stadium GI Module to the Orion's Belt Flasher Module. It is the same with but a little longer as it is a lot more involved. There was a slot of onboard software programming to do this time and I did make it so that the firmware can be updated too as enhancements/updates come along to improve it!!! Don't worry I released it with 1.0 code (literally) absolutely complete, but I like to tinker and add more things as customers make suggestions and I dream so there is much room for even more expand-ability.