I applaud the OP for doing what he said he was going to do nine months ago (I assume modmypin belongs to him):

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anyone-play-viper-night-drivin-with-the-glow-balls#post-576682

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-glow-in-the-dark-pinballs/page/2#post-1166233

A lot of people don't like VND because of the glos, specifically that the balls are "too bouncy," or "too slow." This is due to the fact that they weigh 3/4ths that of a regular pinball. A lot of people put regular balls in their VND because it offers a higher level of control:

Recognizing that the machine plays differently with these types of balls is important:

As I said to the OP nine months ago I will definitely get a couple sets of glos. I'll also probably get some fluorescents to have in a few other games for parties and such. I wish him the best of luck.

viperrwk

Some type of coating over a metal core.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-glow-in-the-dark-pinballs/page/2#post-1165854

OP engineered it as a replacement for VND glo balls.

viperrwk

The point of my post is that people should not expect to load a set of these balls into their machines and expect the machine to play the same as it does with regular carbon steel pinballs. With 3/4ths of the weight of a regular pinball (assuming the 60gms reported in the other thread is correct and that the engineering target was an original VND Glo) it *will* play very differently. There are not many people who have played VND with a full set of Glos and know what this is like. Those that have either like it for the different way it plays (goatdan, myself) or don't because they think it's slow (BR) or too bouncy or too random. I could try and interpret what BR meant with his comment but I'm sure he can speak for himself. (Personally I do not think it is slow at all with the Glos and in fact can be too fast at times.)

As I said, I'm glad the OP (BSavage) made these (though for some strange reason he seems to want to separate himself from ModMyPin in his posting language) and they are a fun addition to put in certain machines in certain situations. Will they go in all my machines and live there all the time? No.

Best of luck to the OP. Looking forward to when I can buy a few sets of these.

viperrwk

How come no TM on the t-shirt?

Nicely played. Be sure to give GS a set at Expo.

viperrwk

GS = Gary Stern.

Should probably get a set to Jack as well.

viperrwk

I don't have a problem with $60 for a set of Glos. When NOS Glos were available from distos they were $5 a ball but that was over a decade ago. Given how these glow and inflation, the price seems reasonable for VND owners.

For those with 5+ ball machines, always good to have a spare in case one ball in particular goes bad and you can simply pop a new one in.

As for dealing with GS and JG, volume is good - they probably don't want to be in this business anyway.

viperrwk

GID = glow in the dark.

viperrwk

Makes me wonder how many games had been played on them by the time you got to it. So the question is are they like this:
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

Or perhaps the machine needed a good shop...

viperrwk