Quoted from madamyates:

Has anyone put Pin Stadiums in their machine? Would like to see some photos if you have them handy.

Quoted from Mr_Outlane:

Ya, I solved that with a clamp lamp and 40 watt light bulb. $10.00.

Quoted from geet84:

Hello fellow Hot Wheelers! Just picked up the Hot Wheels that was on location at Padavan's since 2020. Thanks again Brian. I'm in the process of setting up and tweaking the game in my basement. Wanted to ask other owners if their orbit magnet sticks up like mine. I have 2 pics showing it protruding and getting wear on the sides from the ball travel. Doesn't seem to hurt the game play at all but seems like something that can create premature wear on the pinballs and metal debris over the long term. I also included a picture of my first mod, which is replacing one of the stock Hot Wheels with an Obscure 1977 Oldsmobile. I can forsee a future where all the stock cars get replaced with random cars that catch my attention.
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Quoted from Weazel:

If you are experiencing a high speed fan like noise coming from your magnet when active, the coil will need packing between the playfield cutout for the coil and the coil itself. I used a cardboard gasket that I made from 2mm thick cardboard.

Quoted from RandomRetro:

My magnet looks like this. Based on the post a few days ago wanted to make sure it looked all good. Are the grooves like this ok?
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Quoted from Photopin:

This is the only American pinball I own, but the flippers just don't seem to have the 'snap' of the Stern, CGC, Gottlieb or Williams games I own. I saw a while back someone listed 'flipper upgrade' on their Hot Wheels when listing it for sale. I was just wondering what can be done to get the flippers where they don't seem to have give in them when making contact with the ball.

Quoted from Weazel:

We have added some Pin Stadium lighting to our machine, so that we can play it in the dark.
We opted for the basic kit as we couldn't really see the benefit of all the "bells and whistles", since the lighting of HW is excellent in the first place, and we didn't really want to detract from that.
Our setting is white on all the time for GI.
The UV leds connected to flashers are something else.
Especially when RedLineMania gets underway.
A deep red, bluish glow with plastic ramps glowing.
There was still a problem, of flipper illumination in the dark.
So I mounted a bank of 6 strip leds on a small angle bracket. (Needed 2 of them.)
These are stuck under the handhold area so they point up the drains and illuminate the flippers.
Power is supplied from 2 wires running from the 12V GI lighting in the head, to the flipper area.
This is just sufficient to illuminate the flipper area. Could be a bit brighter.
Now we can play it in the dark.