I believe Pinball Resource might be a good option for those faces

I thought about doing these. The circles would work and look great with light behind them, but the rectangles dont have enough colors.

http://pinball-mods.com/oscom/game-specific-products-star-trek-the-next-generation-23149-target-blade-p-55.html

The light behind the circle targets is what I meant. The rectangles could not be lit up.

Can someone show me where these two wires need soldered? Looks like manual shows right insert board flasher. But I'm a little bit lost figuring out where the solder points are located.

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They may be extra wires

I think some Pinbots came with extra wires because they were about to go opto switches.

Does anyone sell this decal page anymore? Someone made a run of this 2 years ago but they were sold quickly. Both of these decals are ripped on my Pinbot.

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This game needed a ton of work. Finally got it done, looks and plays great!

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where did you get that decal for the top of the chest target? I really like that.

Friend of mine bought it years ago. So not sure. I think Mezel used to sell them, but don't think they do anymore.

I bought a complete set of decals from pinsider Orangegsx a couple months ago. PM him and see if he has any left.

Has anyone ever changed out all the mini posts on the mini playfeild to metal? How did you like it? Got any pics?

Those were made by Pinsider pinball_customs several years ago.

Not sure why you’d want to.

No, but did mine in chrome with clear rubbers....looks good.

Got a pic of how it looks?

I do, but I’ll get some better ones today. In the light and off, and dark room and turned on.

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That looks cool! thanks for posting. I have one of the CPR mini playfields with the mirror effect. So I think I will do that to mine too. I think the chrome will look good with the mirror effect on the graphics.

Lit shot

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I like how you lit the ramps. I might have to do that to mine.

Free play 40 transparent ramp with comet matrix strips in behind and a pinduino strip on top. Makes a nice effect.

I'm thinking that it wouldn't suck to join the club...I've rarely seen projects.

What are the game-specific things to look out for on this pin?

I think the biggest thing for me is a blown out light grid. Although, there is a pretty nice decal available.

Make sure the visor functions properly. Other than that, not much to it. Check ramp flap works as it should.

Start with:
Board issues of course
Spiral ramp in good shape (often cracked at top)
Broken plastics, esp the upper right beside lift ramp
Visor mech in good working order.
Most had Mylar in the middle so playfield wear usually not too bad.

.....I think the cats have it

This may seem weird to ask...
I love PinBot and have played it on location/at shows 3-4 times, maybe 40 games.
I've played the new Stranger Things pin on location about the same amount.

The obvious similarity is the visor shot/Demogorgon shot.
For those of you who are more familiar with both pins are there other similarities?

Game: Pinbot
Trouble: The ball will not eject into the shooter lane

Was playing fine started new game and it would not eject into the shooter lane.

All balls accounted for, I then performed a Switch Edge check, all check fine with the exception of Trough #2, which does not register. All other in that area do.

Checked switch and it works properly with DVM, I checked the diode it's operational.

Backbox, confirmed all connections in good order. Q44 for this switch is within spec.

I'm stumped.

Did you test q44?

Great detective work so far, and I agree you're at a bit of a head scratcher.

did you check the switch with your finger, or with a ball?

I have found switches that trigger reliably with my finger are intermittent when triggered with a ball. I've also found the contacts get dirty and can cause some intermittent operation, you can run a dollar bill through there and get the gunk off.

If you take the wires off the switch and touch them together, does the edge trigger?

Duplicate post

Q44 is with in spec aka tested fine

You might have a broken wire in the switch matrix. The rows/column are daisy chained together under the playfield. If the wire breaks upstream, the downstream switches won't work. You can run a continuity check from the bad switch to the board connectors to see if its the row or column, then inspect all the wires/soldering on that color wire on all switches in that column or row.

Is the Visor going through its entire cycle? If it doesn't read the visor up and visor down it wont kick a ball out. I had this issue and found I had a broken visor down switch... worth looking at.

Any help on this would be appreciated. My target bank and lift ramp, Only reset after another coil fires. Just rebuilt them they were doing this before I starter. New switches, springs, coil sleeves and a good cleaning. Is what I have done so far. Is this a bad relay board? Thanks

The ramp will drop after another playfield switch is hit (not the target underneath the ramp) to prevent the ball from being trapped under the ramp. The target bank is similar to prevent ball traps; once another playfield switch is hit after mutliball ends, the game knows that the ball is (likely) not in the visor and will raise the bank.

So it sounds like it working properly then. I just thought after the ramp timed out it would reset. But it does after a coil or switch is hit same as the target bank. I Must be getting old didn’t think my old pinbot did this. Thanks

Good evening, I was able to resolve my trough #2 switch issue. I was not getting continuity on the Row to the back box. white/red wire. I Started going switch to switch and discovered one of the wires on the left drop target had broken free of the solder, it appeared to be connected but it wasn't. Just a few strands were all that had been holding it for who knows how long. Stripped it back and tinned, now I have Trough #2 working.

In short, it took some basic troubleshooting beyond where I was thinking at the time.

BINGO!

Playball!

Yeah man, those little light-gauge yellow wires are forever breaking. Whenever I restore a game I just replace them while I have the harness out, they SUCK!

I had the issue where the machine would intermittently reset when the visor would open or close. I never was able to pinpoint the issue. The motor switches worked fine. All my voltages were good. I went with the prevailing wisdom and pulled the power board, reflowed all the header pins and replaced all the caps.

Now several dozen plays in with no resets!

Thought I would post for anyone with a similar problem down the road.

Has anyone successfully installed side mirrors in a Pinbot?

My cabinet has very little room between the cabinet and playfield. I’m not certain I could fit them even if I decided to try.

Here was my idea.

For each side I re-wired the two visor flashers in series with an added star post flasher, also in series. These 3 flashers were wired in parallel with the original saucer flasher with allowed me to leave the flasher resistor boards unmolested. So 8 flashers total, 4 for each side. I am quite pleased with the result.

Just listed an unused set of Cliffy's...

SOLD!

Mod - For Sale

Cliffy Protectors Set for Pinbot Archived

New (selling multiple, business) - “Bought these but never installed them and don't have Pinbot anymore. Brand new and still in the bag! It will ship USPS and should only be a couple dollars.”

2020-04-27

Seattle, WA

Gogojohnnyquack

50

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Status: Sold (amount undisclosed)

I hooked up a Polk 10 external sub to Pinbot and I can confidently say that if you are as big a fan of Pinbot’s sound and music as I am, you will be very pleased.

I added some under-cabinet LED strips to jazz up the lighting a bit. I tied in to the topper flashers to make it dynamic.

You know the feeling: Everything is set up perfectly. The chest skillshot is running. You're holding the ball safely on your favorite flipper, time it right, shoot the ball and hit the lit column (or row) of the chest matrix. You see it clearly, but but the Bot is a jerk and does not open the visor for you. Did you miss after all? Or is the switch broken? But no, if you mange to look quickly there are now four lamps lit in the matrix, two in the skillshot column and two in the column immediately to its left (but never to its right).

What's going on is the most annoying bug in the Pin Bot software that I am aware of. It made me swear at the game in the arcades in the 80s and it really started bugging me when I got the game a few years ago. The bug is related to what happens when you hit the skillshot target together with one of its neighbors. If the neighbor has a lower switch number than the skillshot target, then the skillshot will not register even though you did hit the correct target as well. If the neighbor has a higher switch number, it will. So if the orange column is lit during the skillshot you get the skillshot when you hit the orange target alone, the orange and green targets together, but not if you hit the orange and blue targets together. This is clearly unfair.

If/when your skills are up to it you can compensate for this software bug by aiming slightly to the right of the "teeth" targets. Alternatively, I have implemented a software fix. I have now made a few useful mods to the software that don't change the game rules. Other bug fixes. A ball saver. A way to turn off background sound with the flipper buttons while a ball is waiting in the shooter lane. An option to let you disable lock stealing with the flipper buttons while adding players on a multi-player game. I am considering ways to get these mods into the community. Pinfest might have been a great opportunity.

+1 for ball save!!

Machine - For Sale

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Fully shopped/refurbished - “Nice Pinbot for sale. Recently shopped with new rubbers, new posts, and new balls. Comet frosted white leds were added to top GI. Game plays great! Please review all pictures to de...”

2020-05-05

Richfield, MI

pacman11

2,999 (Firm)

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Status: Didn't sell to Pinsider

Just put up my very nice Pinbot if anyone wants to join the club.