So, Pinbot was the first pin I purchased,.. it had seen better days and is now between fix, parting out, or trade in (not sure which just yet).... but’s that’s not so bad coz I bought another one in fairly good condition that has zero play issues. Just needs the head and cabinet art tidied up, and some holes filled in. I have a stencil set from Pnball Pimp, but I’m not sure I have the patience and skills to do that properly.

I recall that someone was selling a decal set for the cabinet and head box, but for the life of me I can’t find anyone selling it online. Would appreciate any pointers if the decal set is still available.

Pics are of my Pinbot with the blue /red split theme,.. and of the small collection it belongs to. I’ve done leds and popped some comet matrix post lights to jazz them up a bit. Hasn’t done much to help me avoid those drains,.. but at least it looks nice as I lose my ball yet again for a rash shot (well, at least in my mind). The topper on my Pinbot was actually for the BoP but it arrived broken,.. I thought rather then waste it, I put it on PB, and added a red led strip

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Plastics set can be tricky but they do show up. You have to keep a watch out,.. spiral ramps show up on eBay,.. I managed to get 1 with ramp, and one without,.. spiral ramp decals easy to find. The visor would be a pain. But parts do turn up,.. I just got an excellent adv X ramp from a parted out machine,.. watch out for the top flap,.. on mine it developed the classic stress fracture from the up and down over the years,.. was looking at creating and riveting on my own one... good luck,.. hope it plays well!!

I'm gonna be interested to see what you do about the mylar bubbling. My playfield is generally good,.. but has some minor bubbling that is actually just annoying to see, but I'd like to sort out. Just spend 40 minutes adjusting the play angle to get things "just" right,.. so those evil SDTM drains without touching the ball don't happen so much.

Snap,.. this is my 2nd Pinbot(bottom pic).. that plastic takes a hammering as it is main the target area to advance the planets. Bit faint but there is a 2inch crack in the plastic, under the nut.
The other pic is my 1st Pinbot,.. that has a really tired playfield (see yellowed Mylar)... same spot, broken... it is my “training wheels” pin... learnt heaps from it!!

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My first Pinbot came with an interesting substitution for the face mask... the original must have been smashed up pretty good.

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Seven games in playing 5 ball Pinbot, balls draining faster than a bath, tension and gnashed teeth, can’t crack 700,000,... Pinbot is laughing at me. Game 8 and it all comes together,.. left Ramp over and over, 3 multiballs, and ALL the planets,.. I Rule the Universe,.. several extra balls, and a special,..Final drain at 3.7 million,..without the inflated score by hitting the solar value.

Not my highest score,.. but given how frustrating this game can be for mediocre players like me,... when you do get a good game, Pinbot pays back big time . Pity I forgot to get a picture.

Family vote, and we've decided it is time to go 3 ball on all our machines... as that will mean the visits to the local arcade parlour will be in sync with what we play at home. Interesting how it immediately makes you value each ball staying in play just that little bit more. Those Pinbot drains are still looking a mile wide.

Well this happened tonight... never had the ball stuck here!! Our house rule on stuck ball is recover and drop it back down for a replunge. Anyone got alternatives to that? Lose your ball seems harsh.

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I’d probably do that, except when playing on your own it would a bit like a game of twister with the glass hence the plunge..

Nothing beats replacing an old part with a new part and it all works. My left ramp "Adv X" ramp had a bad split in the top ramp flap, the plastic was very cloudy, and the rivets on the raise mech had lots of cracks. I was getting a lot of air balls due to the split poking up. Replaced the part, applied my own Adv X decal, and all is now well. The ramp raises and lowers nicely, and the balls shoots around the ramp with ease. The plastic is so clear,.. I never knew what I was missing.
Pic is of the new ramp, and then with lights on,.. last one is the old ramp, with a piece of paper to highlight the flap split.

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Actually hit a bit of luck on eBay, as they don't show up much if at all. His id is blazing_blazier and he's in the USA,.. seems to have old pinball parts now and then. This one is from a parted out Pinbot he said,.. but it was in very good condition so don't know,.. but I didn't much care when I got it.

Nice diagrams,.. its a good pin for leds to brighten it up. I also went and did blue/red matrix post lights from Comet pinball to jazz up the playfield a bit more. Probably not to everyones taste but can post a pic if interested.

Here are some pics of my PinBot with Comet Matrix post leds. The Blue is white leds, the Red is Red leds. I actually prefer the white for the posts,... as the Red is a bit bleached out. I have these on ALL the posts that are visible. Did White under Blue posts on BoP and that came out nicely as well. As I say, not something everyone will like, but it has jazzed up the Red/Blue theme somewhat. The mirror blades show you the theme across the playfield. iPhone doesn't take the best of pics unfortunately. The mod hasn't helped my game play ability one little bit though!!

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Comet are in the US, http://www.cometpinball.com/4-SMD-6-3V-LIGHTED-POST-LIGHT-p/mtxpost.htm

Regards the Comet matrix set up for the posts, there is a very thin round led mount under each post. The #44 comes either empty, or you can get a white led on a stalk, ..with a matrix connector. You need a mix of both because there is a tab that sticks out, so in tight spots the empty one allows the tab to sit over it a bit. Follow that link I posted,.. Comet has a video that shows you how it all works. You will need a #44 mount with connector, then a 2 or 3 way splitter, then the led mount. It is all daisy chain. The system does led strips as well, so you can light up other areas like crazy.

I’ll see what I can do. I’m getting ready to head off for TPF soon, so a bit pressed for time. Brisbane to Dallas is a long way to go. I will be wearing my black Pinbot tee shirt.

I bought them on eBay, from a guy in Brisbane (20 minutes from me),.. he runs a bike shop but does it on the side. While he does courier them,. being in the States it would be cost prohibitive.
Maybe try these guys, price is similar...
http://www.pinballdecals.com/MirrorBladesPage.html
Bally/Williams cab shape. Mind you, I had to cut a notch in each blade, where the playfield is mounted on the cab. Ugly. But that is below deck, out of sight.If there is a way to avoid the need to cut the notch, I couldn’t work it out.

See pics,.. I managed to pull the plastics off the sling below the 3 bank drop target. The mount is about 1 mm thick and goes under the post - in old money that's,.. um,.. very thin. The tab sticks out where the wires go to connect to a 2 or 3 way splitter (a matrix component), which connects to the #44 matrix connector. In the pics I have a blue led to the left, 3 white matrix posts leds under 3 blue posts, a 3 way matrix splitter, the a matrix #44 base with a bendy white led attached. The pic with the lights on
On the other closeup pic is the sling by the drain. The matrix #44 is just the base with matrix connector. This allows the tab to sit over the base 50%,.. so the tab doesn't stick out on the playfield.
Last pics show the light show you get,. subject to wash out due to the iPhone not taking great pics with glaring leds. The post lights go on and off with the light the GI lamp would switch. Hope that gives you an idea of the set up.

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Hoping to see Barry Oursler at TPF,.. should be a blast,.. maybe get my PinBot manual signed. May even be cheeky enough to ask why he designed those drains to be so evil .. it must be on purpose, coz it surely can't be me

This is why I wanted to be at TPF,.. for a Pinbot tragic,.. autographs by Barry Oursler !!

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Unless someone beats me to it,.. I can take some hi res pics of that whole dish area and stitch the photos together to create a single jpg, if interested. At work atm (in Aus) so will look at doing it tonight

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here's the pic in mid res that make up that area

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Working from home today ,.. hit a troublesome issue that had me fuming ,.. out to the lounge, flicked the Pinbot on, bashed off 3.5 million and controlled the universe on my 3rd game , returned to work in a much better frame of mind.

Pinball,.. Pinbot,.. jeez some days it just doesn’t get any better.

Just saying

That looks really cool,.. should be a hit with the folks keen on the red/blue theme (like me !!)

Are the switch plates that need to be riveted on available to purchase on any of the usual pinball siites?,.. given I am in Australia, taking mine off would mean I’d be without my Pinbot for ages,..

I can’t claim 9 solar values ,.. BUT, recently and finally, I managed to get a solar value and all planets and the special on ball #1,.. I am still making my way after 2 years of battling those drains, with my mediocre pinball skills. Unhappily I am still yet to roll the score over 9,999,999 ,.. been close

You certainly know when you hit the Solar value on big points,.. the explosions and flashing lights are hard to miss. However getting all the planets and hearing “we control the Universe” is my favourite

Made it a fair few times (I play this game a hell of a lot),.. though you just have to be dialled in to the game on a good day. Best I've EVER made was getting to the sun, and getting multiball on the 1st ball. Never been close to that again. Frankly getting to the sun is what brings me back again and again,... just as I think it is time to let Pinbot go,.. boom,.. a rare top game occurs, and he's staying with me for another 6 months.

I bought one of the blue/red ramps from him,.. it looks excellent,.. will you repaint using stencils? I got pinball pimps stencil kit,.. but haven’t had time to do it,..

I like the blue flasher domes,... may look at that myself,.. blue visor and the new ramp are excellent,..

Aaaaagh,.. I am out of the PinBot owners club,.. so sad to see it go,..but returning home to NZ meant one or two pins in my little collection had to go .. and PinBot drew the short straw
but it is with a family that is truely getting joy from it.

How long will I last without one???,.. given I had two at home for a while (a dunger to learn pinball stuff on, and a good one to play)