Sacramento, CA
Working on my dad's RS this afternoon. Almost ready to start the re-install of the rest of the topside, waiting for some LEDs to arrive.
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Quoted from mcluvin:I can't find the pic, but somebody painted one in Dewalt yellow and black and I thought it looked real good.
If you find the pic please post it up. On a construction themed pin that's the way I would go if I paint mine, since I'm not down with the Fisher-Price looking paint schemes.
Off-topic of radio colors..
Does anyone know if any ROM revision used to have some kinda bonus for completing the wheel?
Quoted from Cam:Looks good. Wanna mail it to me?!
I'll trade you radios for a few hours of pinball on your awesome collection next trip in? 
If anybody is interested I have this topper for sale 120.00 shipped us.
http://www.pinballtoppers.com/Roadshow.html
Thanks
I am finally in the club!
Played this a lot (every day) back in the days.
Looking forward to fixing all the small stuff. The usual: Ted eyelids, apron, and Cliffy protectors to the start city and blast hole.
I have the LX-3 roms, but I can't seem to find how to turn off the shaker? Any hints? New roms?
Axl
Quoted from Axl:I am finally in the club!
Played this a lot (every day) back in the days.
Looking forward to fixing all the small stuff. The usual: Ted eyelids, apron, and Cliffy protectors to the start city and blast hole.
I have the LX-3 roms, but I can't seem to find how to turn off the shaker? Any hints? New roms?
Axl
If I remember right it is in the adjustments somewhere. Check your manual
Pyongyang
Quoted from Axl:I am finally in the club!
Played this a lot (every day) back in the days.
Looking forward to fixing all the small stuff. The usual: Ted eyelids, apron, and Cliffy protectors to the start city and blast hole.
I have the LX-3 roms, but I can't seem to find how to turn off the shaker? Any hints? New roms?
Axl
You need revision L-6:
Added adjustment for the shaker motor (default=NORMAL)
Values are NORMAL, SOFT, and OFF
Quoted from rygar:You need revision L-6:
Added adjustment for the shaker motor (default=NORMAL). Values are NORMAL, SOFT, and OFF
Also very useful update in L-6:
Added special code to limit the amount of time the Red and Ted eyelids are activated to prevent the coils from overheating.
I should be joining the club later today!
Question for you guys - what have you done about missing posts at the top of the Blast Zone targets? Looks like that area takes a beating.
*edit* Never mind! It appears Cliffy makes a repair kit. Thanks, Cliffy!
3 weeks later
I'm finally in the club. This RS is mint.
So a couple of questions for fellow owners out there..
I have a few things happening on my table, a couple I would like to dial out, and one that I am not sure if is by design or not.
1) I am getting airballs off the white standup to the right of the bunker lock. Sometimes so powerful It hops the plastic and ends up on the right loop portion of the blast zone shot. I replaced the foam behind the standup, but it continues from time to time. How can I stop this? The standup target has a couple of wear grooves on its sides, could that be directing the ball?
2) Sometimes the ball gets stuck on the inverted V made by the ball guides right to the right of the skill shot hole. There is a post in the middle there with a new rubber, and I bent it slightly out and that seems to help, but I don't want to push it. Anyone else have this happen?
3) Now I am not sure if this is desgined behavior or not, but when exiting the habitrail on the right, the ball sometimes lands in the middle-right outlane instead of the left one which the exit slot on the wireform is directly over. Is this normal? or does yours always 100% of the time land on the left outlane triggering the bridge out lights?
Quoted from purplemunkydishw:So a couple of questions for fellow owners out there..
I have a few things happening on my table, a couple I would like to dial out, and one that I am not sure if is by design or not.
1) I am getting airballs off the white standup to the right of the bunker lock. Sometimes so powerful It hops the plastic and ends up on the right loop portion of the blast zone shot. I replaced the foam behind the standup, but it continues from time to time. How can I stop this? The standup target has a couple of wear grooves on its sides, could that be directing the ball?
2) Sometimes the ball gets stuck on the inverted V made by the ball guides right to the right of the skill shot hole. There is a post in the middle there with a new rubber, and I bent it slightly out and that seems to help, but I don't want to push it. Anyone else have this happen?
3) Now I am not sure if this is desgined behavior or not, but when exiting the habitrail on the right, the ball sometimes lands in the middle-right outlane instead of the left one which the exit slot on the wireform is directly over. Is this normal? or does yours always 100% of the time land on the left outlane triggering the bridge out lights?
1) bought a new reinforced target, I have no bounce issues
2)Does not happen to me
3)Usually goes down the left inlane for me.
Quoted from Sammy31:Congrats! Surprisingly great pin.
Has great shots, especially the one that goes behind both heads. Keeps surviving my cuts...
Thanks! The shots are amazing.
Just joined the club yesterday! Picked up a major RS Project and I'm really looking forward to the restoration. Does anybody have a collection of tear down and re assembly pictures they want to share? All of my parts are in boxes and I could really use some reference pictures. Thanks,
Mike
Peer
Quoted from Pinballdoctor1:All of you guys need my lockmod !
What's a lockmod?
Grimmenstein
Quoted from purplemunkydishw:2) Sometimes the ball gets stuck on the inverted V made by the ball guides right to the right of the skill shot hole. There is a post in the middle there with a new rubber, and I bent it slightly out and that seems to help, but I don't want to push it. Anyone else have this happen?
This happens sometimes here too. Only hard nudging can free the ball - but risking a tilt. I even tried to put a bigger rubber in it but the ball still sometimes gets stuck right in the gap between the two ball guides. It seems to be a very slight production tolerance, on one machine it happens on the other not. I just put a grey tape from one side of the ball guide to the other one (so that there is no gap). Now it does not happen anymore...
Quoted from ClarkKent:The lock mod is simply a small DMD mounted on the plastic above the upper small flipper which show the status of the lock. Looks nice IMHO.
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The only thing that would make that better is if it looked like this:
Quoted from ClarkKent:The lock mod is simply a small DMD mounted on the plastic above the upper small flipper which show the status of the lock. Looks nice IMHO.
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What's the cost of your lock mod? Can we see a video of it in action.
Quoted from Pugsley:The only thing that would make that better is if it looked like this:
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I think this would be a little bit too BIG... 
Quoted from ClarkKent:This happens sometimes here too. Only hard nudging can free the ball - but risking a tilt. I even tried to put a bigger rubber in it but the ball still sometimes gets stuck right in the gap between the two ball guides. It seems to be a very slight production tolerance, on one machine it happens on the other not. I just put a grey tape from one side of the ball guide to the other one (so that there is no gap). Now it does not happen anymore...
Good idea. I will give that a shot.
I ended up having to search high and low for a white stand up target (everyone was OOS) but I finally found one...seems to have fixed my airball issues.
Ted broke a wire to one of his eye coils now.....so it's time to pull the ramps and do some cleaning.
1 week later
At what point in the game does Red fall asleep?
Reason I am asking is that somewhere in the board something is broken, and I've gotten too lazy to fix. I swapped the cables and Red works just fine as Ted, so I know it is on the board somewhere. Tested the transistor and the pre drive transistor, and both checked out. I just cannot recall her falling asleep, so if she doesn't....well f it I am not gonna fix it!
Quoted from dsuperbee:At what point in the game does Red fall asleep?
Reason I am asking is that somewhere in the board something is broken, and I've gotten too lazy to fix. I swapped the cables and Red works just fine as Ted, so I know it is on the board somewhere. Tested the transistor and the pre drive transistor, and both checked out. I just cannot recall her falling asleep, so if she doesn't....well f it I am not gonna fix it!
I don't think *Red* ever falls asleep.
*Ted* falls asleep to light multiball..
Quoted from Coyote:I don't think *Red* ever falls asleep.
*Ted* falls asleep to light multiball..
That is what I thought....sweet!
Quoted from purplemunkydishw:Red does go to sleep at game over, but that's it.
Ok, I can deal with that later, but not gonna put the board work off too long.
I had to do some work to fix a broken wire on teds coils, so I took the time to try a simple little mod...
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A couple of comet LED strips stuck to the the outside of the inside curve of the ramps, really makes them pop. On the inside curve so the leds are facing away from the player so it doesn't look distracting.
I also swapped the blast zone flasher cap with a red one instead of the yellow, I find it a lot less harsh and looks better overall.
I also put in a blue pop bumper cap LED ring instead of the white one, again, I find it doesn't look as intense as the white one did and adds nice splash of color.
Quoted from purplemunkydishw:I had to do some work to fix a broken wire on teds coils, so I took the time to try a simple little mod...
IMG_20160419_223146079_(resized).jpg
A couple of comet LED strips stuck to the the outside of the inside curve of the ramps, really makes them pop. On the inside curve so the leds are facing away from the player so it doesn't look distracting.
I also swapped the blast zone flasher cap with a red one instead of the yellow, I find it a lot less harsh and looks better overall.
I also put in a blue pop bumper cap LED ring instead of the white one, again, I find it doesn't look as intense as the white one did and adds nice splash of color.
Great idea! Looks really nice!
Mike
Quoted from dsuperbee:At what point in the game does Red fall asleep?
Game over.
Red - "Bye Bye Now".
(Game over music continues)
1 week later
Quoted from lllvjr:Ok so a sold a nos ted head a few years ago.. If anyone knows a person with it or a used one they can help save this game
OMG needs a body too!
Quoted from lllvjr:Ok so a sold a nos ted head a few years ago.. If anyone knows a person with it or a used one they can help save this game
The number of NOS parts to bring this game back is going to be very expensive.
Some are nearly unobtainable, based on visible damage, some existing parts cannot be reused.
Looks like this was in a fire and the playfield glass popped, and things kept right on going.
Quoted from xTheBlackKnightx:The number of NOS parts to bring this game back is going to be very expensive.
Some are nearly unobtainable, based on visible damage, some existing parts cannot be reused.
Looks like this was in a fire and the plafyield glass popped, and things kept right on going.
Could always become a Rudy head 
Quoted from lllvjr:Ok so a sold a nos ted head a few years ago.. If anyone knows a person with it or a used one they can help save this game
Ok on ebay there are several parts for ted for sale, back of head, hard hat, jaw and some gears I think
you may want to jump on them before they are gone
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