I bought this from a fellow pinsider about 4 years ago.
Everything worked. Cabinet had a lot of flaking and fading. Playfield had some touch ups done at some point. The backbox lock didn’t work so I used a couple clamps to keep the display from swinging open.
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E1ECD589-2616-42DB-9AF4-B98B33C8E550 (resized).jpeg303FAAAF-1E8C-43CF-A2A6-EB2D06D4F51A (resized).jpegAs I was working on the topside I happened to come across the reactive post light LEDs from Stumblor pinball. Since the main objective of this game is destroying the pop up target bases, I thought it would be cool to have reactive post lights behind the targets.
I became so committed to this idea I was willing to drill holes in my new clear coated playfield!
Of course there is a Vids guide on how to do this, which I followed, and luckily didn’t have any issues.
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This is a really cool mod as you can monitor any switch you want to initiate the lights. Through an App you can change the colors and spin patterns.
They ship from England but arrived in a reasonable amount of time. The board works perfectly and all the solder joints look professional. I admire a good solder job as I’ve built Stomp Boxes( guitar effects pedals) for several years for my son, and soldering on tiny boards isn’t easy. They arrived professionally packaged as well. I make a point to note this as I’ve bought pinball mods in the past that arrived in a used ziplock sandwich bag!
4B8947DE-6418-489A-B4CC-6C58370A466F (resized).jpegI sent close to $200 on a reproduction plastic set, so I made plastic protectors out of PETG .060 . I traced the old plastics with a sharpie and cut them out with my small scroll saw.
Not perfect but better than nothing.
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8FE0AC1B-9C26-4BBE-B71D-4BE4700E74EF (resized).jpegEDEFD28D-1231-41BB-A0F9-1C1BA48F0177 (resized).jpegI love my Robowar, i dont ever see it leaving. I would like to update the speakers as well in mine. Id like to clearcoat the PF but mine is so good and clean
Quoted from Vandy89:Put a new sheet of invisiglass in and it’s done.
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Beauty!
As previously stated, you do nice work as does Keith.
Mine next?
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