I have a Godzilla - love it! However! I hate how my flips are like buckets, they are super high angle when energized. I don't want them to be droopy when they are down, but I want to eliminate an easy cradle. Has anyone modified the flips on a Sega to eliminate this? Longer coil stop and/or longer plunger, and most likely adjust the EOS? I feel like a lot of Segas have a high angle at max flip.

I saw a post in the Vid Flipper Rebuild Guide from someone speaking my language on this topic, and from what I understand they used Williams mechs to address this.

After work I'm gonna walk over and take apart my flips and compare to some other mechs and see what I can do make the game a bit tougher. I saw this thread and thought I'd see if anyone feels the same way, or has done anything to this end.

Also! Does anyone have a Lost In Space they want to sell?

Not enough damn color! That's what's up in the Sega world.

I am ordering an LED ColorDMD for GZA, just as soon as Randy gets back to me. I saw a sneak peek of the 'work in progress' list. I wasn't sober (good move on their part). No Godzilla, and I don't recall any Segas listed. Green will be fine until a full rom is produced. My fingers are crossed that we get some Sega love soon.

Thank you for the reminder to holler back at Randy.

I have had a ColorDMD in stock for GZA for a few months. The second I saw the news, I installed the display. It’s already better in green sigma mode. Tomorrow will be a colorful day at Monterey Flipper Pinball.

I totally didn’t come back on to explain what it took to achieve my goal. I have thought about it multiple times, just never snapped a photo after we got it dialed in.

So, after swapping plungers, plates, etc, ultimately I left the Sega Flipper mechs, and ended up bending this piece (the rubber grommeted coil stop, whatever that should actually be called) to achieve a shorter Flipper throw. This eliminated the high angle. I did naturally have to realign the flippers afterward.

After all that, we figured the game could stand to be a little more difficult, and put on some lightning flips.

I really appreciate the work we did on the game. It’s become a bit more challenging, and that’s a fine thing.

Later!

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The colorization performed on Godzilla is really great.

ColrDMD FTW.

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