Im just going by your pinside collection icon by your name. Glad to see we're playing the downvote game again

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You should start a business- buy the decals from Retro. Cut the decal packages up into individual pieces/sides and sell them. I'll take a 10% cut for the idea.

I miss this club when you werent a part of it. Can you sell your machine to ted?

Sorry, but I love my T2! But don't worry, you'll only have to bear with me here, because given the machines you got on your collection, we'll never share another club... ugh...

Oh, and thanks Pete RetroRefurbs for the amazing translite!

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My T2 , when it's done, will probably
Never leave my family.

Oh here is a little sneak peek at some of the amazing chrome work from Chris at pinball plating that will be going on mine. More to come!

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Although I'm sure it won't change Pete's mind, I'd also like to voice my support of individual pieces vs. full sets. Especially in this hobby where so many of these machines are old with various life circumstances, I would think there'd be a market for individual pieces. In addition to the examples above, here's my story: I'd picked up a Black Knight 2000 a while back (which I ultimately traded for my T2) ... the machine had apparently been next to a window for most of its life -- so the art on the right side of the cabinet was literally crumbling off -- yet the left side of the cabinet, and both sides of the head were pristine. I did not need nor want to buy a full set of decals when I only needed the one side... but since I couldn't get just the one, I got none.

I have the exact same situation on my Whirlwind and Earthshaker, just the right side head is faded on ES, and just the left side head is faded on WW. My Road Show just needs the coin door decal because the previous owner filled the security bar holes with bondo and then painted the bondo. He did a decent job, but you can tell where the bondo/paint is because the paint doesn't match the decal colors exactly. Cant buy just those pieces, so I have to live with it. I would love to throw some money at Retro for those, but he wont take it!

Though I acknowledge it's pretty common for one side to fade more than the opposite, no matter how well-conditioned is the side with minimun-to-non fade, the side with the new decal will almost always look much better, don't you agree?

I ironically have one of these. Whats the best way to carve the eyes out and how (other than hollowing out the head area for the VUK).

I assume youre talking about the loot crate one.

I used a dremel on low speed. Used the same sockets and hot glued from the back.

Easy:

1) go to Malenko and Chitownpinball profile pages;
2) click on "forum activity";
3) drain (or avoid) all the listed threads.

I'm not gonna stir the pot with ya Alex, sorry. Pretty sure Ryadimx remembers me from KLOV anyway. But to ignore someone all you need to do is mouse over their avatar and pick ignore , so there's a little short cut for ya!

I thought we were cordial enough in the T2 colorization thread /shrug

Anyfart, Im still a happy member of the T2 club I even have the Data East rip off pin of LW3! :p

Surely it will ... but (one very good + one new) is surely nicer than (one very good + one terrible). These are the only pics I have with me at the moment, but you can see how drastic the difference was between the sides on my BK2K. (Good side shown first, then bad side below.) I definitely would've preferred to replace the terrible side.

Good side

Bad side

I get it, I got it, but good? Not good for customers like us. And as customers, we're *assuming* not good for him, since he's not getting the extra sales. But it's his business, so that's his choice, whatever his rationale. I'm not trying to create drama -- I'm merely raising my hand to reinforce that there are customers out here willing to buy, if he were to decide to be willing to sell.

Anyway, enough on this topic ... back to our regularly scheduled T2 discussions!

So the "Skull shot", I hit it almost exclusively with the right flipper. My buddy Bobby hits is almost exclusively with the left flipper. He cant hit it with the right, I can't hit it with the left.

How do you guys hit it, and who can show me the left flipper technique?

I can hit it with both flippers. The left flipper is just a simple backhand towards the right "wall/lane" and the ball will then drift up into the skull.

Both! See? I didn't ignore you (yet?)... Did you?

Well does the ball speed matter much or is it just hitting it at the correct point on the flipper?

I'm not above pulling the glass off and just trying the shot over and over
I can never hit the "database shot" so I figured I'd work on this shot first. Most of my scoring is done by triggering "payback time" and hitting even more ramps but jackpot and super jackpot is where its at.

And no Alex, I don't ignore anyone.

Whens the last time you completely rebuilt your flippers? Mine were pretty rough before i did it and they are shper snappy and predictable since.

Looks like neither Chitownpinball Otherwise, how could he downvote everyone of my posts?

(OMG, what a huge example of teenage drama...)

Ive owned the pin about a year, didn't rebuild anything. I don't think they are the issue, I'm pretty sure I am. For all the pins I own I aim for stuff on the right with the left flipper and vice versa. With Comet I can hit the center ramp all day long with the right flipper....not so much with the left

I definitely need to replace the escape route targets though, they are beat to hell and misaligned.

I can backhand a lot of shots on T2, but its not my go to method. I definitely try to hit the skull drop with the right flipper. Its just easier.

I still have this issue. Has any one ever figured out why this happens? We have to back up a letter before putting in the intitials to get all 3. Otherwise its 2 and done. Super annoying.

I jut reverted from the profanity rom to L8 but I havent broke 200M yet :/
Maybe I'll pull the glass and give it a go and see what happens.

Let me know. This has been driving me nuts for years now. No one ever had a good answer.

That is odd. I'm running L-8 and do not have this issue.

Any place else sell a package deal like this, or have all the parts.......cheaper?
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/TS1779

ChiTown, I'll give the 200M+ points thing a go this weekend, just not enough hours in the day during the week.

You dont gotta tell me man, no worries. I barely have an hour a day where im not doin SOMETHING. Its go go go go bed most of the time.

As for the targets. I got the reinforced targets from pinball resource for my center targets. They get destroyed if theyre just the normal ones. My right one constantly leaned. Now they stay put.

Malenko ya I would use http://www.pinballlife.com/, I just ordered a full set there. The total was roughly 83.00. Basically, I always check Pinball LIfe first, then go to Marco, the prices are way better.

You will need 6 white and 3 red of these:
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=313

And 3 red of these: (I have 3 brand new ones I can sell you for a deal)
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=1256

You dont recommend the reinforced ones for the center stand ups? Mine got trashed SO fast.

I'll probably get 3 "enhanced" ones and regular for the rest

I used all pinball life target on my POTC and those targets get smashed constantly, i have had zero issues... I actually dont even know what the difference is on the "reinforced" ones.

They dont move side to side like the regular ones do over time. That right target in the center bank of 3 takes a crazy beating on my machine. Ive watched people miss shots and rail on that target over and over before. I may just have too many amateurs over...haha

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Chitownpinball Interesting, thank you for sharing... So check this out! Looks like Pinball life's targets are in fact the reinforced ones, I just installed these last night, see the photo below

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I dont think those are the same. Look how the metal wraps around the reinforced ones to stop the target from moving left to right. Yours do not have that.

Also I think the center stand ups are front mounted.

Got ya, and yes these are the side targets, not center. And ill see how they fair, if they explode ill rebuild them or get new ones

Quick question: is the kick back in the left lane supposed to always kick the ball? Mine works sometimes and sometimes doesn’t. I tested the left outlane switch and the kickback solenoid and they always work in the test menu. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Mine always works when the Kickback light is on. When the Kickback light is off it doesn't work.

Thanks, that explains it. I did not notice the kickback light before.

You can re-lite it by completing the 3 orange standups on the right... ...........Joey

Still waiting on mirror blades but other than that I'm happy with it. The camera doesn't record the colors well and make it look a lot more purple than it is. Also yeah I know the spotlights are a bit much but they definitely help light up the table in my dark game room. And it's my machine so... hahaha

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Looks great Cdonnerusmc are any of those lights UV?

Well, things where going great then I went to install the c clip deals,,, cracked the surface such a sad day

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Hey Ya T2 metal heads,
anyone attempted to make a shield of some sort that fits behind the skull head to prevent a odd air ball dropping in behind it, TIA

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Mine had foam there. I think it might be a fix Williams suggested?

there's a maintenance notice that. It is Service Bulletin #33. I've attempted to attached for your reference.

Williams_1991_Terminator_2_Judgment_Day_Service_Bulletin_33.pdf

Anyone know why T2 flipper coils use 2 return springs?? One on the plunger and one on the switch arm?

Seems to me it's a little excessive and prevents full range of motion.

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