Hi all,

Just recently joined the club after acquiring a really nice LOTR which was my grail pin number 2, the game has never seen an arcade and has been used in the home all it's life, if the audit is to be believed it has had 193 plays, the cab is near perfect and has no wear around the flipper buttons. It even still had the little unopened goody bag which contained the keyring and spare bulbs/spinner decals. Probably the closest I will ever come to owning a NIB game.

Aside from a colour DMD the game is pretty much stock in terms of bulbs and I'm looking to fit an LED OCD board and put some LED's in, generally I get these from a local supplier as I'm UK based but for this game I'd like to do something special and put Comet LED's in.

Looking on their site there is so many options for LED's, can any recommend which ones to get for the GI, backboard and under playfield lights?

Thanks!

Thanks, do you just use these for GI? What do you use for under the playfield and backboard? I will probably keep the game 'earthy' with a bit of colour here and there. I was thinking a bit of green around the slings and perhaps some red round the pops but not a huge amount that makes it looks like a huge multicoloured mess.

Thanks, that looks really good. I will look into the "sunlight" bulb when I come to LED the game!

Here's a question and the ONLY issue I'm experiencing with my game currently. The VUK for Gollum shot is too powerful. What I'm finding is the game kicks the ball up with such force that it goes up the ball-guide, right round and then hops over the edge of the lane straight back into the VUK. Does anyone know if this coil has settings? I've looked in the menus and can't see any and the game is leveled properly.

Default should be "EYE" with a time of 10 minutes. When you beat it you can put your own initials in. It should show up in the settings, perhaps look under where you reset the scores?

Also thanks for the info Busa. Will check out the coil settings.

Quick question, if anyone knows. What is the purpose of this post (circled in red)? I'm finding every 5 or 6 times the ball comes down the wireform out the ring so fast that it hops of at the last 'curve', over the edge and gets stuck between this post and the wireform and no amount of nudging or shaking will free it. I have to take the glass off and push the ball down into gollums cave. For the moment as a temporary fix I've removed it and put a rubber round the top of where it screws into to see if when it does hop over the edge it might just roll onto the hole instead, but I haven't had it happen again yet!

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Thanks, that was just an example picture as I couldn't get one on my machine but I will have a look when I get home.

1. Yes, there is a coil strength setting in the game menu, can be set to low, medium or high. I set mine to low though and found sometimes it wasn't kicking hard enough to get the ball into the shooter lane, so left it at medium.

2. Never had it happen to me, but I imagine yes if it is travelling fast enough this could totally happen.

3. No idea, sorry!

I think you are mistaken sir, I see no color DMD in that game still

Just wanted to share what I finished doing today, a mixture of Comet LED's and ones sourced locally (I wanted to get comet ones - add something special to the game!) Thoughts? Also added an LED OCD board and did superbands while I was at it.

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I'm giving it a go - the purple does actually make a nice contrast but I have green ones I might try substituting in

Getting away from the ball times argument currently dominating this thread...

Does anyone know where I can buy a topper for LOTR? I think lasserric(?) used to produce this one but can't find it for sale anymore.

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I'd like to get something similiar to match my T2 topper, I'm not keen on putting minifigs on top of my game (the last owner did this and it has left nasty patches where the hot glue kept them in place). Or if anyone has one of the above toppers and is willing to ship overseas I'd be greatful.

Thanks!

Decided to get rid of the purple's and go back to green above the POTD, looks much better. Interesting to try though! Such a small thing but can make a lot of difference, also swapped the reds and oranges above the ring and mount doom around so it fits better.

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At that's a shame, really liked the look of that one but would be after any with that sort of style.

Possibly if there is shipping to the UK.

Fitted my Mount Doom mod today from PinballCharlie - took 10 minutes and plugged nicely into the PowerTap I have set up in the game (too many mods that use the same connector!). I can claim first fitting in the UK too!

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Mine also has that Gandalf and I know for a fact it is a late run. (Early 2003 runs in the UK had skill posts, mine is I believe from 2006 as it has none, I wish I could verify but the manufacturing date sticker on the back is torn off). I'd say the explanation that they ran out of figures so this one was used in later runs is pretty plausible.

I guess it's just hard to think of the LE as an LE, as it's a from a time when Stern were only just starting to think about doing special editions of games. The actual gameplay and playfield doesn't vary at all, neither does the game's artwork. I believe what the LE had was the actual glass with the infamous dick, gold rails, a LE number? Gold legs and of course absent figures. I think it also has a shaker fitted too. Why it has a lower rating however, I have no idea, apart from the missing figures it's exactly the same game. And as you say, just buy figures and add them in. I don't understand why the LE has a lower rating at all.