Are they not being made anymore?

Well Aurich announced around 9 months ago that the printer he uses was selling off the printers used to print the translites and he made a "last call", however as of a couple months ago the printer has kept 2 of these printers so Aurich is again collecting names for another run.

If anyone wants to jump on board for a new translite and speaker plastic - here is Aurich's thread https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/aurich-s-shadow-translite-final-run-last-call/page/5#post-6044749

It looks like the file is approved and is now available. Enjoy!

https://www.pinsound-community.org/forum/index.php?/files/file/347-the-shadow-ultimate-orchestration-music-and-sfx/

Switched out my backboard decal and modified the lighting,made a little decal extending the cityscape to the blue plastic plate below the battlefield,might try an art deco battlefield theme as well

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Do you have a pic of the decal you had there before?

if you look back maybe three pages you can see it in some of my prior posts . it was the one with a cityscape with purple and blue colors and a moon, the buildings were more like modern buildings though .

old vs new - matches the theme much better and looks great

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Thank you!

Does anyone close to my area (Langhorne, PA) need original ramps for a players Shadow? My game had the Mantis replacement ramps installed when I purchased it but the originals were given to me as well. Right ramp looks fine. Left ramp was spot welded to repair and seems solid...could use some sanding I guess but not sure if that’d compromise the integrity or not.

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That entire part on mine broke off years ago. Amazingly, the game plays just fine without it ...

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My game is missing one of the thumbscrews that secures the mini-playfield. Does anyone have one of these lying around, or know where I might be able to buy a replacement?

mine had the usual corner break when i bought it but worked fine .

as far as i can tell from the original design the rolled edge of the bracket allows the shaft of the the gear to rotate along it and keeps the gear really tight to the teeth of the rack , so with a broken bracket without the shaft contacting the rolled edge it is just the weight of the whole mechanism that keeps the gear from chattering along the rack, it seems like the weight is just enough.

the original design is a damn tight fit( particularly if the set screw or roll pin are not flush) and it seems like it can be too much friction for the motor to turn the gear , i fixed my old bracket with jb weld and using that one or the mantis bracket (with some filing of the rolled edge to even get the gear to fit in the bracket ) my motor would not turn the gear or it would run out of steam after a pass or two back and forth. maybe the motor loses power as it ages as it or the power board does not supply enough voltage to drive the tight setup? would checking the voltages at the motor or power board confirm this theory?

at any rate mine is working really smooth with the mantis bracket filed to allow a " loose" setup.

on a related note anyone have a picture of the inside of the gearbox?

Missing one of? It only uses one (on the left).

Oops! I lifted up the mini-playfield today to take the photo and I just glanced really quickly and it looked like there was a hole on the other side.

I thought the same thing when I first got my shadow.

Yeah, but I've had mine for like eight years, so what's my excuse?

Is this mod still available?

grumpy will make you one if you ask nicely

I can still make one for you if you like.

Hmm!

Hi Shadow fans. I'm sure I'm not alone, but I am looking for a left diverter. The set screw area on mine is in really poor shape. The repro ones I find at Pinball Center in the UK don't look like they are built too sturdy.

I had asked Kerry at Mantis if he would make these, as I'm sure he'd do it justice, but said he didn't have the tooling to do it...so I left mine as they are for now...they seem to be becoming another unobtainium part

I just purchased the Mantis Battlefield replacement part and the ramps. I don't want to install the new ramps until I have the proper parts to put it back together properly.

You Said the set screw was the issue, but that located on the arm...what's wrong there? Pic?

I don't have a picture. The crank arm was blown out so bad I removed the old collar and I welded on a new collar. Honestly, I think someone tried to weld the diverter shaft to the crank arm. I have two new crank arms in my Pinball Life cart. Ultimately I will try to somehow rebuild my left diverter shaft and turn it down on my lathe, or buy a "good" left diverter.

Confused also. If it need a new set-screw, just change the set screw.

I think he's saying the shaft of the diverter is chewed up where the set screw is hitting it.. if he's a skilled tig welder he could add some metal in that area and turn it or grind it smooth again.

Correct. The set screw area is screwed up I'm sure like they most are. What initially looked like somebody tried to weld it, is actually a drill hole from drilling out I think a broken set screw. I welded on a new coller onto the arm and installed a couple 8/32 bolts that I had in stock for now. Just wanted to have everything nice and tight so thought a new diverter with the new pinball life crank arms would be the way to go. In the long run I will probably try tig welding the end of this one and clean it up. When I recently bought the machine, I pulled the crank arm area apart to clean and check, and realized the collar actually had a wood screw on one side of it. Definitely not my cup of tea.

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So it looks like you just need a new crank arm, I would just clean up the shaft with a file as it doesn't look too bad. Unless the diverter has a lot of wobble in the area where the tubing meets the frame, you should be good with the new crank arm. I replaced mine too...worn out a lot like yours.

Replaced my arms with the PBL beefed up bad boys. My rods are just as chewed up. Havent had an issue since.

Maybe I'll just try to clean it up better and order the PL upgraded version. Thank you.

I ended up tig welding a little bit on the end of the divertor shaft as well as on the end of the divertor itself which was beat up from ball's slamming into it. Both are in much better shape now. Now I will order the pinball life upgraded crank arms.

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Nice job!!

Pinball Life upgraded crank arms have been ordered.

Is your friend going to have any more of these made? I would be in for two.

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I just picked up an older set of Pinstadium lights and wanted to try it out on my Shadow. Can someone share their set up for the two wires (four alligator clips) that they found works best for the lighting and flasher. Greatly appreciate the help!

I just installed new Mantis ramps and Pinball Life diverter crank arms. Holy cow, what a difference with the crank arms. To say mine were blown out is an understatement. The ramps are a huge improvement over stock.

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95% complete on my friends Shadow cabinet decals. Just some fine tuning on the backbox edges to go.

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Wow looks great!

Where did you purchase the decals from?

That would be me! I purchased the decals from pinballdecalseu.com. We were surprised by how much more purple the new decals have in them vs. the original but overall it fits the theme I have going with purple flash domes etc. The cabinet restore/clear coat of the playfield was the last item on the list. Can’t wait to get it back. But its good to play Erik’s while I’m waiting for mine!

Thanks! I’m still waiting for my CPR gold playfield to get back from being cleared by Ron Kruzman. Not sure if I want to swap yet since the original Pf is pretty nice already.

I did not trim them to match the original shape. I went to the edge of the backbox and sanded them off at a 45 angle.

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working on a mod for the backbox area,

"day"
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would love to have the lighting changes tied in to the modes or the multiballs as it seems like some of the modes are based on scenes that occur in the night or day but triggering off the switch matrix is not easy or perhaps even possible.

i have it wired with a timing circuit ,looking at the audits average ball time is 70 seconds ( seems low for a player of my skills right ? ) so with the timing change at 60 seconds with a good ball you go through at least one whole day

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Keep pushing forward with this Shadow. Playfield and battlefield have been sanded and final buffed.

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Dang my old original play-field for a addam's family. Shoulda restored it.

Got my first machine last week and still dialing it in. Going to do a flipper rebuild over the next few days.

Just wondering what angle/how steep should the flippers be when activated? Compared to modern stern's I'm having trouble cradling the ball (and is there a big difference between WPC and a modern stern in flipper angles/stroke length).