New member to the club! Picked up my Shadow on Thursday and still need to unload it from the van. I'll be performing Sanctum repair and full tear down shop job.

I'm beginning to wade through this massive thread, but had a few questions.

1. Has anyone installed one of those playfield protectors? What are the thoughts on those? Wondering if I should install one since I'll be doing a tear down?

2. OCD LED board. Should I install one and what's the price?

3. I'm missing a ring cover, are those available?

Thanks.

Thanks for the OCD info. Thinking I'll buy one for No Fear also, that would look so much better with those effects too.

What was the cost of plating the wireforms? Will consider doing that when I shop my Shadow depending on the price.

Thanks.

I'll post my thoughts on these when I receive them in a week.

Yeah no idea they were re-made because I wasn't even looking for a set. Mine are ok, but a bit dull and I was considering sending them with my wireforms to be re-plated or whatever. I saw that thread and was thinking, for $37 shipped, might as well check them out.

I thought the exact same thing when I read Rick's statement the repro phurbas already exist. I dunno, maybe he should be posting in the club threads on occasion with news about what's available for that game. I probably already would've ordered a set from him if I saw a post about it. Proof is that I did order a set when I saw a post - mine are just coming from Poland.

Glad to hear about the rings too. I just bought a used ring from someone, but had I known new rings were coming, I likely would have waited or at least asked about the price.

That PPS site is totally off my radar and I've never ordered from them. Know who I do order from? The vendors I see posting here. Pinball Life, Comet, Cointaker, a dude from Poland, etc...

So I've been playing my Shadow with the wall target switch unplugged because of my Sanctum playfield wear. This way I can still play the game, balls will lock, just the magnet is disabled and the brick wall always down.

Was up late last night and decided to plug the wall back in and cover the Sanctum with a playing card. Worked the first few balls and then the card dimpled where the playfield divot wear spot is, so the ball would just stay in place when the magnet activated.

Needed something sturdier than a playing card. Got it! An old credit card worked perfectly!

Video here:
https://goo.gl/photos/ePjXY2BZDKNef1j97

So now I can play The Shadow with all features working until I'm finish other projects and then can tear it down and repair properly. I'll install target decals for Battlefield and Mongol standups, cityscape on the back wall, new ring that will fix my two rings, repro phurbas, OCD LED board (decided that is well worth it), add spotlights (what a dark playfield), Titan colored rubber (not sure which color yet), Mirror blades, and will be sending out the wireforms to Mike Chestnut for brass plating.

Sometimes you don't even know you want something until you see it mentioned, and then you're like, "oh yeah, I could use that."

Why not "blame" a vendor for not advertising in game specific threads like the club threads? PPS would've sold me a set of phurbas - I wasn't looking for them, but when I saw someone else selling repros, it was an impulse $37 purchase for me since I had been thinking about sending them to Mike Chestnut with my wireforms. Didn't even think about buying repros, was just going to refinish them, but repros I'm sure are cheaper.

A vendor should post when they have new merchandise, that's a no brainer. PPS has Shadow rings on the way, which are highly sought after. Yet they haven't posted letting everyone know when they'll arrive and the price. I would've waited for their repros possibly instead of just buying a used ring for $45. In that case, yes I Googled and repros don't exist - but PPS advertising "coming soon" would've earned a future sale.

You're missing the point and selectively quoting me out of context.

But it's fine, I have my repro phurbas on the way from Poland and a used ring from a Pinsider....and the phurbas were cheaper than PPS. No idea if the ring was cheaper though since PPS never said, "Hey guys, great news! Shadow rings are on the way and they will likely cost $xx."

Topic dead.

Anyone have a spare right sling plastic to sell? My left plastic is fine, so would rather not buy a set.

Thanks, I don't need a brand new one. Just a decent used one. Mine is busted at the top hole and bottom hole. Will send you a PM.

Keeping with the thread topic, it could be call ShadowNet.

A used right sling plastic is on the way to me courtesy of woody76.

I've been falling asleep to the Shadow movie the past week. Not a bad movie actually and a must see if you have the pin just to understand the Scenes and callouts, etc.

If anyone is a fan of comics, like I am, then here's the newest Shadow issue (#1) just released.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6716120/The%20Shadow%20001.cbr

Hey that's a terrific backglass. Where did you get that? Best one I've seen and that I'd even consider spending $$ on.

Yeah, the original doesn't bother me either, but that's a sweet backglass.

What translate art did you create?

Who did you buy it from? I'd like to send that person a PM asking if another could be printed.

Misread what you wrote. Thought you said you set the bar high and made me think you made one I haven't seen.

I PMed the Pinsider who made that translite and at this time he's not interested in making any more. Sounds like it was a pain in the ass, "It is two layers, the reverse layer is a decal that blacks out the light for all the blacks. And it has custom flex LED's that cast real shadows on his face. "Not always visible when people take photos of it" So it was a major pain to make."

Would love to have this one too. But still, I really don't think the original is bad and it doesn't bother me in the least. I'm not going to spend nearly $200 just to swap out the translite and speaker panel art. Googly Eye Baldwin is priceless.

Got the repro Phurbas from the Pinsider in Poland and they are very well done.

Here's a pic of the originals installed and you can see they almost look silver when in the game. Second pic shows an original on the left and repro on the right. When out of the game and with camera flash, the color doesn't look as faded on the original. But to the eye, they just look dingy.

Now had I even thought about it, I just would've tried re-finishing the originals. But when I saw someone selling the repros, I assumed it was a part not available, so I jumped at getting them. But for only $37 shipped, heck, was worth saving my time since I obviously still have to fully tear down Shadow and restore it. Although the credit card over the Sanctum wear does work perfect.

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Very cool! If you ever decide to sell the extra one, let me know.

Nice if true!!

Oh for sure! Just checked out their FB page and totally is the Shadow!

Got my "lost plastic" cityscape for the black, back wall with the flashers. Love it! This is just loosely installed because I need to restore the game, so it's not quite level, but I needed to install this. Took 5 minutes to remove the flasher covers and the two bolts for the chute. Put it in place and screw the flasher covers and chute back in place.

I highly recommend this very attractive, inexpensive mod because it really should've been there stock.

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That's not the case at all with the one I have. Print is crisp and clear, all holes lined up fine and although it is not plastic, you can see from one of my pics that it is thick and durable. Plus it's not like this piece will get any wear since nothing touches it.

And I tried to find who re-drew this after seeing mentions like you said "someone redrew this", but never a mention of who to contact.

Next. Need to buy target decals. I see there are a few different designs. Anyone have pics of their Battlefield and Mongul targets?

Good stuff to know that I wouldn't have known either if this happened to me.

Post some pics and video since you already have it.

Thanks! Post 'em if you got 'em.

Agree. Make sure each diverter is plugged into the correct connector. Probably each fix with connectors being swapped.

Yup, almost like the game has a weak shaker motor inside. Hum is the magnet engaging too.

I'd like to see video with the original translite ,but yeah, that color looks awful with the alt translite. Doesn't even look green, looks like aqua or something.

I haven't seen this alt translite before. I like it a lot because it's nearly original. Anyone have this on their pin?

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Not the case here. I have no interest in adding that alt translate but a lot of interest adding a colordmd.

Yeah I agree. I like the game has the movie theme and it makes sense to have a movie themed translite. Replacing Alec with The Shadow is perfect for my taste in the game.

I am definitely too cheap to buy the alternatives I've seen so far. Would rather spend the $$ on the ColorDMD.

Just got these drop target and standup target decals? Anyone else have these? I don't like when there are so many targets that don't have artwork. Frankenstein is another game that is improved with the target decals.

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Movie is much better when knowing the pin first and then watching the movie. I'm like, "Oh~! That's what a Berylium sphere is." And, "Hey! Is that Magento and Gandolf in the movie?"

I dig those and for only $18 I'll try one out. Sending PM now.

I'll post pics of mine. I installed them right after taking the pic but didn't take more pics. By the wall, did you mean that sole red target? I was told that was included to show the artwork on another set of drop targets. So that red one isn't for anything on the game unless you get a complete set for the drops.

Just saw these Sanctum decal appear on eBay. Are these the ones that the gray color doesn't match well with the playfield?

ebay.com link: SHADOW Pinball Machine Sanctum Overlay Decal

Got them from eBay and I think there's another set available too.

ebay.com link: NEW DESIGN SHADOW DELUXE Target Cushioned Decal Set Pinball Machine

I have the file So you can print your own. I haven't printed any yet though.

Thanks for that heads up, I just PMed the seller to buy it. Since I just sold a pin and a MAME machine I have the spare hobby money for it. I'll sell the stock translate and DMD cover so that will lower the price too.

I also just remembered I have my slot machine stocked with $300 in quarters and I have installed tournament ROMs, so quarters aren't used anymore. Taking them to the bank today and then will order a ColorDMD. Likely will keep the DMD as a spare instead of selling it. That's a great part to have if finding a project pin with bad DMD

My flashers seem to go off when making the ramp shots and during different modes I guess. Is the ramp switch registering the ball? If not, then the flasher won't go off.

Ordered the ColorDMD today! Looking forward to getting that installed and then soon will begin the tear down and restore of Shadow. I just keep playing it and don't want to stop, so I play it with a credit card taped over the sanctum wear and the Rings lights out. But what a great game!

I missed out on that one. But it's actually ok because I forgot I had that $$ earmarked for the OCD LED board. I'd be happy with just the DMD plastic with your graphics. But will def keep my eye out if you release one. Feel free to mark me down as a full kit if just the DMD section is not an option. Thanks.

Was just playing a few games and the left dome flasher lights up when the orbit playfield is hit - a little passed the flashed up the left orbit.

Ordered mine end of last week and hope to have it this week. Remembered I had $300 in quarters stocked in a slot machine and also have an older 720p projector to eBay. So that will cover the difference AND an OCD LED board.

That speaker panel matches well with that translite. I got the speaker panel too, but didn't match up with the stock translite. But worth the try for only $18.

Sure, go ahead and PM me if you have the name handy. Thanks.

Good question. I need to read the manual to understand that scoring. If I find anything out I'll post it. Of course I'm sure someone else knows off the top of their head and can chime in.

I love the secret Laugh Mode. Try to get it every game and it can be tough to do.

Great info! I'll be doing my Sanctum repair soon.

Hoping my ColorDMD arrives today or tomorrow. Also waiting for the shaker motor for my Baywatch to arrive. Might be a pinball modding weekend if I'm lucky.

Damn ColorDMD isn't arriving until Tuesday. Man, I'd think shipping would be quicker for $400 plus $20 for shipping.

My ColorDMD arrives tomorrow (seriously, the slow shipping SUCKS) and I'll finally see one in person and be able to judge for myself. I agree that $400 is a large amount for a mod, but I had most of that sitting in a slot machine of mine so I used those for the purchase. Hope it's worth it.

No ColorDMDs are available for my other games yet though, so buying more won't be an issue.

But Baywatch will never get one, No Fear I wouldn't bother doing, Breakshot will never be done - and will be gone from my lineup soon, same with X-Files. But might consider one for TFTC.

ColorDMD was installed tonight and awesome! I'm a believer now.

My wife said this was she saw it:

"Wow! That looks great! Let's get them for all our games."

And when I showed her dots mode (was on hi-res) she said, "Why would anyone choose THAT over hi-res?"

Yeah, hi-res is sweet looking. But what's the diff between hi-res and scan mode?

Ok, will set to scan and see. Also will try DotsXL to see what that looks like. But don't think we'll like it more than scan or hi-res.

Oh, and yeah, the green is totally wrong and I'm hoping an updated ROM is released. The color is really off and doesn't look right.

Super news. I'll be doing this update in a few hours and I'm sure it's a huge improvement. That other green color was too girlie or something.

Yup, must improved and looks great. Terrific work on the update.

Terrific price! Congrats!

I'd like to see pics of your wireforms. I'll be sending mine out soon and would love to see what the end results are.

I did those LED strips behind the flippers like that on Baywatch, but had to remove them because they glared badly on the DMD. Maybe because the Baywatch DMD is larger? Do you have that issue? Once I saw the reflection of those strips in the DMD, I couldn't unsee them and it became distracting.

Everything looks super though!

I ordered gold mirror blades during the Black Friday sale at pinballsidemirrors.com. Only way I would buy them since they are so $$ any other time. Can't wait to see how they look, but they won't be installed until I get around to doing the full tear down. Will also have the trails brass plated, so the entire game will look sharp.

Can you share this file so I can burn it for mine. Always wondered why the volume wasn't in English when everything else was.

What is the part number for a flasher bulb socket? I've ordered sockets my last two parts orders and have gotten the smaller diameter sockets. I didn't see the socket part # in the manual and would like to get the last flasher working.

Thanks.

Removed the battlefield drop target mech yesterday and cleaned it because it was filthy and the targets were slow going down. Also noticed the targets had stopped raising. Got everything put back together and still targets wouldn't raise, but they were nice and snappy going down at least.

Noticed F103 was blowing but was curious why the battlefield drops weren't on that fuse. Q32 seemed to test fine, but removed the board so it was easier to test. Tested all the transistors and Q26 was bad. That controls the single drop target for the battlefield entrance - also on F103.

The coil plunger was stuck so I removed the whole mech. Coil overheated and melted the sleeve, which in turn blew Q26 - hopefully nothing else further up like a pre-driver or chip.

Luckily I have a spare transistor and the correct coil in my parts, so replacing them now and hopefully all works well. Also cleaned the single drop mech because had such gunk in there. If I had the space in my workshop, I'd get Shadow in there and do the full tear down and sanctum repair that's needed.

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Fried coil replaced and the drop mech cleaned. Then replaced the Q26 TIP102 transistor and everything working again.

Except getting garbage on the colordmd screen. Checked and reseated every connector and just going to flash the colordmd rom again to see if that fixes it.

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Turns out a ColorDMD Shadow updated was released on Christmas. Good thing I needed to check, so heads up to anyone who hasn't applied the latest update.

http://www.colordmd.com/download.php?rom=TS_3_2

The Stern is the identical to the 26-1200 coil that was installed.

And my display issue was just that I missed a plug on the board.

I bought a pair during the sale but haven't unpacked them yet. Waiting until I do the full tear down shop job and also send the wire forms out to get brass plated.

You don't find a bad playfield glare with LEDS in the back box?

Decal thread:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/shadow-sanctum-new-decal-mod

That's what I'll be doing when I tear down my Shadow. Fill the hole, and I do mean hole, in the sanctum spot, paint gray and apply the waterslide decal and then mylar.

I would use the green dot if it was just a paint wear spot though. But this is a friggin divot.

I think mine is worse than that. Right now I have a Sanctum decal that someone gave me, applied to a credit card and then scotched tape in place over the area. Total MacGuyer temporary fix. But it looks ok, magnet works fine thru the credit card, and I can play and have fun while working on other projects. Always hate taking a working game out of commission when it's one I enjoy playing.

Anyone need an original translite and speaker panel plastic?

Finally began the tear down of The Shadow. Bottom of the playfield is fully shopped, cleaned, all the kickers and flippers rebuilt. Tonight I was able to remove the ramps and wireforms, which was the goal since I'm sending the wireforms to be re-plated. While they are away, I'll repair the Sanctum wear and order the couple of plastics I need.

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I'll be sending to the guy who took over for Mike chestnut. I know Mike's quoted price to me was $160, so I'll see if the price remains the same.

Anyone have spare plastics for sale? They can be used. Need the plastic that are around the left ramp and extend under the Battlefield. Also the long plastic on the right side of the playfield that the wireforms go over.

Wireforms are back from Chris at hotrodarcade.com

Shiny and new now!!

Before is the 1st pic obviously.

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Who has the best price for backbox decals? I'd like to replace mine if I can find a set for well under $100.

Working on two Shadows and made stadium lighting for the one on the right. Using a Stern red DMD in the left Shadow and the red looks fantastic actually.

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Both will be for sale soon. Deciding which one will get the newly plated wireforms and gold mirror blades. Likely the one on the right just because the left one is a re-import and I know some people are weird about that for some reason.

Yeah cool side by side pic. I like the original with the orange DMD and yours with the red DMD. I'm one of the people who don't mind the original translite but it's the speaker panel with the floating heads that irks me.

Here are pics of the stadium lighting I made for Shadow - actually make it for all my games - but the results on Shadow are exceptional. The entire playfield is well lit evenly so you can clearly watch the ball get thrown behind the wall and the Battlefield is evenly lit. I see guys installing all sorts of spotlights and LED strips to try and light the Battlefield with not so great results.

The stadium lights will also reduce the glare from the translite if you have it bursting with rays of light from LEDs (like the photos a few posts up). Not sure how that game can be played with the bright glare from the translite reflecting on the glass?

My inserts are LED but the GI is still incandescent bulbs because you don't need the LEDs to help light the playfield. So the GI will still fade and the GI looks WAY better with normal bulbs anyway.

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Sure, just black out sections of the LED strips with electrical tape or whatever.

You can DIY the stadium lighting like I do. Under $40 for stadium lighting, no spotlights or other LED strips to add. No wiring into the game's wiring either because I plug the 12v power supplies from the stadium lighting strips into the service outlet, not the game's 12v or anything. Done and done with the entire playfield lit up evenly.

Lots of great ideas and examples in this thread. You can search my name in the thread and see what I did.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/poor-mans-stadium-lighting/page/7#post-4465596

4 shots away from completing the Final Battle a few minutes ago! Argh!

I decided to stay in the club longer. It was Shadow vs Mustang since I could sell either for comparable price. Shadow is SO my style of gameplay, fast and flowing, great loops, orbits and ramps. Plus the various ways you can physically control the pinball via the diverters and Battlefield is fantastic. I have two Shadows and one has been torn down for 2 years and this one I got a few months back. Still have to do a full shop job, but have it fully working and pretty cleaned up. So just recently got back into playing it and now that I've played other games in the past two years I can REALLY appreciate how terrific Shadow is.

We really enjoy Mustang and my wife preferred it stayed, but she has her keeper in Baywatch, so I said I need to keep I game I really have fun on all the time. So she said go for it then and Mustang has been sold awaiting pickup.

I have two Shadows right now and neither has a post installed there under the exit ramp.

I use them on all my games I don't have my DIY stadium lighting installed (the lighting eliminates the DMD glare). Shadow is certainly a game with bad DMD reflections that can benefit from the glare guards.

I'm keeping the original on the Shadow I'm keeping. I actually prefer it after having two side by side - original and alternate.

I have a spare, green glow ball, that I put in Shadow a few days ago. Holy cow is that a fast ball! Butter smooth and lighting fast around the ramps!

Just did it for the heck of it and will remove it soon, but what a fun experiment.

I dig that!

I had that happen once when I forgot to put the Battlefield back down before lowering the playfield. The rear hinge on the battlefield just needed to be slightly bent back into position.

Yup, you want to lock balls in MB then hit the loop for double or triple and eventually a Super Jackpot.

That rubber there could possibly be the wrong size - too thick. But it does look like the screw holding the guide rail down is either loose or missing.

I have one of my Shadows torn apart and just took a pic for you.

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You also might be missing a screw on the base of the wireform that guides the ball up. Your wireform seems angled upwards, so that could be it. Or the wireform could be bent slightly.

Sometimes I have to move my wireform very slightly away to raise the Battlefield. Did you check that the base of the wireform has all the screws present and tightened?

My plastic apron around the battlefield has a slight bulge in the middle that can catch the wireform. Just using that as an example as to how close my wireform is to the battlefield.

The Shadow knows.

Yeah, they're just divertors and the game doesn't need to know which way they are facing because the ball switches are on the wireforms. So that's when the game knows where the ball is, on which ramp.

I just tested on my Shadow. With the Battlefield off (setting 31). the flippers do not move the battlefield paddle. The battlefield drop target still gets knocked down by the ball and then will pop back up. So it is possible for a ball to sneak past the drop target before it resets and the ball gets ejected to the battlefield.

See if the game properly resets the drop target when powering on and if the target remains up. If the battlefield is not disabled, then it could be the drop target not working and allowing the ball to reach the battlefield when the battlefield is not lit.

New ramps are likely faster playing than the old ones. I'll get ball jumps for a few games after I wipe down or wax the playfield due to the increased speed of the ball. Maybe raise the back of the playfield slightly to slow the ball a little bit going up the ramps?