Quoted from Troutfarm:

I have cool in my GI, I think it looks good.

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Quoted from DavidC:

here are some pics

the gun is at plating shop then FINISHED!!!
so happy to have TS back, i regretted to have sold my 1 st one
Now I KNOW ! lol

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Quoted from KevInBuffalo:

Pour one out, we've lost another Baldwin. RIP.

Not sure why it looks so funky in the photo, it looks great in person.
While I was at it I added some rubylith in front of the DMD to make it red, looks great with the new translite.

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Quoted from smiley:

Hey Aurich, Got my new translite today, it looks awesome! Thanks so much. Pics which don't do it justice. The bulb arrangement I used. Thanks!

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Quoted from Netsepp:

Hi members,
now i also got a Shadow much to work onit.
But there is one ring missing does anybody know where i can get this rings ?
thanks
Mike

Quoted from Syco54645:

Doubtful. They would likely require a license cut that would cause the price to be astronomical.

Quoted from Troutfarm:

part of the problem is that there is not really room for any sort of traditional socketed led under the ring. but I bet you can modify something like one of these to fit, putting the guts of the socket somewhere behind the ring.
http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/1-flux-wired.htm

Quoted from charsiufan:

Hi all - hope someone can advise...
Found my wall target has cracked inside. I have a spare and hope to replace it shortly but what I found now is the magnet doesn't activate. The optos are sensing the ball but the ball just rolls back down the table. Before the magnet would activate and launch the ball at the wall that wasn't dropping. Had that happen a couple of times. I have run the solenoid magnet test with the table surface level and it pushes the balls down the table.
Any thoughts? Only error messages I get are switches 63,64,65 but I guess that's because they haven't been activated for a while.

your wall target switch actuator appears to be missing. not sure how your target got broken but they are likely associated. You will need to fix that anyway and I bet it's related to your problem. check vids guide to see how its supposed to look and work https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-shadow-sanctum-target-repair

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Quoted from charsiufan:

Hi RCBrown
Do you mean part of the switch appears to be missing? Looking at that link and comparing the pictures the arm of my switch isn't showing (circled in the picture).
Not sure how the wall broke. There was some strange noises and then the magnet stopped working. I guess they are related.
Thanks for your help.

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Quoted from rcbrown316:

yup. this will likely fix your problem. game needs to know the state of the switch to work properly. here it is. check the screw heads that mount it to the plate and the little backing plate. if somebody has been in there monkeying with it they might be stripped as they are soft.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/12-SMSB
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-15218
pretty sure this is the screw
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/4002-01105-12

Quoted from madtown:

First time pinball owner just got a Shadow. Worked fine for the first day but now the battlefield popper woun't pop? I did a switch test and it registered fine. i did a battlefield test and it came out fine. I opened up the battlefield and no wires are broken, nothing seems missing. I have no idea what to look for next? any ideas/help would be much appreciated!!

Quoted from Pintopia:

Link to auction :
ebay.com link » Pinball Machine The Shadow
With the description and photo's I curious how many would have taken the chance?
Don

Quoted from Sweetmike:

Hello!
Just bought a Shadow with a small problem.
The kicker on the mini playfield don't kick. Niether during play or in test mode. The opto works great.
Have ringed both cables from the powerboard to the coil, and they are fine.
When I'm putting a testlamp on the coil and running it in test (with door closed), the lamp will not blink.
Any ideas?

Quoted from Glarrownage:

The brick wall is super cool but I really have my hopes set high for the city-scape. Fosaisu, I'll take your advice and try to contact the seller. Hopefully I'll get somewhere with that.

Quoted from Blackbeard:

Great. Glad it helped.
These switch arms are always bent up etc.

Quoted from rcbrown316:

It will work that way for a while but the target actuates the switch, not the control arm. I wrestled with this for a while until I figured it out. See figure 1
Figure 1

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Quoted from Blackbeard:

handsome lookin' pup you got there!

Quoted from YKpinballer:

Poor bones. I have 2 dogs and 1 is a shepherd mix. Great dog name for a ST fan.

Quoted from Rockytop:

I am pretty new to the club and just want some confirmation on the wall assembly. The opto switch sees the ball, the small solenoid pulls in the drop plunger, and the spring brings the wall down...correct?
I was talking with someone today who said the the wall should drop when the ball hits it, but that wouldn't affect the drop plunger on it own. If I am thinking about it correctly, the game/code determines when the wall goes down with firing that solenoid.

Quoted from grandy:

Never done LEDs before. Your posts have inspired to put in LEDs for the inserts. Anybody have a shopping list for this that they could share? What type of bulbs are the best. I particularly like the colored LEDs under the game mode inserts that some of you have posted. Any advice is welcome.

Quoted from grandy:

You guys are so damn helpful. THANK YOU

Quoted from Aurich:

To each their own, but for what it's worth I HATE ghosting, it look awful. I'd never try and save money and put ghosting bulbs in Shadow.

Quoted from Mando:

I just joined the club

Quoted from grandy:

I broke down fosaisu's LED list into grand totals for my shopping list and figured i'd share that here. In light of Aurich's comments, i think i'll go for the non-ghosting.
44 GREEN (4)
44 ORANGE (3)
44 RED (2)
44 WARM (39)
555 GREEN (3)
555 ORANGE (19)
555 RED (14)
555 WARM (48)
555 ORANGE BUTTON (1)
555 GREEN BUTTON (1)
#89 RED (1)
#89 RED [5 SMD Tower] (1)
#89 WARM [5 SMD Tower] (2)
#906 RED (5)
#906 RED [5 SMD Tower] (1)
#906 WARM (6)

Quoted from Pintopia:

There is a fix you can apply to the game ROM that takes care of the ghosting or flickering you may get from LEDs. However you will need a eprom burner to load the fix.
Don.

Quoted from holmstarrunner:

I haven't seen a couple of the mods I've done so I wanted to share. Red LED eyes in the phurbas tied to the rings. The left eyes tied to the left rings and right eyes tied to the right rings. I also added LED strips under the diverters. I have blue under the left and red under the right. Looks cooler in person but the photo will give you an idea.

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Quoted from freddy:

Shadow rocks. gets better All the time.

Quoted from Rockytop:

It's really hard to take a good picture of a pin with your phone, but for what it's worth I recently installed the Pinballbulbs kit and it's pretty awesome.
So far since getting the game I've added new rubbers, balls, invisiglass, backboard vinyl, target decals, rebuilt the target wall assembly with new plunger, coil, and pivot piece.
This is easily the hardest game in my collection. I love it.

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Quoted from someoneelse:

Even better: For Shadow, get black chrome mirror blades! Fits the dark overall look of TS very well.

Quoted from zucot:

Anyone know where I can get a cheap replacement mongol? Lost a sword on one of mine...

Quoted from someoneelse:

Did you try the high-end version or some simpler solution? Seen a lot of really bad ones, even ones made from clear plastic just painted black on the backside (???). Scratches are kind of the same as with standard chrome. I think they even scratch less because the black coating is titanium-carbon-nitride which should be extremely hard (and makes them silly expensive... ).

Quoted from fosaisu:

Where did you find that Farley Claymore figurine?!?

Quoted from rcbrown316:

pinball side mirrors was the brand. that black will scratch off if the PF rubs it. Unlike the standard, it cant be buffed out. I did scratch the normal ones I have in there now but its very small and you have to look to find it. I think this is one of the higher value mods you can do. It just makes the machine look so much better especially with leds in it. I did my spiderman too and its awesome. Gonna be selling tit too. here is the bladed SM with twin color matching smds in the inserts and single smds for GI. It screams "buy me" doesnt it? It blows compared to Shadow as far as gameplay goes though.

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Quoted from fosaisu:

I hate to be pedantic but don't you mean "tit two"?

Quoted from FLpinball:

Greetings! New member to the club! What a game!

Quoted from FLpinball:

here you go
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Quoted from bballfan:

Is there a way to keep the ball from falling off the mini playfield between the wire vuk ramp and yellow target above it?
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Quoted from MMP:

Just checking in since I'm no longer a member of the club <sniff>.
I always like to use a scouring pad on old bolt heads, then pop them into some cardboard for a couple coats of semi-gloss black. Looks so sharp! I also used semi-gloss on the backbox and it turned out decent. If I could have done one thing different on my backbox decals- since they need to be scissor cut before applying, is to take a black marker around the edges to keep the white from sticking out so much. I should have done that before putting them on because I am too nervous about doing it after they're applied.

Quoted from billsfanmd:

I love my new Shadow. My only problem is I love the look of it but its too dark...Mine came with greens and reds and it looks stunning. This game is so fast sometimes I cant see the ball fast enough to hit inner loop combos..Anyone have a happy medium with color vs brightness for GI lighting? Or add LED Strip? Thanks for any help.

Quoted from billsfanmd:

thanks...what are smds and twin smds? I order from comet also....Like the spots idea too

Quoted from Mando:

Can you post a pic of your battlefield ? I have a 7 smd incoming and curious on placement?

Quoted from grandy:

Is there another thread that talks about adding spotlights? Would love to add these while my playfield is torn down. Anybody care to point me in the right direction?

Quoted from PoMC:

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.

Quoted from oohlou:

Thanks! I couldn't believe it. If I can get 250M+ I consider it a good game and my all time high before that game was ~660M. That game everything just clicked. I got 1.19B which was awesome but also disappointing because it was just 7M away from high score #4!
I am really enjoying Shadow. It is a great pin.

Quoted from Aurich:

Okay, just have to say this: if you don't have the ColorDMD in your Shadow then sell some plasma or your body on a street corner, come up with the $400, and get rid of that orange display that will never grace my Shadow again.
This video really doesn't even do it justice, since it's a camera pointed at an LCD screen and just doesn't show the colors as vibrant as they really are. Plus it's set to tile mode, and everyone knows the DotsXL are the best, keeps that nice round original look.
» YouTube video

Quoted from Aurich:

5 out of my 6 DMD games have ColorDMDs installed. Game 6 will too once Tron is released. But to each their own. I can't go back to orange now.

Quoted from PoMC:

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.

Quoted from fosaisu:

I kind of fell the same way -- I'm sure it will look cool, but I've been telling myself that the original DMD gives Shadow an old-school look that's appropriate to the art deco style of the game. In that vein, I'd love to see is a black and white (or grayscale) DMD on the game.

Quoted from jwo825:

I have three and I love them. Wouldn't even consider going back to the orange DMD. A big pluss is you don't ever have to worry about the high voltage section of the display board. Remember when the DMD could degas and you'd end up with a bad DMD and smoked board? No chance of that now. Considering the price of machines now, I don't sweat being $1200 into the DMDs. Hell, you can barely find a busted HH or Pinbot for $1200 anymore.

Quoted from jwo825:

Yes, in Sigma mode you can choose monochrome. I think it's up to 34 different colors or so now. You can select white as the color. Don't forget that the color DMD also has 3 or 4 upscaling modes as well and you can upscale in full color now.

Quoted from Dmod:

The SIGMA ROM for the ColorDMD can display monochrome in more than 90 different colors and 6 different display effects. But once you go color, you're unlikely to use it.
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Quoted from Aurich:

I've never once had that feeling looking at any of my games in color. Not trying to talk you into it, if you're not a fan it's all good! Just saying, if you haven't seen on in person yet then I'd wait to judge until you get a chance. It's really a great upgrade. You keep all of the original dots the artist put in, but the color brings out so much of the detail, I see things in the ColorDMDs all the time that I missed in the original.

Quoted from kermit24:

Thanks! Any idea which "armature" There are a few from the game at Marco...
http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch;jsessionid=539A32E32F8E3DDBB4522A07D5B17F3C.jvm1?SEARCH_STRING=the+shadow+armatures

Quoted from Dmod:

There are four buttons on the back of the display that allow you to change display settings... COLOR, STYLE, VERTICAL ADJ, CONTRAST, and BACKLIGHT. The outer buttons traverse the menus, and the inner buttons change the setting. The number of available colors is currently set to 97.

Quoted from Ika:

Would love some budget suggestion about other pins with same quality (but as different as possible to add some variety, for instance, with a left upper flipper).

Quoted from Ika:

Raised flipper also bounces ball high up the playfield out of control, so no loop passes to right flipper unless I master some better catch technique.

Quoted from paulywalnuts23:

Yes that translight is far better than having to look at Alec Baldwin all the time, and it goes much better with the Cab artwork. IMO the translight is the worst thing about The Shadow.

Quoted from Blitzburgh99:

can you PM me where you got that translate and speaker panel? thanks!

Quoted from embryonjohn:

Picked up mine yesterday. Get this. It's still in my car as I haven't a minute to do anything yesterday or today. It's like Christmas is tomorrow

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Quoted from Mbecker:

That sounds like the opto under the mini-pf on that side isn't sensing the beam being broken when the kicker swings over. I'd check the wires to it and see it one came off or maybe it never got reconnected if you disconnected it?

Quoted from embryonjohn:

Who's got (selling) the best LED kit? I'm not looking to change the GI look to all blue or anything like that, just matching (to the insert) colored LED's to take the place of of the dim incandescent.

Quoted from mwong168:

Art also has these new purple passion bulbs which look really nice in the pics on his site for The Shadow.
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http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/2smd-ppc.htm