On ToM proto games the "poof" target changes to "raise magic post" and the "shoot again" insert is moved from between the flippers over to the left. The open pages of the book on the proto playfield lack the yellow shading down the center (a cleaner look I really like).

I added a ColorDMD and drilled a 1-5/8" diameter hole in the speaker panel behind the clock face and lit it with an LED wired to the GI.

ToM_proto_(resized).jpg

clock_face_(resized).jpg

Darn! I should buy some of those just to keep for future need.

The red plastic magic post goes up and down between the tips of the flippers on prototype games only. The bulb lights when the post is up.

I put LEDs in my ToM with a double flex head in the Haunted Basement insert which was a big improvement.

My ToM is a proto with the magic post. It doesn't stay up long enough to do much good and the "up" time isn't adjustable.

I need a new speaker panel. If I might ask where did you get yours? And is your new translite the original style or 3-D?

Darn! I forgot that I already have the Pinduino kit for my ToM proto. I didn't install it yet because I also have new ramps I want to install along with it. Another project for which I need to make some time.

That's good, so now you just need to agree on price. Just keep after it.

Years ago an arcade one town over from me had a ToM prototype and I talked to the manager every couple months wanting to buy it but he always refused. This kept up for over a year until I stopped in to ask again and found the game wasn't there any more. I asked the manager and he said they had moved it to another one of their arcades. I quietly asked another employee if he knew where it went and he told me it was in another city about 70 miles away. So I drove there and made that location's manager an offer of $1800 for the ToM proto which he accepted and we loaded up the game and I drove home with it. It was very dirty but cleaned up nicely (I used Q-tips to clean the undersides of all the inserts before installing LEDs). I have since added ColorDMD, 3-D translite, gold powder-coated legs and leg bolts, rabbit-in-a-hat shooter rod, drilled out and backlit the clock in the speaker panel, and replaced the trunk board and trunk motor and opto interrupter. As backup I have a pair of new ramps, a plastic set, extra slingshot plastics, and several spare trunks (including two of the new unbreakable ones).

Just received mine and it looks great! Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.

That's weird. My proto with red boards (see post 920 in this thread) says MAGIC on the playfield above the post and POST below it. There is no wording on the red post itself. An insert for SHOOT AGAIN was added above and to the left of the left flipper. And the target that raises the post says RAISE MAGIC POST on the playfield instead of POOF.

More than 20 years ago an arcade one town over from me had a ToM prototype and I talked to the manager every couple months wanting to buy it but he always refused. This kept up for over a year until I stopped in to ask yet again and found the game wasn't there any more. I asked the manager and he said they had moved it to another one of their arcades. I quietly asked another employee if he knew where it went and he told me it was in another city about 70 miles away. So I drove there and made that location's manager an offer of $1800 for the ToM proto which he accepted and we loaded up the game and I drove home with it. It was very dirty but cleaned up nicely (I used Q-tips to clean the undersides of all the inserts before installing LEDs). I have since added ColorDMD, 3-D translite, gold powder-coated legs and leg bolts, rabbit-in-a-hat shooter rod, drilled out and backlit the clock in the speaker panel, and replaced the trunk board and trunk motor and opto interrupter. As backup I have a pair of new ramps, a plastic set, extra slingshot plastics, and several spare trunks (including two of the new unbreakable ones).

That's the file I put all my Black Sabbath and Metallic albums in.

That's too bad. Would a Pinmonk fan kit help cool it down some?

Sorry. Nothing springs to mind.

PPM-3D-TOM-TRANSLITE is out of stock at PPS - was priced at $238 plus shipping. I just pulled the 3D translite from my ToM today and replaced it with Brian Allen's new acrylic blackglass. Willing to sell the 3D for $210 plus shipping and reuse the packaging the Brian Allen one came in. If interested, PM me your address and I'll go to the post office and find out how much shipping will cost. Sorry, but continental USA only. Payment thru PayPal.

UPDATE: No longer available. Sold (and already shipped) to caker137.

There are four balls in my Theatre of Magic, but I'm pretty sure Rita didn't install them.