I finally got around to looking back at the mod/upgrade post and saw the LCD upgrade. It looked pretty significant, but the ebay link now points to something that's $500. Is it still possible to get the parts for $100 as was the case about a year ago? Does anyone have a current source to do this upgrade?

I have shakers in multiple games, and I can't remember my wife ever commenting or acknowledging a shaker until this 1.4 update. Without prompting she commented how the shaker was really cool. So that's another vote for liking it! I didn't change any settings after the update, so I don't know what it's currently set to.

Email Spooky directly. I just did this a few days ago for the speaker lights and they put me on a list and will circle back to me once the stay-at-home order is lifted in WI.

Just gonna say it because someone will...

Who's gonna put both pink and green in the same game (half as-is and half with the centers cut out) and get pictures so all the rest of us slackers know what to order?

I feel that way about both colors. For those of us that don't have colored protectors, it's hard to judge from pictures how "off" the color tinting of the plastics looks. But the one things that sticks out is the lock area, that's supposed to be clear, is translucent pink/green. More than cutting out the centers of plastics, I'd rather see the lock area cut out so that area remained clear as originally intended.

Aside from the millions that Scott is obviously making off of these, are/will these be compatible with the reactor timer? I'd just assume go ahead and put both in together if there's any benefit.

The green is awesome. Originally I wanted Scott to put in an option for each multiball to rotate to a different GI color, so you didn't have to lock into a single color. But after seeing the green protectors with the blue GI, it's WAY COOL. My wife doesn't get into all this pinball interior designer BS, and I didn't tell her I had installed the green protectors. But the next time we played TNA, she commented right away after one of us got multiball that the "lighting" was super cool.

I don't *love* that the green ads a hue to the plastics, but it's way more than made up for by the lighting effect with the blue multiball GI.

CAVEAT: I have not seen the pink in person.

I was much more tempted by the pink than the green. Pink obviously goes with the playfield colors. Hell, I have metallic pink flippers on my game, so I get it. But something about the contrast of the green, and the fact that it's a nuclear reactor, made me go green.

SUPER glad I did. The green edges during the blue GI looks amazing, and unlike the pink, doesn't blend in with the rest of the playfield. The glowing green is a cool contrast to all the pink artwork.

A side consideration is they take different color GIs to activate. Green requires the blue, while I guess pink requires the teal. I think the blue GI looks cooler than the teal, so that's an added benefit. All personal preference, obviously. Someone talked about mixing the green with the pink to get the best of both, but the fact that they take different GI really nullifies this for me.

Is Scott ultimately going to provide a kit for this?

Just remember that the Green and Pink are "activated" by different color GI, so you can't get the full effect of each at the same time.

Once you figure this out, are you going to offer this to others as a kit? Not sure what the coolant pump is, but your idea of the coolant fan mod sounds really cool.

Are talking 3 individual players or can you have mismatched teams in vs mode?

I'd maybe be down for the color on the original hardware, but I don't like the new design much at all.

For those of us without 3D printers, how long until we can find these for sale on your site, a la the speaker light diffusers?

Those caution tape flipper/scoop decals look pretty cool. Is that a kit from somewhere?

I don't understand why Spooky continues to not ship the instructions with this mod. MANY have contacted them about it (I was one of them). Here they are online.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/who-sells-tna-speaker-light-kit#post-4553990

Ooh, I like that color. What color is that purple?

I'm having issues with the pop bumper. It seems like a physical issue, but I can't track it down. I experience the problem when the playfield is down, but as soon as I lift the playfield, I cannot replicate the issue. Switch is nice and sensitive, but after certain hits, the switch is somewhere between somewhat and totally unresponsive. You can also hear that at times it is registering multiple switch hits on one press on the skirt. Banging on the playfield usually resets things, but I'm not sure what to adjust. This problem just started happening.

I don't know how to embed a video, but here is a link to me demonstrating the range from super sensitive to unresponsive.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gY9vbmrQ8PhJS2Dd7

Appreciate any help.

I agree, this is the hardest scoop to make on any game I own. Are there any possible adjustments to make this better? Frankly, a direct hit to a scoop should not reject. There were initially issues on R&M’s scoop, but lowering it with washers and a slight bend and that scoop is 100% for me. Is there something equivalent here to help? The answer really shouldn’t be attempting a dribbling rebound shot.

I’m at the point that I just shoot the orbits and hope the ball falls down rather than shooting the scoop directly.

No, I supposed that’s a good place to start. I’ve owned 90% B/W games (or older) so I always forget there is a setting for flipper power. And even then assume it was shipped at “optimal” power.

“Listen here Sonny, I remember back in my day, you had to swap a coil to change flipper power. That’s right, you needed to know how to solder, Sonny. We didn’t have settings, or quick connect doohickeys. You had to desolder, and then resolder things. Burning yourself and breathing in the melting metal smell is what made you feel alive. That’s how a man used to change flipper strength.”