Just making a mod announcement. M&M Creations began making repro MRS' in mid-2019, but only announced on the RFM page (they are handmade and we didn't want to get overrun with orders). We've been slowly branching out to other pin clubs that utilize this crazy unobtanium switch....the MRS stands for Magnetic Reed Switch - and they are also found in CV, SC, NGG, SWE1 and CC. MRS' went unobtanium half a dozen years ago or so - so my partner and I at M&M Creations decided to remake them. From that we modified the MRS to fit the CFTBL whirlpool so that one can remove the Cherry switch that the ball smacks as it rotates - this was a popular mod to do, using the original MRS, but now Creech owners could have an MRS that was custom fit. Well the same concept has been applied to the Transporter bowl - the results of which are in the pic below. Now, we colored that switch body GREEN for easier viewing - but in reality the switch is black. It is plug and play and is self-adhering to the bowl - in essence identical to what we've done with Creech. We wanted to hit the club up to gauge interest as we tool up to make a run of some of them.....you'll find plenty of testimonial on the Creech forum - and with the new ramps having been made - the timing is good. Just PM to be put on the list! Thanks!

Matt (Sonic) & Dan (Blubboman)

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It's a neat little mod that allows the ball to do it's thing in the bowl - Creech folks love it for the same reason - fun to watch the ball go 'round and round....plus the switch is contactless - thus long life span....

New MRS product announcement....

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mrs-for-ramps-a-universal-solution-to-plastic-ramp-microswitches#post-5463927

How's the bowl MRS working for you - meant to ask.....

My bad....it should be on there - I do include it - I may have forgotten to apply- my apologies! Any decent double sided tape will do....I use stuff to repair phone/tablet screens from 3M...

I can'it wait!!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mrs-are-no-longer-unobtanium#post-5590206

Thanks for the thumbs up Jesse!!

What? Where's the MRS in that bowl?

Any questions feel free to shoot me a PM.

July Special @ M&M Creations!!!

We are offering the Transporter bowl MRS for $20 (plus shipping) from now until the end of July 15th! Simply PM me. That's $10 off the regular price - sale ends noon (EST) on 7/15.

Thanks!

Matt & Dan

Upper Playfield Flipper 20-9609-6 is now available!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ribbed-for-your-pleasure-transporter-up_pf_flip-20-9609-6#post-6259133

Matt & Dan
M&M Creations

blubboman

Par for the course when it comes to RD boards - I tend to stay clear...for some - no issues - for others, nothing but....

Most of the board repair guys do, yes...Hibler, Rob Anthony, Clive....

All 3 are ribbed...or carrot top if you will....the bottom flippers are readily available...the upper flipper is only available through us over the last few years (it went out of manu some years back it would seem)

https://zonaarcade.forumcommunity.net/?t=61842684

I think Mikonos remade those...

Lining up to join the club this weekend...would love to hear good/bad from the group - beyond my own experiences....

frisbez Shot you a PM....give me a call...

I'm in!! Where's my jacket?

For the record, I had a gun pulled on me and my son, while trying to figure out which house we were going to to get it...

Matt

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Frankly, it was the best condition Transporter (unrestored) that I laid eyes on in, well, all my life....got it in Connecticut....guy owned for over 10 years...was very particular about originality - it's very, very unmolested....it was a risk reward deal - he wasn't too keen on details and such ahead of time (just his nature) but when I got there I was like - holy moly!

Matt

Well...had a little trouble finding the house - turned down the wrong driveway.... a 1/4mile long drive way and a lot of acreage - got halfway - and thought best not go further, don't think this is the place...turned around in the dark...skinny drive way - had to get a little on the grass...but didn't do any damage...got to the road - the guy was already behind me in his truck (like he was waiting at his picture window for something like this) and started freaking the f' out about driving on his lawn - brandishing a gun, screaming expletives (in front of my teenage son, no less)...it was ridiculous....never seen such aggression over absolutely nothing...can't imagine if I had driven all the way to the house...I may have been on the pommel horse!

As I've been digging in to it - I realize it is the second time I was lucky with a System 11 I bought - the RAM was socketed from the factory (SOF was the other) which is very, very rare...so all this time - it had batteries - when a 5 minute job could've avoided potential disaster...it's NVRAM now...

But interesting...I know very little about the ROM revisions on Transporter....I know currently that Sound/Speech is L2 and Game is L3....everything in this pin is LA1 for the Game ROM and L1 for Speech/Sound (one chip noted as proto) ...no clue if upgrading would do much or not...very curious...

Matt

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It was 11 1/2 hrs there, and because of the snow storm that lasted from CT to IN - it was 14hrs back....never again....this was the last time for that kind of drive...

Ha...it was me that made the order! If anyone owns a Transporter - best to get a set before you can't any longer!

Matt

Have a party today - got Transporter fully vetted since purchase and ready to play (all by 4:30 this morning...yawn!) Ended up with new ramps - the left/right original had damage - so made sense to replace them...and the new crossover the guy put in - he put oversized screws in and essentially ruined it...he also had some weird (totally didn't fit) non-Cliffy ramp protectors on the left ramp entrance that I was able to alter to be proper fit on the left ramp - that was kind of a lemons/lemonade thing....put LED's in the GI...titan rubbers, Wolffpac LED displays, got real lucky the RAM was factory socketed but it took 34 years for someone to realize that & NVRAM it (I just don't get that) ....properly gauged all leaf switches, put superior cab speaker in (and corrected the polarity mismatch which simply robs the bass), MRS'd the bowl (of course)...main thing was the ramp entrance gate wireform was missing....PBR still had some (it's on the way)....interesting thing will be - is that this Transporter has very, very early ROMS...everything is L1 (game/sound/music)....

Matt

ROMs are on the way...but I got the PBR gate in and installed - makes you wonder where the original went...during the party I noticed 2 gameplay issues...both of which DDF took ample care of...the trough kickout to the shooter lane- there was some feeble application of a thick double sided tape to deaden the impact of the ball kickout - I guess this is a thing on some sys 11's...the ball kicks out too hard and goes back, it's interesting...just removed the tape and put a swatch of DDF in place...and similarly in the saucer/vuk - was getting a lot of pop-outs and back to the flippers...some DDF on the backstop and problem solved....

Matt

We (M&M Creations) offer the dead drop foam - which is a unique compound - for the backstops and other places in pins...just put some in my Transporter saucer...it's not neoprene, not sorbothane, not rubber...not anything you can normally buy from anywhere....FYI...

For reference...Mike and I spoke last night...compared notes....he's running the current L3 ROMs...I have LA1 - presumably the original ROMs the game shipped with...in test mode, end of game light show and most importantly during game play when a ball is put into the saucer/vuk - my bridge flasher triggers/works...I guess we are curious if the L3 ROMs disabled the bridge flasher from game play - a simple test for anyone - just hit the ball into the saucer and see if the bridge flasher triggers...or simply wait for end of game...let us know..

Matt

Compared notes with my biz partner Dan - he's running yet another undocumented ROM - LU3 - for his Transporter...the Bridge Flasher is not even an option in diagnostics...and does not work in gameplay at all...I guess the code was broken after LA1 and likely never revisited from Williams...

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/172639

A set of original and bright, fully working displays if interested...

To this point, I've reached out to some folks that can make changes to the software - so doubling down to see if anybody has LA1 ROM's laying around - that they've already removed when upgrading to LA3 - as noted - we found the Bridge Flasher light feature code was broken after LA1 - so folks with LA2 (we think) and LA3 (we know) - outside of diagnostics - will not have that flasher work in gameplay - with LA1, it works in diag and gameplay - if we can locate some LA1 ROM's or someone can copy them easily - we believe the code can be fixed to bring the feature back...

Matt

frisbez hold on that.... topkat and I found LA1 files! we need to get them to you or slochar to see if you can fix the Bridge Flasher....that coupled with the fixed jackpot - would likely really be the ROMs we need!

Matt

I'll try and take some video...melty plastic is what Scott suspected, however, the other flasher behind the decal is still active - and can do the same melty thing - but it wasn't disabled...so I posit broken code....but it is in the "Coil Test" of L1 and L3 (from what I'm told) - just a couple tests into the initial menu....on mine, it's part of the end of game light show - AND when you get the ball up to the 3rd flipper - it lights!

Matt

https://photos.app.goo.gl/F3gLoZeJSY51ax1HA

So I got 4 vids (be sure to set for at least 720p when viewing...the Bridge Flasher is green in hue on my pin) ....1 vid shows where to trigger it in diagnostics...the other vid shows the end of game light show and 2 of the vids show when the ball is kicked up to the upper flipper....now what's interesting - and probably key is that the bridge flasher does NOT trigger unless the upper flipper is activated - if you simply let the ball roll off to the main playfield - the Bridge Flasher does not go...but if you flip the upper flipper - a second later the bridge flasher lights...

Matt

Weird....my biz partner has what is shown as LU3 ROMs....he doesn't have it in diagnostics...however, topkat says he has L3 (possibly LA3?) and he does have it in the coil test....let's see if he can double check what he actually has...

Yes, I have LA1 code in my pin...

Matt

Just for a follow up....We've cultivated ROMs LA1, LA3 and the mysterious LU3 (haven't found LA2 anywhere)....that said, LA3 and LU3 deactivated the infamous bridge flasher in gameplay and in LU3 in diagnostics too, whilst LA1 has it fully activated....we were able to swap LU3 for LA1's on a pin and indeed get the bridge flasher working again...so for anyone wondering why it never flashes in gameplay - or simply flashes only in diags - you need to revert to LA1 to get the bridge flasher working again...what's the difference between LU3/LA3 & LA1 gameplay - we haven't figured that out yet...