Cool. I just learned my $175 Sorcerer which I bought at auction in 1997 is an early model.(It has the stainless steel coin door.) Man, I love this game but the playfield is in bad shape. If there is ever an 80's pin that deserves the HEP treatment this is it.

Is anyone selling the cabinet stencils? I sent my playfield out last week to John Greatwich and would like to paint the cab and stencil it while I await it's return.

Just got my set. And it came with a bonus.

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Just popped on craigslist la $900.
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Yeah, but it looks pretty good compared to most Sorcerers I have seen.

Got my cabinet stencils from Trilogy the other day. Thanks. Now it's time to sand and prep the cab. Hopefully I won't screw it up.

Are the 6's and 9's cutoff on the blue display or are they like the originals with tails?

That rumor has been around for years with nothing yet to show for it. Even if they do eventually get around to it, it is at least several years out. Life's too short, send an old playfield to John for restoration like I did. You won't be disappointed. After I transfer everything from my old play field to the restored one I'll have a spare I might just send off to have done. I paid $150 for my spare btw.

My Sorcerer is back into the lineup. Playfield restore by John Greatwitch. Everything else by Fabulous Fantasies.

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Sorry about the pics. Taken quickly with my cell phone in bad lighting. Haven't had much time to play it yet and make a few tweaks. The LEDs in the play field inserts look nice but a few are causing problems staying on when they should be off. I'll confirm with regular 44s. Maybe look into that led ocd board. The stickers don't stick to well and I prefer the red targets bare so they are coming off. Back in 1985 I played this game a ton. None of the Sorcerers I played had those stickers on the targets.

I actually had the cabinet professionally done after i bought the stencils. So if anyone wants the stencils, i have a set.

Just bought the led ocd from Herg. Out of the box it is a big improvement. Has anybody fined tuned Sorcerer with it? I havent tried any adjustments so far, but I can see that I will have to brighten the 10-20-50k drop target lights a bit.

I would not do leds unless you get the led ocd kit. System 9 doesnt like leds. Yes i color matched the inserts. I'll have to check to see what i used. I forgot.

Ringing that special bell by lighting sorcerer targets 4 times. Rings twice as long as extra ball bell. There's no lowering the volume on that bell.

Mine is never leaving. Congrats on getting yours back together Mof.

I wont be home until tomorrow, but if I recall, the left and right special switch back and forth but are never on at the same time. The 4th sorcerer doesnt do anything. The 5th sorcerer immediately rings bell and awards special.

I put led's in mine and it looked bad and had major ghosting issues. If you go led than I highly suggest Hergs Led OCD board. Otherwise stay with incandescent bulbs.

Do you have problems with some of the insert leds staying lit when they shouldnt be? Especially extra ball, inlanes, and a,b,c,d. Since you just got yours it might take a little time to notice all the issues.

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More pretty. At least lose the lock

Nope. Incandescents don't, just certain Leds. There are numerous threads regarding this phenonenom. Something to do with the small amount of current that leds run on. These old games were not designed with leds in mind. Anyway, Hergs Led ocd board fixes the problem.

Wow, impressive. I had the problem of the spinner occasionally stopping the ball from going all the way up because the spinners were sticky. They wouldnt always come to rest straight up and down like they should, but sometimes at an angle. Just the wrong angle, around 45 degrees, would slow down or even stop the ball. The spinner has to be smooth enough that gravity will overcome any friction or stickyness to rest at 90 degrees. Oh and a little give side to side so it doesnt bind.

Do you have a pic with flippers up? I find it hard to trap if the ball goes down the inlane. But I have front legs almost all the way down and back almost all the way up and new clearcoated and waxed playfield.

I would suggest sticking with incandescents for gi. I tested a few leds in the gi and it looked bad.

If you ask me, the game looks better without the decals, and they have a tendency to peel off. Back in the day, I never once saw decals on the Sorcerers that were on location. Heck, did they even come with them, or are these aftermarket?

Voted for cpr playfield.

I can't imagine why anyone would want padded targets on Sorcerer.

Did it sound like the noise when you match?

I just assume head trauma at an early age.

I think a certain person whose name rhymes with dick would send a threatening cease and desist letter. Since these playfields are technically being repaired there is no copyright infringement. Selling the overlars separatly would be a problem legally for John and noone wants that.

This. I also got the LED OCD kit to smooth it out and make the insert LEDs look more like incandescents. I dont really understand the fad of putting purple or blue LEDs in the GI of pinball machines, especially on a warm color pin like sorcerer. My optical glass just arrived after a 6 month backorder and boy does it look sweet. It really lets you see the playfield in great detail

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New high score. 13,325,760

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What lock hole gate on the left side?

Unfortunately I'm a 1000 miles away from my game for the next week. Hopefully someone can help out.

I believe that is a different Sorcerer showing the piece he is missing. When I get home from work I will look through my parts. I had some extra play field parts when I bought a semi populated playfield years ago.

Looked through my box of parts that the restorer gave back to me and it looks like he didn't give me back some play field parts including that one. Oh well.

I did that and boy do I regret it. The originals look much better and the xpin didn't even bother to put the tail on the 6 or 9's. Looks bad.

Do you remember what your highest score was. I forgot mine but I think it was 12 million and change.

The blue colored playfield games had the earlier stainless steel coin door as well.

Nope. But I had the same worry and CPR said that they go down the list in order of who signed up first, not by who paid their deposit first. This assumes you paid a deposit of course. The question is whether you will get a gold playfield or not.

I didn’t know you could upgrade to WPC. Do you mean with the Fliptronic boards? System 11 upgrade was the standard.

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I had a similar problem. Couldn’t add credits or start a game but had power to the flippers and occasionally I would turn the game on and it would work. Never could figure it out so I finally just bought a known working power supply board to swap out and it fixed the problem. My guess is that it’s a problem in the power supply board.

It lights the special in the outlane. When ball rolls over lit special it rings. After 5th time spelling Sorcerer it rings automatically.

The more slop in the flipper, the deader the ball will bounce off them. You could change to black flipper rubbers to deaden the bounce.

You might want to check out this thread for tips on flippers.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers

Harbor Freight has an inexpensive tumbler that I bought. It works great for shining up old metal. Set it and forget it. It goes on sale every once in awhile. Don’t forget to use the 20% off coupon that comes in their flier.

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-lb-vibratory-bowl-with-liquid-drain-hose-96923.html

Yep. Never seen flaking on a Sorcerer backglass. Can’t say the same for the playfields. They are usually trashed.