Aerosmith (LE)
Stern, 2017
Aerosmith (Premium)
Stern, 2017
Aerosmith (Pro)
Stern, 2017
Batman 66 (LE)
Stern, 2016
Batman 66 (Premium)
Stern, 2016
Batman 66 (Super LE)
Stern, 2016
Ghostbusters (LE)
Stern, 2016
Ghostbusters (Premium)
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Just had my first node board failure last night on Batman 66 Premium. Lower GI went out by the flippers and slings. Sent information to Chas and hope he gets back to me today.
I own WWE, GOT, Aerosmith, Star Wars, GB, Iron Maiden and previously Kiss. This is the first time I have had a failure. Feel pretty helpless that there are no schematics to even try to diagnosis what is going on.
Quoted from Whysnow:it is a bad situation for sure!
sad part is you cant even swap between the game you own to diagnose (maybe SW and BM? could)
I heard back from Chas. He said it only takes one shorted bulb and they will all go out. Wants me to remove the bulbs and test so I will start there.
Yeah it sucks that the boards aren’t interchangeable between games. That is definitely not a good thing in my eyes.
Quoted from TomGWI:I heard back from Chas. He said it only takes one shorted bulb and they will all go out. Wants me to remove the bulbs and test so I will start there.
Yeah it sucks that the boards aren’t interchangeable between games. That is definitely not a good thing in my eyes.
Well Chas was right! I started with the lamps under the slings. Put them back in and now everything is working. At least for now. 
Quoted from Whysnow:honestly, even that request to systematically remove bulbs is too much to ask for a brand new game just a few months old. Imagine them asking that is a regular joe and not a collector like yourself.
I have a huge issue with the design of the Spike system. The fact that a single flakey bulb, intermittent socket, or anything really in the light chain has the ability to screw so much up (pull power form flippers, blown node boards, etc...) shows how poorly this has been engineered.
You have never owned a WOZ. 
Quoted from hocuslocus:Love WOZ, but it was by far the most finicky game I've ever dealt with thus far. I literally replaced over 30 light boards on my RR before I finally pulled it from location. waiting on the 2.0 kit that I purchased, probably going to be a little while though.
I like WOZ too. I didn’t want to replace light boards all the time. Owned 2. My first one was a standard and had multiple lamp issues. All got replaced but it was too often for my liking. My second was a RR and only had to replace one.
Heard the 2.0 takes a good 8 hours to replace the parts and wiring. If I still had mine I would definitely go 2.0
Quoted from Whysnow:we have one on route
Luckily we waited for the 2.0 model...
When are you getting a Pirates?
Quoted from Whysnow:just to be clear, I am not talking about changing out a led. I am referring to multiple people having trouble with the factory provided LEDs. They are having internal shorts which causes a plethora of down stream issues (node board blowing up, intermittent weak flippers, etc)
So can you put any LED bulb in or does it have to be the ones provided by Stern?
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