Good morning everyone,
Completely new to Pinside, located in France, got hit by the Pinball virus a few months ago, and now proud owner of two (CFTBL and LOTR), soon four (Tron Legacy and Star Trek Premium).
Now a few questions, regarding my upcoming Tron unit:
- It's a Pro version, which has already been modded slightly, especially on the ramps where a fiber optics has been fitted, and a set of two emitters + control unit for the fiber optics below the playfield
- This control unit allows to change the color of the fiber optics along the ramps, but it's a remote control based system, just like for your living room. So it can cycle and change colors, but it's not ROM controlled
I'm therefore on the hunt to get ideally a control unit for this fiber optics system, or alternatively a complete replacement kit, but it seems these are hard to get nowadays.
I've basically found three options:
- Eli's kit, not manufactured anymore
- Total Light Show, somewhat manufactured, still pending TimeBandit status on latest batch (and available units)
- Pinduino, requires adressable ledstrip (which don't look well integrated in the playfield in my opinion, although they look super nice on video when generating effects)
Is there any other option ? Could Pinduino be modified to control instead a fiber optics system (which is mono color in that case) ?
In addition:
- Is there a DIY source for the Arcade replacement with LCD screen (seems it was custom made), in case it's not manufactured anymore
- Is there a DIY source for a moving recognizer Mod (there is one available on Kimball Pinball though)
Any other source of DIY mods that would be interesting to setup in a Tron Legacy Pro ?
Many thanks for the advices and help
Regards