Are you legally blind?
If the answer is "No", then I think you have no need for Pinstadiums.

Each to there own on mods. Personally I only like minor tasteful mods. I don’t think pinstadiums are needed in all cases. Depends if you put LED’s for your GI. I would start there but don’t color bomb it. Cool white for GI but can go brighter if needed. Color match inserts is generally OK. If that’s not bright enough you can look into pinstadiums. There is a fine line between a cool mod and just absolute gaudy. No alligator clips on any mods. Plug and play for any light up mods- no hack jobs.
If you are into sound upgrades look at Pin Woofer. Reviews of there products seem to be mostly good. Check out the club threads and you can get a lot of good insight to the mods for your games. Too many to list but the propeller mod for IJ may be a good one. Avoid hot gluing crap all over your games. And of course Color DMD is a great mod if you don’t have that. It’s probably the best single mod you can do that actually adds value to a game. You can also powder coat the armor (side rails, hinges, lock down bar etc.). The ideas for modding games is endless but start with the club threads for your games for ideas.
Speaker light kits/grill inserts are also simple mods that can add a nice touch.

Have fun…there your games so if you enjoy the mods that’s all that matters.

Basically The Death Star of shitty puke lighting.

If you have trouble seeing light escape the sun, perhaps.

Why not start with your Pinside avatar. It’s easy and makes your profile nicer for everyone.

I will also vote for hell no on this.

5 games and it is out of hand? haha Let me know when you get past 25.

He does have a great lineup though.

I have room for 7, and currently own 11

I have room in the house for 20 total in multiple rooms, but have 40. Go figure.

Maybe he broke his backglass like I did once.

Simpsons broken BG (resized).jpg

ColorDMD for them all. Hell yes!

Ouch.

No pinstadiums, I really don't like them. If you think a pin is too dark then convert GI to LEDs and if that's not enough add a few spotlights at suitable places on the playfield. This is usually enough and looks much better imo.

Pinstadiums are just nasty. Big no there.

I’d look into speaker upgrades for Indy and Star Trek (not sure if twilight zone is also dcs). I upgraded my Indy to a bigger woofer and back box speakers & the sound quality was noticeably better. Nothing external, only better quality speakers.

I agree with other's on Pinstadiums.

The other plastic junk does not belong in Getaway....IMO. I actually don't post to that club thread or visit it anymore, due to the constant hawking of that crap.

Clean up your games, keep fresh rubber, good speakers, and stay far, far away from any temptation to add plastic and die cast cars and unnecessary lights.

I've re-coded all of those games on your list. Recently finished Indy. If you have the coding skills, open the hood and add new creative ideas to your game...which is the ultimate mod.

Ok, ok. I will buy a couple

Personally, I would skip all the tacked on mods. They rarely add value, get expensive, and make the game look "cheap" not better imo. I suggest spending the time getting a good led light system. Look into Comet's Matrix products to easily add lighting. For Getaway, it looks cool to light up the gauges and other unlit plastics. Get the ocd boards to retain all the factory fade effects. You can also light up star posts and add spot lights. The matrix stuff all uses connectors so it's easy to try things.

Another good option is colordmd. While expensive, it does retain it's value and can be moved to any other dmd game.

Also backing up what others have said about ColorDMD. It's the single best upgrade to any pin that supports it.

I always figured a good rule of thumb with mods is "upgrades" not "add-ons." Don't insert a bunch of new stuff in there, cluttering up the design. But if you replace an existing part with a higher quality version of the same part, that's the ticket.

Since you asked, I will offer a dissenting opinion as I like Pinstadiums for additional GI lighting.

They have gotten expensive and are not needed on every game, but some games will benefit greatly from them, especially in a dark game room. The brightness can be dialed in from 0% to 100% and you can choose any color in the spectrum (including warm white, cool white and sunlight white) so you get to decide exactly how it is going to look and you can change it in a few seconds if you change your mind or the lighting conditions in the room change.

Sure, I could crank them up to 100% in a wild color that makes my entire playfield glow bright pink, purple or green if I wanted to, but I use them to help evenly light the playfield in a complimentary white to the artwork. People that spew all the hate for Pinstadiums have most likely never seen them properly set up in person.

I am also a big fan of Invisiglass/PDI and own a few sheets, but I don't think you need it on games that have Pinstadiums as they really help to reduce the glare/reflections, so that helps make the price of Pinstadiums a little easier to swallow.

And another huge thumbs up for ColorDMD. They are fantastic and also have the added benefit of holding their value better than any other mod.