Hi everyone,

It's been a long time coming but finally got these ready to ship!

Replacement chase board for White Water.

WH2O-CLB - $100 + S&H
http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/products/pinball/wh2o_clb.html

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Features:

Support for common 555 bulbs and factory 194 bulbs
LED indicators for each lamp circuit
Free run mode (independent operation)
Alternate light patterns for enhanced waterfall effects

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Topper light board wiring harness. Includes p-clips and screws.

WH2O-TWH - $60 + S&H
http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/products/pinball/wh2o_twh.html

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The lamp boards have been available for some time.

WH2O-TLB - $30ea + S&H (needs two per game - bulbs not included)
http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/products/pinball/wh2o_tlb.html

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Bulbs not included!

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Inside the backbox, showing the new board and wiring harness.

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Top of the backbox, showing the wiring harness and lamp boards.

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Save $20 by buying a full kit!

P/N: WH2O-KIT: $200 + S&H

Includes:

1x WH2O-CLB - Chase Light Board
1x WH2O-TWH - Topper Wiring Harness
2x WH2O-TLB - Topper Light/Lamp Board

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I have some videos of the chase board in operation, but don't have them uploaded just yet. Will try to get those up this evening.

Please feel free to post questions/comments here, or email/PM me. Will try to answer them as best as I can.

Thanks!

Tony

Videos have been posted, 6 in total.

I do apologize in advance for less than professional quality. The waterfall effect doesn't quite look as nice on the videos as in person. Plus the foil isn't that great, so consider it the worst case scenario!

First up, standard compatibility game mode (194 bulbs):

Same as above, but with 555 bulbs on the left and 194's on the right:

Free run mode, standard waterfall pattern (194 bulbs):

Free run mode, alternate pattern #1 (194 bulbs):

Free run mode, alternate pattern #2 (194 bulbs):

Test mode:

It was very difficult to capture the details in the video, so I do apologize about that.

The first alternate pattern is a faster version of the standard waterfall pattern. Makes the water look like it's really rushing over the falls. I think it's a bit more true to life than the standard pattern.

The second alternate pattern is the same speed as the standard version, but instead of a on,on,off repeating pattern, it's a on,on,off,off repeating pattern. The extra off lamp makes the pattern appear a bit darker and more pronounced. This particular pattern may be useful for people that have less than perfect foils (like the one in the videos), since it enhances the waterfall effect.

Cheers,

Tony

Bump for the weekend crowd.

Tony

If you have a machine with existing topper and chase system in it, then no. The board is a drop-in replacement and will work with the original wiring harness and lamp boards just fine.

Cheers,

Tony

Similar concept, the difference is that the lights are in front of the artwork, not behind it.

I guess the story goes is that there used to be vintage beer signs that had embossed foil artwork that had a moving effect built-in, and Nordman wanted that same effect for the waterfall topper. Evidently they found someone that was still doing that kind of work and had it done for the game.

There have been various efforts to reproduce the effect (it's a simple embossed etching really) but it's somewhat of a lost art and I imagine difficult to find someone willing to do it. Yes, I'm aware of the Twisted Pins effort, I know nothing more than anyone else on the matter. Haven't even seen any prototypes of it, even though I was at PAGG and they were there.

Funny story, my wife was classically trained as a lithographer, and that's the same skill set needed to reproduce the artwork. But please, don't email me about it. She hasn't done any lithography in over 20 years. Just saying that it's kind of a dying art. Not many people do it anymore, and it might even be harder to convince anyone to even attempt trying to replicate it.

Hope that helps shed some light on it.

Tony