Bought a Gottleib/Premier Wipe Out on Sunday for $650. Was flip flopping a few days before pulling the trigger and very happy I did.

Wipe Out is a LOT of fun with the ski lift and eye catchinginteractive slalom ramp. My family really loves it and it's a hit with my 17 year old and his friends too. "A lot more forgiving than Black Knight 2000" is what I was told. Even won my wife over because she was not happy that I will need to sell Party Animal in order to make this an even swap.

I only had to fix a drop target, replace a few bulbs and give the playfield a light cleaning. The lower return ramp that feeds to the right flipper was cracked and previously repaired, which I didn't mind. But I did find a NOS ramp for $30, so I ordered it and should have it soon. Also the pop bumpers seem to have touchy bulb sockets, so may just replace them as it seems I can't adjust them well enough to not have to slide the glass off every other day to move the bulb into position to light back up.

LEDs really make the playfield and toys look terrific. I had leftover LEDs from SST and BK2K and added blue under the slings, colored under the slalom gates, whites under the mountains to brighten them up and greens up at the ski lift shot since the playfield graphics are green there.

Only the last pic with the new instruction cards shows LEDs installed, will have to take updated pics tonight. First pics were taken when I got it home.

At this price point, I would highly recommend Wipe Out as an addition to a line up or as an only pin.

It's a DMD, cool interactive toys, catchy music, amusing and clear sounding audio and callouts, fun and challenging modes, shots for all skill levels and great looking playfield with colored LEDs.

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Also need to remove the red film over the DMD. Just found out it is just a film taped over. Not a fan of the red DMD and it doesn't match the game IMO. Are there blue films? Wondering how that would look since it matches the game colors and snow theme better.

Thanks, that's what I was doing because it seemed the only adjustment possible with these smart switches. I also used pliers to make the socket tighter around the bulb. Seemed to have the problem fixed when I switched back from LEDs to regular bulbs. When I got the game the bumper bulbs were out and I just replaced with LEDs, so no idea if the original bulbs worked and weren't making connection. When the normal bulbs lasted longer without issue I assumed it was the LED bases just not fitting well.

But last night 2 of them went out again. Will have to remove the switches from the bumper bodies so I can really get the tabs up. I can see the middle of the tabs sag a little, so really need to get leverage and straighten them out versus just pulling up.

Removed the red film behind the DMD and it's such an improvement. The animations aren't the best on this game - the avalanche and skiiing are too busy to be clear and the red film just doesn't help. Plus the film can slightly buckle or warp which doesn't look too great either.

Last two pics I'm holding the red film over the left side of the display to show the difference.

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One more without the red film
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LEDs installed - looks much better in person without the camera making lighting corrections.

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