Funkos as Toppers
Quoted from Strummy:Isn't wiring up a sub an upgrade?
Quoted from beelzeboob:So you DO think audio mods significantly change stuff?
Quoted from Pablito350:Mustache Mod
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I still don't want to talk about how much it cost.
-Paul
It’s a me Mario!
I will pay 20 bucks to anyone willing to uninstall and haul away my cpr firepower topper. Hmu. Worst topper ever
All of them? I don't see why people throw money away on them frankly.
You rarely get your money back out of them.
I cant count the number of times I had to tell someone selling a pin for 2k over its value that Im not paying for all that crap you added as "upgrades"
Ready for the downvotes.
Maybe the thread should be about what mods we like and show em off.. F it - way to positive. Mods are dumb..
I secretly mod all my pins. Funny thing is, I have offered to remove mods and reduce the selling price and no one has ever taken me up on it.
I bet if Stern, JJP, etc started including some of the mods mentioned here then the story would be completely different for some reason…………….
Quoted from insight75:Go ahead and tell me that you don't like toppers......
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Awesome Topper. Bravo.
Quoted from porkcarrot:Curious about all the pinstadium responses. Is it because of colors? The admittedly few games I have played with pinstadiums installed that had cool white seemed pretty great. It made everything easy to see and I didn't notice anything that detracted. Obviously color would be awful, but for just pure cool white they seemed great. What am I missing?
I think people usually see Pinstadiums in photos/ads where the light is turned up to 100, and all sorts of colors. It looks like you could see that shit from space. I like to keep my gameroom dark for a few reasons (unfinished 120 year old basement ceiling with old and new wires poking out every which way + I want to emulate the dark neon look and feel of '80s arcades), so white, warm Pinstadiums with the brightness dialed down to about 40-50 are great for seeing darker games while keeping the room dark.
Pinstadiums can look like the inside of a clown's closet, but they can also just evenly light a game like this:
One of those things. Couldn't care less about toppers, and in 100 years sociologists are going to compare funko pops to how we now describe the use of leeches in 19th century medicine, but Pinstadiums fill a need for me. At some point I'll find the time to make similar lights myself.
Any mod that doesn't look like it could have come stock, generally. If it has wrong colors, doesn't match the iteration/era of the franchise, complex paint job against spot-color artwork, sticks out and looks wrong to my eyes.
Quoted from yancy:Apologies in advance, I’m downvoting posts defending mods. Take it to a pro-mod thread!
Even this pro mod?
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Quoted from titanpenguin:Even this pro mod?
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Dam man. Making fun of someone with a disability? You really are a mess.
You were having issues reading while asking me for pics on my powder coat thread but this is low as hell. You need help
I figured you of all people would be down with it, since you seem ok with insulting other peoples intelligence for calling out your laziness after going after others for asking question. By all means, carry on here good doc!
There’s mods for certain machines I think are 100% necessary.
The lightning bolts on AC/DC for instance.
The way that machine came stock the flashers would pop out and be flying around the playfield every half dozen plays or so.
Didn’t matter if you hot glued them, zip tied them or whatever.
Bad design that was fixed with a mod.
Anyhow, if I like mods I buy them.
If not I don’t.
Saying all mods look like shit just isn’t true.
That’s like the guys that say they don’t like looking at fake titties, which is bullshit.
Quoted from Pickle:Yeah.. you just gotta ignorethe BS stuck in people’s teeth sometimes. They were ridiculous asking for pics….we all know what powder coating looks like so not needed. Then attacking you for not updating your game history….geez I haven’t updated mine in years.
Consider the source. The titanpenguin couldn't understand that I was watching football and would find the pics later. He obviously thinks that he is better than others and entitled to get what he wants when he wants it. There was a football game on yesterday penguin. Most of us realized that. The pics did come shortly after it ended. You aren't as important as you think you are. Your post on this thread helped to show us more of who you are .... Someone that makes fun of someone with downs syndrome. And there is a section on profies that show previously owned games. Check it out. Knowledge might help you look like less of a fool in the future.
The motor city guy cane out swinging about me taking business from pinball refinery all with his capitals and extra exclamation points. Speaks for itself.
All good on my end though. Nice night playing pinball at the Sanctum
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Just giving my respose. I'm done with it. My thread only turned stupid because of certain people. It was meant to be informative. Take a look it's not difficult to see where it turned bad.
Quoted from Bugsy:$38 Pteranodon from Modfather
https://modfatherpinball.com/collections/jurassic-park/products/jurassic-park-playfield-pteroductyl
Or just buy the same exact thing on Amazon for $10
amazon.com link »
$38 Raptor from Modfather
https://modfatherpinball.com/collections/jurassic-park/products/jurassic-park-playfield-raptor?variant=38147610056
Or just buy the same exact thing on Amazon for $17
amazon.com link »
Haha! I have that Pterandon on my playfield. It’s so bad that it’s hilarious.
Couldn’t stand Pinstadiums for the longest time but I bought some for a couple games that I just couldn’t see shit on the playfield.
Black pinballs. The worst for me. Just can’t pick up the ball on the playfield to have good scores.
I agree with a few others, it’s kind of strange to bash other peoples choices in the hobby on the hobby forum. It’s clear Everyone has different opinions on mods and some people can hear a difference with an audio upgrade or value not being able to see the glass or having the pf lit up. Bashing specific mods because of how they look in one’s opinion is only self serving. Interesting that so many claim to hate mods but the mod sellers seem to be doing well enough and it’s kind of rare to get a pin now a days without something modded if not multiple things. Customization is a fun part of ownership for many people in many hobbies… no reason it shouldn’t be part of pinball.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Dude, please don’t drag beef from one stupid thread to another stupid thread. It gets confusing!
In @strummy’s defense, that other guy was stupid in that thread and is warranting ejection in this thread.
Quoted from PoMC:That Forceflow guy? Only one I can think of off the top of my head.
HAHAHAHA when I first saw the title I thought that's what it WAS. I was gonna SAY Force..
<MODNOTE: chris-p has been banned forever - any OTHERS?>
Quoted from Bugsy:$38 Pteranodon from Modfather
https://modfatherpinball.com/collections/jurassic-park/products/jurassic-park-playfield-pteroductyl
Or just buy the same exact thing on Amazon for $10
amazon.com link »
$38 Raptor from Modfather
https://modfatherpinball.com/collections/jurassic-park/products/jurassic-park-playfield-raptor?variant=38147610056
Or just buy the same exact thing on Amazon for $17
amazon.com link »
Jajajaja
Seriously though, most 3D printed mods look like ass. When I got Willy Wonka, the prior owner installed that red tube mod on the left wireform. Ugly piece of shit that broke in no time.
Quoted from PoMC:That Forceflow guy? Only one I can think of off the top of my head.
Quoted from chris_p:HAHAHAHA when I first saw the title I thought that's what it WAS. I was gonna SAY Force..
<MODNOTE: chris-p has been banned forever - any OTHERS?>
Hey...at least it's not me!
Quoted from chris_p:One wife's TRASH is another guy's TREASURE. This I thought was AWESOME. My wife votes this as the WORST MOD EVER:[quoted image]
That makes me want to watch the Flintstones!
Quoted from Daditude:Hey...at least it's not me!
yet.
psnote to THOSE KINDA PEOPLE, i am ever/always/eternally grateful to the mods for doing the sewage work that comes with keeping a site like this from devolving into EVERY OTHER UNMODERATED SITE IN THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET. I bang my HAID on PLAYfield GLASS daily in thankfulness. seriously - thank you.
Quoted from chris_p:One wife's TRASH is another guy's TREASURE. This I thought was AWESOME. My wife votes this as the WORST MOD EVER:[quoted image]
I would definitely do this Mod. Jajajja
I do a good enough of 3D printed projects & if they just took more time sanding/priming the mods & lacquered them they would look so much nicer. But then again if they did that the price would be even more $$ :O It's all very subjective; but I can tell you from experience if you slice STL proper it can be extremely strong!!
Quoted from chris_p:One wife's TRASH is another guy's TREASURE. This I thought was AWESOME. My wife votes this as the WORST MOD EVER:[quoted image]
Much better than Rosie on there.
I'd say many if not the overwhelming majority of alternate translites are the worst mods ever. Particularly the ones that just feature a hot chick and barely have anything to do with the game. They are tacky and gaudy and stick out like a sore thumb. The Getaway one in particular is horrendous. Its got a picture of a ferrari for some reason, then the obligatory hot chicks, and the picture is taken in like rural Kansas or something instead of in the mountains like the rest of the art in the game. Translites like this are for dirty old men without a clue
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Quoted from insight75:Go ahead and tell me that you don't like toppers......
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Yeah, that looks bad
Quoted from Strummy:Consider the source. The titanpenguin couldn't understand that I was watching football and would find the pics later. He obviously thinks that he is better than others and entitled to get what he wants when he wants it. There was a football game on yesterday penguin. Most of us realized that. The pics did come shortly after it ended. You aren't as important as you think you are. Your post on this thread helped to show us more of who you are .... Someone that makes fun of someone with downs syndrome. And there is a section on profies that show previously owned games. Check it out. Knowledge might help you look like less of a fool in the future.
The motor city guy cane out swinging about me taking business from pinball refinery all with his capitals and extra exclamation points. Speaks for itself.
All good on my end though. Nice night playing pinball at the Sanctum
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It’s not that deep!
Quoted from PoMC:That Forceflow guy? Only one I can think of off the top of my head.
Quoted from chris_p:HAHAHAHA when I first saw the title I thought that's what it WAS. I was gonna SAY Force..
<MODNOTE: chris-p has been banned forever - any OTHERS?>
This is what he was saying, with a picture! It was a funny reference. Don’t get personally offended on behalf of people with disabilities for no reason. It’s self-righteous and pompous.
The worst mods are the ones that people try to tell you are definitely worth an extra 4 grand for their goofy toys!
On EBay I once saw small plastic figures of nude / scantily clad ladies in frankly pornographic poses - they were being sold as a mod for rock band pins Not good
Quoted from insight75:Go ahead and tell me that you don't like toppers......
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she should at least be topless...
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