I've only had one fuse go (F5) and that's when I hooked up my shaker last week (played for about 20 minutes with the shaker installed and then the fuse blew). Was just playing a game and next thing you know the flippers stopped working and the shaker just kept on spinning. I had posted about it and Markmon mentioned I should see if it happens again before I can pinpoint it as having something to do with the shaker, which definitely makes sense. I only had 1 spare 7A fuse so I've put that one in and unhooked the shaker for now. Will be getting some new fuses in a few days and then I'll hook the shaker back up and see if it happens again.

At this point everything is good with the game since I replaced the fuse and unhooked the shaker, no problems. Hope it stays that way once I hook the shaker up again.

I've done the remount of the Wolverine toy and one thing I've noticed is that he ends up tilting over to right from getting hit over and over and balls end up getting caught up a bit on his shaved down arm. Decided to make a new bracket for the back of the toy in hopes that it would mount better and keep him from tilting. Thought I'd put the details in a new post in case it might not get noticed in the 7,000 plus thread:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/xmen-wolverine-toy-remount-made-a-new-mounting-bracket-to-keep-him-straight?replies=1#post-418486

Having a blast with 1.3 and just finished installing my Nightcrawler mod by Hemi (had this mod for months now but haven't had a chance to put it in). Having the Nightcrawlers light up is awesome!

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I put together a list of the rubbers on Xmen and links to PBL to order (if you want white, but you also use the list to order black as well):

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/x-men-switching-black-rubber-to-white-what-you-need-and-pbl-links

Well I finally had a break out game on Xmen. Had all of the villains finished off except for Brotherhood, and all of the Heroes complete except for Iceman. Didn't make it to Danger Room or Dark Phoenix but I was close! Also had the most combos I've ever had and took out Magneto twice.

I find that getting a villain lit as soon as possible and working on that one repeatedly until finished works well (and not starting Hellfire or Brotherhood multiball until as late in the game as possible - that way it's pretty easy to hit one Hellfire / Brotherhood target and get that villain light relit).

Also put some pink Cointaker LEDs in the Gambit pop bumpers, adds a nice touch.

This game rocks!

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Thanks! Made it to Danger Room once a few months back and it sure is a cool mode!

Well after almost 7 years I'm sad to say that I've left the club. Bought Wolvie # 265 NIB from JJ way back in August 2012 and have had a blast with the machine and enjoyed every game (well that would be every game once they finally got the code sorted out!).

A lot of machines have come along since Xmen came on the scene and I think this machine still rocks it and packs a punch.

On my final game last night I collected all the heroes, defeated Magneto, got Gambit, defeated 5 villains, beat the Nightcrawlers a few times, had almost 90 combos, and almost hit 200 million!

It's now with Tommy at Nitro Pinball and it'll be making it's way back to Yegpin next week where the new owner will be picking it up (so there will be a new Pinside owner joining the club soon!).

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Looks very nice!