I was there, too!! What a f'ing hoot! Kim? Oh, Kiiiiiiiiiiiim?

I like how kyle talks about waynes MM as if it was actually being made

and parts were even considered. That's an optimistic statement if

i've ever heard one. ­

hey RGP,

Hey i'm Jack. I'm 13 and I love pinball. My Dad collects the

games and we work on them toghether. I was at Expo this year and it

was awesome. I was that kid with the green collared shirt playing

every game he could, especially that Big Bang Bar. I got to meet a lot

of people, even Pacak, a nice treat! Ive been on RGP a while but I

never really posted anything until now. I mostly like the newer games

and 60s wedgeheads. I just finished a whirlwind (WW) restoration all

by myself, with a LITTLE help from my Dad . This game plays like a

monster. I only have one game but im planning on getting a few more

once I get some good grades. The games ill be interested in the future

are

Funhouse ,NBA fastbreak, Jack-bot, Johnny Mnemonic,Earthshake­r, High

Speed 2, and a Shrek eventually. Thats all I have to say for now.

Jack

Normally flipper bushings aren't that hard to remove - especially on

GTB's that have screws holding them to the bottom of the playfield.

But on WMS EM's they have the threaded nails and on occasion I've had

to beat them out and had the flanges break. Well this weekend I was

working on my Grand Prix restoration and got to the bushings and man

were they tight. So having been an aircraft and car mechanic for way

too many decades I decided to make a puller. Well, really I just put

some stuff together and made a puller, but it worked beautifully.

I used a 1/4" -20 x 2 1/2 (longer screws will work too) round slotted

head screw with nut, 1 washer, and a 32 mm socket. I put the screw

through the bushing so that the head was on the flipper side of the

bushing. This particular size of screw has the same head diameter as

the bushing which is really important if you don't want to gouge your

playfield. Then I placed the socket over the coil side of the bushing.

The socket needs to be just big enough for the bushing to fit up into

the socket as it's pulled. The screw should now be protruding though

the square drive on the socket. Then put the washer on and thread the

nut. Tighten the nut and the bushing will pull straight out and the

whole thing will just fall into your hand once it's released.

I took pictures of the whole process but it's not rocket science. Just

thought I'd share because it was so easy to make and even easier to

pull some stubborn bushings.

Dave

OK, I'm not saying they always should be on the ball about every

update...but let's take Batman. 0.6 sucks. It's like having an early

prototype in the arcade. I don't think it's unreasonable for me to

want to play the fully functioning game. If they put in 2.2, and 4.0

came out tomorrow...I'd be happy about at least having the 2.2 in

there.

I need the mounting plate for the switches, the switches, and the wire

form and mount for position #1.

See picture below for reference. I am looking to upgrade a Sys6 trough

to micro switches.

Thanks

-V

Starting (finally) on my King of Diamonds restore and while

disassembling I discovered the playfield inks are more faded than I

though, at least in one color. I thought that the beige inks in the two

lower side areas were correct. Not! When I removed the wood ball guide

rail, nailed in from the bottom by the way, I discovered the correct

color is a sort of pink! So, ok. That's gonna be a lot more work but I

do like to be accurate wherever possible. I searched the net for good

pictures to see if I could find a pink playfield and nada! I even

figured Herb Silvers must have discovered the same thing when he made

his KoD overlay. Surely he would have made it with the correct colors.

Nope! At least not that I can tell from his web page pics.

So now my dilemma. Do I do like others and leave it beige or match and

restore to the original pinkish color and have the only one that stands

out this way? Does anyone have, or have pics of a KoD/DJ nos playfield?

What would you do?

Here are two pics showing what I mean. Although not quite as clearly

pictured you can also see the pink under where a post was as well.

Who's going to play it while it's in a state of flux when you're gone? ­

One question for you. What player lights are on when you start a single

player game? This of course is when your coin unit wiper is installed.

One other thing, and I'm not certain if this fouls up the amount of

players or not. There should be a solder eyelet attached to the coin

unit step up coil frame. Is there a wire attached to the eyelet?

BTW, did you get the outhole problem fixed, or did this new two player

game issue trump that problem?

What are the common failure points for those of us who hope to bring a

game or two for the first time next year?

Would be best to be prepared since parts are hit or miss. I understand you

can't bring a complete Pinball Resource or Great Plains Electronics to a

show ­

Is the power at the Westin better than the marginal power at the Ramada

and Wyndham was?

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