Mods and conversions

[Le Chuck]

Anybody ever done a custom pin conversion?  I think that doing a custom actual build is way more than I would ever care to do but the idea of taking a preDMD and doing all new art for it would be a fun project.  The trick, I guess, is to find a fun pin in rough shape art/pf wise but decent shape mechanically that I wouldn't feel terrible for converting. 

Not that I'm planning anything, more just hoping others have done this so I can live vicariously through them. 

[ChadTower]

I haven't done it personally but if you go to Youtube there is a ton of well done re-themes.

This one might be my favorite.

[Le Chuck]

Good link man, here's the website from the youtube page: http://www.tristatechapter.com/arcade/ghostbusters/ghostbusters.html

Very cool stuff.  The audio component really puts it over the top.

[Vigo]

Whoa!   

Doing a pin re-theme has now been put in my future project bucket.

[ChadTower]

Good link man, here's the website from the youtube page: http://www.tristatechapter.com/arcade/ghostbusters/ghostbusters.html

Very cool stuff.  The audio component really puts it over the top.

For me it's the opposite.  The audio implementation feels pretty straightforward and very well done.  It's the artwork on the playfield that blows me away.  I can do wiring.  I can't do that artwork.   

[Vigo]

My only beef with the art is that the backglass art came straight out of the recent video game art. Would loved to see something a little more unique there. playfield art is incredible and I can't see any difference between that and something that would have been done commercially.

Sound solution seems really smart. I'm gonna have to dig around to see if there is a cheaper version of the mp3 sound board they used. there seems to be a lot of possibilities. I would love to play with something like that.

[smartbomb2084]

Here's one that looks good to me....Done before aging rock bands were the new 'pet' pinball theme...

Plus it gives one an idea of how much work re-theming really is..



http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/ramones/index.html

[Vigo]

Oh man, I might be more into this if Genie wasn't one of my absolute all time favorite pins.

[ChadTower]

Sound solution seems really smart. I'm gonna have to dig around to see if there is a cheaper version of the mp3 sound board they used. there seems to be a lot of possibilities. I would love to play with something like that.

I spent a lot of time looking around last year.  Didn't find anything else that would do the job at that price point.  There were some other boards, stuff that Halloween prop makers use, but those products were way more expensive and usually had built in relays for activating other stuff.

[Nephasth]

I really like this Matrix re-theme of Johnny Mnemonic:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/gsgz_z940XU?autoplay=1&rel=0

Pinside thread here: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-matrix-pinball-machine-pinnovating