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| Space Invaders Pinball Restore |
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| FlakJAG:
Love the artwork on this pin, very Alien/HR Giger, Heavy Metal vibes with the already nostalgic space invader theme. |
| Ian:
The game is growing on me.... to be honest at first this was a flip. Fix her up and sell her. But yesterday I moved her to my basement bar. She will be a keeper for a while. I thought it was going to be a slow terrible shooter since it's a freakin boat wide body. But after shooting this thing a few times it has some fun shots and the layout is way better than I thought it was going to be. So right now I am into it. I may get sick of it quick but at least for now I am excited to have it. |
| Malenko:
clear coat it or see if they sell one of those plexiglass protectors for it. |
| Ian:
So after all the clean up, and scrubbing and soaking of plastics...etc. I put in all new rubbers. I went with black rubbers, kind of wish I would have stuck with the white.... The black tends to blend in. Oh well. I guess it is fine. And now It is time to attack the lighting. I usually just do white leds on the play field to keep it classy and to bring out the natural colors in the plastics and artwork. However since all my plastics are yellow and dull as hell, I decided to go balls out and really turn this bastard into a light show. I shamelessly stole the color scheme from an episode of TNT on youtube. I don't know why but it was very cool to see that game all lit up. So I decided to do it. Most of the bulbs were burned out anyway. It begins One plan was to remove the apron and drill a couple of holes so I could thread some wire through for a couple led strips. success! Because this is a widebody the middle of the playfield even with the LEDs and LED strips there were still black voids on the play field. So I bought a couple of spot lights to help light the way. Pop bumpers all lit up so they can be pretty... This thing... looks great in person. Under the play field lighting... always a pain in the ass. I went with frosted bulbs, so as to not be too crazy bright. I still want to see what the inserts say. Finished up some small details like new shiny acorn nuts on all of the threaded bolts. And a nice polish on the play field. A few pics of the back glass... I should post a video of it to do it justice. It is strikingly awesome! Fin |
| Mike A:
That looks sweet. |
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