Amazing machine! If you’re ever interested in selling please reach out. Not looking to flip it or anything. This has always been my favorite pin and kept me sane while finishing my PhD :) Would love to have one of my own these days.
Wow. As someone who was finally able to buy a mint, HUO TSPP w only 300 plays, this was a huge inspiration. You share my feelings and passion for taking your favorite pin to its zenith. My problem is only that I haven’t yet found MY dream pin to take to this level. But when I DO (god willing), I’m doing everything possible to match this one. The gold blades & balls really put it over. 👌 (I’m waitin for MY Cliffys to show up for my TSPP). Also, Mezel’s CS (Kristin) is THEE BEST! So glad you had great CS throughout. 👉Big Q: I made a huge mistake buying a speaker kit from another outfit. This “Pinsound” you speak of … can you tell me if it’d be worth buying and using on a Simpsons machine? The bad kit I bought … the “super woofer” killed ALL the sound in my machine and I had to literally disconnect it! Still trying to settle this! Thank you if you’re able to answer! 🙏
Amazing how cheaply made the modern Sterns are, when you compare it to this. Even Keiths new game Jaws (He is the biggest star in pinball, so you would think that they let him put in a little extra), is so filled with nothing in comparison. This is a beautiful pin packed to the brim. I hope to own this machine one day. Please Stern: Make a Vault Edition of LOTR......!
Not sure how you actually pulled this off without taking the entire mech out. I had it on my floor and it was still insanely hard to get the screws to catch the threads of the socket properly. You can't see the holes anymore.
I put the screws on the heads but I didn't screw them all the way so that the head could slip through the mounting bracket. Once in place, I screwed them the rest of the way with the Titan Pinball wrench, starting first with the bottom screw. It was fairly easy.
Wow awesome machine - and I fuly agree the LotR pinball is one of my favorites as well - theme so well done. Your machine just looks outstanding - great work. One thing you could add is path of the dead mod. I've just added one to my machine. I've did a little programming/hardware project with an Arduino to read the Orthanc Opto switch and have very nice LED-light effects in the figures - just looks great. If you are interested I sould share this with you.
