I purchased a TWISTER - SEGA 1997 apx 1 year ago. Time to give it some bling and make it shine even more !
The machine is fun to play, but is visually lacking on the playfield. The cabinet is a beautiful mix of bright yellow and blue.
With this in mind, I searched PSP for some items that I will use to bring the machine ALIVE.
I purchased my machine from its first owner, so the machine is in great condition. It was actually used when the movie was released and placed inside HOYTS picture theatres for the release of the movie. The machine then went to one of the execs houses. It is a Australian delivered machine.
I have to decided to do the following to add some extra colour to the playfield. Plus a few mechanical enhancements etc.
1. Install yellow cliffy/post protectors instead of black.
2. Install Leds to the whole machine
3. Change some dome flasher covers to red, blue, green instead of leaving the boring white/clear ones
4. change the flipper bats to a different colour instead of white. ( I have black,yellow or white bats to make my final mind up with)
5. change the flipper rubber colours
6. change the flipper button colour to yellow or blue instead of red which doesnt suit
7. repaint the large "spinning disk" on the playfield differently to what factory was-this alone will look awesome
8. add a few toys that will go really well with the pin
9. add a white rubber kit and say goodbye to the ugly black rubber kit
The biggest change, is that alot of the bulb colours/insert colours on the machine are boring white. Last night i added different coloured LEDS to the under playfield inserts and what a huge improvement. Not only brighter with LEDS etc, but a colour change here is a dramatic improvement.
stay tuned for some updates/photos. A few guys who do already own a TWISTER machine will know just what a BIG improvement the 9 steps above will make. I think i will do a quick before n after video etc n some photos too.
Brett