NEW PIN - photos n updates !

[beaky]

well at least she can't fall flat on her face.

[Extra Ball]

well at least she can't fall flat on her face.

no, because my face would catch her

[Caveoftreasures]

QUICK UPDATE.

Andrew (Beaky) and I picked up the new machine from Dutts Transport this afternoon and got her home an hour ago after work.
We have unloaded her off the trailer, and have just wiped 13 years of dust off the machine. Its always good cleaning places where no one has ever touched before. The machine is excellent. The playfield is beautiful. A lousy little clean and she will be like new.

All ramps are great, all plastics are excellent. Overall. a beauty for a 1997 model. It seems probably one owner with a service pack from factory stuck down the back.

We are changing over the german plug right now, checking a few small other things, and Andrew is setting up some service buttons we have spare, because for some reason, the machine came without a coin door or the set of buttons ?. Never mind, i have 30 brand new doors sitting here in boxes i bought off Mark when they were real cheap a few months back (remember the great coin door frenzy everyone had.lol)  Another toy and i am really stoked.  

I will take some photos soon, within the next few hours, just as we fire her up. Dying to play a game. My birthday present is looking good so far.
Farrrkk, I am dying for a cold bourban and coke. Thats in the next 5 mins. Stay tuned.  

[Redback]

Upload some photos.

While I get tuned, where are those keys to the bar.

Red

[Caveoftreasures]

I have stuck a cold bourban n coke down Andys throat and he purred like a kitten. First one didnt even touch the sides.
Thats the way to keep any pinball tech happy, feed them lots of alcohol. (and strippers on those special pinball tech courses held only for the guys)  

Now, to take some photos. (of the pinball machine i meant)    

photos below.

and Red, theres no keys to the bar here, its every man for himself, and if u can drink it, its free ! i try to feed my guests as much alcohol as they desire, anyone welcome, anytime. I have even had to buy a moonshine still, cause beaky loves his bloody bourban ! 

[Caveoftreasures]

more photos below. machine has not been cleaned yet. playfield hasnt even had a wipe over. still dust everywhere. ramps need a good clean.

I have to put the brand new plastic egg halves on the playfield i got from bay area -sit over the little dinosaur dude). Was lucky to get those plastics cause they have been out of stock on them for 2 years and only just found a couple for me. We are yet to start her up, just rearranging the power supply and some weird wiring that someone has done to the power supply. Germans.   

[Redback]

Nice looking pin,

Same drinking policy here.  Rather the guess help them selves so they dont slow me down.

Thanks for the photos,
Red

[MiCrO]

Happy B'day Brett 
A nice pinball for your birthday is so much better than a pair of socks.
She should clean up nice mate.

[studley67]

 ^^^great score and happy birthday brett.you have aquired a serious collection in such a short time.i`m having a birthday drink with you to cellabrate you and yor new toy.regards damien

[Caveoftreasures]

OK, update time.
(thanks for the kind words guys, good to see a few are having a good drink or dozen before playing the pinnies, i play better after a dozen jim beam n cokes )

Its midnight and we have just put down the tools, for tonight anyway.
We lost a few hours changing out the Dot Matrix display. I had to borrow one from one of my other sega concaves cause the one that came in the machine does not work. Swapping out the dot-matrix was a bit of a nightmare. Nowhere near as easy as doing a bally/williams or even a data east. The way they are screwed in on the Segas is a bit of a time consuming pain to say the least. So, i will have to see mark c about a replacement dot-matrix, cost etc ?

Next, is that i do not speak or read German (unless its Euro porn night   ) We need to change the roms to English. Andy will do that really easily since he is well versed in all that stuff.
Next issue, is that there appears to be a few switch issues, which usually are straight forward to clean or fix up.

Next stage, is that the ball snagger device on the playfield does not work. More testing/fault finding here. This can be a major concern cause there are no replacement parts for this issue on this pin , so i am hoping Andy and i can determine what that issue is.
Anyway, we will clean the playfield, change out the bulbs, do the rubber kit, and make her look a treat tomorrow, thats the easy stuff.

Ohhh, the love of pinball.    I am going to bed, its nearly 1am. Snnnnnnrrrrrrrr. More updates tomorrow.

[beaky]

no need to swap the roms, the language is selected via the dipswitches on the mpu board (dont know why i couldnt find it in your manual, i checked in a manual from a game that uses the same mpu)
plus there is only one set of roms available from what i can see

[Caveoftreasures]

I told u to drink more friggin bourban Andy. You always fix things better when u are half wasted.

See, alcohol and fixing pins is good. Fixing pins after only 1 or 2 jim beams results in "we ahh stucka mate, we a have a nuther go tomorraw huh".

more photos to come. soon.

[beaky]

I will check what rom versions you have in your pin tomorrow. the manual i am reading states that the dipswitches select country (i.e. germany, usa, sweden and so on) but pinball repair.com says that there are no dip switch settings for the language display and they are set via the rom on the display. 
and the display says german cpu when we boot your lost world up.
your mpu does have dipswithes and from memory your other concaves have the dipswitches all set to off (as per usa settings) but this pin has some of the dipswitches on
anyway i have downloaded the latest rom versions and i will bring my uv erasor, laptop and eprom programer tomorow and we will sort it out

[Caveoftreasures]

Here is a photo of Andy (Beaky) and his son Jayden fitting the new coindoor to the machine. I will take a photo of my fat head tomorrow and add it.

Alot of people dont know Andy is totally blind, thats why he wears the Roy Orbison sunglasses, nahh, he just didnt want some wanker with a camera flashing the friggin thing in his eyes whilst he is trying to work with wiring. His son Jayden, only asked 65 times in a ten minute period, dad, are we going home yet ?
I guess shgopping pins for litle kids is as boring as bat shit, but we had fun.

Recently, when Andy and I went to the chineese Barber for a haircut (we work together when he can put up with me) the chineese barber said to Andy, "Awwwwww Andy, wooo woook danger russs". must be the sunnys.    

[Caveoftreasures]

more photos above

more photos below.  

i purchased this brand new factory sega topper 15 months ago when i knew i would be buying this pin to collect all the cool sega's. it was like $20 on ebay - bargain.
I purchased the dinosaur also recently off ebay for $10 thinking it would work a treat. Something to liven things up. I am going to add 2 x flashing eyes to the dinosaur and connect it with the pins flasher circuit. p.s- my wife put the dinosaur together cause i hate puzzles.

photos below.