I dug in, did my adjusting and then noticed that my lower right flipper might need a little tweak as well. I adjusted it, but thought... ah... that flipper is a little discolored, I might as well see if I have a spare new flipper on hand. Sure enough, swapped it out, and saw the real different between a nice, fresh new flipper, and a 20 year old, beat to heck flipper... You can see the difference as well in the above photo.
Then I figured, well... while I'm here, I might as well swap the left flipper out too...
I just played a game with my new flippers, and they look great. More interestingly, they FEEL better. Why? Well, the old flippers were actually cracked! They both had small, but long cracks along the tips of the flippers. I don't know if this really made a difference, but the game sure feels differently. I still need to go back in and swap out the upper right flipper, but she's on her way...
And while I was in there I gave the Borg entry and Borg lock switches a tap in Test Mode to turn off the alarm (it's been a LOOOOONG time since I've hit those shots, and the game noticed!)... Hey! I never claimed to be a GOOD player! *cough*
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In similar news, I met a couple engineers/pinheads locally recently, and they really got me to nut up a bit and try some tougher fixes. To step out of my comfort zone a little bit. I'm taking baby steps, but I'm actually trying to narrow down board issues now. And thinking a bit more outside of my usual box. It feels great...
What's going on in your pinworld right now?
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ALSO... new pins on the Albuquerque Pinball Map! Go check it out and see if you have some new pins in your area...
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