LOTR Path of the Dead mod
Yee Fong
A friend of mine and I decided to expand upon an idea originally from Ryan
on aussiearcade.
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyGdAvbWhiI
Each figure on POTD lights up in sympathy with one of the four green lights.
If the green light for a roll over switch flashes for 250 souls so will the
corressponding figure.
If the green light is fully on for 500 souls so will the corresponding
figure.
It lights up a dark region of the playfield nicely.
Figures are on a thin piece of perspex so the figures are completely removal
with no damage done.
dsai...@hotmail.com
That looks great. I also like where you positioned them.
How did yu wire it, at the light socket?
Hunty
nice!! I was hoping someone would do this the first time I saw those
translucent figs, and your implementation looks great! :)
DrMoze
Nice! As an alternative double-purpose feature, I positioned the AotD
figure (third from the top in the video) by the exit of the PotD, close
to the left wall and facing roughly towards Balad-dur. This serves as a
deflector that guides the ball onto the left wire ramp consistently and
avoids the plastics-cracking pf-dinging bounces from the stock setup. I
stuck him down with museum putty, easily removable but holds great.
I'm pretty sure you could run the led wires along the bottom left of
the PotD to a figure placed here. It would also "line up" better with
the lower left switch, so that each figure would better correspond to
one of the 4 switches (upper/lower and left/right).
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toyboy6
Hey DrMoze, I've seen you talk about the museum putty a couple of
times. Can you buy that stuff at normal retailers or do you need to
get it at a special store or on-line? I see Amazon has some, but
would prefer to buy local if possible.
c2
Looks great Yee! Where did you find the 4th AotD figure? I've only
seen three.
-Craig
Detroitboy
I love light mods...but those figures remind me of things from my
grandmother's Christmas tree in the early 60's. I just can't get into
them.
Dmod
Randy
c2
Yee Fong
First of all the POTD has to be removed from the game.
The LED's are inserted into the figures then the wires run underneath the
POTD.
All the earth wires are joined together.
There are 5 wires, one earth and one dedicated live wire for each figure.
The wires are terminated in molex pins inserted in a flat connector which is
passed through the back board.
The wires that are feed the green lights are cut and terminated in molex
sockets.
These molex sockets are inserted into the mating flat connector.
So now each individual green light and one figure is in parallel.
We tried a figure close to the tower in the Path itself but found that
occassionally the ball would hang up there.
Also by getting the figure outside the Path, it became almost a 50/50 shot
which lane the ball would roll into.
The 4th figure came from another box. Each set has only 3 figures but if
you want 4 figures, you've got no choice.
This is a great mod as the lit figures become part of the game unlike the
smaller figurines which you notice only when you're not playing the game.
Cheers
Yee
Auckland, New Zealand.
DrMoze
toyboy6;1456168 Wrote:
> > Nice! As an alternative double-purpose feature, I positioned the
> AotD
> > figure (third from the top in the video) by the exit of the PotD,
> close
> > to the left wall and facing roughly towards Balad-dur. This serves as
> a
> > deflector that guides the ball onto the left wire ramp consistently
> and
> > avoids the plastics-cracking pf-dinging bounces from the stock setup.
> I
> > stuck him down with museum putty, easily removable but holds great.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure you could run the led wires along the bottom left of
> with
> > the lower left switch, so that each figure would better correspond
> to
> > one of the 4 switches (upper/lower and left/right).
> >
> > --
> > DrMoze
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> Hey DrMoze, I've seen you talk about the museum putty a couple of
> times. Can you buy that stuff at normal retailers or do you need to
> get it at a special store or on-line? I see Amazon has some, but
> would prefer to buy local if possible.
I bought some at the Container Store. Other housewares stores may also
have it stocked.
thehaze
a very good Mod in how it brings that dark corner to life and utilizes
the figures in an integrated way, unlike the ones already just placed
on the game.