13 Nov 2010

Ring Magnet Fuse Blows Again

Ring Magnet Fuse Blows Again
The 5A SB Fuse at F7 (ring magnet) blew during a long 2-ball DTR and the ball just dropped out after it started oscillating " in the ring.  Which ruined the DTR mode of course.  It's been a long time since a fuse blew, so just replaced it.  Set back to 1-ball DTR.

LOTR Fellowship Inserts
Very  mixed emotions about using LEDs under inserts.  Planning to try a different color for each character in the fellowship, but decided on a more balanced effect.  It's impossible to get a picture of the LED colors, especially blues and greens, but these really do pop in person.
The order is:  Violet, Blue, Green, Warm White, Yellow (Frodo), WW, Gr, Bl, Vio.
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For the Movie Multiball inserts I used Bright White, Yellow (matches Frodo in the Center) and Blue.  The bright white matches the LEDs in the "Rings of Elves" below it.  Not sure if I will keep these, as they flash strangely during DTR.

Update: I have taken out the 9 fellowship LEDs and put back in #555 bulbs.  This was because of the way the inserts strobe when the Fellowship Multiball has qualified and also at DTR.  I may be very sensitive to this, but for me it is too distracting.

I have only kept Bright White LEDs for all the square MB inserts and the LEDs I had already installed.  Only controlled LEDs are:  Color changing LEDs in the Start Mode and Palantir and some Flashers.

7 Nov 2010

Leg Protector Template

I got a request for this, it's not just useful for LOTR, but this PDF should work for most games.  If you have a new game, you should definitely  make a set!

I couldn't get 3-up to fit on an A4 sheet with a 1/2" margin area that printers usually fail to print.  So I did 2-up on 8 x 11".  You do not want to scale this when you print it out, so uncheck any "fit to page" type print settings. On my print settings that's 'Page Scaling' set to None, and deselect the 'Auto-Rotate and Center' option.

Use thick felt or a foam (like a yoga mat) to make protectors:  Leg Protector Template
Cut to the smaller leg bolt holes if you can, they are shown stretched for all situations and materials.
If you have comments or think there should be changes to the template, let me know.  Please, no comments about how to get the felt unjammed from your printer!