I have checked Swedish site Freeplay and Pinball-life - Any UK suppliers of Alien parts?
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Wanted Alien: I/O board, Facehugger-kicker arm
- Thread starter Mike Parkins
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Not just a BW kicker arm then?
Is it that dissimilar a BW or similar one can’t be modified? Also if u ever need to replace the face huggers them self they are cheap as chips on AliExpress. I bought one for an alien project think it was less than £3 with free postage
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No, it has a mount point for the facehugger. I could fabricate a replacement from a B/W arm but that's a last option.
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I can hopefully take some pics on Thursday when I next go to Flip Out...
It is a Bally Williams kicker arm , problem is they drilled through the middle of the arm to fix the face hugger thus weakening the arm. After used it's only a matter of time before the arm starts to degrade.
I changed one myself on the same game sounds like the other has given up the ghost.
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I changed one myself on the same game sounds like the other has given up the ghost.
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Oh that’s abit naff they would of been better off moulding the plastic part so that it had some kind of extension on it to attach to it
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Where did you get the new part?
I take it the slingshot kicker arm needs replacing ? If so a standard WMS slingshot arm will do the trick. Heighway used a few Bally Williams parts and the kicker arm was one of them.
The problem is Heighway didnt make enough parts to put on the alien machines - so I dare say left in the factory a few aliens and full throttles are left 'awaiting boards'.
I know someone bought an Alien on here with loads of spares included a couple of months ago - may be worth tracking them down.
May also be worth PM'ing @Helmut Langenbruch on here as he designed a lot of gadgets on Alien. He may also have a board - but unsure if he wants to give up any of his spares.
I know a few people with Heighway games who somehow got spare boards, and they are all keeping them as it is highly unlikely that these boards will be reproduced.
I know someone bought an Alien on here with loads of spares included a couple of months ago - may be worth tracking them down.
May also be worth PM'ing @Helmut Langenbruch on here as he designed a lot of gadgets on Alien. He may also have a board - but unsure if he wants to give up any of his spares.
I know a few people with Heighway games who somehow got spare boards, and they are all keeping them as it is highly unlikely that these boards will be reproduced.
How about the Alien thread(s) on Pinside? as I understand it a few owners have been working on manufacturing parts/boards etc to keep these machines alive.
For example...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/weyland-yutani-dedicated-to-keeping-3-alien-specimens-alive
For example...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/weyland-yutani-dedicated-to-keeping-3-alien-specimens-alive
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I haven't had much luck posting on Pinside to be honest, seems no-one there has had the same problems as me.
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Also, If I wanted to confirm a faulty I/O board, are they interchangeable?
Hi all,
Which parts do you need for your Aliens? Send me a PM. Cheers
Which parts do you need for your Aliens? Send me a PM. Cheers
Hi Mike, what is the fault? Yes, they are interchangeable. Check the Led on the IO Boards first. 1 solid green (power) , 1 solid Amber (12 volt) , 1solid red (solid red only if the coin door is closed 70 volt) and 2 flashing green (1 flashing green Next to the mini USB for the communication and the other flashing green indicates the IO Board is programmed). If the green LED next to the mini USB on the IO Board is not flashing, then the IO Board lost the communication to the PC.