Stern HRC (newcomer)

[ronnie63]

Just received this HRC I bought from eBay listed spares repairs, not much wrong with it and managed to play a few games an hour or so after setting it up! Nice! Anyway I see it has skill posts (often frowned upon) or do they all have them? So the dilema is do away with the extra buttons and fit side armour gaurd things as someon has painted the button area black! would these metal protectors even fit with it having 2 buttons? Maybe flipper buttons sit higher? Or leave the skill buttons be?

Opinions matter?

Cheers Ronnie

 

[David_Vi]

You could always remove the buttons and put the guard over the top, unless you want to use the skillposts.

 

[kev a]

Think the skill post was a UK only thing, I dunno really some people have a real issue with them, I would just not use them but each to their own.

Flipper button looks to be standard placement to me, took a couple of photos of my CSI with the lollypop rails fitted.

Button is about 7cm from the front and 4.5cm from the top edge of the lockdown bar

 

[ronnie63]

Thanks for that, never had a pin with skill posts so probably not use them, will check the position of the buttons compared to yours. I bought a set of those guards for my sega lost world but forgot from where !

Cheers Ronnie

 

[steve brum]

It's not LOTR or TSSP
skill post won't make a huge difference on bottom feeders . Was ULTRA relieved to get close to 2k for one without

 

[ronnie63]

Bottom feeders still deserve some love! I quite like the game have owned some dull games over the years including maverick, hurricane and super Mario, I will put the time and effort in to make it nice as it can possibly be

 

[steve brum]

I think super Mario would sell quite well now on its theme alone

 

[ronnie63]

I think super Mario would sell quite well now on its theme alone

When I had mine it was a £400 game

 

[John Beveridge]

Hi Ronnie, i have no idea why so many people get their knickers in a twist over skill posts. Turn them off if you dont want to use them and if you want to hide the buttons that`s easily done too though i wouldn`t bother unless you want to cover up cabinet wear. Good fun game, i enjoyed mine 20 odd years ago !
Cheers,
John.

 

[ronnie63]

Hi Ronnie, i have no idea why so many people get their knickers in a twist over skill posts. Turn them off if you dont want to use them and if you want to hide the buttons that`s easily done too though i wouldn`t bother unless you want to cover up cabinet wear. Good fun game, i enjoyed mine 20 odd years ago !
Cheers,
John.

Cheers John, I would not use them and I think they are disabled anyway, not sure if they are included in the software, probably, I might have left the buttons but someone has painted the area black as the pic shows

 

[Fantazia2]

That paint will be covered by the armour which you would need to cover the holes left after removing the buttons.

But also looks like the paint might come off as bits missing around the buttons.

 

[Arv]

Just leave them as is and turn off as suggested.

 

[JAG555]

I would personally turn them off, remove the buttons and get some new side amour.

That will make it look much better in my opinion.

Is this a SAM game, as I didn’t think anything other than Whitestar games had skill posts?

 

[ronnie63]

I would personally turn them off, remove the buttons and get some new side amour.

That will make it look much better in my opinion.

Is this a SAM game, as I didn’t think anything other than Whitestar games had skill posts?

That was my thinking too, who sells the side armour? I had a look but never found any, yes it’s whitestar tech

 

[steve brum]

Unless retro fitted, factory was fitted on IICR , South Park through to Sopranos

 

[jonathan]

Save your money on new rails and just buy these

Cabinet protectors (Half moon) pair - 502-6801-00 - Pinball Heaven

Half-Moon kit enhances Stern PRO games and protects cabinet art from wear and tear. Half-moon is a black metal semi-circle with a hole for the flipper button. It mounts flush to and below the side armor. Black powder coat paint matches the side armor. Kit includes 2 powder coated metal semi...

www.pinball.co.uk

 

[ronnie63]

Save your money on new rails and just buy these

Cabinet protectors (Half moon) pair - 502-6801-00 - Pinball Heaven

Half-Moon kit enhances Stern PRO games and protects cabinet art from wear and tear. Half-moon is a black metal semi-circle with a hole for the flipper button. It mounts flush to and below the side armor. Black powder coat paint matches the side armor. Kit includes 2 powder coated metal semi...

www.pinball.co.uk

Nice one cheers that’s what I was after

 

[Pick Holder]

Save your money on new rails and just buy these

Cabinet protectors (Half moon) pair - 502-6801-00 - Pinball Heaven

Half-Moon kit enhances Stern PRO games and protects cabinet art from wear and tear. Half-moon is a black metal semi-circle with a hole for the flipper button. It mounts flush to and below the side armor. Black powder coat paint matches the side armor. Kit includes 2 powder coated metal semi...

www.pinball.co.uk

Yeah - have fitted these over Stern factory skill post buttons. They cover it !

 

[JAG555]

That was my thinking too, who sells the side armour? I had a look but never found any, yes it’s whitestar tech

Ah, that makes sense it’s Whitestar.

What is it like to play?

 

[ronnie63]

Ah, that makes sense it’s Whitestar.

What is it like to play?

I quite like it but not had much play on it and a few jobs need doing like a broken drop target it’s fun to play in my opinion