Wanted Twilight Zone Mini Playfield Lamp

[Andy B]

Buying some MODs for my TZ.

Got everything I want (clock, piano, camera, slot machine) - just need mini playfield lamp with "Twilight Zone" cut out - the best I can see out there is from Pinball Decals Inc. but including shipping it's over £200! There's a much cheaper one available from Pinball Mods.com in Spain but, though it's more than half the price it doesn't look nowhere near as good as the Pinball Decals one and it looks like you have to get the rivets off your old bulb holders and install new ones in the replacement lamp.

Anyone have this MOD on their TZ and if so would you mind sharing details please.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

I'm on my 3rd Twilight Zone machine, and i've had both of these mini playfield lampshades.

The PinDecals one is superior, BUT in my experience it is simply not worth the extra cost and import/shipping hassle over the Spanish one. This machine has the Spanish one in and I'm very happy with it.

for the rivets - yes you need to drill out your existing lamp rivets to get the lamp wiring off, but on the replacement I used some small "M3 (3mm x 8mm) Small Button Head Screws Allen Socket Bolts A2 Stainless Steel Screws" instead of rivets.

e.g.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Button-Screws-Socket-Stainless/dp/B08DJ79VYB/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08DJ7NL59&th=1

...but i got mine off eBay ages ago with some M3 locking nuts too. You obviously need the right hex key to tighten them up, but they're easy to find. You really wouldn't know the difference.

Loads of pics attached. My favourite mod is still the Pinbits (RIP) Gumball light with about 25ish paschinko balls in each side. That and the LED OCD + GI OCD (to keep The Power GI effects)

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Buying some MODs for my TZ.

Got everything I want (clock, piano, camera, slot machine) - just need mini playfield lamp with "Twilight Zone" cut out - the best I can see out there is from Pinball Decals Inc. but including shipping it's over £200! There's a much cheaper one available from Pinball Mods.com in Spain but, though it's more than half the price it doesn't look nowhere near as good as the Pinball Decals one and it looks like you have to get the rivets off your old bulb holders and install new ones in the replacement lamp.

Anyone have this MOD on their TZ and if so would you mind sharing details please.

Cheers

Andy

Andy - which piano did you go for ? After 15 years of promising my old workhorse TZ one I might actually get one

 

[Monkeyboypaul]

Andy - which piano did you go for ? After 15 years of promising my old workhorse TZ one I might actually get one

Good question - I've also not bothered with it on this particular machine, but one day i might. A few of them hide the Red/Yellow lamps, which i don't really like.

 

[Andy B]

I'm on my 3rd Twilight Zone machine, and i've had both of these mini playfield lampshades.

The PinDecals one is superior, BUT in my experience it is simply not worth the extra cost and import/shipping hassle over the Spanish one. This machine has the Spanish one in and I'm very happy with it.

for the rivets - yes you need to drill out your existing lamp rivets to get the lamp wiring off, but on the replacement I used some small "M3 (3mm x 8mm) Small Button Head Screws Allen Socket Bolts A2 Stainless Steel Screws" instead of rivets.

e.g.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Button-Screws-Socket-Stainless/dp/B08DJ79VYB/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08DJ7NL59&th=1

...but i got mine off eBay ages ago with some M3 locking nuts too. You obviously need the right hex key to tighten them up, but they're easy to find. You really wouldn't know the difference.

Loads of pics attached. My favourite mod is still the Pinbits (RIP) Gumball light with about 25ish paschinko balls in each side. That and the LED OCD + GI OCD (to keep The Power GI effects)

Thanks for the really comprehensive reply and especially the photos. Good to know that the Pinbsll Decals one isn’t worth the extra cash. I’ll order the one from Spain and get me some of those nuts and bolts.

 

[Andy B]

Andy - which piano did you go for ? After 15 years of promising my old workhorse TZ one I might actually get one

I got the Pinball Pro one - but I bought it through EBay - if you try and buy from their website it doesn’t allow you to pick international shipping:

Twilight Zone Piano Pinball Mod - Pinballpro.com

Pinballpro.com is your source for quality pinball mods. The Twilight Zone Piano pinball mod will take your game to a whole new level.

pinballpro.net

I looked at the one from Pinball Mods in Spain and as with the lamp it didn’t look as good as the competition. The Pinball Mods one is brown and covers up the red and yellow lights whereas the Pinball Pro one is red and the lights are not hidden.

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Ok - I’m far too cheap to spend £100 on a piano . I got this one on EBay for couple quid - very similar Mcdonalds toy - and will take my multi tool to it and attempt to cut it down …. What could go wrong

 

[replicas]

Cheapskate.

 

[Mike Parkins]

I don't have any of these toys on my TZ (also a cheapskate but I did pay £450 for the XL DMD panel!) - If anyone is ordering anything nice, I might be up for a joint order though...

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Cheapskate.

It’s literally the same one that they just cut down.
Plus £100 buys a lot of beer

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

A bit of dremel work and fiddling about. Done Happy with that for a few quid and couple hours tinkering - cutting not as neat but luckily most of it is hidden and this isn't a product I'm selling so who cares

I just used the ones already available as a guide and cut to shape - it’s basically the exact same toy piano .

 

[M4carp]

A bit of dremel work and fiddling about. Done Happy with that for a few quid and couple hours tinkering
I just used the ones already available as a guide and cut to shape - it’s basically the exact same toy piano .

Nice work, mine came with that expensive one fitted. Yours has a proper songbook!
Very fiddly around there, I remember cursing while I was trying to get the led’s to make a proper contact and then fitting the clock so it’s sits down in that cut down bit as it was fitted riding high!
Good work soldier!!!

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Nice work, mine came with that expensive one fitted. Yours has a proper songbook!
Very fiddly around there, I remember cursing while I was trying to get the led’s to make a proper contact and then fitting the clock so it’s sits down in that cut down bit as it was fitted riding high!
Good work soldier!!!

Cheers

It’s a bit fiddly as the piano sits over the clock plate mounting screw , so you have to have 1 of the lower rear screws in the clock , slightly loose which allows clock to be mounted but then allowed me to tilt it out of the way to screw my piano in place using existing lamp screw hole - I glued/screwed a bit of plastic to the base of the piano to mount it on and secure it.

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Apologies @Andy B hijacking your thread