Zizzle pinball mods/upgrades yet?

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Ken Layton

2007-01-26 18:44:16 UTC

Anyone modify or upgrade the Zizzle pinball machines yet? I'm talking
about things like putting on Williams flipper assemblies (using the
Zizzle coils if possible), putting on real pop bumer assemlies, real
slingshot kickers, etc.

Pin Geek

2007-01-26 18:50:39 UTC

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I have a POTC Zizzle.
My only gripe is no playfield GI lights. So, you cut out the lights in the
room and no lights. Otherwise, a great game.
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Post by Ken Layton
Anyone modify or upgrade the Zizzle pinball machines yet? I'm talking
about things like putting on Williams flipper assemblies (using the
Zizzle coils if possible), putting on real pop bumer assemlies, real
slingshot kickers, etc.

frenchy

2007-01-26 20:03:56 UTC

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Post by Pin Geek
I have a POTC Zizzle.
My only gripe is no playfield GI lights. So, you cut out the lights in the
room and no lights. Otherwise, a great game.>

Does Zizzle have available 6 volts somewhere to tap into to put in a
few bulbs? Do these things have feature lamps? Maybe you could stick
some of those new incandescent-color LED's in a few places under some
plastics, less power drain than lamps, with whiite lamp covers to
dispurse the light around a little better. Assuming the plastics are
transluscent to begin with.
This topic reminds me of the time I got a Pachinko for xmas as a kid,
and wanted it to be a pinball so bad I added a tilt circuit and lamp,
how's that for stupid? Hey at least I didn't try to add flippers to
it...

Pin Geek

2007-01-26 20:16:22 UTC

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The inserts on the playfield all light up. I'm not brave enough to try
those mods, although they sound like a good idea.
--
Josh
http://www.pingeek.com
home of the $1 coin op and collectibles auctions.
Always NO RESERVE!

Get your pinball show dvds here:
http://www.thepinballshow.com

Post by frenchy

Post by Pin Geek
I have a POTC Zizzle.
My only gripe is no playfield GI lights. So, you cut out the lights in the
room and no lights. Otherwise, a great game.>

frenchy

2007-01-26 19:02:14 UTC

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This sounds like taking parts off of a real Corvette to slap into on
Barbie's Corvette. What's the point? Zizzle is Zizzle, if that is not
enough pinball experience for you, buy a real pinball that already has
all of these things, and which was meant to.
Williams flipper assemblies? Those things are built assuming a large
amount of power going into them, 50 volts, at whatever amperage. Even
if you could keep the zizzle coil, what do you do about hold
voltage/control? (I don't know how zizzle handles it but I assume it's
not exactly Fliptronics.) That little coil pulling that strongly
sprung flipper with those heavy parts, I'd hate to think you'd have an
improvement in flipper power. Like driving a Lincoln with a Pinto
engine.
Same with those other devices, much heavier. If you spent a bundle to
zap the sucker up to 50 volts and that power supply could handle the
Williams coils, one can imagine how pulverized the top pf parts are
going to be.

ldnayman

2007-01-26 19:18:27 UTC

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I agree with Frenchy, and that's not something I can say too often. The
idea of modifing these "games," execept perhaps to melt them down and
use the plastic to make coil sleeves or something, is ridiculous. Can
you imagine how a toy like that would play with WPC flippers in it? The
playfield is like 2 feet long! You'd put a hole through the ramps.

Barbie's Corvette. �What's the point? �Zizzle is Zizzle, if that is not
enough pinball experience for you, buy a real pinball that already has
all of these things, and which was meant to.
Williams flipper assemblies? �Those things are built assuming a large
amount of power going into them, 50 volts, at whatever amperage. �Even
if you could keep the zizzle coil, what do you do about hold
voltage/control? �(I don't know how zizzle handles it but I assume it's
not exactly Fliptronics.) �That little coil pulling that strongly
sprung flipper with those heavy parts, I'd hate to think you'd have an
improvement in flipper power. �Like driving a Lincoln with a Pinto
engine.
Same with those other devices, much heavier. �If you spent a bundle to
zap the sucker up to 50 volts and that power supply could handle the
Williams coils, one can imagine how pulverized the top pf parts are
going to be.

frenchy

2007-01-26 20:07:50 UTC

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I agree with Frenchy, and that's not something I can say too often. >>

Even a broken clock is right twice a day! ; )

ldnayman

2007-01-26 20:38:32 UTC

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I agree with Frenchy, and that's not something I can say too often. >>Even a broken clock is right twice a day! �; )

Which one of us is the clock?

frenchy

2007-01-26 21:48:38 UTC