DE Batman restore

[daniel campbell]

hi guys,

Hope you're all doing well. I recently purchased a DE Batman from EBay for around 1200, maybe paid a bit more than I should have but I'm a massive fan of the film and it suits the man cave.

This table was in poor shape so I took it on myself to tidy it up a bit, I did a bit of touch up in places, removed the stealth coat Mylar that was bubbling in places and gave it a coat of clear.

I replaced all the bulbs on the playfield to give it a bit of life. The standard bulbs made it look dull so I put some frosted LED ones in.

I still have a bit to do like getting the rails, legs and lock bar powder coated. I have a pic, feedback would be great!

Thanks

Dan

 

[Tony]

Looking good, you should do a shop log, include a few more pictures of before and after we all love a bit of a shop log.
Be warned though one you finish one you'll be after another!

 

[ronsplooter]

Looks great Now that you've LED'd the playfield you might want to look at doing the backbox as well. From the pic it looks like that's still incandescent and it's a bit out of whack with the brightness from the playfield. Good to see another Notts pinhead shopping out games

Out of interest, where are you going for your powder coating?

 

[daniel campbell]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm going to try get a log put together. The back box is pretty dull and the bulbs are covered in dirt! Don't think they have ever been replaced. I use a company called CBS engineering. They did my wire ramps, side rails and lock bar for my batman forever at 60 pounds.

 

[ronsplooter]

I use a company called CBS engineering.

Cool, they're in LE

 

[daniel campbell]

That's right mate, 5 mins up the road from me

 

[ronsplooter]

Cool, I grew up in LE and my Mum and Dad still live there

 

[daniel campbell]

That's cool. So what machines do you own? Do you have any movie based ones?

 

[ronsplooter]

Current list of games is in my signature Movie based ones are Flash Gordon, Addams Family, Iron Man and both of my Star Wars games

 

[daniel campbell]

Nice collection. Would love to get the Addams family, but they are way overpriced for such an old common game

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

Nice collection. Would love to get the Addams family, but they are way overpriced for such an old common game

TAF is arguably the most popular machine of all time. Regardless of personal opinion on it there is no denying it's iconic status. Demand still outstrips supply, hence high price.

 

[BigIan]

Got to say I didn't really appreciate TAF properly until I owned one.

Such a well designed game

 

[steve brum]

its the one they ask for. plenty of folks at weekend not hard core pinheads taking selfies with mine at Revival lol

 

[Sgt GrizZ]

its the one they ask for. plenty of folks at weekend not hard core pinheads taking selfies with mine at Revival lol

Yep. At the Slam and other shows often saw visitors excited at seeing a TAF there.

Oddly, never seen anybodys face light up for a Space Jam [emoji6]

 

[Sam C]

Oddly, never seen anybodys face light up for a Space Jam [emoji6]

They might when it becomes rare cos the one's round these parts keep getting mysteriously destroyed

 

[BigIan]

Yep. At the Slam and other shows often saw visitors excited at seeing a TAF there.

Oddly, never seen anybodys face light up for a Space Jam [emoji6]

If you watch closely in 'THE' video you can see Dans face light up, just after Matt throw the torch onto the playfield around 2:30 or so