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No Longer Available Pinball Bros- Alien SV with some nice mods+"topper" -sale or trade (Metallica?)

Den - aka Wolfgang

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(I think posted this in the wrong section the other day, so moving to here..)

Afternoon all, I've not had this machine long but have had a blast on it so far and am still seeing new modes as I get better at it.
One of thr best light shows around and when the volume is up the music is awesome and very atmospheric.

Putting up for sale or possible trade, as a few other machines are calling my name (would love a Metallica Premium, or maybe a Stranger Things with UV kit or maybe even a nice Ghostbusters or iron Maiden- try me!) - in the absence of a trade, I'll be buying a RFM down the line and so in no rush.

Sale price is what I paid for it; £7,500 - will also throw in my Alien head/makeshift topper (owned from new since 2006 - my wife will be happy to see that go LOL:)-will need some velcro strips or whatever to fix to machine)

I'm based in East London (Upton Park) and you are welcome to come and play to check it out if interested in buying/trading. Martin has delivered/collected to/from here a few times now.

In the meantime, here was the original listing from when I bought it https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/pinball-brothers-alien-standard-edition-with-mods-£7-500.54426/

Has mirror blades fitted (Mirrored but with some cool green flecks which suit the theme)
Motion tracker mod
Green powder coated legs
Drop ship model
Little Ripley in powerloader figure
@Colywobbles ' plastic protectors fitted (green)+some other bits like coin door plate+appron stuff.
Also comes with mypinballs' modified lane guide for near the eggs/pops/ upper right flipper, but I didn't fit that, as found the feed from the pops to upper right flipper lane to be to my liking as is.
A playfield protector was fitted (I understand from new) and you can see a few areas where there some air must be trapped underneath when applying- you can't see them from the angle you play from/when playing however (especially when playing in the dark as you should...) and doesn't affect gameplay.

Alien head "topper" - pictured below as an example but I didn't actually attach it to the backbox (with velcro stripe or something) incase the next owner didn't want it/I want to keep it.

When I initially bought the game initially a few problems occurred which are now sorted:

Upper right flipper was sticking- this sorted itself out after a few or so plays; maybe it was condensation or something due to being stored enroute?

A fuse blew in the controller box (resulting in dead left hand side flippers, no saucer kickout and errors on startup) I replaced all 3 fuses as per pinball bros' support suggestion and zero problems since.

The hypersleep captive ball mech would sometimes have trouble rising and releasing balls; loosened a screw in the plastic cover a bit and all good now.

Adjusted hypersleep ramp a bit as per pb bros support suggestion, as at times balls would get stuck in the bend of the hypersleep ramp,due to being a little too tight - sorted now - very satisfying shot when you nail it for hypereep multiball!

When I received it, it was also making some noise in the backbox; turns out it was just a wire behind the screen rubbing against the fan; sorted that out my taping down the wire.

Currently the only issue is the light has stopped working in the right xeno target (switch still works however) - needs a new switch ordering which costs about €16. (As per link to European supplier from pb bros support)

Airlock kickout could use some tweaking, as at times can kickout SDTM (maybe just crappy leveling or adjustment to strength in the settings needed though)

Got to self destruct mini wizard mode for the first time the other night; has to be one of the most incredible light shows I've ever experienced (and that's without beacons on the cab..); will try and get footage of that when I film...)

Would also consider a trade involving a Metallica.

Here are a couple of pics from when it arrived when I rested the Alien head on top:
 

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So, using my patented GoPro on a stick tucked down my pants and t-shirt I filmed a game this afternoon; set it to 5 balls to show a good chunk of gameplay... and I managed to get the final All out war wizard mode! :)

Vid below only gets up to just after the Alien mini wizard mode (self destruct), as youtube only uploaded like 17 minutes of the fill half an hour or so (thought I'd changed a setting to allow me to upload longer vids, but no - also, seems like it won't play in HD?
Vid looks a little soft too; might be because my gopro needs a wipe (pf glass is fine - nice and clear)


My end score wasn't only about 20M or so more than I'd get on a 3 ball game, as didn't make much of the modes (difficult to play well with a gopro in front of my face he he), but th efurther I'd previously got was to one mini-wizard mode.
 
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Just my view, but I think you need to give it little more time and get into it more. There's a lot of great features in there. Stacking a few mulitball modes together and using your collected weapons to keep things going/ increase your score is very rewarding for example.
 
Happy new year all! 🥳

Had a little 10 person tournament on Alien last night at our NYE party - was really surprised how easily the people who had never really played pinball before got in to the game and were hitting ramps/shots and enjoying it!
I was convinced before the party that our guests wouldn't enjoy it compared to say the ACDC I had but I was pleased to be wrong:)

I didn't even qualify for the final (I always halve my score as a handicap and keep it intersting) 😀
My mate who won even then went on to beat me in a final game (think Akuma turning up at the end of super street fighter 2...he he) - and that was without me halving my score. Think I've convinced him to come and take part in the next tournament I go to, as he's a natural 👍🏻
 
Just my view, but I think you need to give it little more time and get into it more. There's a lot of great features in there. Stacking a few mulitball modes together and using your collected weapons to keep things going/ increase your score is very rewarding for example.
I've got to say, if we had the money/space, I'd be all over this. I REALLY enjoy Mike P's Heighway copy of this pin.
 
I've got to say, if we had the money/space, I'd be all over this. I REALLY enjoy Mike P's Heighway copy of this pin.
If I was in the position to be able to have more than one pin, I'd keep it - I think it'll go down as a classic in years to come. Great mix of new and old school and the lights remind me a lot of TNA when you hit certain shots 👍🏻
 
Thirsty Thursdays Bump! - I've also changed the price to include my Alien Head "topper" thrown in for £7.5k - won't be reducing the price further any time soon however, as happy to get some more games on it with the new code until the right buyer/deal comes along 👍

Would also consider doing a trade deal for something other than a MET Premium, but would rather trade down with cash coming my way if that's the case.
 
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