Oh good find! That's a great find. I love this game... mine has one wooden leg But it still works. 3D printed ones are available ibrhink. Anyway thanks for the comment, hope that you enjoyed the video
Hi mate, random question for you. I had a little pinball machine like this as a kid, so maybe some time between 1999-2003 roughly. it had a ramp type thing similar to this hyperspace bit and a hole that said “black hole” on the play board. Any idea what brand that may have been? Im searching for one! I know the info is vague but that’s all I can remember 🤦🏻♂️
Hi There, thanks for your message. I'm not really a collector of these things so I'm not an expert. Sadly I don't know the game you describe, but I do scour ebay for interesting stuff so if I see anything that sounds like it might be your game I will let you know. Sorry I can't help
Thanks so much for making this video. I just got the American Pinball version of this table and had some of the same issues as you. Seeing it opened up makes me feel more at ease about potentially repairing it myself. Did you find the spray lubrication helped to improve the bumper sensitivity? What lubricant did you use?
Hi! and welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for leaving a comment. I used a spray silicone plastic safe lube. It's important to use a plastic safe lubricant. I mistakenly put two springs on one bumper but once i fixed that, the machine benefited from the lube including bumper sensitivity.
I don't know for sure but I think it could be 9V DC center negative 2 amp. Don't take my word for it though. Sometimes if I am unsure I look at ones for sale on ebay and try to read it from the pictures of the supply.
I have the Coca Cola retheme of this from Franklin Mint, I think the circular lights thing is broken and I need to find a way to get into the machine- would this be essentially the same way of maintenance?
I'd imagine so, but I'm certainly not an expert in repairing things. Good luck with your repair, thanks for your comments and sorry for the delay in responding
Hi, thank you for your great vidéo. I just bought an astro shooter too, it is working well, but we barely cannot hear the sound, even in hight position. It is almost covered by the noise of the machine itself. do you have any idea of what can I do? I am not a great repair guy :)
I'm not a great repair guy either. Sorry I can't help I kind of figure stuff out as I go along. But this comment is almost a year old now, so I hope that you sorted it!
Hi there... I generally use car products. I start with a general colour restorer this leaves the plastic dull. I then use a metallic colour restorer and finally a polish. This is just what has worked for me but Its not a recommendation and I'd definitely try somewhere discreet first. Thanks for your question. Good luck with the repair
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks for that. This is my second one of these, I won it on EBAY recently for only £1 - I couldn't pass that up as if nothing else it would be great for spare parts. It looked in really poor shape, it was filthy, the plunger was snapped off and missing, the flippers were sticking and the scoreboard didn't work - plus it had no legs. Once I opened it it was obvious that coke had been spilled on it the past but after some very careful cleaning the flippers work perfectly and importantly the electronics and mechanical parts all seem perfect - and surprisingly the playfield looks good as new. The scoreboard is an easy fix as it was just a small piece of plastic that had snapped off. For the legs I've found someone who will 3D print them for me. The plunger is more problematic as it need to be able to stand up to some abuse but I think I have a plan that will work for that too. That just leaves the cosmetics and I think cleaning up the clear plastic will go a long way to improve the way it looks.
@@ruckage1 wow that is quite a find for £1 I haven't had much luck bargains hunting recently. Sounds like you had your work cut out, but have made some great progress. Congratulations on saving a great game from landfill
Hi! I recently got the same flipper It is working fine except for the sound: The only sound it makes is when you loose. That means the speaker is OK, but absolutly no other sound. I have opened it, cleaned it (it was not dirty btw), checked is every cable was well soldered, checked the capacitors, but no idea why there is no sound😢 Any idea?
Sorry I don't have any other ideas other than a bad connection somewhere. Sadly I don't have the game anymore so I can't take a look at mine to try to work it out. I'm very grateful for your question. Let us know if you got it sorted out.
Wow that's a collection! they are great games and provide a lot of entertainment. I'd like to get another sometime, perhaps with a a more complex fault. Perhaps the Grandstand version. Thanks for your comments. I t makes a difference to the channel and I appreciate it
I have 2 myself, but the Tomy Atomic is better in terms of the bumper placement. You just get more continuous active bumps from Atomic, like a real arcade pinball and virtual pinball machine.
Hi did you ever figure out why the metal playfield had the soldered wire? I am wondering the same. Also was the black wire soldered to the same spot as the other blue wire on that little metal tab? Were they both soldered to the same blob/point?
Hi, thanks for this video. I’ve got the same pinball but I cannot find the AC Adaptator anymore. Could you please tell me its technical reference so that I can buy a new one? Thank you.
Hi sorry, I do not know. I'm afraid I had to sell the game to make room for some new repairs. I will check back through the raw video footage and take a look see if I can see the markings. If not perhaps someone else here can help. Sorry and thanks for asking and watching the video
I actually just picked one up at a garage sale. I don't know the technical lingo though. The adapter i have is a sony ac power adapter. Ac-930B Input: AC 120v 60Hz 10w Output: DC 9v 600mA I hope that helps if you're still looking.
There's another comment with a link to a site with an original picture but it's 9V 700mA negative polarity on the inside of the barrel jack. I've used a 1000mA switching power supply as a replacement and all seems fine.
Hi Luis, thanks for your question. My guess is that one of the bumpers or other score is stuck somewhere. But I am really not an expert in these games so I can't really help. So sorry.
It certainly could be. If it were mine I'd probably test the voltage from the power supply and assuming that's good try clearing the connector with some Isopropanol or contact cleaner working the connector back and fort a few times. Obviously I can't be sure so this can't be advice, but it's probably what I'd try first. Pop back and let us know how it goes!
@@RetroTechRepair Thank you for yr advise, i realised the adaptors i tried was wrong anyway. ordered a correct one and waiting for it to arrive before proceeding with the repairs needed.
Tip for super gluing. Is to squirt the glue onto a piece of plastic bag or some such, then "dip" the piece to be glued onto it. stops the glue going all over. ,
Thanks for the video, at least I know how to open it now (I was looking below at the beginning, it's kind of unusual to open a toy from the top :D ) Mine doesn't count points when I go into the hyperspace ramp lol, not sure how to fix but i'll find.
I'll be honest the mechanics of this one were baffling. Way more complex than atomic pinball. Quite piece of engineering. Good luck with the repair. I'd actually like to do another one of these soon. Thanks so much for your comment. Much appreciated
I don't speak much french but I think the supply is 9V. But the positive and negative are not on the usual configuration. There are photos here ... www.jeff-z.com/pinball/toys/astroshooter/astroshooter.html
Hmm shame you didn't really get to to bottom of the snoozy bumpers (for want of a better description). I think I have similar (delayed or sometimes not triggering - esp. biggest one on bottom side - occasionally the ball even just sits there and needs tipping out). Totally understand the feeling of aint broke don't fix though. It's working reasonably/fairly well so understandable not to question what the issue might be. I don't suppose you got any insight into how they trigger though while taking it slightly apart? I'm guessing it's something like an electrical connection between the play surface and the bumper through the ball... pondering then maybe something like oxidisation on the edge of the cut out areas round the bumper which would stop/hinder the contact? Hard to know really without one that is known to be 100% fully working as a comparison.
Thanks for your detailed comments, I'll be honest it was an easy fix and it didn't notice the snoozy bumpers at all. I did fix something similar on my atomic pinball repair and in that they are mechanical in their activation and were fixed with plastic safe thin silicone lubricant. Anyhow glad you enjoyed the video and thanks again for your detailed comments.
@@RetroTechRepair heya so I've found mine are "naturally" coming back to life as it were, with play. The triggering seems to be a plastic thing the ball rolls over so unsure about the reason for the metal play field being electrically connected. Still not feeling they are quite there yet but maybe more play will loosen stuff up. Might try an dismantle and poke or lubricate some time as you did.
@@WistrelChianti I know this is a really old comment but I just worked on one I picked up this week. The bumpers are totally mechanical, including the triggers. when the metal ball lands on the black plastic, the weight of the ball pushes the black trigger down, releasing a cog to make one revolution to pull the bumper down. I suspect all these slow bumpers are a result of warping of the black plastic piece. It can be heated carefully for 8-15 seconds in water just at the boiling point and bent back to its original shape. Only heat the part that is warped. The blue pieces in the various lanes at the top have the same issue. They just push down on the black piece when the ball rolls over them. They can get warped and either fail to push the black trigger down or hold it down all the time.
@@brentcarter3284 awesome! Good to know. I got a 2nd one for myself which broke (ball capture doesn't kick out) shortly after I got it so that needs fixing at some point ( I think that's a cog) so when I get to fixing that one, will check the other parts while I'm there
Note the game uses a 9v adapter but the polarity is opposite from our standard. The positive voltage is on the outside of the connector. Good site with pic of power supply info: www.jeff-z.com/pinball/toys/astroshooter/astroshooter.html
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks RTR . An interesting mod I came up by accident is at the bottom of the jeff-z site. If you cut 3/4" strips across a 20" bicycle inner tube you can slide them snuggly down over each flipper and greatly improve contact with the pinball.
Sorry I haven't repaired one with that fault. Maybe check power connections and battery contacts first. I think sounder works on a different circuit to the motor. Sorry I can't be more help. Thanks for you comment.
Mine had the same problem. It was easy to fix. The problem was at the speaker (a wire was loose or pulled out). I soldered the wire back on with tin. Now the pinball machine works with all the sound effects.
Enjoyed your video, sir. I loved this when I was little. But why use crap superglue at all? The parts are irreplaceable due to the scarceness of these toys, and superglue ruins everything it touches. Epoxy alone would have been a far better tool for the job. That said, good video!
Hi Matty thanks so much for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video. The superglue it was used to hold the pieces together while the epoxy was applied, but I am not an expert in these repairs so perhaps it wasn't necessary. Game seemed to work well maybe I got lucky. Anyway thanks for the feedback. Genuinely appreciate it.
@@RetroTechRepair No problem. The other (earlier) version of this (exactly the same, apart from stickers) was the Grandstand Pinball Wizard. I haven't seen a toy pinball as good. Yours is probably 1986/87 for a guess.
Good to know Matty, yes it's an awesome game, I saw the Grandstand version on eBay a bit back and really regret not picking it up. Thanks again for the feedback. Much appreciated
Nice machine. I picked one up in the box just missing the feet for 15.00 at a garage sale
Oh good find! That's a great find. I love this game... mine has one wooden leg But it still works. 3D printed ones are available ibrhink. Anyway thanks for the comment, hope that you enjoyed the video
What a well made, enjoyable video. Just picked up one of these and the video gives me alot more confidence to clean it up!
That's Excellent Mark. They are a great game. I sold mine but wish I hadn't and really want another one. I loved it. Thanks for your comment!
Hi mate, random question for you. I had a little pinball machine like this as a kid, so maybe some time between 1999-2003 roughly. it had a ramp type thing similar to this hyperspace bit and a hole that said “black hole” on the play board. Any idea what brand that may have been? Im searching for one! I know the info is vague but that’s all I can remember 🤦🏻♂️
Hi There, thanks for your message. I'm not really a collector of these things so I'm not an expert. Sadly I don't know the game you describe, but I do scour ebay for interesting stuff so if I see anything that sounds like it might be your game I will let you know. Sorry I can't help
Thanks so much for making this video. I just got the American Pinball version of this table and had some of the same issues as you. Seeing it opened up makes me feel more at ease about potentially repairing it myself.
Did you find the spray lubrication helped to improve the bumper sensitivity? What lubricant did you use?
Hi! and welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for leaving a comment. I used a spray silicone plastic safe lube. It's important to use a plastic safe lubricant. I mistakenly put two springs on one bumper but once i fixed that, the machine benefited from the lube including bumper sensitivity.
@RetroTechRepair Thanks! This is helpful to know. Hoping my table will see the same improvements as yours.
Brother can you tell what type of power adapter should i use.
Like should i use an AC or DC adapter and at what VOLTS and at what Current
I don't know for sure but I think it could be 9V DC center negative 2 amp. Don't take my word for it though. Sometimes if I am unsure I look at ones for sale on ebay and try to read it from the pictures of the supply.
I have the Coca Cola retheme of this from Franklin Mint, I think the circular lights thing is broken and I need to find a way to get into the machine- would this be essentially the same way of maintenance?
I'd imagine so, but I'm certainly not an expert in repairing things. Good luck with your repair, thanks for your comments and sorry for the delay in responding
Hi, thank you for your great vidéo. I just bought an astro shooter too, it is working well, but we barely cannot hear the sound, even in hight position. It is almost covered by the noise of the machine itself. do you have any idea of what can I do? I am not a great repair guy :)
I'm not a great repair guy either. Sorry I can't help I kind of figure stuff out as I go along. But this comment is almost a year old now, so I hope that you sorted it!
I'm just restoring one of these myself and was wondering what you used to polish the clear plastic? Thanks in advance.
Hi there... I generally use car products. I start with a general colour restorer this leaves the plastic dull. I then use a metallic colour restorer and finally a polish. This is just what has worked for me but Its not a recommendation and I'd definitely try somewhere discreet first. Thanks for your question. Good luck with the repair
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks for that. This is my second one of these, I won it on EBAY recently for only £1 - I couldn't pass that up as if nothing else it would be great for spare parts. It looked in really poor shape, it was filthy, the plunger was snapped off and missing, the flippers were sticking and the scoreboard didn't work - plus it had no legs. Once I opened it it was obvious that coke had been spilled on it the past but after some very careful cleaning the flippers work perfectly and importantly the electronics and mechanical parts all seem perfect - and surprisingly the playfield looks good as new.
The scoreboard is an easy fix as it was just a small piece of plastic that had snapped off. For the legs I've found someone who will 3D print them for me. The plunger is more problematic as it need to be able to stand up to some abuse but I think I have a plan that will work for that too.
That just leaves the cosmetics and I think cleaning up the clear plastic will go a long way to improve the way it looks.
@@ruckage1 wow that is quite a find for £1 I haven't had much luck bargains hunting recently. Sounds like you had your work cut out, but have made some great progress. Congratulations on saving a great game from landfill
Fun video and fun pinball machine! Nice work!
Thanks Tomorrowsphere. It's a good fun game lots of game play.
that intro didn't need to go that hard.
Pinball's cool too
Thanks Dan. Sorry for the delay in responding
Hi! I recently got the same flipper
It is working fine except for the sound:
The only sound it makes is when you loose. That means the speaker is OK, but absolutly no other sound.
I have opened it, cleaned it (it was not dirty btw), checked is every cable was well soldered, checked the capacitors, but no idea why there is no sound😢
Any idea?
Sorry I don't have any other ideas other than a bad connection somewhere. Sadly I don't have the game anymore so I can't take a look at mine to try to work it out. I'm very grateful for your question. Let us know if you got it sorted out.
i have 4 of them 3 boxed all full working. its a awesome noisy pinball. but plays so like a real one !!!
Wow that's a collection! they are great games and provide a lot of entertainment. I'd like to get another sometime, perhaps with a a more complex fault. Perhaps the Grandstand version. Thanks for your comments. I t makes a difference to the channel and I appreciate it
I have 2 myself, but the Tomy Atomic is better in terms of the bumper placement. You just get more continuous active bumps from Atomic, like a real arcade pinball and virtual pinball machine.
Hi did you ever figure out why the metal playfield had the soldered wire? I am wondering the same. Also was the black wire soldered to the same spot as the other blue wire on that little metal tab? Were they both soldered to the same blob/point?
Thanks for the comments JC. I'm afraid I didn't figure that out and because of space limitations I had to move the game along. ☹
Hi, once my astro shooter reset/on button on, it keep scoring non-stop! May advise how to rectify it? Thank you!
Sorry I don't know
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks, no worries
I have same problem, I’m thinking the reset button contact must be stuck, did you have any luck?
Hi, thanks for this video. I’ve got the same pinball but I cannot find the AC Adaptator anymore. Could you please tell me its technical reference so that I can buy a new one? Thank you.
Hi sorry, I do not know. I'm afraid I had to sell the game to make room for some new repairs. I will check back through the raw video footage and take a look see if I can see the markings. If not perhaps someone else here can help. Sorry and thanks for asking and watching the video
I actually just picked one up at a garage sale. I don't know the technical lingo though.
The adapter i have is a sony ac power adapter. Ac-930B
Input: AC 120v 60Hz 10w
Output: DC 9v 600mA
I hope that helps if you're still looking.
@@Mr.-Mister-Esquire-Esq. thanks so much for posting this!
There's another comment with a link to a site with an original picture but it's 9V 700mA negative polarity on the inside of the barrel jack. I've used a 1000mA switching power supply as a replacement and all seems fine.
What would you suggest if the score keeps running even when ball isn’t hitting anything
Hi Luis, thanks for your question. My guess is that one of the bumpers or other score is stuck somewhere. But I am really not an expert in these games so I can't really help. So sorry.
just got myself a faulty one today & it doesnt turn on , there's some corrasion where u connect the power adaptor, do u think tat's the issue ?
It certainly could be. If it were mine I'd probably test the voltage from the power supply and assuming that's good try clearing the connector with some Isopropanol or contact cleaner working the connector back and fort a few times. Obviously I can't be sure so this can't be advice, but it's probably what I'd try first. Pop back and let us know how it goes!
@@RetroTechRepair Thank you for yr advise, i realised the adaptors i tried was wrong anyway. ordered a correct one and waiting for it to arrive before proceeding with the repairs needed.
Try using uv light hardened resin on your broken bits.
Good suggestion. Thanks
Tip for super gluing. Is to squirt the glue onto a piece of plastic bag or some such, then "dip" the piece to be glued onto it. stops the glue going all over.
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Brilliant idea... Thanks! I tried the gel super glues but they didn't seem to help much. I will definitely give your suggestion a go. Cheers!
Thanks for the video, at least I know how to open it now (I was looking below at the beginning, it's kind of unusual to open a toy from the top :D )
Mine doesn't count points when I go into the hyperspace ramp lol, not sure how to fix but i'll find.
I'll be honest the mechanics of this one were baffling. Way more complex than atomic pinball. Quite piece of engineering. Good luck with the repair. I'd actually like to do another one of these soon. Thanks so much for your comment. Much appreciated
@@RetroTechRepair yeh it's crazy to think about the design that went into it!
Bonjour j'ai perdu le bloc d'alimentation ! Question qu'elle est la tension de sortie du bloc d'alimentation ? 12V? merci
I don't speak much french but I think the supply is 9V. But the positive and negative are not on the usual configuration. There are photos here ... www.jeff-z.com/pinball/toys/astroshooter/astroshooter.html
@@RetroTechRepair thank you J'ai mis un bloc d'alimentation 9v et tout fonctionne merci
Tree Bien! I am very happy everything works with the 9v supply.
Hmm shame you didn't really get to to bottom of the snoozy bumpers (for want of a better description). I think I have similar (delayed or sometimes not triggering - esp. biggest one on bottom side - occasionally the ball even just sits there and needs tipping out). Totally understand the feeling of aint broke don't fix though. It's working reasonably/fairly well so understandable not to question what the issue might be. I don't suppose you got any insight into how they trigger though while taking it slightly apart? I'm guessing it's something like an electrical connection between the play surface and the bumper through the ball... pondering then maybe something like oxidisation on the edge of the cut out areas round the bumper which would stop/hinder the contact? Hard to know really without one that is known to be 100% fully working as a comparison.
Thanks for your detailed comments, I'll be honest it was an easy fix and it didn't notice the snoozy bumpers at all. I did fix something similar on my atomic pinball repair and in that they are mechanical in their activation and were fixed with plastic safe thin silicone lubricant. Anyhow glad you enjoyed the video and thanks again for your detailed comments.
@@RetroTechRepair heya so I've found mine are "naturally" coming back to life as it were, with play. The triggering seems to be a plastic thing the ball rolls over so unsure about the reason for the metal play field being electrically connected. Still not feeling they are quite there yet but maybe more play will loosen stuff up. Might try an dismantle and poke or lubricate some time as you did.
@@WistrelChianti I know this is a really old comment but I just worked on one I picked up this week. The bumpers are totally mechanical, including the triggers. when the metal ball lands on the black plastic, the weight of the ball pushes the black trigger down, releasing a cog to make one revolution to pull the bumper down. I suspect all these slow bumpers are a result of warping of the black plastic piece. It can be heated carefully for 8-15 seconds in water just at the boiling point and bent back to its original shape. Only heat the part that is warped. The blue pieces in the various lanes at the top have the same issue. They just push down on the black piece when the ball rolls over them. They can get warped and either fail to push the black trigger down or hold it down all the time.
@@brentcarter3284 awesome! Good to know. I got a 2nd one for myself which broke (ball capture doesn't kick out) shortly after I got it so that needs fixing at some point ( I think that's a cog) so when I get to fixing that one, will check the other parts while I'm there
The balls keep getting stuck somewhere underneath .How do I get them out
Hi Connie, thanks for your comments, I'm afraid the only repair I have done is the one I have filmed so I don't have any experience with this. Sorry.
Note the game uses a 9v adapter but the polarity is opposite from our standard. The positive voltage is on the outside of the connector. Good site with pic of power supply info:
www.jeff-z.com/pinball/toys/astroshooter/astroshooter.html
Thanks Dude. One of my other subscribers was enquiring about that I am sure they will find the information useful.
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks RTR . An interesting mod I came up by accident is at the bottom of the jeff-z site. If you cut 3/4" strips across a 20" bicycle inner tube you can slide them snuggly down over each flipper and greatly improve contact with the pinball.
@@dude8869 what a great idea!
@@dude8869 yeh I liked the look of that one myself
Hi on mine the sound does not work, any idea? Thanks
Sorry I haven't repaired one with that fault. Maybe check power connections and battery contacts first. I think sounder works on a different circuit to the motor. Sorry I can't be more help. Thanks for you comment.
Mine had the same problem. It was easy to fix. The problem was at the speaker (a wire was loose or pulled out). I soldered the wire back on with tin. Now the pinball machine works with all the sound effects.
Enjoyed your video, sir. I loved this when I was little. But why use crap superglue at all? The parts are irreplaceable due to the scarceness of these toys, and superglue ruins everything it touches. Epoxy alone would have been a far better tool for the job. That said, good video!
Hi Matty thanks so much for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video. The superglue it was used to hold the pieces together while the epoxy was applied, but I am not an expert in these repairs so perhaps it wasn't necessary. Game seemed to work well maybe I got lucky. Anyway thanks for the feedback. Genuinely appreciate it.
@@RetroTechRepair No problem. The other (earlier) version of this (exactly the same, apart from stickers) was the Grandstand Pinball Wizard. I haven't seen a toy pinball as good. Yours is probably 1986/87 for a guess.
Good to know Matty, yes it's an awesome game, I saw the Grandstand version on eBay a bit back and really regret not picking it up. Thanks again for the feedback. Much appreciated
For me the right pinball doesnt have pressed at 100%
Hi Zoku, can you explain more?
@@RetroTechRepair Nah finally i fixed it the double yellow screw support was below of the right jackpot system
@@man_g4me brilliant... glad you got it fixed