This was my favorite pinball machine. When I was looking to buy one, I looked everywhere for it, could not find it. I fell in love with it when I moved to TN, was in a hotel for 2 weeks and played this daily at the truck stop next door to hotel. Have never seen another one since then.
I bought one of these machines many years ago, and got it out of storage earlier this year where it had been mothballed for a couple of years. It greeted me by exploding a tantalum capacitor on the sound board and shooting shards of resin across the garage! Between that and a dying display (luckily nothing more serious than a dead transistor), I had a few days of fun getting it running again. Luckily, the rotating head mechanism was still working perfectly - I really don’t fancy trying to fix that!
Absolutely one of my favorite pins. Too bad the game got confused, but I suggest everyone watch the whole metamorphosis sequence. It makes me giddy with excitement every time. The light show, the sounds, the music ... gets your adrenaline going. :D
Pretty cool. As a pinball / jukebox mechanic for many years (retired), it is always nice to see these machines being restored. Still do a few pins from time to time (Have a Williams Whitewater out there now), but mainly Jukeboxes amps now.
The original PinBot blew my mind as a kid. After dumping many quaters into it I was able to lock the two balls for its eyes, and they lit up and the machine said 'BEHOLD! I CAN SEE!'.... Still gives me goosebumps :)
Man I repaired a Pinbot, and it was a total nightmare to sort out, but I got it eventually thanks to a great video by you guys, and it is a fantastic game. Bride of Pinbot looks so awesome, but also a pain to repair, thanks for showing us how its done!!
This is realy a blast from past, all hours i played this pin-ball machine when i was a kid (around 8-12years old) . Till it got swaped out for Tales from the Crypt. Pure nostalgia🤩
I dont think the folks commenting about the motor being noisy realize that all of those kinds of pinball motors are noisy, and it doesnt really matter once the glass is on it. Regardless, great video.
this brought back memories. we used to own a LotR pinball machine when i was a kid. sadly around 2008, recession hit and we had to sell it. We ended up making money on it, since we had bought a floor/demo unit from Sharper Image. and it went up in value. we ended up selling it to a pinball fanatic that would fix all these things that we didn't know where bad with the machine. i would've loved to have it now and fix it myself now that i'm way more knowledgeable with electronics.
15:21 "Boy it homed the hell out of the head." Maybe the funniest thing I have ever heard you say Ron. Thanks for all you do for all of us pin enthusiast.
Great video, Ronnie Glad you figured out that switch problem. Love the Bride great playing game a lot of fun. Can not wait for the next video Thanks for filming. Always amazed how you can film and work at the same time.
This is great. I have this machine; in the process of replacing all the bulbs/flashers, and didnt know how to get to the face bulbs (and now I know you have to take off the cover and face plate! Thanks!
I have a Sterns Hot Hand (well, my wife does), and this inspires me to do some work on it. The big paddle in the middle won't spin and it needs all the rubber replaced - and maybe a few light bulbs.
Big big DMD 90s to early 2000s tables fan as my wife worked at a “golf&stuff” in SoCal that used to house a pseudo castle full of all the classic tables from Williams Stern you name it it was probably their at one time. I like this one of the 80s, better than funhouse, which is my other favorite table outside Elvira’s older table based on the same setup. We worked near each other and on lunch or when I was off I’d go play on the pinball tables for free a lot.
Those microswitches are like Legos. Should be really easy to find and not expensive at all. They are in all kinds of gizmos from industrial machines to hot rod parts. I would love this kind of work. Thanks for sharing the job. (Only halfway through the video, so if you mention later that you found it my apologies.)
That's an ambitious concept for a pinball machine. Turning a robot into a woman. But the realization of the idea is amazing. What a cool pin. That was a familiar theme back in the 80's movies. Things turning into woman!
Nice repair, man. Also, you picking up the balls and putting them where you wanted was very satisfying to watch. I'm sure most pinball players sometimes wish they could do that. :)
The more I play pinball, the more I learn how much maintenance they require. It seems like the switches in the eyes would fall off more frequently like the right one did, since they are off to the side and the ball would be pushing them off to the side. I wonder if you can replace the guides on the first face since they are so yellowed and stand out. Thanks for an awesome video.
@@LawmanIL When's the last time you saw an interesting pinball table that wasn't based on an existing franchise? Hell, the best-selling pinball machine of all time is The Addams Family
We’ll, there’s Cyclone, Whirlwind, Pinbot (the original, not his bride), FunHouse, Fish Tales (rubber fish!!! LOL), High Speed, and of course FirePower. Huh. You’d think I’m from the 80’s or something…
Ok I finally bought one of these machines. I have a question about the general game play when starting a game. Does the face start out at the single mouth hole face? Mine seems to be random. Love watching your vids!!!!!!
Yes it should always be on the mouth face... you may need to do the home thing like we did in this video in the test mode. You might have the home switch messed up on yours...
Honestly! This main toy is far more complex than even the Ringmaster on Volatire. So cool but it does seem to be a rather risque game after I was shown the layout.
I have same machine that i have aquired shortly. The mainboard was bad due to batterys that has leaked on the board. Board is repaired but the head does not spin, or sometimes once inn a while. Thanks for this video, i can look further into this. Also, is it normal when you shoot the ramp for the head, it goes further and ends out at the poppers?
Around '92 it seemed that every...ahem...herbal shop in the Netherlands had a Bride of Pinbot. The Metamorphosis part was awesome, and then hitting the Big Wheel for the Billionaires Club...
@@LyonsArcade Just wondering is this Pinball table only available in North America or the World over if so I might have a look out for her at the only arcade left in Portrush Northern Ireland.
On the head calibration, they have a built-in option according to the service manual. (IPDB has a copy) 1-32, Automatic head calibration. You were doing it the hard way using T.16, the manual calibration.
Hello Ron I love your videos, super nice job! Greetings from Monterrey México. I have a question. How could I buy something from Amazon trough this link? I click the link then what goes next to make the store appear in my finder? Or how the store or the stores are clasified in Amazon? Sorry man I´m really an old school guy.
My BoP also doesn't play the full metamorphosis audio. I wonder if it's a bad sound chip or possibly older version of the code? I really miss that, "My God! She's alive!" call out.
@@Plutoniumdrache Well I checked settings and it was already set to Family Mode: No, Singing: Yes. I tried changing both on, both off, alternating, and even a factory reset and try again between each adjustment and still silent during the metamorphosis. I'll have to research further.
@@DavidSherman1980 Dang, sorry for getting your hopes up. Maybe it's the ROM version then? I read that quite some stuff is still missing in revision P-4, like the heartbeat animation, but all ROM versions seem to have some flaws, if you read up on it e.g. on Pinside... Joe's Machine is running revision L-8 (24:08) and his bride is missing the "Heartbeat/Hi There/My God, she's alive!" - part, too (30:45). If it's a different issue, I'm sure Joe will find out (y)
@@Plutoniumdrache Yeah, mine is running L-7 and I wondered if that might be it. Mine was a reimport from Italy, not sure if they would have had any different international rom sets? Seems unlikely since they added the Family Mode settings, but no ideas after trying changing and testing the menu options.
*SEGA SUPER GT* was literally my favorite game at "Alladin's Castle" way back in the '90s. i would put in 50c and win the races allowing you to keep playing, getting like 30 min of play out of 50c until some mo ron employee decided it should be 50c a race whether you win or lose. well they lost (a ton of money) because i never went back after that.
My head on my BOP cycles and works fine the first time around. However, if I lose a ball during multiball the face will reset to default like it should. Next time I hit a ball in her mouth it will say partial optical link and she will say I can speak, but it locks that ball and shoots another ball out into the shooter lane as if I'm on her eye's when in fact I'm still on the mouth mode.
Might be a bad diode on the switches for her eyes, or it may be that switch we looked at on here isn't properly adjusted. I'd go into switch test and make sure they all work every time you hit them, it may be registering that you're hitting the mouth and the eyes at the same time. Not sure why it would do it after the first play but if it does it consistently it may be a rom issue but not likely.
One of my favourite pins. Love the sound and music.
Bride: "I can speak"
Pinbot: "oh NO!"
Bride: "ha ha ha"
Classic :)
This was my favorite pinball machine. When I was looking to buy one, I looked everywhere for it, could not find it. I fell in love with it when I moved to TN, was in a hotel for 2 weeks and played this daily at the truck stop next door to hotel. Have never seen another one since then.
This is my favorite pinball machine, Ive spent countless hours on this board
Amazing how much fun you can have with a bunch of lightbulbs, switches, motors and some solenoids. A great hobby to have and get paid for :-)
Not so much. You'd think so but there are major drawbacks! Thanks for watching Adam!
I bought one of these machines many years ago, and got it out of storage earlier this year where it had been mothballed for a couple of years. It greeted me by exploding a tantalum capacitor on the sound board and shooting shards of resin across the garage! Between that and a dying display (luckily nothing more serious than a dead transistor), I had a few days of fun getting it running again. Luckily, the rotating head mechanism was still working perfectly - I really don’t fancy trying to fix that!
Love it. You’re doing gods work man. We gotta keep these treasures running and preserved!
We're trying :)
Absolutely one of my favorite pins. Too bad the game got confused, but I suggest everyone watch the whole metamorphosis sequence. It makes me giddy with excitement every time. The light show, the sounds, the music ... gets your adrenaline going. :D
Pretty cool. As a pinball / jukebox mechanic for many years (retired), it is always nice to see these machines being restored. Still do a few pins from time to time (Have a Williams Whitewater out there now), but mainly Jukeboxes amps now.
The original PinBot blew my mind as a kid. After dumping many quaters into it I was able to lock the two balls for its eyes, and they lit up and the machine said 'BEHOLD! I CAN SEE!'.... Still gives me goosebumps :)
Thank you for watching, DJFritz2001!
Man I repaired a Pinbot, and it was a total nightmare to sort out, but I got it eventually thanks to a great video by you guys, and it is a fantastic game. Bride of Pinbot looks so awesome, but also a pain to repair, thanks for showing us how its done!!
Thanks for watching evilash570 we appreciate it as always!
This is it ! You my Hero ! Polish people thank You. We love Pinbot Bride & T2 Judgement Day !
This is realy a blast from past, all hours i played this pin-ball machine when i was a kid (around 8-12years old) . Till it got swaped out for Tales from the Crypt. Pure nostalgia🤩
I dont think the folks commenting about the motor being noisy realize that all of those kinds of pinball motors are noisy, and it doesnt really matter once the glass is on it. Regardless, great video.
Oh Bride of Pinbot. I have one of those. One of my all time favorite machines.
"Metropolis" theme on a pinball machine... very cool!! Thank you for this series!!
Thanks for watching ZardoztheWizard, we appreciate it!
Just love that FM-synthesis sound.... my childhood!
It's pretty great!
Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Always a pleasure watching the diagnostic process, I remember playing this in the bowling alley many many years ago! Thanks for sharing!
This may have been the exact same machine you played, Hazy Basement... did you scratch your initials on it anywhere I can check : ) ?
@@LyonsArcade Unfortunately no, but how wild would that be!
I absolutely love this table... Also, was there a frickin Molex to SATA cable in that bag lol.
i thought this was a willam Belli themed pinball machine xD
Had this at my bowling alley when I was a kid. I played the crap out of this game... I miss it. Great Job on the face repair.
this brought back memories. we used to own a LotR pinball machine when i was a kid. sadly around 2008, recession hit and we had to sell it. We ended up making money on it, since we had bought a floor/demo unit from Sharper Image. and it went up in value.
we ended up selling it to a pinball fanatic that would fix all these things that we didn't know where bad with the machine.
i would've loved to have it now and fix it myself now that i'm way more knowledgeable with electronics.
I just purchased this machine not long ago. Thank you I am having issues with the head also. Keep doing this amazing work!!!!
15:21 "Boy it homed the hell out of the head." Maybe the funniest thing I have ever heard you say Ron. Thanks for all you do for all of us pin enthusiast.
Thank you Paul, we appreciate you watching, i'm glad somebody likes my sense of humor!
My favorite pinball. Owned this one for years and sold it 2018
I played a lot of this pinball machine and it was the best of that era!
The people who designed this machine were geniuses. These machines make me wish that I would have chosen the pinball occupation
Thank you Joes !!!
What an awesome game, never seen it before.
Thank you for watching Kevin!
Great video, Ronnie Glad you figured out that switch problem. Love the Bride great playing game a lot of fun. Can not wait for the next video Thanks for filming. Always amazed how you can film and work at the same time.
Thank you Frank, we appreciate you hanging out with us as always!
So cool! I've never seen a pinball repair vid. this was recomended because I've been looking up retro games. Nice job
Thank you for watching Lasher :)
This is great. I have this machine; in the process of replacing all the bulbs/flashers, and didnt know how to get to the face bulbs (and now I know you have to take off the cover and face plate! Thanks!
Always feels good to get a little head work done...😎
You said it not me youtube Algo :)
"Head" area in the book, and then you chuckled❕you are one sick man‼️®™️ 👏👏lol
And I'm gonna be one until I'm a dead one
@@LyonsArcade
🔥🔥🔥
I played this so often as a kid on a german island called spiekerooge the best thing ever
Wondefull machine i play it verry often .
Open het eyes , open her mouth let her see you and let her sing , good music to
Tho I don't give a flying squat about this stuff, I admire your dedication 👍
very cool, looks like a fun machine to play and i know it's in the right hands.
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you Kurt, i'm glad you enjoyed it!
I have a Sterns Hot Hand (well, my wife does), and this inspires me to do some work on it. The big paddle in the middle won't spin and it needs all the rubber replaced - and maybe a few light bulbs.
Big big DMD 90s to early 2000s tables fan as my wife worked at a “golf&stuff” in SoCal that used to house a pseudo castle full of all the classic tables from Williams Stern you name it it was probably their at one time. I like this one of the 80s, better than funhouse, which is my other favorite table outside Elvira’s older table based on the same setup.
We worked near each other and on lunch or when I was off I’d go play on the pinball tables for free a lot.
Woah, just found your channel and I got a lot of watching to do. Can’t wait. Love the intricacy of these machines.
Glad you found us :)
Those microswitches are like Legos. Should be really easy to find and not expensive at all. They are in all kinds of gizmos from industrial machines to hot rod parts.
I would love this kind of work. Thanks for sharing the job. (Only halfway through the video, so if you mention later that you found it my apologies.)
Great work on that head assy😎👍
Thank you Danijel, I did it all wrong though, just read below, LOL
Gorgeous this pinball!!!
On DC, it is usually the safest bet to assume the black wire is ground. 75% of the time, you are right every time.
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing your formidable skills with us all. Looking forward to seeing this pinnie come back to life.
That was pretty sick man, thank you.
That's an ambitious concept for a pinball machine. Turning a robot into a woman. But the realization of the idea is amazing. What a cool pin. That was a familiar theme back in the 80's movies. Things turning into woman!
incredible pin, but that face looks like a nightmare to maintain. definitely worth it!
This is one of your best vids yet. Super interesting.
Thank you Fletcher, that's very kind of you to say.
Man they had this at the bowling alley when I was in Junior High. I put so many quarters in that machine!
I love this machine
Nice repair, man. Also, you picking up the balls and putting them where you wanted was very satisfying to watch. I'm sure most pinball players sometimes wish they could do that. :)
One of the pinball games I love. Hope it last for 100 years
Super interesting video, thanks for sharing. I was wanting more after it ended.
Thank you for watching Whizzer, glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome stuff. That machine has allot going on. Very cool.
It's pretty cool, thank you for watching Game Tech Refuge!
Great work so far, Ron.
Thank you Scoosie!
Bloody awesome….what a machine…love it!…cheers
it's pretty awesome, thanks for watching Chris!
Super cool! You fix them fast. Awesome work 👏 👌
Good morning. Hope you had a great Holiday.
Good morning Windios!
That is a really cool one. That spinning head thing is pretty wild.
Good video and well worked out Ron. Always thought it was a bit of a weird machine!
Well Python made it, all his were weird :)
The more I play pinball, the more I learn how much maintenance they require. It seems like the switches in the eyes would fall off more frequently like the right one did, since they are off to the side and the ball would be pushing them off to the side. I wonder if you can replace the guides on the first face since they are so yellowed and stand out. Thanks for an awesome video.
It'll just have to keep that flaw, they don't make new ones. Thanks for watching Scott!
I played this on the the pinball arcade simulator I don't know how manly times. Always found the changing faces to be a great gimmick.
For a pinball machine not based on an established IP, I'll admit that the face-turning is a pretty cool gimmick.
what does the IP have to do with it?
@@LawmanIL When's the last time you saw an interesting pinball table that wasn't based on an existing franchise? Hell, the best-selling pinball machine of all time is The Addams Family
@@otaking3582 There are plenty!
@@LawmanIL Such as?
We’ll, there’s Cyclone, Whirlwind, Pinbot (the original, not his bride), FunHouse, Fish Tales (rubber fish!!! LOL), High Speed, and of course FirePower.
Huh. You’d think I’m from the 80’s or something…
playd this when i was a kid. :)
So she really did come to life and show how quickly the many personalities of the same woman change and you have no control over it 🤣
hahaha pretty much! It must be working correctly!
@@LyonsArcade 😂😂. Maybe the game will work if you apologize to it for something it did to you.
Ok I finally bought one of these machines. I have a question about the general game play when starting a game. Does the face start out at the single mouth hole face? Mine seems to be random. Love watching your vids!!!!!!
Yes it should always be on the mouth face... you may need to do the home thing like we did in this video in the test mode. You might have the home switch messed up on yours...
Honestly! This main toy is far more complex than even the Ringmaster on Volatire. So cool but it does seem to be a rather risque game after I was shown the layout.
I have same machine that i have aquired shortly. The mainboard was bad due to batterys that has leaked on the board. Board is repaired but the head does not spin, or sometimes once inn a while. Thanks for this video, i can look further into this. Also, is it normal when you shoot the ramp for the head, it goes further and ends out at the poppers?
OH MY...Sooooooooo many hours on that dam machine. And Adams Family & Twilight-Zone... The only three that matter. SO JEALOUS!
God I miss those 90s synth samples ^^ Nice work dude.
Awesome and creepy. Always loved the music and sounds coming from pinball machines. Shame they take so much space and are ridiculusly expensive
Around '92 it seemed that every...ahem...herbal shop in the Netherlands had a Bride of Pinbot. The Metamorphosis part was awesome, and then hitting the Big Wheel for the Billionaires Club...
Wow so great
Now I See You!!!
I would guess if the head motor cam had been replaced, the unit with the faces may have been put back on the shaft in the wrong position
Sometimes when the servo motor has low gear ratio you can force it to move by hand, but you have to be really careful doing it._
Thank you for watching DjResR!
Is there normally supposed to be two of these machines connected together.
No I don't think you could connect this particular title together. Thank you for watching David!
@@LyonsArcade Just wondering is this Pinball table only available in North America or the World over if so I might have a look out for her at the only arcade left in Portrush Northern Ireland.
when i was a kid i played the hell out of this at the arcade
Thanks for the FaceTime
You. You're clever you.
What year is this pinball machine made?
On the head calibration, they have a built-in option according to the service manual. (IPDB has a copy) 1-32, Automatic head calibration. You were doing it the hard way using T.16, the manual calibration.
o.k. I'll try harder
This is a super fun table but it looks like an absolute nightmare to work with.
This looks like a cool pinball machine but I'm afraid of it at the same time
It has a pretty amazing look! Super fun to play too....
@@LyonsArcade the rotating faces part kind of scares me
I had no idea Pin•Bot had a "sequel".
New one to me. I think the EMs look easier to work on, are they?
These are harder to work on because they have more going on and the customers complain if they’re not perfect, makes it a huge pain in the ass
Looks like a Blow up Doll
Those pinballs look a bit rough. Won't using those damage the playfield?
Something is off about the face lighting the 4th one was light up at the same time as the 1st one is that normal?
We're still working on it, it's gonna be o.k. Regelos, see you on the next video!
What is the arcade game in the corner of your store near the window? I can't quite make out the title, but looks like it says Dream Boat?
Yes that one's called Dream Boat, it's a coin pusher.
Nice repair work on the face unit. One question, is the motor really that noisy or is it just the recording?
Sorry it’s not better I tried
Hello Ron I love your videos, super nice job! Greetings from Monterrey México. I have a question. How could I buy something from Amazon trough this link? I click the link then what goes next to make the store appear in my finder? Or how the store or the stores are clasified in Amazon? Sorry man I´m really an old school guy.
My BoP also doesn't play the full metamorphosis audio. I wonder if it's a bad sound chip or possibly older version of the code? I really miss that, "My God! She's alive!" call out.
Check if "family mode" (adjustment A.2 21) is active as this one deactivates the "my god!" sound along with the ramp-induced moans
@@Plutoniumdrache Ah! I wasn't aware this game had a setting like that. Makes sense now that you mention it though. Thanks!
@@Plutoniumdrache Well I checked settings and it was already set to Family Mode: No, Singing: Yes. I tried changing both on, both off, alternating, and even a factory reset and try again between each adjustment and still silent during the metamorphosis. I'll have to research further.
@@DavidSherman1980 Dang, sorry for getting your hopes up. Maybe it's the ROM version then? I read that quite some stuff is still missing in revision P-4, like the heartbeat animation, but all ROM versions seem to have some flaws, if you read up on it e.g. on Pinside... Joe's Machine is running revision L-8 (24:08) and his bride is missing the "Heartbeat/Hi There/My God, she's alive!" - part, too (30:45). If it's a different issue, I'm sure Joe will find out (y)
@@Plutoniumdrache Yeah, mine is running L-7 and I wondered if that might be it. Mine was a reimport from Italy, not sure if they would have had any different international rom sets? Seems unlikely since they added the Family Mode settings, but no ideas after trying changing and testing the menu options.
*SEGA SUPER GT* was literally my favorite game at "Alladin's Castle" way back in the '90s. i would put in 50c and win the races allowing you to keep playing, getting like 30 min of play out of 50c
until some mo ron employee decided it should be 50c a race whether you win or lose. well they lost (a ton of money) because i never went back after that.
My head on my BOP cycles and works fine the first time around. However, if I lose a ball during multiball the face will reset to default like it should. Next time I hit a ball in her mouth it will say partial optical link and she will say I can speak, but it locks that ball and shoots another ball out into the shooter lane as if I'm on her eye's when in fact I'm still on the mouth mode.
Might be a bad diode on the switches for her eyes, or it may be that switch we looked at on here isn't properly adjusted. I'd go into switch test and make sure they all work every time you hit them, it may be registering that you're hitting the mouth and the eyes at the same time. Not sure why it would do it after the first play but if it does it consistently it may be a rom issue but not likely.
if Star Trek had taught us nothing else, it's REVERSE THE POLARITY. you'll be fine.
very cool
Great game!
Cool
Thanks for watching Ghillie!