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SDTM Cary Hardy: Dealing With A Routed Pinball Machine (Last Action Hero)

Straight Down the Middle·video·48m 51s·analyzed·Mar 11, 2019
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TL;DR

Kerry Hardy inspects routed Last Action Hero, finds extensive wear typical of location machines, demonstrates restoration techniques.

Summary

Kerry Hardy purchases a second Last Action Hero pinball machine primarily for parts to upgrade his existing machine. He conducts a detailed inspection and restoration guide, documenting numerous issues typical of routed machines including rusted leg levelers, beat-up playfield components (especially the tar pit scoop and ramp), soldered fuses, switch matrix problems, and sporadic switch issues caused by shaker motor interference. Hardy demonstrates proper repair techniques while noting that despite the machine's condition, it still functions adequately for casual play.

Key Claims

  • Last Action Hero tar pit scoop is unobtainium and cannot be reproduced

    high confidence · Hardy states: 'this is the unobtanium for this game is this damn tar pit and what sucks about this dam saying is one it's not being remade'

  • The tar pit scoop commonly breaks when leaning the playfield against the backbox during service

    high confidence · Hardy explains: 'the reason behind why is so common Tee'd Off get broken is that when you lift as play filled up and you lean it against the bank box like everyone does because that's just the way it's designed this thing can be broken'

  • Data East machines commonly have soldered fuses due to route operation shortcuts

    high confidence · Hardy identifies soldered fuses and states: 'that's another indication that this machine was on route because a lot of the times when something like that goes wrong they just need the thing Tee'd Off work'

  • Last Action Hero has a common problem with solder joints on switches going bad due to vibration from the center scoop

    high confidence · Hardy notes: 'this machine has a real common problem with these solder points on these switches going out because a lot of vibration this this thing's not even screwed in'

  • The shaker motor on this machine is causing false switch readings by vibrating and connecting things that shouldn't be connected

    high confidence · Hardy concludes: 'chances are reason why it's so sporadic is because the shaker motor that shakes this game is sometimes connecting things it shouldn't be connected giving me the false readings on my switches'

Notable Quotes

  • “I don't entirely regret this purchase but I'm definitely not happy with it”

    Kerry Hardy@ 0:24 — Sets the tone for the video—Hardy is dissatisfied with the purchase price relative to the machine's condition but sees value in specific parts.

  • “this is a project machine from my perspective at least there are many of you that I think that would take this game as is and have no problems with it”

    Kerry Hardy@ 1:34 — Acknowledges that while the machine has issues, casual players might accept it; highlights the distinction between restoration enthusiasts and casual players.

  • “this is the unobtanium for this game is this damn tar pit and what sucks about this dam saying is one it's not being remade”

    Kerry Hardy@ 25:10 — Identifies the rarest, irreplaceable part on Last Action Hero, explaining why he purchased the machine despite its condition.

  • “tape is not a good repair”

    Kerry Hardy@ 13:49 — General restoration wisdom about avoiding temporary fixes on pinball machines.

  • “this is not standard this is a remake someone on pin ciders doing a remix of these and it's not bad I mean it's better than nothing obviously but the blue is not blue enough”

    Kerry Hardy@ 22:44 — References Pinside community remakes and custom parts, highlighting the ecosystem of third-party repairs and reproductions.

  • “that's another indication that this machine was on route because a lot of the times when something like that goes wrong they just need the thing to work so do whatever you can to get the machine working”

Entities

Kerry HardypersonLast Action HerogameStraight Down the MiddlemediaPinsideorganizationData Eastcompany

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Route operators prioritize rapid machine repairs over proper restoration, leading to shortcuts (soldered fuses, tape repairs, loose components) that compound damage and require complete rework by collectors.

    high · Hardy explains route operator mentality: 'when something like that goes wrong they just need the thing Tee'd Off work so do whatever you can Tee'd Off get the machine working get it back Tee'd Off making mate/man'

  • ?

    community_signal: Pinside community actively creates custom remakes and reproductions of unavailable pinball parts, extending machine lifespan and repair options.

    medium · Hardy notes Pinside members making ramp remakes and sticker decals: 'this is a remake someone on pin ciders doing a remix of these'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Last Action Hero tar pit scoop design is fragile and prone to breaking during normal maintenance (leaning playfield against backbox), and no reproductions are available, making it unobtainium.

    high · Hardy states: 'one it's not being remade but it's very common Tee'd Off get broken and the reason behind why is so common Tee'd Off get broken is that when you lift as play filled up and you lean it against the bank box like everyone does because that's just the way it's designed this thing can be broken'

  • $

    market_signal: Unobtainium parts (like the Last Action Hero tar pit scoop) create value drivers for secondary machine purchases, even when the overall machine is in poor condition.

    high · Hardy purchased this machine primarily for parts, accepting a financial loss on resale: 'I'm gonna end up taking a little bit of a hit whenever I sell this Last Action Hero but I'm taking it as a little bit of a trade for parts that are not being reproduced'

Topics

Machine restoration and repair techniquesprimaryRouted game condition and wear patternsprimaryParts sourcing and unobtainium componentsprimaryElectrical troubleshooting (soldered fuses, switch issues, shaker motor interference)primaryLast Action Hero specific mechanical issuesprimaryRoute operator maintenance practices vs. collector restoration standardssecondaryCommunity reproductions and aftermarket parts (Pinside remakes)secondary

Sentiment

mixed(0.45)— Hardy is disappointed with the purchase price and machine condition but finds value in specific parts and uses the opportunity to create educational content. He acknowledges the machine is functional for casual play despite extensive issues. Critical tone about defects and poor prior repairs, but constructive and educational throughout.

Transcript

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I don't entirely regret this purchase but I'm definitely not happy with it [Music] what's up everyone and welcome back to straight down the middle my name is Kerry Hardy and I talk and do everything pinball so that sounds interesting to you then hit that subscribe button down below I bought another last action hero now you may be going Carrie why you already own a pretty good decent looking last action hero for those of you that know me well and the reason behind this purchase is essentially to get parts that I believe could be better than what are on my machine so the point of this purchase was to buy it simply for part swapping and then selling the machine just somebody else that wants it as a project machine because I'm going to tell you right now this is a project machine from my perspective at least there are many of you that I think that would take this game as is and have no problems with it but for me this is a project machine this was a purchase where when I handed the money over I didn't feel good about it because I knew that I was paying too much for what I was getting and I was like damn this sucks but damn it there are parts on this machine that I could use on mine that would improve mine so I'm gonna end up taking a little bit of a hit whenever I sell this Last Action Hero but I'm taking it as a little bit of a trade for parts that are not being reproduced when I got there went over the machine there was a quite a few more issues than were disclosed in the description of the machine now this happens quite often and a lot of the times the seller will be like okay I understand the issues I'll do a little bit better on the price not this seller this seller was like this is how much I want for it and if you don't want to pay that then you can leave now I've I didn't need parts for my machine that I saw were better on this one then I would have been like okay good luck to you I bid you adieu not to mention it was a little bit of a drive for me what I'm gonna do is get this machine back on all fours and we're gonna go through it and I'm gonna give you a little bit of the minds and what goes through my head whenever I'm purchasing a game and taking notes of what I see wrong or what will need to be fixed now I want to preface this before I start digging into this machine going over all the flaws I want to make sure you are aware that I'm gonna be a little more pickier than those of you out there some of these are obvious defects others were a little bit more difficult to catch so let's get this puppy started back on all fours alright first up our first issue is going to be dealing with the legs and leg levelers now this is obviously been repainted now the camber is probably not going to pick up the subtle obvious notes of how it's been done but it's got a little touch up marks here and there that you can see and not to mention it looks like they painted it with the leg level are still on here because this is a black now what saw what sucks about this is that this thing is rusted into the leg itself and you can't just twist because of that so this is gonna be an interesting little thing to get out and there's a little trick to getting these things out because this is not an easy task so we're gonna have to go a little hardcore on here and maybe you'll learn something okay so here's the setup we've got the leg the leg leveler pair of vice grips attached to the nut that is on the leg leveler and we've got a couple of C clamps clamping this thing down on a somewhat sturdy table now we're gonna be blowtorching and heating this stuff up uh first off we need to get ourself protected so I'm going to be using just some regular gloves that should help protect me from any kind of heat and safety glasses now I'm heating up the bolt as well as the leg portion this all this heats going to cause as metal to expand and will usually loosen things up to where the stuff should come right out what surprised me I'm gonna have to heat it up at the end okay and there you are now that's how you remove rusted old leg leather from your leg now let's go do the other three [Music] and now for my next trick we're going to install the new leg levelers now I see these on other people's machines and I keep seeing people do this wrong now you're thinking how do you install leg levelers wrong carry I mean what how is that possible well I'll tell you what to be afraid to get this damn thing off but like essentially what people tend to do and what the person did on this Last Action Hero is that they take this nut off then they install this damn thing and they're like alright now it's time to put this nut up here yeah now it ain't going anywhere know that if you think about it that makes no sense guys that makes no sense for us to put a nut up right here like it's accidentally gonna like whoops come right out and this thing you can accidentally come out of here then you've got bigger problems okay that is not how you put the damn leg levelers on so if you have it on your machine like that do yourself a favor and fix that issue unless you maintain your machines and they don't rust but when they rust over that makes it even more difficult that's why I had such a hard time on one of these damn legs because they had the damn things installed wrong so got to put this on here these are the front ones because there's a shorter one so I'm just going to bring this thing all the way down to the bottom good now one of the helpful things up putting it on the bottom like this guy's and so that way you like alright I found my perfect position I could tighten that right there and now this thing isn't gonna be able to like move once you tighten that right there where you like it then this thing is snug as a bug in a rug then you're good that's the point of having it on this other end so I'm gonna loosen that up lean a little bit down the bottom paint front leg done all right something just as important as your side art or anything else in the machine is just is the bottom of the machine and this is one of the things that I've noticed is there we've got a lot of damage around the base pointer on the bottom of this cabinet all the way around especially doing around here by the legs all the way up a lot a damage right all around here that bottom seems to be pretty sturdy like if you know it wouldn't surprise me if some of this might be even a little bit of water damage but luckily it's not completely falling apart a lot of this can be sealed up and even repaired so but yeah just something to note all right something to take note of whenever you're assembling your machine is that your leg bolts should not be able to free roam about so chances are when I have to get a new leg bracket for the inside of this cabinet let's see if I can yeah I can't tie it it all the way up so yeah that sucks so I'm gonna tighten up towards that least got some there that's a hand tighten it there we go got the front legs on all right let's go around the topper area now this is unobtainium right here okay for this machine you cannot find this topper available there are no repros that's at this time as at this moment there are no repros for any portion of this topper so to give one and this decent of shape is not bad mine is actually a better condition than this point is so oh I get a splinter so anyways sighs a little scare out here probably from being moved around or hitting somebody's ceiling because this is a very tall topper machine it's obviously been touched up with some silver paint I can see the paint run marks should be able to see a little bit of that in the picture so the guy did a decent job it's not that bad I mean unless of close observation you would catch it and see that kind of stuff but overall it's not that bad he's got a repro sticker for his topper right here we'll get a better look at that in a little bit a red portion [Music] looked to be pretty good not that bad not that bad at all got some damage right here in the back this looks like it's a little bit of water damage as well or someone's been roughing around with this damn machine loading it up and stuff chances are this is a routed game and there's gonna be some Telltale's in this to basically give it away that it was a route game all right let's have a good close up look on the underside of this machine this could definitely use a good sanding I mean it's got all kinds of roughness on here and other hard crap looks like it's even been drug through the mud at one point but we've also got a lot of splitting damage down here that's been someone has tried to take a little bit of a precautions on by stapling it but it's already broken through a lot of wear around the leg portion here and a really large amount of leg wear on this portion right here and once again someone's already tried to assist in it not following completely apart with a screw right there so another failed attempt at repairing just put some tape on there that fixes everything no there's another tip tape is not a good repair all right get these legs back on alright so we've got it up on all fours and what I want to do is essentially just start from the top and then work our way down going through the machine and seeing what all we find so we've already gone over the chopper from what we can see from behind but as you can see from the front you may or may not be able to see it but essentially the front looks very good I mean from a standing point of just playing the game no one would be the wiser if any repairs have done to the topper so the topper is actually in pretty good condition so we're gonna go on and move to the trans line no burns from incandescent bulbs or anything they've all been done in a frosted white so thumbs up on that that is the way to go frosted white on your trans light is your best visual effect when it comes to colors and light dispersement so but I can see that the trans light is definitely sticking or has been stuck to the glass now we can try removing these panels on the side right here and seeing if it actually is something that's like stuck to it underneath it I can see all three right here here on all down here it looks like it's stuck to the glass and it should not be like that so that's something to keep an eye out for because a lot of the times if you try removing it the yard will come with it so I'm not gonna touch that right now alright so here we are on the boards and some of the concerns that I first saw when I looked in this machine was all of the tape first I thought he had a whole bunch of cut wires but then I noticed that basically this was a form of organization that a lot of people use whenever they are removing the board's from the cabinet just so that way they know for sure where they all go back so I'm all for that not to mention he used some just regular old painters tape so it can easily be removed so I am thankful for that there is a new expense our supply so it's also a thumbs up on that although expend power supplies you may or may not have issues with your 12 volt rail going to your soundboard something to keep an eye out for you do have that they're kind of known for having that issue delivering 12 volts a solid 12 volts to your sound so if you ever happen to get a let's say like that pin soundboard then chances are you're going to need to get an auxilary adapter to make sure that you have a good solid 12 volts going to your soundboard due to this power supply other than that great power supply going on to the MPU here we have no batteries but he has the NVRAM installed so that's a another thumbs-up very dirty and rusted looking up ribbon cable along here it's just a little weird but uh let's move on to pulling this down alright so let's look at the boards here all the boards look in pretty good shape I mean there's no red flags that I'm seeing on any of these boards I don't see any drastic issues with new transistors from burnout what if in one of the areas that you want to look at is up here this is a where you're still annoyed for your flippers and everything are and if there's any kind of flipper issues or the one frying are constantly on then chances are there's yours then there's your problem let's see here as far as switches and lamps don't see me new transistor my restaurateurs networks seem to be good so it looks like all the transistors are our OEM so we haven't had any switch issues they have resorted in changing transistors nothing new on these boards don't need to if they work just fine with these tip 36 C's I'm gonna keep those there's an upgraded version of those they're a little more rugged but I'm not gonna worry about it those are just fine let's see here yeah everything looks good in here I'm not drawing any big red flags or any major concerns with anything that I'm seeing in the backbox and that is a plus so lots of pluses on here all wrong okay so one of the things I've noticed whenever purchasing this game is that there was no missing dots in the dmt it's all well lit so that was also something that it was really nice to have a good dmg is always a big perk some of the things I'd notice that we're done to the machine that are not original or typically what you would see on this machine or any de for that matter is that it looks like I'll have to get the camera down here so you can see it but the lockdown receiver as well as the portions that the lockdown receiver from the playfield are are very clean the they've actually been painted just so happens that they've been painted the same color as the topper that we mentioned earlier so chances are this was done the same time as the topper was done so this is not a standard OEM but it's a nice touch though I mean props that it does look good so good to that so there also have a trough LED portion right here that glows that's not OEM it was quite a just put all the like I said we're going to start from the top and work our way down so I'm not gonna put the pinball's in there just yet because this game is notorious for when you lift the play up build up balls come rolling out so let's go over this play field do a walk around and see where I'll be found so overall the LED job that the individual did on this machine is decent I've seen a lot worse it's not bad the choice was pretty good so starting from the top here typical wear that you're gonna see on this machine is a lot of wear on the buck when that ball comes up here and you're gonna see a lot of missing paint that's just typical let's see looking around some more these rubbers are decent not too bad I don't think any of the rubbers have been changed in this machine now that I think about it yeah none of these rubbers have been changed these are all standard OEM so got chipped plastic right here yeah let's see back here one of the big issues is the ramp my goodness I've never seen one this beat-up this is an indication of being a routed game I mean this planes probably got a lot of plays on it but you've got this whole section right here missing as well as this entire section right here missing has just been beat up that's all loose I wonder if that's even screwed in underneath the play field my lord that is got a lot of wiggle room in it and let's see what else we got here so this is not standard this is a this is a remake someone on pin ciders doing a remix of these and it's not bad I mean it's better than nothing obviously but the blue is not blue enough in my opinion it doesn't match with the rest of the blue on the game I mean it's not a bad but [Music] so then we have this spinner right here that doesn't freely spin very well it's got the new sticker decal that an individual and pin side is making but that should be free spinning like nobody's business and it is not so that's gonna need to be adjusted more than likely it's because it's been painted white and that's gonna have to be probably sanded off to give it the ability to freely spin around I could I already see little chips of the white paint that are on the edges right here digging away at it flakes down here there's clippies on here more than likely I'm sure it needed it yeah cuz this portion of the clip he's already starting to come up and that's gonna catch a ball that switch doesn't pull these submerge down that's gonna catch a ball at the right moment or the wrong moment I should say so that's gonna need to be adjusted that's gonna have to be pushed down this is a big issue this ramp has been rebuilt I say this ramp I mean this scoop this is not standard this is got some welding right here I'm not sure but someone did some TIG welding on this but it is like missing a good portion of the scoop I mean you can tell the difference between this scoop which is correct when you can try walkouts a lot this scoop is correct that scoop is not this is this is it right here guys this is the unobtanium for this game is this damn tar pit and what sucks about this dam saying is one it's not being remade but it's very common to get broken and the reason behind why is so common to get broken is that when you lift as play filled up and you lean it against the bank box like everyone does because that's just the way it's designed this thing can be broken by being against a backbox so this is one of the pieces that I really needed for my game is because this damn things broken on mine so I'm gonna clean that up and then put that on mine because that one's intact two of my crane targets are missing right here but he gave me a whole new set because he had them ready to go so the whole new set is ready to go on those things which sucks because I've already bought a new set for mine so alright and let's go down this side some more a little bit of a busted plastic right here in the edge the usual missing portions on the slingshots yeah right there and right there let's see here playful isn't really good shape really common wear spot on this game is when the ball exits the multiball scoop and when it shoots out it skims across this portion of the plate field and it will wear a straight line on this ticket right about here and it is very common on this machine so when you see this game and a lot of the times you're gonna see a little white mark because that ball the white this is a very very common important scoop to hit in this game so it's gonna come out of there and it makes a big old wear mark on there this is got looks like it's been taped down so yeah that's silly I'm gonna have to pull that up and chances are that chicken text is gonna come with it so I'll have to do a waterslide decal and replace that mmm all these seem decent when it comes to LEDs it looks like he's got a mixture of frosted as well as clear white LEDs so not too bad was he used white these clip these are in pretty good shape overall these actually seem a little thicker than your typical ones all right go around the shooter lanes not too bad typical little wear spot there he's got the really good laminated version of these I think I'm gonna take those because the ones I've got are these but they're not the nice shiny gloss laminated ones so I'm gonna snag those two let's see here other than that play feels not horrible broken plastic piece right there actually that's not broken LEDs out on this one chances are the person didn't want to disassemble because in order to change this LED in this one it is a pain in the ass you had to remove this ramp in order to get to that damn screw right there so yeah chances are that LEDs burn out but the person was like what no yeah so that's a probably would happen there while that's not been changed all right so that's the playfield let's uh take a gander at underneath all right so let's start from the corner area he's obviously got a new lock on there and we'll work her way around got a loose screw down there for some reason he's got the tilt bobber upside down alright someone doesn't like the tilt I don't like this okay [Music] hmm see flipper board Oh what the fudge yep so this is pretty typical alright guys so on day two East their refuse clips are total okay and chances are instead of replacing these fuses they decided to solder them in to the fuse clips look at this that that fixes the problem temporarily so gonna have to replace all those Hughes clips because if you've ever happens to go out then that's a pain in the ass to replace now because that's another indication that this machine was on route because a lot of the times when something like that goes wrong they just need the thing to work so do whatever you can to get the machine working get it back to making money so so at least it's down here it's not in the bag box area that's where I would draw some major concerns and around here everything looks pretty in order right here oh no why they went with blue buttons that's weird okay so let's start from the bottom of the playfield and work our way up doo-doo-doo it's got some nice flashers in here he's got the freaking really bright one right there there's that switch that's gonna have to be adjusted pull down some more and then here's the god awfully loose target right there it's gonna had to be tightened up can't see the other side so we'll just go up this side for right now looks like this solenoids been changed in the past that's another thing for this game guys is that this machine has a real common problem with these solder points on these switches going out because a lot of vibration this this thing's not even screwed in all the way goodness gracious it's not going anywhere so the a lot of vibration comes in the center scoop which causes a lot of the solder joints and it switches to go bad and I want to say whenever I test played it the chicken scoop was not working so chances are that switches faulty or needs to be adjusted ah magnet Control Board also a very common problem for this game but all three of them worked for this machine so this was a actually a good board and props to him from having it fuses aren't soldered in for the magnet so that's good he's got alligator clip for his trough lighting and it looks like this one's been replaced at one point and this is standard but looks like a slipper rebuild kit was done so yay that's good there's those broken switches or broken eye drop targets another common thing for this game for the break no burn Aries on the magnets all the original magnets I don't see any other red flags this lower display field down a little bit so far lowering this down let's get a look at the trough area and see if you can notice anything still clicks but it doesn't roll over so that's gonna need to be replaced that's gonna cause issues you need to be able to roll that ball for your trough and that's gonna cause the issue the ball cannot be backed up for whatever reason moving around that's not gonna that's gonna cause issues no bueno and it's gonna scratch up the ball over time too it's gonna be no bueno all right looks like this switches head some well I don't like the way that's soldered on there that's kind of missed up I'm gonna redo that all right so let's uh get the balls in there all right let's start a game all right so they'd know they'd take the target being hit because there's no targets there [Music] almost every time I fire one of my flippers [Music] I'm just checking all my solenoids I'm gonna stay at the chicken speed course [Music] it just thought I lost a ball it just ejected another ball so I've got one ball in my hand let's lose this ball back in the trough area let's see if it does that again okay so a ball is now in there go to the ball money these checks this picture that pop up were works but it's not as sensitive in music needs to be so want to adjust that as well [Music] both in lane work [Music] multiball is ready to go baby back that ball can get stuck underneath that spinner like I was telling you [Music] now let's try up here [Music] yep ball gets stuck right there too [Music] so let's try the chicken soup again so they detect a switch in between they're [Music] magnets are doing good back in regular game though let's see the Ripper works good try the chicken scooping you thanks I just ended the game we have got a switch matrix issue [Music] Spooner switch is working just needs to be cleaned up [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] some thing I haven't mentioned yet and that's the shaker Miller is working so that's awesome I'm mainly trying to see here how sporadic the switch issue is [Music] yeah chances are reason why it's so sporadic is because the shaker motor that shakes this game is sometimes connecting things it shouldn't be connected giving me the false readings on my switches so this game needs to be gone through 100% when it comes to the switches to make sure the diodes are facing the right direction and nothing is touching anything else that it's not supposed to be touching so that's essentially where we're at on the and it looks like I was wrong about the DMV I'm missing a bar [Music] two bars these last two rows last two columns don't want [Music] all right so let's have a look at the cabinet shall we the cabinet are that's something else that we need to go over and that is that it's you know got some scuffs here and there but the main thing is the fading and it's just in this top portion right here and everything else seems to be pretty solid when it comes to color quality at least but it's the fading right here that's a bummer like I said that's not a big thing to a lot of people I'm just pointing out any defects that need to be dealt with when it comes to restoration so chances are your best bet is some new decals you got a lot of fade and wear around your Start button these are all indications of a routed game when it comes to fade because a lot of times they just said it near the windows or wear it and as long as bringing the money they don't care and all this way around the start but and that indicates a lot of plays let's see here and we've got fade on this top portion of the side art is well and some scuff marks throughout and the same goes for the other side as well and of course your usual leg wear that will be on behind these legs then we're gonna go to the coin door coin door itself is in pretty good shape although I'm missing the coin pictures and diagrams right here that go right here they're just a plain plastic see here this button has got a lot of wear on it as we'll and guns not in too bad a shape but yeah so that's essentially it right there guys so that's what I've got to work with and so now it's a matter of going through it and figuring out what I could use and that's something else that I want to go over that I'm almost was how well the the balls rolled down this right here and this thing has been altered and bent I have no idea why but I'm guessing at some point in time they figured they needed to or had to when this ball comes down here you'd like there's a little wiggle thing and then it finally flops down here where it's supposed to go and then it's just not right so that needs to be basically reformed that should hopefully been back in place about having to break any of the welding points on there so I'm hoping to be able to get that fixed where it's a nice smooth transition every other wire form seemed to be working pretty good so that's where we're at on this game oh really not looking forward to going through that switch matrix those things can be a real pain in the ass sometimes but maybe I might make that in the video as well so without a doubt this game is what salvageable it's definitely playable it just needs a little tweaks here and there when it comes to switch matrix and the game is essentially 100% playable so my plans for this machine are to one swap out the part set are better cosmetically than mine to go over these which matrix 100% to make sure everything is working appropriately including replacing that trough swish - does not have a rollover on it tighten up the cat post on next to the ramp tweak that top left pop bumper including replacing the bulb that is in there Scylla will actually light up and then once this game works 100% then I will sell it to anybody who wants to buy it I'm just looking to get my money back I mean I'm willing to take a small hit obviously because of the condition of the Machine I'm not out for profit so other than the things that I mentioned and point out during this video was there anything that I might have missed that you caught if you did let me know down below if you liked what you saw or maybe you even learn something give me that thumbs up to let you know and as always do not forget to hit that subscribe button and ding are dong that way you can be notified up whenever we upload new content for your viewing pleasure until next time guys peace out [Music] you [Music]

Kerry Hardy@ 30:50 — Explains the operational mentality of route operators who prioritize quick fixes over proper repairs.

  • “chances are reason why it's so sporadic is because the shaker motor that shakes this game is sometimes connecting things it shouldn't be connected giving me the false readings on my switches”

    Kerry Hardy@ 43:04 — Diagnoses the root cause of intermittent switch matrix issues—a practical troubleshooting insight.

  • ?

    product_strategy: Last Action Hero benefits from LED upgrades (trough LEDs, frosted bulbs replacing incandescent), custom paint work on lockdown receiver/portions to match topper, and flipper rebuild kits.

    medium · Hardy notes: 'he's Game of Thrones a trough LED portion right here that glows that's not OEM' and identifies painted lockdown portions as 'not a standard OEM but it's a nice touch'

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    product_concern: Last Action Hero exhibits typical routed game wear: beat-up ramp, irreplaceable tar pit scoop damage, soldered fuses indicating route operator shortcuts, sporadic switch issues from shaker motor vibration, and widespread cosmetic fade from sun exposure.

    high · Hardy documents multiple failures: soldered fuse clips, loose targets, switch matrix problems, and identifies these as characteristic of route operation rather than home use.