I’ve only had my game for a few months, but I’m finding your results to be right on the money!

It's one of the only games I play with 5 balls. It's brutal but I always want to keep playing it! Even with 5 balls I'm happy if I reach a million occasionally.

You guys are better players than me! I’ve owned a Flash Gordon for a long time, and I’m thrilled to get 400,000! My favorite game, but indeed brutal

My best is 2.3 million, though most games end below 1 million.

Oh sure, rub it in…

Hey, wait a minute. I’m on vacation and thinking funny. Here’s my high score. I was off a decimal.

Mostly for me, that’s double or triple my typical game (okay, probably quadruple).

Still, a brutal game.

While I’m at it, I also have to say that I did a hardtop on it last year, and not only does it look awesome, it still plays great.

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One of my first games was 2.6 million. I've struggled for a year to get anywhere close again! A good game is when I beat a million, but most games are half of that. Always on 5-ball, BTW.

DavesThinkTank thanks for making your Flash Gordon videos. I’ve really enjoyed them.

Thanks! Every time I figure something out on my pins, I wonder if anyone else is struggling as hard as I am to solve their issues. Anything I can do to make it a little easier for the next guy!

Does anyone have the apron card that says "For Emperor Ming's Amusement Only?" I had it on my first FG machine when I bought it but can't find the file anywhere online now. Thanks

I added a couple stand-off brackets to the underside of the pf so I can work with it pulled out a bit. Without these it's very difficult to remove the upper pf plastics because the screws are under the lip of the head. It's also an easier position in general to clean the pf.

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Nice idea. I end up balancing the inch (if that) on the end of the PF to accomplish this same basic thing, and it’s not the most stable solution and not as successful re the plastics. I like this idea. Thanks.

Flash Gordon playfield project update.

I started this project several years ago when I bought a FG pin and a FG hardtop. I decided to keep my pin absolutely stock and just enjoy playing it despite a little missing paint. Not wanting to waste the hardtop, I bought a nice used play field from pinsider zahner. And that got things going, but slowly.

The hardtop went on with no problems. I put the thing on a rotisserie that I built using pinside info and then began acquiring the stuff I would need to populate the playfield. Boy did I underestimate the amount of stuff it would take to populate the FG playfield! What seemed like the smallest, most insignificant part was sometimes pretty hard to find.

Among the things I feel most fortunate to have found are 1. the playfield wiring harness 2. a mint reproduction apron and shooter guide and 3. All 4 drop target assemblies.

At this point I've got about 95% of the harness soldering done and I'm in the process of rebuilding the drop target assemblies. The drop target info posted by gdonovan has been extremely helpful. The 4 bank assembly that I'm using is from a Rolling Stones pin. It appears to be nearly identical to the Flash Gordon 4 bank assembly with the exception of the top plate. The Flash Gordon assembly top plate is cut out to clear the 4 light sockets in front of the drop targets, the Rolling Stones is not cut out. Drill and Dremel cutoff wheel to the rescue.

I've only been interested in pins for about 5 years. Consequently, I've got little in the way of parts, equipment or knowledge. This project has, despite those shortcomings, been a ton of fun and extremely educational. My thanks to Pinside for making it possible.

I will post pictures one of these days!