Hey Dan. Your post got me thinking. I called Steve at PBR as well and ordered the red sleeves as shown in the original Fireball flier. I was missing three sleeves and the ones that were left were faded yellow/clear. Anyway, I put the new red ones in and they looked OK, but seemed washed out somewhat with the white lights (I swapped out the regular bulbs with LED's). So, I got an order of RED LED's and put them in instead, and kept the new sleeves in for the original retro look. I thought it came out great. Looks just like the original Fireball sales brochure.

The photos don't do it justice as I took these during the day, but they look shit hot at night. Cyrus

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So, I have an ongoing search on EBAY for anything "Fireball Pinball" to see what people are selling that might relate to our game. I'm holding out hope that someday somebody will start selling new plastics!

Someone listed a 1972 Fireball with the starting price of $12K. The game looks like it is in great condition...but I got mine in decent shape for $1800. I guess if you have the money to burn, have at it. I've just never seen one listed for over $3.5K before.

ebay.com link: Fireball Bally Pinball Machine Coin Op Electromechani wbr cal 1972 Home Use Only

Yep. I replaced all my lights with LED's after I got the pin (slow process). I saved the staple-downs for last. I guess in 1972 they were high-tech.

Hey guys. Question: I have three "wear" marks on my Fireball that are bugging me (they came with the game when I bought it a few years ago). One is at the exit of the ramp when you launch the ball (if you miss the skill shot) and the other two are both to the left of the upper pop bumpers. They are not big, and I do wax the table, but I'm thinking about putting some mylar down to protect these spots from further degradation. I'm just a little weary about putting mylar on such a classic table. I had no problem doing it with some of the minor wear spots on my Grand Lizard, but the Fireball is a classic and I don't want to take away from that. I don't play the machine a lot (I have eight other pins to include five games I bought NIB over the last few years) so the wear and tear on the table these days is minimum, but it just seems to me I should do something about it.

Have any of you faced this issue and what did you do? I use carnauba wax on my tables but the wear spots on Fire Ball, while relatively small, are eating into the play field. Mylar seems like a quick fix but will I be committing sacrilege? Cyrus

I believe I saw them at the York, PA show last October. I was looking at the Fire Ball back glasses and decided mine was still in great condition so no need to replace. They looked fine to me and I would not have been able to tell the repro from the original, but that was without it being mounted and back lit.... This year I will probably get a CPR for my Space Mission. Cyrus

I was at a show and did not have the original to compare. What I saw looked very good and that's what I was referencing. Next time I'll hand carry all my back glasses with me so I don't make the same mistake!

A lot of Space Mission back glasses have really bad flaking. Mine is not too bad; I've seen a lot worse. I guess when comparing a beat up back glass with a new CPR then CPR is the better option. But agree on the bgresto glasses. Sometimes at the shows you are limited as to what is available, someone gives you a deal, and you go with it.