9 months since the last post. Hopefully some of you are still out there.

I was playing my Fireball tonight and a strange thing happened. Ball three, 2 balls locked, and I free both balls by hitting both the yellow mushroom bumpers. Next thing I know I'm playing a 4 ball multiball. WTF that's not possible. Eventually I relock 2 balls leaving 2 balls in play. Now I'm thinking I'm in the twilight zone. Eventually I lose 1 ball leaving one ball in play. I trap that ball and try and figure out what's going on. I notice 1 ball has been kicked into the shooter lane. Anyone figure out what happened. No I did not put 4 balls in by mistake. This is what happened. Why I was in the 3 ball multiball one of the balls hit and broke the plastic holding in the messenger ball. This was going to happen one day with plastic that around 50 years old.

Anyone know where I can get a set of the clear plastics for Fireball? Mine are discolored and bound to break soon. If they are not out there any tips on making my own? Which type on plastic makes the strongest replacements? Thanks for any help in advance.

I'm going to bump this for the weekend. Read post 189. I need help with replacing the clear plastic. I am starting a overhaul of a Fireball that has not seen any attention in many years. My guess would be 20 to 30 years. It also has a number of issues that I will bring up if any of you in the club are still following this post. Have a great weekend.

Thanks, all that information was very helpful. I think I'm going to try and make my own replacements. Pinball Rescue is gone. I just placed my final order with them a week ago. Just got it in in time. Now I need to figure out what material will hold up the best. Lexan, Poly or other. Anyone have any information on the best material to use when making replacement plastics that take direct hits?

The one that broke on my Fireball is the plastic on the right in the machine. Its the smaller plastic ( the plastic on the left ) in the picture above. One other question. How do you remove and reinstall the metal stand offs that are attached to the plastic? Removal should be some what easy. (Maybe apply a little heat and wiggle the stand off out). Not sure how to reinstall on the new plastic and get a good fit. Anyone do this before?

Thanks, Vid's guide is great information. Now all I need is a set of new plastics. Hopefully one of the two leads from above will pan out.

I got the 2 clear plastics from pinsider jbovenzi today. They originally came from Pinball Resque and fit perfectly. This hobby is going to miss Pinball Resque. I think I'll have some extra sets made up as my other 2 clear plastics are badly yellowed. I may even have some slingshot protectors made. Two questions. What is the best material to use for this project and if I do the slingshot protectors should they be clear or a color? Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue. Thanks to jbovenzi for his help. Let me know what you think. Thanks Don.

Found 2 additional clear plastics on Fireball that I had overlooked. Both on the right hand side of the playfield. One is very small, at the bottom of the playfield just above the right slingshot and the other guides the ball into the Wotan lock hole. That brings the total number of clear plastic pieces to 6.

Ok I want to test the waters. I took a complete set of clear plastics out of Fireball to a shop and asked for a price for 25 sets. I did complete sets and not just the two pieces that break because my guess is most Fireball clear plastics are yellowed like mine and the difference in cost was only about $15. Why not get a complete set. You will need to transfer the small bell shaped stand offs but a post in this topic covers how to do that. It does not look hard once you know the tricks. If someone finds that before I do please repost that here. Cost for the 6 piece set will be $50 plus shipping. I'm new at this so I'm not sure how to deal with the shipping part. The plastics will be made of a material that will stand up to any type of shipping so it may be possible to use bubble wrapped envelops. Not going to get rich with this project but it should be some fun helping out other Bally and Fireball Fans. If this works out I may do other Bally games from this time period. Let me know what you think and send me a PM if you want to get on the pre-order list. Thanks

Waltrr from above makes number 4 on the list. As I mentioned in my return PM's , if we can get 10 pre-orders Ill go ahead and place the order. We have over 50 people participating in this topic so we should be able to get to 10 with no trouble. Spread the word. I have several friends that will probably want a set. Ill start calling around tomorrow. I'm hoping we can get to 20, but as I said Ill order as soon as we get to 10. Thanks guy's. Don

I found the thread about moving the bell posts. The thread is from Vid9000. It explains the process in detail and very clearly. Thanks to Vid900.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/removing-amp-installing-bell-posts-on-new-plastics-vid-s-guide

We are getting close to 10 pre-orders. Just need two more and I will place the order. They told me it would take about a week once I placed the order. Thanks to everyone who has showed interest. Don.

We made it to 10 pre-orders. I hope we pick up a couple more in the next week to 10 days. I'll be placing the order tomorrow. I'll let you know when they are ready to ship. Payment is going to have to be by check or money order. My address is below. I'm also going to check on shipping costs tomorrow. Hopefully I can come up with a flat rate for everyone. Thanks again and I will be in touch. Don

Donald Bosworth
3006 So 94th St
Omaha NE 68124

Good news. I got word today the plastic's are ready. I hope to pick them up tomorrow or Monday. I will need to test fit and figure out a good method for packing but if you want to start sending your checks or money orders that would be fine. I decided to go with a flat rate shipping of $9.00 bring the total to
$59.00 for shipping in the US. I hope to be ready to ship by end of next week as soon as payment is made. My address is in the post above. I have the following people on the pre-order list.

Skidave
Ballypin
Pinballer 73
Waltrr
Jasper
rockymtn
djblovw
Nate
Roboyton john
Fingersport

Hope to hear from everyone soon. Thanks Don ( Fingersport)

By the way as you can see 2 people dropped off the pre-order list after I had placed the order for the plastic's to be made. As a result I have 15 plastic sets
without a home so if you have any friend with a Fireball please spread the word that the plastic's are available. Thanks Don.

Time for a update. The plastic's have been done for about 2 weeks. I found one problem right away. The holes for the top of the bell shaped stand off where a size small. That took about a week to fix. I found a second problem when I test fit the plastic's on my Fireball. The plastic on the left side of the messenger ball alley did not have a large enough notch to hold the messenger ball in place. This means that plastic needs to be recut. All other plastic's fit fine. Replacing the messenger ball plastic will take a couple of days. I hope to be shipping out plastic sets by next Monday. I have received three checks in the mail so far. Hopefully the other 7 payments will arrive in the next few days. I still have 14 sets available so tell any of your friends with Fireballs about this project. Thanks Don.

Ill see if I can find a friend with a paypal account. I had a request for this once before and forgot to follow up. Ill let you know what I find out. Sets are complete and have been test fit. I have also played about 100 games on the new plastic's without a problem. PM me your address and I will check on the cost of shipping to Australia. I also had a person from Europe ask about shipping but he never sent me his address. I need to go back and see if he is still interested.

OK...the first 4 checks have arrived and I sent out the plastic set for those orders on Thursday. All 4 orders should arrive Monday or Tuesday. Let me know if your order has not arrived by Wednesday. In other news I checked on shipping to Europe and Australia. Depending on the city, shipping was high. Very high. Between $50 to $70 US. This to me is crazy. I think the box weighs more than the plastic's. If you still want to order the plastic sets send me your full address in a PM and I'll get a exact quote. I fully understand if you drop out.

That still leaves 6 orders I don't have checks for. I'll send out PM reminder in a week or two. I still have 12 sets to sell so please continue to tell anyone who has a Fireball the set's are available. Thanks everyone who ordered and let me know your results. Don B...fingersport.

I think everyone should have the plastic set's by now. I still have 11 set's to sell. Hopefully Fireball owners will run across this post and order the remaining set's. My plastics continue to work well. I even set a new high score last night. 119,270. I started using the messenger ball when I have 2 balls locked. It makes a big difference have one of the balls return to the shooter lane. Man I love this game. I really need to set up my 4 Million BC.

I shipped out two more clear Fireball plastic sets last week. I still have 11 sets left so tell your friend they are available. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

I have had a question come up a couple of times. Will the clear plastic set that I made to replace the broken and often discolored original plastic's fit on a Fireball 2 or Fireball Classic? As most of you know Fireball 2 is a completely different game so no they will not fit on that game. As for Fireball Classic I am not sure. My guess is no. The post holes are probably different. If anyone has any information on this let me know. I have not had a Fireball Classic in many years. I did like the game however. PM me if anyone want a set of the clear plastics. You can find most of the detail starting with post 213.