Rick, can you advise as to who is producing these and the process used to do so? Curious as some glasses being reproduced, the colors, are over saturated (IMO)! Thanks!!!

good people are always looking for these.

Looks like outside edge.

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Actually found that it's Shay's that is reproducing it !

Thanks for the clarification!

I took the bait on this one. I'm right in the middle of a Kiss restore. My game has the German backglass in it with a little bit of paint lifting in the bottom corner, so the purchase wasn't entirely necessary, but it'll certainly be the cherry on top of the project. And I'll have the German version to hang on the wall.

Scheduled arrival is Thursday by end-of-day.

If you would post some feedback and pics of both sides!

Sorry guys...I got caught up in the Xmas season.

The glass looks great, as promised. It isn't at all muddy or soft like some of the other repros I've seen out there. Mirroring is well done--better than what BGresto offers to substitute for mirroring. I've taken some pics of the PPS/Outside Edge glass next to my original Euro glass (which I now see would have been more than acceptable to use in my restoration, but my Kiss fandom really wanted a perfect glass, and the original rune "S's"). I've held up the glass to the light and backlit it with a flashlight, and it seems to light fine. It arrived within a week of ordering. At $249 with $30-ish shipping, I give the repro a thumbs up. Thanks to all parties involved for securing the licence and getting a repro done right.

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How do these come shipped? I am worried about them breaking in the mail?

Thanks Rick!!! As a huge Kiss fan and Pinball collector this is a grail purchase for me!!

Couldn’t resist!! Just placed my order!

Does PPS combine shipping if ordering 2 different glasses?

Rick,

Is there any chance that you'll be making backglasses for Eight Ball Deluxe any time soon?

Kudos to Rick and PPS. Made my order Monday night and based on tracking info I should get it Friday. Great customer service.....very prompt in getting my order processed/shipped and kept me well informed with emails. That's what it's all about. I've been frustrated with other companies that don't answer emails, phone calls, etc. Rick and PPS are first class.

Hi Rick
Are you planning any Flash Gordon Playfields or Plastics, as CPR do not seem to be interested in re-runs on this title yet there seems to be a lot of demand on and off Pinside for them. Just curious.
Thanks.

Hi Rick. I'm also interested in a Flash Gordon playfield and plastics. Keep me posted if you decide to. Thanks, Darrell

Thanks for the reply Rick, appreciate what you guys do. I ordered one of these Kiss back glasses from you the other day, looking forward to seeing how cool it looks.

Just got mine!! Amazing!! I took pictures of the box as I wouldn’t buy backglass due to the fear of them breaking in shipping. That fear is gone, these guys know how to pack. No issues at all! I wish we could get more reproductions made! Count me in for a Flash Gordon, Centaur, Lost World, Paragon, Phantom of the Opera, Viper, Xenon........

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That does look amazing, I'm a bit the same with glass, but over here in OZ, most stuff pinball is near impossible parts wise to find or take out a mortgage to pay for it, so I have to risk it.

Received my backglass the other day and it survived the trip to Australia., very well packed and looks bloody sensational, really nice work, keep up the good work Rick with this type of quality. Amazing.

Ordered Jan 1st and arrived today. Looks EXCELLENT!!! The colors are great. Have seen many originals that the colors look washed out or faded. I am lucky that my original has nice bright vibrant colors but due to my recent move I have not set my pins up so can’t compare to my original at the moment. Will post pics of both at some point and see if anyone can tell which is the repop. Anyone on the fence on this can buy with confidence...would also recommend to buy the lift trim when you buy the glass

Thanks Rick for making these available...hopefully playfields are soon to follow.

Same with The Firepower backglass I received, Looks fantastic, top quality work, thanks to outsidedge & Rick.

Great news! Will these be exactly like the original or do you know if these will have the “color added” to the Kiss characters by the Kiss Grid? The ones from IPB had the color added. Originals had no color added to them.

I finally got my Kiss up and running after a full restore. Here is a picture with the PPS/OE backglass lit with #44 bulbs. I have since changed to Comet frosted retro LEDs and it looks just as good with little to no "hot spots" visible. I put the original German glass back in to compare and the colours on the original are a tad deeper, the blacks are "blacker", but overall I'm very happy with how this looks.

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Care to elaborate on the so-called "issues" the IPB Kiss backglasses had?

THIS x 1000

Rick, is there a prayer in hell you guys would ever run some Gottlieb Circus BG's. Seems to be a lot of people wanting one besides me.

Planetary/Rick does not own the rights to Gottlieb. Be thankful for that. It is a huge undertaking to produce parts for one/two company(s) Bally/Williams. I would venture that much less would be getting reproduced.

We would have to contact Ron Webb or The Shay Group to see if they would produce it. I would be 100% in on one.

Will there be a preorder? These have been wanted for a long time! Any changes from the way IPB ran them years ago?

I've emailed with both in the past and they won't do them. Also can't speak for Ron but, Shay group's mirroring doesn't look all that great, really not even sure it's true screened mirroring.

Here's a thing I just noticed...the repro has "1 2 3 4" mask cutouts. My original does not. My game doesn't have player-buy-in insert lights in the swingout backbox display board in that location either. Are there some Kiss games that do? Protos? Early production? I've taken a look at a few other Kiss games via Google images, Youtube and Pinside, ones with their swingout boards visible, and none have insert lights in that location.

It makes no difference that they are there on the repro, they just always sit unlit.

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I no longer have a KISS but I could swear on the front of the glass it states 1-4 CAN PLAY and then right below that are the numbers 1 2 3 4. You don't see 1 2 3 4 on the front of the glass though! On the door there are four individual circles that have their own light bulbs in them. So if (say) 2 people were playing the 2 would be lit up right below the 1-4 CAN PLAY. The 1 2 3 4 would be in the yellow bar that goes across the bottom of the backglass just like where GAME OVER is ..... but opposite side of the backglass!

Just saw that Shay has released the Bally Kiss and EBD. I have a Fathom by Outside Edge c/o PPS and it is fantastic ! Its good that the drought of Bally backglasses is maybe almost over. How about some Centaurs and Paragons please ; )

http://shayarcadegroup.com/backglasses/

Rick can you clarify a few things ....
1. On your site it states "w/ SILVER"....what is this pertaining too? A lot of the time when I see this reference it's referring to the mirror parts of the glass being silver as opposed to mirrored. However in the description you state "...including the mirror".
2. Is the 1-4 PLAYERS numbers still on the repro (your site doesn't show a backside picture) as depicted in post #40 above.
3. Lastly, the ones on your site, are these the ones Shay makes? Just wondering if they're the same and if so why the $20 price difference (Shay 249.95 and PPS 269.99).

Thanks!

Thanks Rick