Open up the game, get some good lighting and post a pic as close to where it is glued to the ramp as possible. Need to try and see what is glued on with. If you can remove the ramp and take a shot from under that would probably be better. Depending on where/how it is glued you may be able to just pop it off (hot glue would work this way). If they used any sort of bonding adhesive that melts plastic you'll be up schitts creek. But if it is on a tab of the ramp that isn't structural (I don't know the game layout) you could possibly just cut the tab off.

If you do end up prying it off and there is residue left over you can possibly sand the ramp and polish it. So there are options but need a much better picture to help any more.

Some people turn their pinball machines into doll houses unfortunately, a better pic would help , you may be able to dremel it off then sand and polish the plastic where it was glued to the ramp..

looks like spock is taking a #2 on your ramp from the pic, and reading a magazine.
is it superglue or hot glue?

cut spock off and remove as much of him as possible.
if it's super, just clean the crap out of it with acetone. if it's hot, hopefully it didn't melt the plastic, but should peel off pretty easily.
if it's epoxy, maybe muriatic acid (hopefully it doesn't mess up the plastic)
Then buff it out with plastic polish. It'll leave a bunch of tiny scratches, it's either that or spock chilling on your ramp forever.

Will acetone start melting the plastic?

Lol, I was just talking about you in another thread.

Good news is it's not on the ramp but the cover. I dont recall any art there so it would be super easy to reproduce.

You could break it off then send smooth with progressively finer sand paper down to compound and polish. Would be a lot of work but doable. Think headlight restoration.

All plastic is a little different, but I don't believe so. I had to do that to the crystal ball black plastic (on WOZ) when the ball fell off a long time ago.
Don't remember it melting the plastic, but It wasn't clear. So the imperfections weren't real noticeable, most plastics can be cleaned up pretty well.

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Man, worst mod ever.

This reminds me of that other thread awhile back if mods increase or decrease value.

What I would do: curse the fucker before you who did it. Cant stand hot glue gunning dolls in a game... particularly ST LE which is arguably Sterns last REAL limited edition.

Like with my TAF, shit mods were everywhere with holes and velcro in plastics and wood. Only way was to remove them and then get a new plastic set for when I do my PF swap sometime late 2020.

This is super easy.

Sell the game to someone who likes that stuff and buy one without.

Depending on the glue it probably wouldn't hurt to use a hairdryer on it and maybe make it easier to peel off

Here you go. Not for the ramp, for the idiot that glued it on.

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Never understood why people crap out their games with cheap ugly toys. Spent a day removing countless ugly toys from a William IJ. Man did it look a ton better when I was done.

How expensive/large is the plastic ramp cover part? Perhaps buy a new one and just replace thus working around need to remove Spock.

Hope everything is ok.

"It's only pinball" Rudy. Just kidding, hope your ok.

Why don't you just ball him up with Aluminum foil and pretend it is one of those baked potato asteroids?

Just kidding. Dermal cutting disk as close as you can and see how it looks. Take lots of pics to post in the thread "Do Mods devalue games". Put the name of the guy who did this on the wall of same.

Get well soon.

The only thing he did right was get an actual Gorn figure (Original Series Ep "Arena").

But, putting Kirk, Spock and other Original Series toys on a game based on the new alternate universe is pretty off the wall.

Right.....tool.....for.....the.....job

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Razor Blade

Set phasers to unglue.

Like @The Law states a razor blade scraper. Use it on as flat as angle as you can. If that grey adhesive is an epoxy, the blade might not make a dent in it. Strong solvents like lacquer thinner, can melt the plastic ramp, turning it white, not good.
The ramp could be already damaged by the adhesive, From under the plastic can you see the grey colour of the adhesive, or do you see a whitish effect?

Shit or get off the pot. Take a razor blade and 2 minutes of your time and see if you can get it off.

I'm betting the razor blade will do the trick.

Also to add to this. The ramp may have been scuffed up so the adhesive had a better chance of sticking to such a smooth surface.

I would try some heat from a hair dryer and then the razor blade, if the plastic looks bad once removed and cant be polished back to looking good maybe put a suitable star trek decal over the damage?

What is it...adhesive form a sticker?

More razor blade.

Grey like JB weld?

I might suggest a Star Trek appropriate or hand made decal, or a more subtle mod. There are Borg cubes, other ships, or even the ST logo.

It appears the glue has chemically bonded to the ramp, and you can file and sand close to smooth, but it will never get
back to original.

If it isnt bonded this way, you could try an increasing amount of heat from a heat gun to soften, but it can be tricky, and again, no decals near, and disassembled.

Sometimes WD40 will cause super glue and hot glue to release from plastic.

Dare I say; have the plastic re-laser cut? I assume it's just the clear piece with no artwork on it?
I'm thinking about offering "laser cutting" as a service... but haven't really taken it any further beyond just the idea stage.

I have an LE myself; so I could maybe be convinced to use my un-abused plastic as a reference. I'd probably need to source some PETG in the correct thickness.
Let me know if this interests you.

Perhaps start a topic to discuss the possibilities, could get a good feel for interest.

Assuming that is hot glue, use a Qtip to apply isopropyl alcohol to the edges of the glue and it will lift up magically with no residue.