Evel Knievel
Bally, 1977
KISS
Bally, 1979
Rolling Stones
Bally, 1980Bally KISS, Rolling Stones, Evel Knievel
I'm lucky to already have a reproduction playfield installed on my KISS, I assume it's an IPB but I'm not sure. I've been told by numerous others that licensing is the biggest hurdle for certain titles and for that reason Stones or EK will probably never be reproduced. Is that true or is there any hope for these old Bally's?
Kiss has been done a couple times.
There are still NOS Evel playfields kicking around.
The only one I hear will never be remade is Space Invaders because Taito wants too much coin for the little space buggers on the inserts.
Quoted from vid1900:BAA only sold out of NOS Fireball Classic & II playfields sometime last year.
There were NOS Fireball Classic playfields at the OH show last month.
I'm talking about the real deal. I'd line up to get one.
We've had an arrangement for EK stuff for some time now ... so playfields, backglasses for those are possible ...
Quoted from vid1900:They were the real deal.
NOS = New Old Stock.
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Reproductions made by companies other than the original Bally are considered taboo by many collectors.
You said Fireball Classic and Fireball II. I'm talking about the EM Fireball. Man, say it ain't so!
Quoted from Stu:LOL...you guys are so in for some surprises.....
Oh sweet, so Future Spa is getting done? 
I guess for me seeing the work like CPR does, how could a brand new, state-of-the-art, beautifully clearcoated playfield EVER be a bad thing? I can truly appreciate "NOS" but isn't the tecnology and manufacturing of today's reproduction playfields far superior? Even if an NOS playfield is crispy white, is it really "Old" anymore if it gets a modern day clearcoat to help protect it? I guess it's like everything else, some people like to keep it original and I respect that. I really do.
Quoted from vid1900:Fireball EM is probably the best EM there is!
There are easily a 1000 banged up Fireball playfields that could use a swap.
Quoted from vid1900:Fireball EM is probably the best EM there is!
Can you tell me what the difference are between FB and FB Classic? I'm interested in your opion here!!
Apart from the EM and SS, some of the plastics and Zipper flippers they appear very much the same. I have the classic, but not had an opertunity to play the FB 1971 version.
Come to think of it, i don't think i have ever played a zipper flipper machine at all 
I would buy the EM Fireball playfield if they were remade... back glass was repro at one point. I bet if CPR did the plastics, playfields and back glass they would sell out fast....
Quoted from vid1900:Fireball EM is probably the best EM there is!
Agreed, we love Fireball. I think Fireball is my wife's favorite game.
How would CPR make that playfield? Thinking about the skill shot portion and the way the wood curves up. Would they just ship it flat and then the customer bends that piece of the wood? I wonder how they did that at the factory? Isn't 4 million BC similar, and I remember that Cybernaut has a raised portion, too.
I would definitely get in line for a new Fireball playfield, no doubt.
Quoted from Stu:LOL...you guys are so in for some surprises.....
I hope it's the game I heard about at the Ohio show. Still a lot of work yet to be done on it... But I heard it's in the works.
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Louisville, KY
Quoted from robotronjohn:I would buy the EM Fireball playfield if they were remade... back glass was repro at one point. I bet if CPR did the plastics, playfields and back glass they would sell out fast....
I picked up a set of repro Fireball plastics off of Mr. Pinball. I believe they were from a small batch that David Gersic ran? If I recall, they're not as thick as the originals, but it was a very nice run and much needed on my end.
Quoted from BrianBannon:Thinking about the skill shot portion and the way the wood curves up.
This is why it will never get repro'd. I've bent wood before and it isn't easy. It would have to be done before any art was applied to the playfield.
Quoted from vid1900:Both EM and Classic have the hardest skillshot in pinball.
Fireball has probably once of the most rewarding skill shots in pinball. Hitting it really puts you ahead in the game a bunch.
My vote is for WOF as having the hardest skill shot. I think out of two years of ownership I only hit it around 10 times.
Quoted from Xenon75:Frontier?? Backglasses, PF's and Plastics would rock.
One of the manliest pins ever. I had the pleasure of playing one with a NOS playfield recently. It is on my list.
Thinking about the skill shot portion and the way the wood curves up.
This is why it will never get repro'd. I've bent wood before and it isn't easy. It would have to be done before any art was applied to the playfield.
The whole bent wood Fireball thing is very simple. Very easy to repo.
There is a tiny "shipping tab" that holds the slotted section of the playfield intact during silkscreening.
When you are ready to swap, the restorer cuts out the notch with 2 strokes of a handsaw.
A "Z Plate" screws into the back of the playfield, pushing the slotted section of the playfield upwards. That's all there is to it.
Look at this NOS Fireball playfield I have:
Quoted from Xenon75:Frontier?? Backglasses, PF's and Plastics would rock.
Please yes. Probably not gonna happen but I'd be so excited if it did. I just wheeled in a Frontier half an hour ago and it has a trashed playfield, so the search for an NOS begins -- does anyone have one they would part with?
Quoted from vid1900:The whole bent wood Fireball thing is very simple. Very easy to repo.
There is a tiny "shipping tab" that holds the slotted section of the playfield intact during silkscreening.
When you are ready to swap, the restorer cuts out the notch with 2 strokes of a handsaw.
A "Z Plate" screws into the back of the playfield, pushing the slotted section of the playfield upwards. That's all there is to it.
Look at this NOS Fireball playfield I have:
Nice.. too bad its not the EM playfield....
Quoted from vid1900:I know someone who has one of those too.
He always says he'll sell it to me for $2500, LOL.
NOS? That's actually good price for "the collector" out there! I'd be willing to bet that it may possibly be the only one out there.
For half of that, he'd have me possibly digging in my couch for some extra change.
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