Etsy has no shortage of small surfboards. These are 4" long:

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/584093074/mini-surfboards?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_all&utm_custom1=_k_b00f13f6f20d102836a072c4d9a4f5a8_k_&utm_content=bing_319339186_1310617986645934_81913644654434_pla-4585513245482005:pla-4585513245482005_c__584093074&utm_custom2=319339186&msclkid=b00f13f6f20d102836a072c4d9a4f5a8

I saw on ebay there is some people selling match box baywatch vehicles, helicopter, truck, atv and ambulance. Would be cool to somehow put them in the game above the appropriate targets and make the helicopter blades spin.

ebay.com link: itm

I have those at home, but haven't opened them up yet. I have been meaning to install the helicopter over the pops area. I will see if I can motivate myself tonight and get something done.

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Nice! Those little surfboards look good, and the scale seem like any of them would work. I like the price and look of the ones on the van, I might have to take the plunge and hope they are removable. The blue one are also nice, and would be the easiest to install...decisions decisions.

Don’t ship to Australia so I’m out

Some how I managed to not take a single picture till I put the glass back on. Coat hanger, hand cut lexan, orange zip ties, and a fresh washer. It shakes a little when I hit the vuk shot or brick it. The propellers will not spin and are super fragile, they practically broke just fanning them out (had to super glue them. The tail rotor had to also be super glued in place to keep it from sliding in. Overall I like it.
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Can someone confirm a few things for me please.

I'm missing my upper cab trim the glass slides into. According to manual on Cabinet Parts Page this trim, "#27 Rear plastic Ext. Playfield glass" (see link below) is held on by "#28 Mounting Foam Rubber for Ext. " (see other link)

Does the link below seem like the correct trim, in an "F" shape?

Does yours have foam holding it on? My cab looks like it used to be stapled? See pic. Thanks

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/545-5038-00

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/626-5001-00

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When I look at my Baywatch your manual doesn’t seem correct. My “F” rear plastic looks like it is stapled on as well and underneath the rear flashers plastic. As for the mounting foam rubber I think that is what is under my lock bar. I hope these pics help. Hopefully someone else can echo my findings or have better guidance.
Best,
-Lb

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Thanks Lb! I think staples are correct and the manual wrong as you said. Even when you look up the foam part # on marco in the description it says "Used under front molding (lockbar) on Data East / Sega/ and Stern pinball machines." ...Unless it is foamed and stapled maybe to help adhere and soak up impact when you slide the glass in? Either way thanks for confirming and pics!

I need to better attach mine, as well as the speaker panel/backglass moulding. What is the best stapler and staples to use? I have an air compressor but no staple gun.

cheap electric staple gun is handy to have around the house for a variety of reasons....

I ended up using 3 of your typical 1/2" length #8 sheet metal screws to reattach mine after removing it to repair the flasher wiring. Seemed like a better option than re-stapling it so that I could remove it again later if needed.

I like the serviceability of that! Do you remember if there was foam behind the trim or was it just against the wood? thanks

Pretty certain there was no foam. I don't actually see what purpose that would even serve.

Thanks for confirming!

Did anyone notice that after updating to chads code the game says "get the jackpot" more often? I updated it and it seems like mine is saying it more but maybe it always did it and I just now noticed it because I am paying more attention to it see the changes the chads code brings. Mine says it about every 10-15 seconds during multi ball unless your actually getting a jackpot.

How long does it take to boot up your Baywatch machine when it has been off for a day?
I just bought my machine and it can take up to 3 minutes to boot up when 'cold'.
The GI is on instantly, then the playfield lights will turn on into attract mode, eventually 'welcome to Baywatch' speech happens, and finally the lcd turns on.
Sometimes it will show the firmware version on and off during the startup animation (I installed Chads code).
I'm wondering if I need to replace all 9 caps on the power board.

no.

Does anyone in this Baywatch group own a Baywatch and know how long it takes to boot up when cold (off for at least a day)?

Mine boots in seconds....definitely not minutes

Same, I have Chad’s code and it can go from powering on to having a ball ready to plunge in 10-15 seconds max.

Thank you everyone. I figured it wasn't right since my Stern and Williams dmd games boot quickly. Caps address on order. Thx

Had the opportunity to make 2 of these including the lights and stand. Hooks into 12V dc +/- on board. If anyone is interested in the extra topper please let me know.

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Very cool topper, which I had the ceiling height for it!

What is it about Baywatch - The more I play it the more I like it. My other machines are #TWD , World Cup Soccer , and #star_trek_le. I have a Godzilla (Premium) on order. One of my machines needs to go in order to make room and it was going to be Baywatch, but I enjoy it too much! What is it about this game? It's corny, a little clunky, and WAY non-PC these days, but it keeps me entertained and coming back.

It’s a killer layout, great flow, 4 flippers, multiple ramps and wire forms,clever diverters, drop targets, trap door, 6 ball multi ball - the playfield is stacked ! Great big screen dots, decent rule set especially with Chads tweaked code .
Picked mine up cheap 10 years ago and it has out lasted many other titles

Sent pm about the extra topper, I am interested

I’m thinking about building up a Pin2Dmd. I just installed one I built up in my Lethal Weapon 3. The minimum order for the boards from PCBWay is five.

There is a great color file for Baywatch. Any four of you guys interested in sharing the cost for a board? The 128 x 32 boards ran $163 each plus shipping with LED panels. The larger boards are probably similar in cost.

If sharing an order interest you just PM me. It takes about eight weeks to get the product manufactured and shipped.

Did you find the baywatch can for sale somwhere or did you make it?

I made them

Hey all, I had a few kids over playing some pinball a couple wks ago, I went down after and saw that my BW wouldn't plunge ball. I finally took a look at it tonight and I have ZERO coils working. The pin fires up fine and if I go through coil test i gots nuthin. I have checked every fuse (totally assuming something blew) nothing smoked anywhere I can see. Would there be like a 50v power supply someplace that went? the only coil that "barely" fired was the auto flip on the shark flipper...

I think it got it figured. I think the coin door interconnect switch wasn’t enabling power. Usually it says on screen high power disabled, but it wasn’t.

Seems good to go.

Edit: BONUS side effect. My plunger is the most powerful it’s been in like a year. It moving ball out of lane great

man what a rad game! played on location today with my GF, and she loved it. I love the game. wish I had one! honestly it is top 10 for playfield layout ever. such fun. so much going on. I'm lucky to have a great example of this game on location, because I don't think I'll ever find one to buy. seems like they're keepers for everyone here in CA.

great theme, great music, great art. nothing to dislike! If anyone ever wants to sell theirs, please hit me up!

cheers!

Hog

Interesting, so the interconnect switch just wasn't being fully engaged by the closed coin door?

Only a theory as I was messing around, there was a ball left in shooter lane when the kids left. So the coil fired to get ball up there then nothing. I thought for sure, launch button broke or wire broke off plunger coil. Then during testing last night I had the door open to use the service buttons, didn't even think at the time to close door while doing coil tests. nothing fired, i tested the fuses and checked everything, wiggled some shit. put it all back together to say fuck it 'till another day, I closed it up and did a coil test and they all fired. wtf... but then I realized the High power cut off didn't display on screen when I had originally opened door. I poked the two buttons that door pushes in a few times. So.,.. maybe all fine.

Dont think thats the correct switch.

There is a one minute fix thread where the fix should have taken one minute, but ended up way longer. You got one here.

I don't know but my shooter was acting weird for a little after I lit the trough. Every once and a while I would here the upkicker fire followed by the shooter coils. It would do it randomly at times turning game play. Tested all switches and they were registering ok. Wiped off the optos and the problem seems to have gone away. Not sure if a piece of my dogs hair got on the opto or what. These games can be confusing sometimes how fussy they can be. Good luck with your fix.

Would somebody by any chance know if the decal on the auto launcher is available for purchase anywhere? I can find pretty much any other decal just not that one. Anyway - thank you!

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I tried google image searches, ebay searches, google word searches...and ultimately this combo "Baywatch pinball surfer decal scan" gave me a result! Luckily it is right back here on Pinside, this place is the best.

Link to the posts is below. I hope this helps, and you have access to a color printer.
-Lb

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/decal-reproduction-help-for-unavailable-baywatch-vuk-surfer#post-6206511

Fantastic! Thank you so much - this will work great!

Hey, that's me that started that thread! Another Pinsider ended up printing my scan for me and sent me 2 decals. I'll send you the other for $5? That's 1/2 of what I paid.

That would be wonderful! Thank you so much - sending you PM...

I keep getting ball saves off the right drain, I think its happening mostly when I am supposed to be shooting at the shark targets, any way to disable this?

My guess is that its the ball save for when the ball kicks out of the shark hole. And no, no way to disable it.

Seems to only happen in the right lane and it's not always based on kicking out of the VUK. Maybe it thinks it's being booted from the shark hole..

You will also get a ball save if the Laser Kick results in a ball drain