Ooh, I hope this works out. I did a thorough cleaning of mine and used some Wildcat rubber revitalizer, but I really wanted to replace them instead. Would love to do that when I move to the reproduction playfield. Sounds like a lot of people are in the same boat.

I don't think you've disassembled yours like some of us have My rubber was filthy and coloring the balls, and I was cleaning the game up to take it to the NW Pinball and Arcade Show this past June, so I fully disassembled it and cleaned the rubber parts separately. They are not bonded onto the shaft, they slide right off for cleaning or replacement, and up until about two years ago a few vendors sold replacements. Here's what they look like when they are removed:

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Someone local told me they found a replacement for these at an auto parts dealer, it was used for shocks. I forgot about looking for it until now since mine cleaned up pretty well.

So Bay Area used to carry them, but they are out of stock:
http://bayareaamusements.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=BAA&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GS-BOP23-6654

Pinball Spare Parts Australia has one in stock... which isn't of much help beyond knowing they must exist still:
http://www.pinballspareparts.com.au/rubbers/pads-grommets/23-6654.html

The Williams part number from the manual is 23-6420 grommet, but I'm finding nothing on the Web for that beyond the links above.

Yeah, how rad would it be to have them be blue or purple? But then you'd need to pull them for cleaning more often and that's a 45 minute job.

Yeah, I'm thinking you could sell about 100 sets of 4 to people swapping over to a new playfield and maybe another 50 sets to people that want to refurb their rock hard old ones. 600 total... over a year or two of sales, probably not worth reproing for most people.

Nice, can't wait to get mine. Both the playfield and 2.0 kit are arriving around the same time. I'm going to have a busy Winter.

I wish I had a pin tech!

I'd ask in the KLOV forums, there are many more arcade collectors and repair people there. Laserdisc players are tricky, but I know there are people that repair them or make kits to convert it to running off a hard drive. I had a Dragon's Lair for a long time and read up on them a bunch.

The helmet lights have their own board under the playfield and don't run off the GI, they should work with the GI OCD board in, so that's pretty weird. It's definitely a known problem that they can't be controlled by the boards, it's spelled out on the OCD site and talked about in this thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bop-helmet-lights-ledgi-ocd-problem

Me too. Following the DHL link and using Chrome translator, looks like mine is on the way to the US where the USPS will take over on the shipping and delivery.

Yeah, in Berzerker's photo you can tell the ramp flap is too far to the left, there is non-painted playfield sneaking out underneath it, you should only see the gray playfield paint instead of that cleared wood at the bottom increasing towards the right side of it. Berzerker, I think your ramp/ramp flap are set in the wrong place and slightly off.

I think that flashing shooter lane is kinda cool, but now that I have the 2.0 kit installed, I think it would detract from the moving skillshot flashing light.

If you look it up on Bay Area, you can click to be on their waitlist. I've found this can either result in them finding one for you in their stock or it motivates a batch of repros. I swear it was available everywhere a year ago, but now seems to be sold out. But with all the reproduction playfields and Bride 2.0 kits being sold, the demand for them is definitely out there, many people are restoring old Brides right now.

Who made them last, Starship Fantasy? I'd try contacting them, they did the ramps and plastics.

Yeah, for repros, if enough people email the person that makes them, they will rerun them. They have to see the need is out there. So email Starship Fantasy!

I'd be in for one of those kits if you do a second round.

If the gas had leaked out, would it be getting better as it warms up? To me that means cold solder joints or failing capacitors. I'd be resoldering all the connector pins where the ribbon cables meet each board and where the tube's wires meet the board. I'd also try swapping the two ribbon cables to see if the problem remains the same or follows a cable. I guess I haven't had any System 11 displays die in a way I haven't been able to repair them yet.

I was pretty excited for those, but he seemed more interested in cranking out new designs than actually producing them. And I'm sure there are copyright concerns with the various companies, but I don't think he ever came through with making one title.

I don't know why no suppliers have this in stock, it's commonly missing or incorrect. Mine had none, I looked at photos and made my own using one of those big chromed paperclips. It works properly, but I still wish I had the real thing.

Woah, Marco does have it now!
http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=12-6978

I'm gonna say you won't find a BOP with a new playfield, new ramps, new cabinet decals, etc. MustangPaul is about the only person I know that's got a fully rebuilt one, most of us are in some state of restoration and bought the reproduction playfields because we love the game so much, not to restore and sell it.

This metal ball guide is broken at both screws, any know where to find a replacement? Is it Bride specific? Thanks!

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Thanks! Ordered... hoping it makes it in time for a party on Saturday.

Arrived and installed, my Bride is back in action! Also added a Bride magnetic playfield apron cover and it's looking sharp!