Why not just go out and buy the real thing? That's what I did. They all went overseas but I had this game shipped back to me from the Netherlands in 2002.

John

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I'd love a faithful Canada Dry backglass reproduction.

i have a nos bg also, and would love to make a CD out of a TA

With only a hand full of the actual games here in the states I think the chances are pretty slim that a repo playfield would ever happen. NOS plastics and cards were available from PBR for many years but I don't know if he still has any. The drop targets were the hardest thing.....I had to practically bribe Donal Murphy to make me two sets just to help off set his start up cost. Only took about 3-4 years to convince him to make them for me.....LOL.
I paid $600 for the game and around $650ish to have it shipped. Seemed like everyone had there hand in my pocket each time it moved another 50 miles here. The day I drove to Chicago to pick it up I get told (after I get there) that the container in which it's in is on hold until it can be checked for "mad cow disease". Seriously, but what could I do? I had to leave it. It took another week to get it cleared and of course another trip back to Chicago. The game made it safely however because it was shipped in a wooden crate. These four pictures were taken of it when it was still in the Netherlands and was being crated up in 2002. I shopped it out about 11 years ago I think. One weird thing is that the game never had any chimes in it, not even from the factory as there wasn't even any mount holes on the inside of the cabinet where it would normally be. The wires still had the old Gottlieb factory tape on them and they were neatly string tied to the rest of the wires on the bottom board. Strange huh?
John

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I always wondered what the story was on this machine - was it a promotional machine for Canada Dry Drinks?

These pins were made for a contest in France, to promote Canada Dry Soda Pop.

Yupp, I often browse Leboncoin.fr which is the French version of CL and you very often find Canada Dries for sale there.

We'll then there you go JR.

John

Google Translate is wonderful.

Didnt take long to find one... 100 euro

https://www.leboncoin.fr/prestations_de_services/641243634.htm?ca=7_s

you just hafta find the right price

Avec carillon assemblée

Now some guy in France is thinking, what's with all of the hits on the ad site?

And "the sweet melody of the xylophone ..."

What would a Canada Dry sell for in todays market ?

There was one listed here on Pinside Market recently for $7k or so.

Anyone have playfield scan image files they could share with me?

How much are you willing to pay for them?

If anyone wants to play the game, there was one at the Silver ball Muse Museum in Asbury Park this summer. Fun game but of course same as Target Alpha cool artwork though.

I too have a NOS glass that I bought off a old time operator down in Wooster Ohio probably 17 or 18 years ago I'm guessing. Also got a Target Alpha, Free Fall, Vulcan, Jet Spin and a Black Knight from him, all of those of which are long gone but that was the first time I'd seen the CD glass even though I had seen the title listed in the Larry Bieza's price guides over the years and I'd been curious as to what it was exactly. It was after that I decided to put a feeler out for the game itself and about six months later I was contacted from this guy in the Netherlands and that really got things moving along.

John

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I would do a TA to CD conversion if I found a glass and there was a PF reproduced . Always liked the art work and obscurity of Canada Dry,

I am not much of an El Dorado, Solar City, Target Alpha fan....That being said, I would buy a repro PF and BG if they were made and have a TA converted complete with paint job. The game is just pure eye candy.

This. Now I just need to convince John to sell me that CD backglass to get it started.

I'm sure someone will reproduce the backglass now that they know there is value in it......just like so many other rare titles.....

John

We'll I'm sure that one or the other will get made now that there seems to be a high demand, so cashing in on it for someone is inevitable.......

John

I wish you the best of luck with which ever way you decide to go with this. You gotta start some place I suppose.

John

If a playfield could be scanned then an overlay could be made. I'll gladly patch the files together to help out.

Nice scans of the backglass would be helpful as well. Translites could be made.

7k ? WOW ! Did it sell ?

The ad is gone and I can't find it in the archives. Can you completely delete classified ads here on Pinside?

Pinsider Tyamry was the seller, as I recall. I'm presuming it was bought in a private sale.

I never posted it here. It was on Mr. Pinball Classifieds.

So you did. I just found it in my archive of emails from Mr. Pinball. It was a Chris Hutchins (HSA) restoration, so that explains its valuation. Just for posterity, the asking price was $6,500.

I also found two other Mr. Pinball ads for Canada Dry: One from 2014 was in France—where they were asking 2,500 euros—and one from 2011 in Atlanta—where they were asking $550.

Prices are going up!

Actually, the seller was @joegrenuk. I don't think this was a hot title six years ago. There's been a run-up in valuation for twilight-era Gottlieb EMs in the last five years, but this was before then.

Here's what the ad said: "Rare export version of El Dorado, Gold Strike, Solar City, Target Alpha, and El Dorado City Of Gold. Nice condition, unrestored, perfect backglass, no/minimal playfield wear"

Man, what a sweet deal it would be today.

G'Day from Western Australia this thread has me excited as I have a TA I was going to use this machine for spare parts as someone has done some bad touch ups on the playfield. May be CPR could be persuaded to do the Canada Dry package. I'm sure with over 7000 TA made there should be enough demand for this title

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This debbie downer sez...

BG reproduction would be 250-300 per glass in volume (30-50), PF would be 700 or so in volume (30-50), and the time/labor would be in the 40 or so hours for most first and second timers for the swap, and another 300-500 for the paint on the cabinet, plastics 100, original 'good or bad' copy of the title in the 0-500 range, drop targets (nearly unobtanium, 100-200 bucks a set). This puts the conversion of a TA like so many others into the 1500-2000 range at best.

I personally don't see the value of the effort, but good luck to those that can justify 2K for a copy of a rare original. It seems they are available in NM condition for a lot less.

less than 2k, maybe in france. the ones i have seen there were far from mint. the major hurdle would be getting into the states. i was trying that a while back, the logistics were a nightmare.
i would drop 1k on the pf if it was done, but i believe since it has a tie in with canada dry it will never get done due to copy right issues. that is unless it was done on the down low. they would really never know. really what are we talking 20 maybe 30 pf run.