Thanks Mrbill

Anyone wanting some parts from Shapeways - Cyber Monday Sale
The Code is HAPPYMONDAY at the checkout point which gives you 15% off

all Swinks stuff
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?q=swinks&sort=newest

Pinball Tools
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?q=swinkstool&sort=newest

Pinball Repro Parts
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?q=swinksrepro&sort=newest

Shapeways extended the sale with the 15% off for another day to the end of Tuesday so grab a v1.0 or v.20 upgrade signage.

Shapeways prices will be going up 10-15% on plastics and up to 40% on the clear print so now is the chance to upgrade.

for the CFTBL signage gear, here is the link
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=swinkssnackbar

A small Snackbar Mod v3.0 update to let people know the progress of their mods.

This is the status of all the parts for 38 kits:

Stainless steel parts - ordered and waiting to be made
Locators, light blades, Snack Bar signage - 75% made and the clear sign sections are held up with huge Cyber Monday sales
Lighting from Comet - arrived and in stock
Decals - in the post and arriving soon
Hardware (bolts, nuts and allen key etc) - arrived and in stock
Paint (undercoat and final coat) - ordered and arriving by end of next week
Snackbar tops - 3 samples made with the final slight tweak as included a few slight upgrade features. Ordering first 10 units tonight for the first 10 guys and hope to get ithem before Christmas from a Aussie company soi can paint over the holidays.

So once all the parts get here it will be full steam ahead and sorry no one will get one before Christmas.

cheers

Jady

looks great gac , and noticed you have the drive-in speaker as well

looks like you have cars at the drive art blades, where are they from?

whats the mod in the back rhs that is glowing

cheers for that gac , and no harm sharing a link, looks cool and he has some cool gear

and thanks for the support in the other gear.

decals turned up today and am happy with them - they look nice and fit well.

In total I ended up with 4 proto-types, one is not useable so will go in the display case (has the movie screen decal) and 3 other protos have slight variances (hidden differences) and will have the proto decals - which I only got a couple of out of curiousity and for the fun of it. The 3 other protos have been allocated in which these people being aware of the slight variances compared to the production run models. proto No: 3 & 4 are still in paint.

here is proto No: 1 - non useable
- with the blue FILM decal and Movie Screen Snackbar Decal
- light purple neon and amber sign
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here is proto No: 2 - allocated
- with the yellow FILM decal and orange arrow
- light blue neon and amber sign
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Note:
1. you will notice the neon in the proto No:2 in which all the production versions will be the same which is curved and steps out the front and gives you a cool extra dimension and gets back to the Snackbar v1 el wire version. There is some slight adjustment in the stepping out to vary the look to your liking.
2. no screws in the top for a nice clean look and one screw in the front, undo a few turns and the top simply slides towards the apron forward 5-6mm and then lifts up.
3. photos never capture the true look as they show over and under saturation in the lighting but this is a close representation and both the neon and sign will never be 100% backlit purely due to the design (so much going on underneath) which was similar to the v2 Snackbar
4. I am working on a add-on mod for top lighting to flash the top when the snackbar opens to glow the top which you can purchase separately when you and if you want it - I will provide a how to manual in time - waiting on the additional bracket and final testing.

hope that helps people and I am getting closer to stocking all the parts, with decals now in and all the paint ready for pickup, now just waiting on tops, signage parts and stainless steel plates to allow production to start.

cheers

Jady

yes, totally agree, pick looks awesome, you v1 came out a treat with the sign and new el wire.

as for bending, there is a trick to bending so it sits nicely in, you run the el wire through your fingers and create a curne in the opposite direction and then when you sit it into the groove it sits fairly snug.

Awesome mark, enjoy

The snackbar mod is not available via website but via no money down preorder list which is closed and full, sorry

I am currently refurbishing my snackbar v2 back to new, repainting, new decals and with a new sign on top so it will be upgraded. Send me a pm if interested and taking photos of before and after.

Just so everyone is aware my access to the net / email / Pinside is very limited as a lightening strike nearby last night fried our modems, router, phones so wont be around much for a few days

Update - 21-12-18

- Stainless Steel plates should arrive today and the new supplier is into the pinball game making pinballs parts as a side business and does an awesome job - the protos were the best quality I have every received.

- A batch of 10 x 3d printed Snackbar parts arrived 2 days ago from an Aussie Manufacturer but I rejected them due to heavy curling - they weren't happy but I was not going to supply inferior product. I have switched back to getting the tops from my regular Belgium (Europe) supplier - good thing is they have a new machine that does higher print quality but I will be lucky to get parts before mid Jan.

My apologies about the delays, as this is not typical for me and I am a little embarrassed about constantly delaying.

Everyone have a great Christmas break with your family and friends and may 2019 be an awesome year for all.

Regards

Jady

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thanks mate and looking forward to these going into games as well

as for MB, been a wish pin for myself for a long time, maybe something can be custom designed - but does it suit the theme ?

I reckon I can do a custom one for you, after I complete these 40 mods for everyone.

Have a awesome holiday as well Tsskinne

Update 28-12-18

It has taken longer than I had hoped but here is the manual for the released v3.0 Snackbar mod for those on the list which is limited to 40 people along with 3 people that wanted the prototypes. Prototypes are completed and parts are almost in for the production mods to roll out in early 2019. My apologies for the delays and your patience.

CFTBL Snackbar Mod v3.0 - Manual rev1.pdf

just listed 2 x Snackbar v2.0 Mods for sale in the below thread in case anyone wants to pick one of those up and save a few dollars or for anyone that missed on the v3.0 Snackbar Mod.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cftbl-creature-snackbar-mod-v20/page/6#post-4757092

Thanks for your kind words, but I also must give a big thanks to everyone for their patience waiting for this version to come out and the support I have had up to this point.

Yes this will be the end of the line with only 40 x v3.0's being made over the next 3 months and then that's it or at least for a few years. I have got a heap of other ideas & projects and just not getting to them

yes they are, even though I sometimes wonder why I hang in there with pinball, I do love it.

good news.....

I now have everything except the tops to do 40 kits, BUT I did get 10 tops from Belgium which just arrived today and I will order another 15 tops in the next few days. I will start tapping holes and sand prepping over the next few days and start painting by the weekend. So not long for the first 10 guys (will pm soon to prep you), thanks again for your patience.

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thnks for sharing Scott and great idea for linking the sign to the I in FILM near the flippers, I never thought of that.

thanks @AstroZombies, I'm really happy you like the mod and able to follow the manual

as for the production, tapping holes and painting starts tomorrow and ordered another run of tops so these will start to roll out in a few weeks