I'm in! Where are all the others?! Any clues to production run?
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Mars Trek
Segasa-Sonic, 1977
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1 year later
Quoted from JustEverett:Just brought home a Mars Trek, and I'm wanting to upgrade to the retro LEDs that comet has. I'm wondering if anyone has used the kit they offer to upgrade to LEDs. I really want to maintain the warm look of the original incandescent bulbs, but get a little more light from the LEDs.
Also does anyone have a rubber count?
Steve from PBR has a rubber kit everything but one of them is correct. I told him and I think he fixed it by now.
One of the sizes I think isn’t made anymore
Quoted from fireball2:LOVE this game. I'm still trying to get mine to start. It's in beeyoutee shape, but the last guy, whenever it was having trouble starting a game, would open the coin door and squirt wd40 in there. Claimed it would start right up then. Until it didn't, and he let it sit for 15 years.
I THINK I'm close. I know it has a frozen bonus unit, but even with that reset by hand, I still have issues with startup.
Such a groovy game.
Wow, just spraying wildly with WD40?! How the hell did it not light up like a candle??
Someone should make stencils for this title. My cabinet is absolutely shot and every time it’s moved it big hunks come off. Gonna build a new one but I love the side art on this.
3 weeks later
Quoted from emspence:Building a new cabinet/finding a donor is probably the way to go, but I have been keeping mine limping along. Took it to an Expo last year, but don't want to move it around thanks to the easily damaged/heavy cabinet. I added some aluminum from Home Depot that helped the aesthetics, along the bottom sides at least. It was a 8ft piece I think, cutting it exactly in half gave me what was needed for each side. Had to buy the large size they had because so much was gone on mine, I think it was like $35, but came out nice. Lots of wood glue & varathane wood hardener used too.
Stencils would be nice, but read somewhere their graphics weren't originally stenciled on, so it doesn't lend itself to that format well.
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Your cabinet is nicer than mine. Mine is more “together” but the entire bottom is swollen and the graphics are badly faded and flaking. I really want to build a new cabinet, just no clue how to remake the side art. It’s incredible!
My only other issue is one spinner is missing the decals entirely.
Any source for these or can anyone provide a scan?
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For whatever reason I don’t seem to have a picture of the playfield fully restored! Weird
1 week later
Quoted from emspence:The standard $4 lock from Pinball Resource works fine. I put one on the coin door & on the replacement I made for the backbox door. I think the original latch was still there for me to use with the new lock with the coin door, not sure if the provided latch will work...may need to fiddle around with that, but it will fit in the door just fine.
I need to find a backdoor for mine. Any idea where I could get one?
8 months later
Trying to rebuild the pop bumper on my Mars Trek. Tried ordering a Williams rebuild set from Steve at PBR and apparently I got the wrong one. Does anyone know what part numbers are the correct ones for this game? Also I’m missing the return spring so the bumper doesn’t work right now. I’d like to get the right one to get this thing playing again, it’s killing me not having my Martian beauty flipping!
3 months later
Quoted from Waxx:Just rescued one and deciding what to do with it.
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Restore it. It’s one of the best EMs ever made
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