Can't think of the last time I saw a LAH and thought, "Man, this could really use a new playfield."

I have a LAH and the pf looks great, no cupping, lifting or chipping of the inserts, lettering on the inserts is great, colors on the pf are vibrant. Shooter lane has wear of course and it's had Cliffies on all the holes since day one from the looks of them. May be in 10 years we might need one. But that's just my game, others may be in worse shape.

There are a lot of LAH playfields in not so great shape (outholes, kickout area in the gold) but I can't see there being any demand for this at all.

Proud DE owner here, but there's just not demand to restore DE games. I restored my TFTC because the game is awesome and it was fun. LAH owners understand they won't get their money back, so the appeal may be limited.

LAH playfields are generally not burned out with wear. The wear is usually limited to the ticket and kick-out saucers in many machines. There are currently Cliffys to cover the hole wear and a small decal to cover the ticket wear.

I agree with others who believe the demand will be limited for reproduced playfield for LAH.

Under rated game, but there is no way that I'd ever swap in a new playfield on one of these.

But I'd bet if you did earlier Data East titles like Batman and Simpsons people would want them

Agreed, all the LAH playfields i've ever seen have been in very good condition and probably wont be a massive seller. But Flash playfields?, now those suckers have copped a pounding despite all the numbers produced.......yeah....sorry Stu, i couldnt help myself

The playfield would be worth 2/3rds of the whole game.

Stu,

Please consider starting another thread with a poll listing say 4 to 8 pins that CPR is considering making repro playfields for.

And start another thread with a poll listing say 4 to 8 pins that CPR is considering making repro backglasses for.

You should get quite a lot of responses to both of those, and it will be interesting to see the results.

Thanks for all you guys do for pinball. Cheers!

That generation of DE Playfields were well made and had a good factory clearcoat on them. You don't see many really beat, with lifted inserts, etc, just mainly worn saucers holes and mechanicals with broken welds. I don't see the demand compared to any of the Williams games of the same era. As someone said earlier, swoping out a DE PF is PITA, time consuming/very difficult. Most people can tear down one on the top, clean, buff/polish and add cliffys, etc., and they look great and Play fine.

I don't have the game but that sounds interesting. You'd HAVE to do the plastics to go along with the new pf.

If there's no interest at the moment, it still might be worth simply scanning it and saving it for later use since the opportunity is there.

I don't see it on the Plastic Sets page on the CPR site but I see it with your link.

stargate - most have playfield issues, altho licensing might be difficult. I have a NOS pf I could loan....

They cant do Gottlieb, but thats a nice thought.

T2?

I don't see a demand for this playfield. Agree with the above post about the production quality being good on this era DE games. But I'd imagine plastics would be a good area to fulfill for DE games. NOS JP plastics sold on eBay for quite a bit not long ago.

No offense, but I don't know if the awesome artists at CPR could faithfully reproduce the classical beauty of artwork on the LAH playfield

Hey Stu...I'd step up and offer you a NOS Paragon playfield.....

10-4

Even though there's no actor likenesses on the playfield? I would've thought that's where the bulk of the cost of a licensed theme would go.

I would like a LAH pf

Stu,I know you didn't want to field questions on other pins but it does pertain to other Data East pins.

The two that come in mind to me that scream a repro playfield are Batman and Star Wars. We know the history
of my first choice (Batman) and the popularity of the second.

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say the licensing is the main catalyst for Star Wars. But is it the same for Batman? Or
Has no one reached out to you with a nos playfield that you can screen? We know how rare those are!

Shadow pf. Done.

I would love a repro PF for my LAH! However, I can certainly see the difficulty most people would have shelling out half the game's value for a new playfield.

Caker's modified code adds some nice polish to this game. Once it gets released it might bump interest in LAH.

BTW, many LAH owners might be overlooking this thread because it doesn't mention LAH in the title. Whatever you decide for now, I hope you scan the NOS PF for posterity. Thanks!

well it sounds like that combo would be a good money maker for CPR then and only half the work for you. Then you would have some time to go on vacation.

A couple months wouldn't be a bad idea so you don't burn out. Sounds like you are way ahead of production anyhow.