Pittsburgh, PA
Well I am in the club now. Down for a new CPR pf at the very least. Probably will redecal the cab as well.
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Quoted from bridgeman:Original is silk screened.
Mine is screened as well just faded to hell.
Quoted from alec_p:What flipper solenoid do you guys have for the upper left? Mine is the same as the lower flippers (11630), but the manual says it should be 11722. From what I can see online, that's a lower power solenoid than 11630. Before I took it all apart, I had some trouble making it up the fault ramp on occasion. So it doesn't make sense to me to put a lower power solenoid in there.
Any thoughts?
The manual is not always correct so it is hard to say what coil is correct. Asking here and seeing what people are using is generally the best you can do.
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Quoted from Chosen_S:I just posted it for reference Not necessarily as a tutorial... the pictures give enough of a starting point for the hard core DIYer, besides, the kits go for around $250-400, looks like $45 in parts should get this made
Yes I found a motor that will work fine. It was I think $12. I have not spent time looking into how to make it though I'd like to. If I did figure it out I would try to document how it was done.
Quoted from Chosen_S:which motor did you get?
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Quoted from dsuperbee:Never said it was cheap, and the quality costs money. Y'all act like his time to design and build them is worth 0 dollars.
Your comparison on what other things cost is pointless. Pinball is freakin expensive, but just for giggles:
Ramp set: 303.00. You are incorrect
Plastics: 166 (Marco), protectors (pinbits and Cliffy) 115.00, led kit (premium kit, coitaker) 221. You are incorrect
LED display (big daddy) 150.00 new backglass (sold out) 249.99. You are incorrect.
I could do this all day.
Why are you so angry? The fact is that for what the mod does it is incredibly expensive. A motor that works in this costs less than $20 shipped. Sure their time is valuable but they probably made up all of their R&D time after selling 3 kits. The time to assemble this would be less than an hour. The rest of the parts for this maybe brings the total cost of the mod to $100 if they are over paying for all of the parts. So then in that case they make $200 an hour.
Quoted from dsuperbee:Who is angry? Not I. I just don't think some folks understand how expensive some of this is. For the most part all mods are expensive. Color dmd is 400 bucks, a wobble head for dr who is 300+. Have you even looked at what is included in the original kit? It is much more than a motor, and is pretty much plug n play. (Which for a lot of people here is great, since they cannot even use a soldering iron)
It is your money, spend how you want, but I don't consider the kit overpriced. It is cheaper than a lot of the stuff listed, yet nobody minds dropping 300+ for ramps, 115 for protectors, etc...
Yes I have looked at the kit and even the instructions. Sure it is plug and play but still expensive for what you get.
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Quoted from mcluvin:I agree. It's a little tougher for me. Is it worth $179 to trade one set of flaws for another?
i am in the same boat here. some cracking but it isnt flaking. it looks solid. was considering buying one but do not want to swap on flaw for another. maybe they will do another run eventually.
Quoted from pencilneck:Painted, waited a few days for paint to fully cure, masked off around W logo and then sanded with 80 or 120 grit. Put sandpaper on a block of wood or some other hard flat surface and then go in one direction while keeping flat on logo. just takes a few passes to knock off the paint.
What paint is that?
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Quoted from KevinCPR:NOW UP FOR OPEN SEASON to the public at large...
The last 2-3 months have provided a thorough chance to the ES Preorder Group and ES Standby Group to follow through on our Earthshaker playfields run of early 2018. Now we finally take the remaining Earthshaker playfields and offer them up for general public sales. They will now reside in our CPR web site Store, where they can be purchased until they are gone:
http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-playfields.html
ES Plastics and backglasses are also being offered as bundle options, if taken with a playfield shipment.
These playfields were produced with the original Williams artwork films, by Tim Elliott.
KEVIN
Classic Playfield Reproductions
http://www.classicplayfields.com
Kevin,
Still waiting to hear from you on my gold pf exchange.
Added over 6 years ago:replacement received
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