It's been years since I swapped the plastics on my old Fathom but I used a soldering iron to heat the post which in turn softens the plastic and it pop's out... I read about that on RGP and it worked fine for me. YMMV.

Fathom didn't have a topper that I know of? CPR made one up though with the girl peering over the side of the boat I believe. Is that what you're looking for?

Not sure if Pinball Resource ships to you or not but do check there for sockets too, cheaper per piece but shipping/duty may kill the savings.

http://pbresource.com/sockets.html

Add me to that unspoken list too!

Bit of a long shot here but anyone redo their fathom cabinet and just have their old one sitting around collecting dust ultimately destined for the junkyard? I’m looking for an old empty fathom cab... I actually would take it flattened... as I really want the wood for another project and would prefer the look of a cab with some patina for lack of a better word rather than me painting some new plywood... which is what I’ll likely end up doing if I can’t find an old doner cab.

It does look to be a fantastic example of a fathom and the price is practically stealing it! It has two operator stickers on it and with the replace 1-2-3 targets I suspect it was operated at one point in it's life but that doesn't diminish it's value much from the look of the pictures. The likelihood of breaking all 3 of those targets in home use is quite low I suspect. Anyway, beautiful example, worth multiple times what you paid for... if the boards are in good shape, meaning no acid damage then even better. Congrats! Play the heck out of it and enjoy it, I miss mine.

I'm making use of an old Fathom PF donated from a fellow pinsider... awesomely fun project!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFe_0fgncgW/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Also have a matching amp in progress to go with it.

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What else is in the collection? As a stand-alone pin or one surrounded by others in similar shape I’d probably leave it alone, looks solid to me. If it’s not a keeper I’d leave it 100% alone as the labour and cost to redo it won’t be recouped... play the heck out of it and leave it be

I've got .ai files you're welcome to... they may be at the office, I'll look for them quick, otherwise the weekend.

Or pick up steam... if $7,360 + tax and shipping gets you a remake I think the ceiling just went up on a good restore. Pinside currently shows a range of $5180 - $6020... I think that will now go up. The news that they may have remade the inline drop target mech's is also pretty exciting if they offer those for sale as I think there are restores stuck on not being able to source those. With the decision to not include the 2.0 code in the base model I think there will be plenty of people who decide they want an original.

Underneath the playfield we have designed and manufactured recreations of the original mechs, along with adding in some new components from our existing catalogue.

My Fathom didn't have one.

If they don't still include them they sell them too...

https://classicplayfields.com/shop/pinball-miscellaneous/nylon-rollover-stars/

If you consider a new one a viable option I'd buy this used one, work on the mechanical issues to getting working, play the heck out of it, and when the new Fathom you buy is actually shipping you could make the move then, sell your used one for a fair price, likely around what you are looking now one would hope. At the pace the Mermaid editions of Fathom are shipping I'd think you'd be many months away from seeing new non-Mermaid Fathom's shipping so the best of both worlds.

Wow, I think you nailed the Greg Freres style... remarkable!

Now how cool would that look inlayed on this fretboard...

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