OP

Quoted from j_m_:

background:
scott ifkovits (detroit pinball here on pinside) started coordinating this project with jim smith (outstanding CPR artist) in march/april of 2012
jim sent me a teaser of one of the plastics on april 1, 2012 (I had previously worked with mr. smith prior, supplying a NOS joust playfield and feedback in his recreating the playfield artwork for CPR)
subsequently, I provided both jim and scott scans of my plastics (along with butcher paper outlines for the large apron plastics) to assist in the project
fast forward to today:
scott stepped away from the project (due to lack of free-time), allowing allowing jim and I to take up the reins and keep it alive
jim smith has nearly completed all of the artwork for the playfield plastics (he's currently working on the last piece with an estimated completion date of this weekend)
to do list:
- run a sample set of plastics (I've found one place that can screen large enough to meet our needs (I still need to find a shop to perform the cnc cutting)
(the williams joust machine may only have 11 plastics in total, however it's probably one of the largest sets [sq. inches of material] used in a pinball machine)
- create a wooden/metal form so that the large apron plastics can be heated and bent per the original specs
- acquire licensing from rick @planetary pinball (initial email has already gone out)
what we're looking for from the community:
- a count from those who would be interested in purchasing a set of plastics
given that the machine was produced in a very limited number (402 units), and that there are probably less than 200 machines still in working condition 30 years later, we don't expect that there will be more than 30-50 people looking to acquire a new set of plastics (if we're lucky to get that much interest). also, due to the low run number, chances are that the costs for this "boutique" run will not be cheap