My HS2 (with color DMD and PF plastic protector) is routed in a small pizza shop and is earning well--consistently about $80 a month, split between me and the shop owner. One of the keys is that this title actually has the pizza shop staff, including the owner, playing it, whereas they didn't play the previous 5 machines that had been routed there. Very gratifying. A perfect title for a family-friendly pizza shop.

I'd be in for some black inserts if you do a run.

I've done a time-study on making the light block panels for the stoplight housing.

I'm doing my best to keep the cost down. After taking into account the material costs, shipping costs, and padded envelope cost, I can make these for $12/set, shipped continental USA.

If there is enough interest, I'll make this happen.

I will take a set INDY. Just let me know when you have them ready. Thanks.
Chet

Hey Indy, if ya make more I'll take one too.

Thanks Chet...

I'm going to give this a week or so to gauge interest.

The padded mailers alone will cost me approximately $40 per 100

I just want make sure there is enough interest before placing that order.

Thanks MustangPaul.

I'm planning on doing a batch of 50 sets. I'm not sure I'll sell that many, but that's my plan on the initial run.

Are they more expensive at Staples? Try Walfart.

Pm sent for a set. Check ebay to see if you can get bulk padded envelopes a bit cheaper.

I buy my packaging supplies from uline.

They're probably about as cheap as anyone...It's just that I have to pay for shipping to have the envelopes shipped to me.

I'll take a set as well.

I had planned to eventually paint the insides, but I like your mod. Way less work and mess!!

That's what I thought, better check ebay. What size are they?

I just found 50, 4x8" bubble padded mailers for $6.34 with free shipping on ebay. So if you bought 100 it would be $12.68 and free shipping. Your getting taken if you buy from uline and you could drop the price a buck or two.

Ebay is a little cheaper.

Let's go with a $11 price...shipped, continental US

How about $5.

Hey Indy, would you be willing to ship to Canada for a little more money?

Great idea, indy. Put me down for one if $11. I have bright leds in mine and it really lights up. I thought about painting the inside black but this is a better idea. Like slim said, less work and less chance to mess things up. Looks kinda stock as well.

Yes, I'll gladly ship to Canada.

I've shipped my pinball mods/PF plastic protectors all over the world.

I'll take one and you can save an envelope.

You might be interested in this mod too....

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-lighted-moes-sign-for-tspp-available

I'll be posted an official for sale ad on pinside tomorrow.

I won't be able to ship the 1st orders until my shipping envelopes arrive.

After the 1st orders, I'll ship all following orders one day a week....(I really hate running to the post office on each individual order).

I'll take a set also.

Great thread! I've owned my Getaway for quite a few years. John Ross, Pinball Plus, turned me on to them. Mine's running L5. I was a police officer (retired last year with almost 30 years on the street) so had plenty of high speed chases over the years. I also was an EVOC (emergency vehicle operator course) instructor for many years. So the Getaway was a natural for me. I like the flasher mod on the top of the back box some of you guys have done. When I got mine one of the first mods was to add a lightbar up there. I bought a Federal Steethawk bar from the cities used equipment store. I didn't want to remove the beacon because I don't like to mess with the originality too much. So I just set my bar across the Getaway over onto the Black Knight 2000 next door. I put a set of lugs on the lower back of the light bar wired into the positive and neutral of the light bar. I got a Sears rolling big amp battery charger parked next to the BK2K. Clamp the cables onto the studs. Set the charger on like 50 amp hold. Then, I made a electrical box with a receptacle/outlet on it. Inside is a 12volt dc relay. A heavy duty extension cord powers this box, plugged into the wall. Now, the beacon runs on like 18 volt a/c? So I tapped into that and wired in a bridge rectifier to convert to roughly 12 volt d/c. Then I put a two conductor common speaker connector on the outside of the top box. So, when the beacon comes on you see 12 volts d/c on these two connectors. I used a piece of speaker wire to connect to the electrical box with the receptacle. That 12 volts causes the relay to pull in and energize the 120 volt receptacle, thereby powering up the rolling battery charger, lighting up the light bar. It's worked great for many years. I also put a manual light switch in the relay box so the kids can turn on the light bar just by hitting the switch if they want. I really like it when it comes on. The halogen bulbs I think are better in this application than a LED light bar like all the squads have now. I've stood around lots of squads with the LED bars going and they are just too darn bright and annoying for a game room application like this. Now, let's see if I can get some pictures to post here.

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It's already on mine!

Here's a video of the light bar running:

MustangPaul, I really like all the LED mods you've done. I'm not capable of doing much in the wiring department. I might just buy the Cointaker kit. Is their non-ghosting premium kit the best one to get? I'd love to do that supercharger red led strip you did, and the red leg light up too. Maybe I could convince you to come over and at least get me started on mine? I've got plenty of beer in the fridge.

I did the battery re-locate off the board. I also had John install a computer power supply to power the boards. He says it's much more stable power than the transformer. I've had him do this to all my machines.

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Daaaaaam, that's about as real as you can get! Awesome!
Cheers

CRAP... now THAT'S intense.

Hi Bob, were you a St Paul cop? I got a better idea, why don't you come over to my place and you can see how the leg lights look in real life and you can see how they are made. You may get some other ideas too. Are you free anytime this weekend? Oh and don't forget the beer. PM me.

I'm pretty surprised nobody else (at least on this thread, which is clearly the premium Getaway thread ever) has done this. The light bar was like $75. The plastic was pretty pitted from use but a good afternoon of Novus work cleaned them up real nice. The battery charger was about $150 (long time ago so just guessing here) but it's a good battery charger to so can easily be used when the car battery goes dead (so the spouse can't complain that you're spending all the money on pinball, this is clearly for the car to keep running).

Yes Paul, worked the street in St. Paul. There are several cops that I've turned on to pinball and own machines. John made a custom Getaway for a State Trooper. I've never played it but it looked pretty cool during construction. I'd love to come over and see your Getaway. I'm in Mac-Groveland neighborhood. Going camping this weekend though. Maybe sometime next week? I'll p/m you my number. I have a T2, Star Trek-Next Gen, and Corvette too in case you wanted to play those.

Cool a St Paul cop, I have a BIG surprise for you then....don't worry it's a good one. John does all the stuff I can't handle, he's good. I live by Dale and Wheelock.

Cool. I hope I didn't tag you. I worked that area. Buddy of my son lives right there on the south side of the park, Cottage?

We have LOTS to talk about. So bring LOTS of beer.

Oh oh, I better bring friends (back-up)?

I was suddenly having a problem that it seems like a few Getaway owners have been having. When i plunged the ball it wouldnt make it around the loop. I checked alignment which was fine, checked the mech and coil, again all good. Then i realized that what was happening was that when the ball went up into the beginning of the upper loop, It was bouncing just a tad, off of the rubber on the double star post which was killing the momentum. I loosened the 2 screws on the right shooter lane ball rail and pulled it to the left as much as i could and then screwed it back down. Then i loosed the star post and pushed it over just a bit and again tightened it back down and voila!! problem solved. If your having the same problem, just check the ball path first before you mess around with anything else.

Are you coming to Expo? Bring some there to purchase, no envelopes needed!

Sure, bring some other pinball people.

Great. Im in !!

holy sheep shit, that's crazy !

Haha, thanks. The neighbors said it's cool at night when they see the lights all spinning and flashing through the basement windows.

I'm not going to Expo this year.

I've posted my stoplight housing mod on the marketplace.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-getaway-stoplight-mod-now-available

My Getaway shop job is complete....

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Looks awesome! Especially the ramp entrance light and the blue post rubbers. Also like your mountain paintjob
Cheers

Thanks Ben

Looks great, and I like the inspection sticker