Perhaps Marcospecialties can share when they may restock?

You can repaint one too.

I'm almost thinking some type of bowl would be usable, cut the center to fit over the magnet - just might work!!!

Check the local dollar stores.

agree with oldpinguy, check this one out with a painted one
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161219959649?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Gold! I like it!

You are right, but if you cant find one try gluing a flexible mesh on the back.
With paint may pass until you find a replacement....

I just got my game in November from Cadillac music and they put a brand new dish on mine, perhaps you can contact them and see where they got it from.

Salad bowls are genius!

could you 3D print as a temp substitute - give me the dimensions and I can model up for you for nothing, then send you the file and you can get one printed somewhere local / by a mate.

3D print with shapeways should solve this pretty well.....

You should get it scanned and 3d printed for the community.

lots of photos and some dimensions and I can model up and make it freely available for people to print

Wouldn't mind a spare myself if anyone has one?

How much was the one from pinball resource? If Swinks designs it, I can print them for a very reasonable cost. Swinks I can give you a cut for your work too.

no problems, I want to draw it up as Goldeneye is on my list of pins that I want, so want to be prepared.

I could take mine off and get dimensions to you guys as well if needed just thought it may be a bit less hassle if this one is not installed yet. I'll see his response and act accordingly.

offer stands, send me a pm for my email and send photos and dimensions I can model this up for everyone.

Heck, I'll buy one - good to have a backup. Let me know when it's available.......

cheers, got the photos and will need a couple more measurements so can model and make it available as a temp option for people (better than nothing). Once I get the last few measurements I could have it ready in a few days.

in gold ball thread I'd suggested looking for an 11-12" (edit: waay too large!) clear, round bottom inside polycarbonate bowl to trim to size..
poly being much-much tougher than plexi. an RC hobby shop or online supplier will have etching paint for polycarbonate RC car bodies. if I couldnt find a suitable bowl anywhere, then fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin to lay one up by hand, epoxyglass is pretty shatterproof, not too hard to work with to make almost anything.

_{Post edited by zizzlemeplease: learned later this dish is about 61mm radius}

It's quite strong when you make it solid.

if anyone ever gets this printed mine is cracked would love to have a source available for replacements

I will have the model done in the next day and post a pic and will make a sample and post a pic of that as well. Also colorfab does a PLA with ABS qualities so will be strong and better than a cracked one. Stay tuned

Hey Swinks, it might be nice to do the dish in grey with a stipled effect (if that's possible) - the white is just so "in your face!"

-Nate

sorry, all clear now.

I have finished the model and doing a test print now….. will report back once we get a few measurements right.Goldeneye Sat Dish.jpg

I am still willing to print these for a very reasonable price.

Thanks guys for making this project a reality.

count me in for one please!

I am considering doing a run via vacuum forming white polycarbonate, just getting a quote now but who would be in if the price was right?

An option is I could ship to say one person a batch and they on post to other guys and for their trouble of doing a post out get their dish at cost.

once I have prices I will gauge interest to go ahead.

I did a test print and when printing from the outer edge up to the magnet hole it slightly collapses around the hole due to lack of support. So only option is shapeways printing as it is powder supported or vacuum forming.

You can cut the design in half and print it in two pieces.

I would be in for any new one, want to keep game forever so willing to buy a couple extras.

+1 here

this seems like a weak toy and I'd like a spare

this will give you an idea of strength, the first version of the dish under the car wheel (and I did drive up on to it). This print had 3 shells on the inside and outside of the design with 10% fill at 0.25mm layers. A ball impacting will apply didn't forces at different angles so this is not a true indication but for the fun of it I wanted to show the the print strength of PLA.

Printing version 2 now standing up on the magnet hole side and up and still a few minor issues on the outer surface that is the back side (not seen). This will print very very well via shapeways but not cheap. I have put the design out for an estimate for polycarbonate vacuum forming if they can do it. But at this point if someone wants to pay the $16 Aus postage to the USA / Canada you can have Version 2 for free to test fit for US and then the design can go to vacuum forming.

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thinner poly might not have the sheer crush strength as that model (impressive btw) but poly sure can take impact abuse. I did a quick search for poly bowls other day, but not long enough to find a suitable round bottomed candidate for this PF item.. I'm curious, what the radius if it were a complete sphere? it'd be helpful for ID'ing an off the shelf bowl thats close enough. (glad its not a parabola, that'd be a really tough find!)

I went away from the computer for a while and the dam computer started a update and buggered up the print pausing 2hrs in so no sample to send today.

As for the radius it is 60.5mm

a search for "clear polycarbonate DOME" seems to get more appropriate results, some for CCTV cameras look pretty close if theyre trimmed. http://www.cleardome.com/smalldomes.htm has lots of sizes and bottom of list links for larger than 8" diameter. http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/1938872/Polycarbonate-Clear-Round-Pebbled-Bowl-0.6-Quart.htm cant tell if its close to size but the price sure cheep, saw one at that site was stainless steel as an ice cream dish.

I cant really tell the size of whats needing replacement, http://bitlu.com/itemdetail.php?itemvar=100114320 is polycarbonate plastic drink lids, no hole. maybe something like that could be multi-lammed up with epoxy after scuffing the surfaces for adhesion.. glue and clamp 8 or more together tight? if the size is good, 1000 lids like that could make 100 sat dishes or more. it -looks- like about 1/3 of a sphere, or 2/3 hemisphere, but how big?

aha, ok.. about 120mm diameter roughly 4-3/4", might be just about the size of a jumbo drink dome lid.
not trying at all to waste your time and effort Swinks, its soooo not my style or idea of a good time!
really scuffed up surfaces and epoxy lammed could be an at home do it solution, if theyre available at size.
the poly being shatterproof and the epoxy semi flexible tough when cured, probably endure abuses well enough.
some of the poly CCTV cam-domes look promising too but 30 bucks each could get spendy if cut-drilled wrong.

yeah, feel like I have wasn't my time, but at least I can make one for myself for when I find a Goldeneye