I mentioned this already in another thread, but I'll likely do a Williams System 7 set of my own design with the custom digits I now have. I'm ultra picky about what I want to see in certain products and displays are one of those things I need to look as perfect as possible. I've got a Jungle Lord we're keeping in the collection long-term with an LED set in it, that looks like crap, and it's going to bug the bejeezus out of me to not to at least prototype my own displays now that I've got my own custom digits. Will also allow me to use up what otherwise will amount to *at least* a 5-10 year supply of digits since the full Bally sets only sell a few a month currently.

I think what's bugging me most with the displays in Jungle Lord is the comma lights up brighter than the numbers. That's going to drive me into PCB design quicker than anything else once the game's fully up and running and in the line-up.

Obviously not everyone's as anal-retentive as I am when it comes to this stuff and to be fair, it's RANDOM anal-retentiveness I have no problems with cabinets being beat up, some playfield wear that's not in the direct center of the playfield, things like that. But displays having issues, numbers being cut off behind backglasses, commas lighting brighter than digits -- it's like nails on a chalk-board to me.

Hey Guys!

Yeah, no worries. I'm sure it was just a search that Wolffdp did for his website / name and saw what I posted. I'd actually imagine he was surprised to see a shout-out for one of his products from a "competitor" lol

It's definitely appreciated! I'm thankful of the supporters over the years! Great knowing that people respect what you've contributed to the hobby & have your back! There's now been several times someone brought something up and people have defended what I'm doing -- or in one case someone questioning if my business still exists because a phone number that never existed was "disconnected" hehe. Right away, people have stepped in to help set the record straight and that's been cool to see.

The RETROFIT Kits aren't currently available. I ran out of 6-digit pcbs early last year after I had ordered in another small batch on them when there were a few requests for small bulk orders of conversion boards.

One way I'd entertain selling them again is if there's at least 8-10x people interested in purchasing 2x or more sets of the RETROFIT Kits (ie. enough to convert 10+ plasma displays to LED). At that point I could order in another small one-time run of 6-digit pcbs this year, fulfill those orders. I probably have enough of the old digits left for a few dozen sets. Pricing would be slightly different for 2020, but as long as people are buying 2+ sets I could start pricing for AMBER at $99.95ea for a 6-digit or 7-digit set. If someone just wants to buy 1x set I'd have to be at $114.95 per set... which I don't think the market will support (hey, maybe I'm wrong?). I just know I can't support shipping individual sets out for lower than that these days due to material cost, PP fees, time of assembly for the kits, etc. But I *CAN* support something like $99.95 per set pricing (for AMBER digits) for people buying multiple sets.

The RETROFIT design was more of a stepping stone to the Pinitech UNO / TRADITIONAL full display kits, which are all new components, easier to build, don't require donor boards or special equipment, etc.. plus have the unique custom digits, brightness control, adjustment ability on the UNOs. With low interest on the RETROFITs after the new display kits became available, I wasn't going to fight keeping stock of materials to fulfill maybe a handful of orders per year.

All that said, I'm aware there's still some light interest in these RETROFIT conversion kits. So for anyone else interested in buying multiple sets of RETROFIT Kits at $99.95 per set for AMBER (or $114.95 per set for blue) -- send me a PM or reply to this thread. I'll definitely consider doing another small run of 6-digit PCBs to fulfill interest if I can get a head count of 8-10x people.

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