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Hey Ron-
Playfield pics look great as usual.
I know you posted it before, but please tell us about your install kits again.
I think I need one for use with the CPR Sorcerer playfield I just got.
Don't want to mess up their clear around the posts.
Quoted from kruzman:Steve Pandol (i think he is in PA) has a GLOBETROTTERS for sale. Its a cpr bronze, and he would like to get rid of it. since mine is sold I figured I would try to help him out. you can contact him at [email protected]
He is on here, but I forget people alias's.
He is a good guy and wont screw you around.
Looks like this is him:
Quoted from kruzman:Its a customers sorcerer repro, that has aprox 3 inches of twist.
Just getting ready to start my Sorcerer playfield swap and noticed that my CPR repro has a visible twist. Not as bad as that one, but it's there. I'm hoping the siderails straighten it out.
Quoted from kruzman:my buddy Ryan Thompson is opening a Pinball Game room in Rockford MI
Looks cool. Is Chris part of this?
Quoted from kruzman:CONCERNING THE CORONA VIRUS:
I dont know how many of my customers follow my thread here, but I wanted to talk about the finance side of my business during this situation. The only thing political I will say is I dont think this is a hoax, or media sensationalism. Many people including my customers are going to get knocked on their asses both physically and financially.
My state got locked down yesterday. I dont have many close friends and I still got texts from 4 people that lost their jobs, just yesterday. One fella works for a local company that laid off over 200 people.
So most of my jobs got here before this epidemic started, and I totally understand if your financial situation has changed. I am pretty easy to talk to, so if I have your pf and you are concerned please write me, and I have no doubt we can figure out something. If you want to try to see the positive, some people just got an opportunity or the time to do a restoration (making lemonade from lemons). I know from experience that occupying your mind and hands with a Project or challenge that is enjoyable, will produce something that when done, you will look at in the future as the most positive thing to come out of the months of this change of life.
I am using my job to keep me from freaking out. I think it is from the times I have lived in big cities like Detroit, L.A, Chicago, London, and NYC, that I became hyper stressed about germs and what not. So lately with this virus, I am getting gray hair.
There is no doubt that when I finish the jobs I have in house right now that my business is going to seriously decline. Perfectly cleared pf's are not really a top priority. So I am going to ask and tell folks that in the future, if you have a job you want to do and payment is an issue, please feel free to communicate with me with what you can offer and what you want to do. Anything is an option. Thankfully I am used to going without discretionary income, and my obligations are only the compound here where I live and work. Its not cheap, but I am used to living on mac and cheese from most of my life. No payment on the 24 year old truck, which doesn't run currently, so I zoom around in a 13 year old KIA (with no payment). So Off the top of my head, there is barter, payment plans, discounts, and any other thing you can think of. Its been about 13 years since I went "full-in" as my full time job and I want to keep at this job, and I will continue to do so as long as I make only enough to pay the morg and lights.
I have never never taken for granted the work people send me, as well as trust. I know what I do cost a lot of money, so I figure I owe a lot of karma out there. So please feel free to be open and talk to me if you want to do something and have limited funds. I really hope that peoples health is minimally effected, and we are able to look back on this nightmare as the time we made lemon-aid from the lemons and had the opportunity to do the best game restoration that you will never sell. Or maybe you do sell because you did a couple games, or you sell to pay me for the pf
I hope I am able to get my point across in this letter, and I hope we all get thru this as unscathed as possible. I know plenty are going to get way screwed, and dont deserve it, but I am going to stay positive while I can.
So KRUZMAN PINBALL PLAYFIELDS will stay open full time until something stops me. Thank you to all of my supporters, and please stay in contact. (I am starting to get compound fever)
I have seen approximately 10,000 email notices about the virus in the past couple weeks. This is the one that makes the most sense. 
Quoted from kruzman:Sorry thats the DEER population. The heard is huge this year. There are more that 13 that live on my 10 acres.(and they have not dropped the fawns yet) So this coming fall, Some hunting friends are going to harvest some of them.
You plant the garden.
Deer eat the garden.
You eat the deer. 
Problem solved.
Clay and the VFW crew built one. It would be great to play one that Tommy built at PATZ, then play Clay's at VFW to compare.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/space-rider-by-geiger-at-vfw-pinball-museum
Someone needs to build one with a Kruzman playfield though.
Quoted from djblouw:I finished swapping my cpr KISS pf this past weekend. Ron had cleared it this summer, and I finally picked it up in late fall, and started the swap over the holidays.
This plays so fast and looks fantastic. Great job as always Ron.
If only we could have PATZ this year, others might get to enjoy it too.
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That's so nice it looks wrong.
I thought KISS playfields were made with half the wood showing through.
Every one I've ever seen is that way anyway.
Quoted from kruzman:I have never owned a space shuttle game, because they are always so dam worn. I have had 3 space stations, and I love that game and think it would be so cool to have them side by side! Anyone out there have them both?
You should come down and play them.
Get some 9-Ball in too.
20210913_210239 (resized).jpgQuoted from kruzman:How far off of the 94 are you?
In town, just 5 min off exit 27.
That's the Space Shuttle that I got from Chris. The one that had most of the center of the playfield painted black to make the worn area look better. It looks really goood with a Hardtop on it. Not Kruzman playfield good, but way better than black cover up paint.
Quoted from radium:It bugs me that one of her hands is orange. And there’s a ring on her finger? Like her robe has a built in glove for one hand? That’s not even a thing, lazy art
I think it's that the dress is supposed to have a semi-sheer, wrap around cloak type deal that's over her arms. Does look odd though.
Quoted from kruzman:I looked at the data base and they had very little info on it. so I still cant tell if a premium will work on a le or will it work on a pro.
So I don't own the game and never have, but you got me curious and here's what I have been able to find.
When Rolling Stones came out, Stern was not making Pro, Premium, and LE models for every game like they do now. They were only making regular (Pro, but not called that), and LE. They also referred to the LE model as Premium, sometimes.
Seems like the main playfield difference between regular and LE was three up posts controlled by an extra set of buttons. If the playfield has holes in the left and right outlanes and near the drain for controllable up posts, it should be an LE playfield, which Stern also called Premium in some info.
That's not guaranteed, but I think that's it.
Quoted from kruzman:. I really wanted to find him, and where he lives, and drive Doug, my F250, over to his place to run some shit over.
I know you're kind of serious about this, but I laughed really hard.
How are the current cats getting along?
*Just to clarify, laughing at a mental picture of you running shit over in some dudes yard, not about the cat. That part sucks.
Quoted from kruzman:anyone wanna explain a hard top to me? some kind of overlay?
Thin, flexible, hard plastic sheet with the art printed on the bottom.
Sand all the art off the original playfield inserts and stick the hardtop down.
Quoted from kruzman:So every girlfriend/wife I have ever lived with is cold at all times (a lot had to do with the way they dressed, some just wanted to whine) and always complaining that its too cold in the house.
So when I see these healthy young women hanging around in the cold vacuum of space, wearing just a thong... I gotta call BS!
Yup, those ladies complaining that it's cold in the house were clearly full of it.
Quoted from kruzman:I just got an email from someone who told me that the Flash gordon I was talking about is a hardtop pf. He also said it wont best 80's and daanes Rolling Stones won best game.
Obviously I think the flash gordon looked beautiful, but I dont see hardtops in the same category I see restoration in. Yes it is a form of resto, its just not my thing. There is plenty of options and variety for restoration, which is a good thing.
You could see it is a Hardtop if you looked REALLY closely at a few of the inserts.
That's beautiful game and it plays mean.
But yes, Hardtop is not the same as a professional clear over an original playfield.
Quoted from Coyote:I hadn't heard of these guys. Is there other info somewhere?
Or here:
https://www.beehivepinball.com/product/stars-custom-playfield
Obviously the finish looks better with Ron's clear.
Quoted from mmr61184:The world needs ditch diggers too
I know quite a few ditch diggers (excavating contractors and their employees). That's a HARD job. You can make pretty decent money, but you're gonna earn it.
(Edit: Caddyshack, I know. How 'bout a Fresca?)
Quoted from kruzman:I talked to an attorney about getting my felonies expunged since there is a pot store on every corner.
Don't give up on that, unless it's going to automatically drop off your record at some point.
One of the best feelings I have had is walking out of court after being ready to appear as a character witness at an expungement hearing. The process was apparently a drawn out pain, but the final hearing was good. Judge was very nice about the whole thing and the hearing didn't take long. Said witnesses were not needed since all the conditions were met and there were no further violations. Judge said it was a pleasure to deal with something like that rather than a trial or violation hearing. Expungement was granted and that person now has a clean record.
Quoted from cottonm4:You have a web site? Can i have the link?
Thanks
My great uncle wanted a Viking funeral. So they had him cremated and requested to take his ashes.
Family and friends then took his ashes to an inland lake, placed them on a wooden raft, lit the raft on fire, and let it sail on the lake.
I wasn't there, but my Mom says it was cool.
No one asked, but likely way illegal.
Been thinking about asking for that, or having my ashes scattered somewhere awesome.
I do like the idea of someone who builds making their own coffin.
Ron's correct about a conrete vault outside the coffin being required for burial in Michigan. Theoretically to prevent disease spread, but I've always thought about the permanance. Like some Egyptian sarcofagus.
Anywho, Strange World looks sweet, and that Paragon is beyond awesome!
Quoted from kruzman:lasted 12 months, and the willow is wrecked from an ice storm, and I will have to cut it down this summer. Rainey, my dog died in '15 I think. I got her in the divorce.
Damn. I think you may be living in a country music song.
Quoted from kruzman:I got a letter from a fella installing an Iron man pf he bought from me, and he is down at the shooter lane and the wood pf is cut different where the shooter assembly goes.
The only think I can think of is either the game or the pf is a vault eddition, and they changed it to use parts they used at the time. Has anyone heard of this? or had any experience?
At first I was thinking of how to midify the pf. It has an extra extension of wood that comes down like 3 inches. so I was thinking of making a peice of wood and using dowell rods to affix it.
But now I think the best way would be to check the manuals, and see if there are different part numbers for the shooter assembly. If so possibly buy the correct shooter lane assembly for that pf?
I had no idea there is any change to a pf. I dont remember if there is a sticker on it that says iron man/ vault eddit. or not. Or if the game would say vault eddition on the back of the cab.
I hate when this stuff happens. selling pfs is turning in to a bad idea for me
Tell him (or if he sees it here) to post pictures of what he's talking about in the Iron Man owner's thread. Maybe we can figure it out over there with owners of all versions of the game active in that thread.
Quoted from Murphdom:Any chance of doing a Canada Dry playfield?
I'm sure Ron will clearcoat one for you, if you send him one. But I doubt he's going to manufacture any. That's not what he does. Only clearcoat.
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