These are made by demand....

Think I would be interested, whats the cost?

Hrm.. If you think you could make one in the next month or so, I would love to use it on my game at York!

Plastic I can do. Not sure about a metal one. Since you are Mr. TZ (more bad ass than Mr. T), what are your thoughts on the size of a metal version? Original length or extra long?

I know you didn't ask me

but since you figured out the preferred length on the plastic, I suggest you make a metal bracket as per the original design. This way there's a choice, and a purist can use the metal bracket and look like the flyer, but the plastic can provide a more unobstructed view of the game

Well, like I mentioned above - if it's going to be that long, metal will not do. It will block the view of possible shots by the bridge diverter dropping the ball, and the left magnet catching the ball.

I have a short piece of metal that I can use, but like the clear of the sign giving a view of the magnet and diverter, while making sure the sign is still visible.

Sorry, Rob, I meant no offense! And you have the best idea. I'll work on making some plastic ones and get them to people first, then work on the design for metal ones as I get the time.

Sounds good!

I was just ribbing you

Bought and metal break to make better bends and working my way through a set.

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I *think* mine arrived from Brasil while I was up in New York. I won't know for sure until i run over to the Post Office this coming Wednesday and pick it up.

You guys ever consider how amazing it is that we can correspond literally across the globe, talk to friends on other continents, who make and mail these tiny pieces of plastic that possibly only the 4 of us care about, to these exacting standards... not to mention the bracket potentially coming from Arizona! Blows my mind sometimes

Completely! I was talking with a colleague about the ideas behind "open innovation" and used this as an example of how it works.

Not to say the original vector pdf that started it all came from South Africa!

That's teamwork dudes

I have the brackets listed in my pinside store: https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1025-professor-pinball/01196-twilight-zone-missing-plastic-bracket-plastic

$7 total ($2 + $5 shipping). I'm only listing 5 to get feedback from people. These are handmade and therefore not perfect in terms of the flatness of the bend. If anyone gets one, hates it, just let me know and I'll refund you. Otherwise, feedback is appreciated.

Also, my shop's shipping is set to default of $5 for US and $20 for international. If anyone international wants one, just PM me and I'll figure out the shipping costs.

Planning to do metal?

Let me know if you see my purchase. I tried to buy one, and before getting fed to Paypal I got an 'Internal Server Error' from Pinside, and then, after I sent the payment with Paypal and was redirected back to Pinside I got another 'Server Error' page.

Eventually, but it may be a while.

It didn't come through. Feel free do check you PP transactions and let me know if you see it. Otherwise try again (and I can refund if I get two orders.)

Heard back from Robin, apparently there's issues with paypal or their api. I DO have the charge in my account, but was asked to wait until PP says they've cleared it up. So, feh.

Mike, has your plastic arrived yet?

Yes!
Just picked it up from the post office today! I have NOT opened it yet, as I have to pretend to work . Will later this evening.

LOL

Just put in my order for the bracket. Did you get it, Eric?

huh... I guess my "order" is already placed, right Eric?

I received it. Thank you.

Yours is already placed! I'm waiting for envelopes to mail it that fit the clear cover for the mini playfield.

Anyone get their plastic brackets installed?

Huh, funny - I JUST sent you a PM.
Got mine up and installed tonight. Sent a PM with feedback.

I won't be able to use it on my game, as the plastic is too top heavy, and causes the plastic to lean forward after a few games and some ball whacks from air balls.

Waiting on my sign; will update as soon as it's good to go! Lots of things are going on the TZ soon

I would love to buy one as well

Got my sign yesterday in the mail, thanks to AlexSMendes and Lyonsden! will be installing today with lyonsden's bracket.. something tells me I don't have the screws though, time to go to the hardware store...

Doing our final 2016 taxes too... yikes.. not much time for pinball today

Anyone have pictures or feedback on installing the plastic bracket? Coyote ? I'd like to see the problems you had as some people are asking for more and I'd like make corrections as needed.

Oh! Sure! I have them on my phone. Gimme a little bit and I'll pull them off!

Okay -
Two pics. I thought I took a lot more, and these came out very star-bursty. I need a new phone, apparently.

Anyways - installation was easy, and the clearness of the bracket was amazing. (I bring this up for a later point.)

The only main issues I had was that since I asked for a long one (as from the picture posted earlier that looked fantastic) the plastic is too thin, and my sign kept leaning forward so much that it was hard to read when playing the game. And I didn't even have the light socket mounted on it. The lean is a little noticeable in the first pic.. the longer it sat, the more it leaned forward.

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I ended up getting my own shorter piece of 'right angle' plastic and used that to mount the sign. It was not NEARLY as nice as @lyonsden's piece, but it worked in a bind for York. The plastic piece I used wasn't as clear as his, and so was a little more noticeable.

All in all, it's a great little 'mod', and if I were to get another from him, I'd ask for a short one. (Another reason I didn't care for the long one was that on my game, it hid a little too much of the area, and that was messing with my shots, oddly enough. Hey, after having the same game for 20+ years.. little things like that can really mess you up! )

This little sign made my game feel 'complete' - it's bothered me since I started reading that article about the Sample TZ games. Great to see it back in action! I just had enough wire to lean my bulb behind the yellow part of the sign, which makes the sign light up, and I think it looks better than just having the bulb dangling out like it normally does.

Thanks Coyote -- yours definitely seems to be 1cm too long. The lean. . . hmm. . . I'll see what I can do about that.

Oh, i should mention that when I mounted it, the other end of the bracket was flush up against the metal ball guide there at the top of the powerfield. So, there was no way for me to move it in any more.

But, yes - it looks fantastic.

Looks like the one on mine sticks out the same length as yours. Just to make sure I'm measuring this correctly, you'd like the right side to be lined up over the middle of the post between the two ramps?

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That looks interesting -
The holes for mounting the sign on your bracket had the right edge of the sign flush against the right edge of the bracket. On yours pictured above, it looks as if your bracket extends to the right a little more.
Yours looks good like that. Mine was over to the right some more than that.

Ain't that a beautiful PF or what?

PS: You need some gumballs...

Couldn't see much difference because of the angles the pics were taken... Looks like pretty much the same to me...

Anyway, you also need some gumballs Coyote , oh, and you need to adjust the upper left flipper rubber as well!

Nope and nope! No mods on my game, and the flipper was adjusted with the hole in the PF. It's solid!

Yeah, but ain't your red rubber a little off? I mean, up?

It is the lamp shade on the mini PF -- it really ties the game together.

It could easily be the variation that happens when I punch the holes (I need a home laser or water cutter). I'll still go for a shorter bracket (10cm vs 11cm) with the next batch.

Oh, psh. That rubber came off and went into the trash shortly after the pic was taken. All new rubbers for the York show.

Isn't a lamp supposed to attach in the upper right gap of this plastic? See the image in the early post in this thread i just quoted.