I'd buy one for my Pinbot

I'm going to call shenanigans and ask people stay supporting Cliffy through the years -

http://www.passionforpinball.com/ballejects.htm

The design looks very familiar

I will not order any of these for one reason. If my wife checks out the credit card charges and sees "nudies" then the balls get put back in the mason jar. It's tough playing pinball with no balls and shooter lane protection would be the last thing I need.

Have you done any extensive wear testing for these? What do they look like after 100 plays or more under their belt?

Maybe they're already there if that's an actual problem.

Can you make these protectors with an extended side so they sit in the shooter lane aswell as the lockout?

Would offer up further protection for the shooter lane as a whole and also differentiate your product a little more from Cliffs protectors, just an idea as I would be interested in a complete shooter lane nudie

If Makrolon is incredibly strong can it be used for plastic protectors?

Your met protector goes right to the edge of the shooter lane and looks to fit perfectly, but the protectors on your xmen & tspp don't seem to cover the edge running into the shooter lane which is what gets hit, is there a reason for this? Or maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks on me?

I'm one of the testers for Nudies (Stern XMENLE/ JJP WOZ). Just had a party last night with ~60 people banging on the games all night (I'm guessing ~30-50 games on each). Nudies look the same as when they were installed.

Here for the nudies.

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That's what I use it for, works great. Mike

They make 3 protectors currently they probably protect a little more of the shooter lane than they need to.

Besides at present your making almost exact copies of cliffys who currently has 100s of protectors/products out that you will be competing with, if you could make a product in the middle of the two not only would you have your own unique product but I would certainly buy one for every game I own!

Have one for Transformers LE?

Excellent video!

Excellent!!

That's what all of my plastic protectors are made of. Have sold hundreds of sets...never a complaint.

That's what I use to make my protector sets.

If you end up making protectors that can also cover the shooter lane itself like those 3 in Germany let me know I'll test and buy them for every game I own.

I'm a dedicated Cliffy customer, but I'm not sure I agree that these are "almost exact copies of cliffys." They have the same function and a very similar design (the ball eject area is a pretty constrained space so it's not like there are hundreds of feasible designs to choose from). But the fact that they're made of a transparent plastic makes a big aesthetic difference. If Cliffy was also making these out of Makrolon it would be a different story, of course. As is, if you want to protect your NIB game and still be able to see your pristine playfield through the protector, this could be a nice alternative (assuming, of course, that the Makrolon holds up to repeated ball drops).

Maybe it is like white vs silver fillings for your cavities. Some like the silver look better?

I have a feeling that flat metal will hold up better than flat plastic...but I guess they can easily be replaced if you like the clear look.

Just to be clear my comment to HankScorpio with regards to "almost exact copies" was a suggestion on how he could maybe set his protectors apart from all the others on the market,

Scroll up and instantly comparisons where made to Cliffy's, the current nudie design is very similar to Cliffy no getting round that and that's not even a negative remark just an observation, if I could get these nudies to cover the eject and the entire shooter lane then now we are talking! I would buy them for all my games, my comment was given only as positive suggestion/feedback on a possible way for HankScorpio to really set these protectors apart from the competition as I think he's onto something awesome with these.

I just don't know if I could be bothered swapping out all my Cliffy's with nudies that are almost identical, however if he could do one that went into the shooter lane like the ones linked above but only in the high impact area (there is no need for the entire length of the shooter to be protected), I would most definitely swap the Cliffys out for them.

Some of the earlier comments were more critical but I should not have read that into yours, so sorry for that! And you make a fair point re: getting people to swap out existing Cliffys for this product -- I wouldn't do that either. In my case I'm eyeing one of these for a NIB Star Wars, so a somewhat different scenario, and I do think there's room in the market for both products.

Like me though, would you remove those Cliffy's if these nudies (so needs a different name ) covered the entire shooter lane including the wood "wall" on the right side of the shooter lane?

That's a tougher call -- for older machines with some existing wear the Cliffys are nice because they hide it! So I tend to think of this as best suited to new/restored games.

I have had Cliffy's on since my games came out the box, so I am a big fan of these as I would love to see those areas I have covered up again, which is why I would love it if HankScorpio could design a complete shooter area protector, would be an awesome product and option to have on the market, especially with NIB sales being at an all time high.

I'd love a full length shooter lane protector for my new cleared playfields!

A flat piece is easy to make. Now one that fits in the shooter lane = Not so easy

Pinball is hard..... great mods are even harder

I would get one for all my games if they were available.

I think they should come in Nude, Black and Fishnet

Fishnet sounds like a winner - corner the market on protectors for Elvira III.

Transparent Protectors
Invisible Protectors (Our Protectors are "Out Of Sight"!)
Clear! Protectors.
or Protection

I try.

Most definitely agree with that
Would snap one up straight away.

What's the difference between Pre- and Post-Spike Sterns and would one of these fit a Goldeneye?