Awww man! I was hoping Supersonic would squeak into the new 5 titles with its simple graphics. Or High Speed... Oh well, I still have a feeling both will make it to the presses someday, and I'm nothing if not patient.

So glad y'all are making this product and I can't wait to order and install my first!

Yopp.

Is that Whistler's Mother?
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Since this is the place to put suggestions. I have one that I haven’t seen listed here that would probably sell well: Captain Fantastic.

They made over 16,000 of them, and most I’ve seen have cupped inserts and the PF has been worn to the wood down the center and near the drop targets.

I just received my High Speed (it's beautimus!) and I'm looking forward to getting it installed. It will replace an awful, bubbling vinyl overlay that I made the mistake of using about a year ago.

Good luck with the retool. I for one will be patiently waiting to see what comes out of your shop later this year.

Actually y'all are pretty awesome too. Making these old workhorses beautiful again is a commendable effort. For us that like to restore them, your product saves us time and money and does a great job of bulletproofing the PF for the foreseeable future.

Yopp.

If I ever get around to restoring my second Firepower I'm going to hardtop the crap out of that thing. Meanwhile I patiently await any word on Supersonic (I made the mistake of putting a vinyl overlay on it. Bubble city!)

PS- if you need someone to redraw SS, it's so simple I can do it with crayon and Sharpie- no problem...

I'm hoping for a Captain Fantastic as well some day, but wonder if it would suffer from the same inflation issue that Kiss would (a large royalty payment to Elton).

My original vote on the poll was for Supersonic because I have one of those to resto, but I bought a Grand Lizard yesterday with a blown out playfield, so I'd like to "+1" for that machine as well!

Adhesion is a problem. Unless there is a clear adhesive that could be added to the bottom of the protector this solution would be the same as the floating "lexan protector" offered by others.

I've put clear lexan protectors down on several machines and if it's not secured to playfield the pillowing effect of that thin layer of air adds the tiniest bit of friction and slows the ball. Case in point, Firepower with a simple protector- the top lock shot with any kind of slope becomes very difficult. Case #2- High Speed with a simple protector, the outer loop shot becomes almost impossible. It's a 1 out of 20 shot maybe and that's even with decreased slop.

I'm sure they'll get there. I'll be purchasing a Grand Lizard HT as well once available. In order to enhance my patience, I hid it way in the back of my storage area, right behind Supersonic (which also, waiting for a HT).

The poll numbers would suggest that SOF would and should be farther down the list:
High Speed- 133 (done)
Eight Ball Deluxe- 104 (done)
Pinbot- 99 (soon)
Firepower- 95 (done)
Grand Lizard- 59 (nothing announced)
SOF- 58 (nothing announced, hopefully they'll think about it right after Grand Lizard)

The only outlier that I can see re:production queue is Mata Hari, which was created quite early considering it only got 39 votes in the poll.

Just be glad you're not sitting on a lowly Supersonic with a vote total of 29. I'll be dusty by the time that one gets squeezed out! (which is A.O.K. with me. I'm just glad they are making these things for us, in whichever order they see fit).

My supersonic was in terrible shape (not just missing artwork, but deep gouges as well). I filled it all in and sanded it smooth, then placed one of those vinyl overlays you see on eBay. Of course it bubbled up and warped in short order like the piece of sh!t that it is. I had to then create a custom Lexan protector for the overlay but I’m still not happy with the entire mess. In the case of this particular title the artwork is so simple I’ve considered pulling the protector and the overlay, sanding it smooth again and setting it up on an easel in front of the TV. Then I’ll fire up an old episode of Bob Ross and try to paint the same scene he is painting directly on the playfield (while making it fit the weird dimensions of course). Or maybe I’ll just wait.

Artwork-wise, it’s just geometric shapes. Very simple artwork. I believe that is what he is alluding to.

Assuming that it would need to be protected, I did. Of course there was nothing that came with it suggesting that I shouldn't (which I would've adhered to). But all is well, I'll get it back into shape eventually.

Is that an original Lizard's head? I have a hardtop that I'll be installing eventually, but the head on mine is beat to shit! Hoping to find a better example out there somewere.

Now that Gorgar has been announced, my prediction for the next release: Supersonic." (I'm going to keep doing this until it's true).

I did a time lapse of all the work I did to my SS, but the crappy vinyl sticker I put down is completely jacked (my fault most likely because I sprayed it with poly). So I can’t wait to be able to “get it right!”

Drywall bit. Then I'll do the cleanup/finish with xacto knife.

I did this ONE timelapse of a start to finish resto. That was the last time I took the time to do all that setup. Usually I'll just cover a small thing here and there, or a final reveal along with some rules.

I just read an article online that currently there is a whole new series of SUPERSONIC passenger jets in the works. Anyway, that got me to thinking...

Supersonic! (Rockin' yo world)

First HT install. Before and after.
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I’ve got 3 more in the box and waiting to be installed:
High Speed, Firepower, Grand Lizard

Awaiting release of: Supersonic