Picked up TA #61 last week and have been busy getting it up and running. Power supply was no good, and apparently the new xPin one I bought was no good either. So I wired in a 5v phone charger to the 5v test point, and was able to get a few plays in last night. I have a lot more work to do, but I'm really liking the game so far. I think I am going to eventually work on figuring out how to wire in a shaker motor.

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I have been playing around with making some clear protectors for my mine to cut down on some of the air balls. The blue targets seemed to send the ball flying (even after adjustment), which is a great way to destroy the mountains. I'll report back with the long term results. Seems to be working so far in early testing. I replaced all the flipper coils on mine and rebuilt the flipper assemblies over the weekend...it really made the game play a lot faster, but also makes me fear destroying the machine when the balls lift off.

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Just an FYI, the two smallest caps in the 5v circuit (C2 and C7 I think) are usually the ones that cause the most issues. But since you are doing them all, you're all good. The two big ones next to each other are for the high voltage side (display). If you put an LED display in, you don't even need them.

There was just one listed on here in the New England area.

It was on Pinside, but it looks to have already sold. https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/50673

I wouldn't sell mine for $2500 right now.

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For those of you with cracked mountains, what would you pay for a reproduction set? They would be properly painted, but not have decals unfortunately.

It would be the plastic and mountain all in one piece like the original. I believe these were cast in some kind of mold, given the detail and texture of the outside surface. It may take a few tries, but I have some ideas on how it can be done. I could try vacuum forming them, but I'm afraid the rock detail will not come out at all in 1/8" thick material. Detail may show up in thinner material, but then you run the risk of breakage. The wheels are turning, and I plan to have a solution this winter.

Even if you have no plans for repro, I would seriously consider having someone scan those plastics and save the files somewhere. There cannot be many sets of NOS plastics left out there for a machine that only had 1002 made. Congrats on the great find!

I have mine listed for sale, but im not in a hurry to sell. How many sets of mountains do you think would sell for this? 5? 50? They only made 1002 of them.

I would probably need to do all 3...then I could paint them and have them match. Not sure about the painted text though. I will have to pull mine off and study it a bit tonight. I'm not totally sure its a vac formed part...it almost appears to be some kind of cast clear resin.

Okay I pulled my set off. Definitely vac formed. They started with 1/8" material, but at the bottom of the mold, where they all break, its only .003"-.004". Check out the difference in material thickness from top left to bottom right on the closeup. I'd love to make them thicker, but that could cause mounting issues. I think if I used a plug, I could probably thicken up those bad areas a bit. There are some other considerations I need to work out also, as these would be female molds. I do not have a lot of experience with them, and it may be a lot of trial and error.

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I am working on these as soon as I get done running Road Show and Road Kings ramps. I am about 2/3 of the way there now. I especially need to get these done so I can actually sell my TA soon.

I've had my fun with it, and I only have room for so many games. Time for something new!

Have not gotten to them yet...Busy last few weeks and I have a large order of ramps I am finishing up soon hopefully. I probably will not be working as hard on ramps in September due to the weather being so great here this time of year. In July I was working 45-50 hours a week at my day job and then coming home and doing another 30+ hours a week on ramps. I'll probably be at about 1/2 to 1/3 of that until the weather gets crappy.

The Torpedo Alley Mountain Update can be read here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ramp-o-matic-ramp-thread/page/4#post-5868121

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Doing some test fitting:

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Blue displays looked great in my machine, and beat the hell out of the nasty orange factory displays that were shot. To each their own, I guess....

I read somewhere than half the TA's initially went overseas right off the bat. But who knows how many have gone back and forth since then. For being relatively rare, I have seen them come up for sale more often than they should in my region. Maybe 2 a year?

Thanks Colson!!

Pretty sure that is my old game with some tweaks on it...if it isn't, its darn close!

Okay, yeah...not mine. I sold mine to someone near Fredrick. Has my mountains though!

You have some nice new mountains headed your way today too...thank you!