What are some of the oldest titles available?

Curious because I have a few late 50s and several early 60s Williams games. I'm a big fan because those are the best games from that era I have owned or played.

I'll be specific.

If you come across either of these-

1957 Arrow Head
1959 Rocket

Those would go great with the nice examples I have of those games. Like most Williams of that era, they are both very rare.

Thanks! I'm all for keeping Williams history alive. Harry was a genius. And supposedly a super nice man.

I call dibs on Wizard Blocks!
Oh and Blackout

Is Pinball Circus in there?? Any of the super weird novelty games of Williams would interest me.

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Very cool!

Well it would be nice to have a digital archive of these docs in addition to them going to people’s private collections.

If you buy one do you have any reproduction rights for the document?

Ok makes me feel better that these are scanned. 1954 Spitfire or 1964 Heatwave I’m interested!

Neat that you can do this. If you have any from Scared Stiff (SS) in there, please keep me in mind!

if you have some available for newer games ......i would be interested in the one for rudy's head from funhouse

This is pretty cool

Sure glad I beat you to Arrow Head and Rocket.

These belong in a museum...

Everyone that saves, collects, and restores old games has a museum of sorts. And we are the caretakers.

I’m in for Theatre of Magic

Any midway compressor gun game stuff?

Interested in bsd, afm, tz and wh20

Are you selling the "original blueprints" or copies of the original blueprints? Some of what is said above makes it sound like you are selling the original blueprints yet other comments make it sound like you are selling copies of the original blueprints.

If you are selling the original blueprints I don't understand why you would need permission from Planetary Pinball to sell them. People don't need permission to sell machines they own how are blueprints any different. On the other hand if you are selling copies of the original blueprints I fully understand needing the OK from Planetary Pinball.

Just curious!

I guess what I am getting at is if you sell one of these is that the only one that will be getting sold or will more than one copy of each be available? So it we are talking about a specific blueprint will you be keeping that "original" and making other blueprints from that or will the only copy of that print be the one that is getting sold?

Like selling prints of a painting - there would be move value to the original painting then a numbered copy of that painting.

I get the part about Intellectual Property rights but if you are selling the originals and own them and selling them as art I don't see how Planetary Pinball needs to be involved. It isn't like you are selling these so people can product a couple of that part and even if you were it is easy enough to copy an original part you don't need blueprints to do that.

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This sounds very intriguing to me. Unfortunately my reality is that any of the cool pieces that I’d like will probably be too expensive.

My rule with art is that you should never buy art that you can live with, you should only buy art that you can’t live without.

Can you just sell the Mr. Personality autograph cards individually?

Cant find coffin mech on Ebay or Pinside marketplace. Where did you list it?
Need to see the Pinball circus stuff and how do i bid on it?

https://ebay.com/usr/pinballvault

Auctions start at 9:15

Anything available from Olympic Hockey or Grand Prix!? I own both and would love a drawing for the wall!!

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I think what everyone asking for "special request" needs to understand is going through something like these drawings takes a ton of time. The seller can't page through hundreds or even thousands of blueprints looking for specific items just because someone wants that item. I have the same issue selling used parts. People just don't understand what it is like having thousands of items to dig through trying to find something specific just because someone happens to want it. Give the guy a chance!

I know nothing about this seller but I do know what it is like to be flooded with emails once someone finds out you have something for sale they might want. Put yourself into his shoes and just give him a little time to get things off the ground!

Anything from STTNG?

As to the question as to whether the blueprint is an original or a copy, here's my 2 cent's from a person that has been making drawings every day for many years now.

For the older blueprints (say ones before 1990), if the lines on the drawing are actually graphite / pencil (or in the case of Mylar, ink) these would be the original drawings. You can also look for evidence of erasing and light, layout lines too. These are the drawings that the draftsman created first on the drafting table. This drawing would then go to the blueprint machine where multiple, full-sized copies would be made from it to be given to the machine shop or outside suppliers. The lines on the blueprint will all have a "bluish" tint to them (hence the name blueprint) due to the copying process.

For drawings created after the early, mid 90's, these would have been created by CADD computer programs (Computer Aided Drafting / Design). The original drawings are created and stored in the computer and printed using a plotter (essentially a huge printer capable of printing drawings up to 36"wide from a long roll of paper). Drawings printed this way will have black lines (not blue) with a very crisp, well defined appearance.

Another way to tell hand made drawings from CADD drawings is the text in notes and dimensions. If it looks perfect, then it's probably computer drawn. Drafters used to pride themselves on their lettering skills and there were machines and tricks that you could use to help keep things consistent but the computer took care of that automatically.

This is just the Readers Digest version of the process and it varies from company to company when they switched from hand drafting to CADD and which reproduction process they used. I haven't seen the drawings that the OP is selling so this isn't a comment on them, just some general background.

I'm glad to see that these little pieces of history have been saved and I'll be watching the auctions for interesting items.

Yea except they'll sit in private collections collecting dust rather than be available to all.

I’d be interested in The Getaway designs, especially the Supercharger.

OK, shipping is reasonable for others

That isn't unreasonable. Keep in mind that ebay takes 10% of the shipping price. Then also include the cost of packing materials & the label. Those aren't free.

So, after ebay's cut of $1.41, it's $12.79. USPS Medium flat rate is currently $12.80 with a discount.

From what I can tell, these are Engineering C sized plans (17" x 22"). Roll them on the 17" side and you're looking at an 18"-20" long x 2" diameter tube. Given such, with the cost of $8.55 USPS first class mail to US destination and $2 per tube when buying in 50 of them in bulk from Amazon, you at about $12 including E-Bay fee. Add the cost of packing tape, printing a label, and fuel to take it to the post office, and he might, just might, be making $1 for his handling time to do all of this.

Might vary by location, I'm seeing $11.20 for each item.

This is an interesting idea. If Someone bought a very desirable original, say a popular playfield design and wanted to be able to make poster replicas from that drawing and resell them, would it be difficult to get the license to do so? Some of these pieces really should be copied like an oil painting getting prints done. Make 1000 copies and let everyone enjoy the artwork.

Williams started using Autocad in '87.

Its $13 to me, although I'm not really seeing anything listed that's really jumping out at me. Don't get me wrong, they could be kinda cool, it will really depend on the item that's drawn out. Drawings of an assembly or ramp are probably not gong to be highly sought after.

I think the best use would be to mount in a nice frame and hang in the game room. Could also add some value if you owned the pin it was for when selling.

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This is really cool. Following!