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Mine has a couple playfield issues, you can see one in the pic I posted, right next to the mirror. Looks like it was cut trying to install or trim the mylar. There is another spot near the left sling other than that its decent, couple inserts the mylar is cloudy but they are not lifted enough to effect the ball. I've considered trying to pull the mylar because I would love to clear coat it, this thread makes it obvious I would be in way over my head. I did pull it apart sand, fill and paint the cabinet black then decal it. Have to say if your cabinet is showing its age this is the way to go. It came out awesome with the detail on PotO repainting would be a lot of skilled work and with the decals it looks brand new. Mine plays lightning fast I considered maybe putting weaker coils in because the ball does bounce around on occasion but with the Organ is so steep you kinda need the power. One other little thing, I found a batch of like bad acorn nuts at Home Depot they are like an off color, in the bin there was the super chrome ones and then a few that had slightly discolored and gone a little bronze. You can see the off color ones really well on the left side of the pic above the brown plastic. I was super happy to find them the look just a little old and fit the theme well.

Painting the details of the gold was just out of the question for me. My cabinet was rough it had a game of X and O carved in one side, it had been touched up and in a row of pins you would never see it. That side showed in my set up and the light caught the depth and it drove me crazy. For the quality your doing totally agree paint is the way to go. If you an average guy the decals give you a very nice players pin.

You are serious about the dishwasher? I had no idea you could do that, please post an after picture.

Since I mentioned the decal I figured I'ld post a couple pics. Sorry to invade you restore thread but it's kinda becoming the PotO club
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Amazing work!

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Where do you guys buy Mylar, I just got my Mirror door fixed and a new sticker on it, would like to put something over it to protect it? Can you just get it a craft shop?

I just bought a copy of the manual, I could scan the pages, but the fold out schematics wont fit in my scanner.

Anyone know how to upload a manual to ipdb? Now that I have the complete pdf it would be get it out there.

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Look at that playfield!!

Looks amazing how many hours does it take to paint the playfield?

Love to see it in red but wouldn't gamble myself.

Sign me up, my play field is probably above average and I would love a CPR.

Wow, those LEDs are a rainbow puke horror show and I'm not against LEDs all my pins have them.

I take it you grabbed the NOS playfield, I tried for it but I hope it was you that beat me to it. Goodluck with this project.

I hope CPR does a run, I'll buy one for sure.

Please send it to CPR so I can buy a new PF

I'm so jealous!

Any chance of a scan of your NOS one for the hardtop guys? Did CPR scan it and any word on them doing a run?

I think it's just import to preserve it, I think a hardtop would be a lifesaver for lots of old Phantoms out there. CPR are amazing but so limited and hard to get. Hardtop could be made to order, I dunno if they are but I think it's way less to make them. I agree hardtop is nowhere near a CPR but beggars can't be chooses and all that.

I mean preserve it as art for everyone not this specific playfield. I mean for all the people with Phantoms with all the gold paint worn off. Preserve this one digitally so one day maybe they can get a hard top or a CPR if either is ever available. I love Phantom but its a low dollar pin, if I had the choice between CPR and a Hardtop I would probable go CPR but it would be a bad decision finacially. If I think about it logically for a pin in the Phantom price point Hardtop is probable the smart play. Then again it might not even be possible as a hardtop with all that gold.

You're preaching to the choir, I'm into mine for way more than I should be but I'll never sell it anyway. It's my personal favorite. I just want to see as many get saved as possible. I think for those that don't have love the pin hardtop is the way to go.

Mine has blue flasher towers at the back, lots of pics online have blue as well so I assume at least some came this way. I think it matches the theme and looks like lightning when they fire. The orange looks off to me.

I used brass post caps on everything except the flasher towers the white blended better with the stickers on the ramp.

They are not actually brass. I was in home depot and in the bin of caps I saw a bunch that were not silver. They had this slightly tarnished antique brass look to them so I grabbed them. I think they must have just had some impurity or flaw in the metal during manufacture. I'll have to snap a couple of pics tonight when I'm off work.

Anyone else out there with blue? Mine cant be the only one.

Here is a couple of pics they are kinda an off coloured chrome. The blue cap has regular silver.

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I have it, I just take all that stuff off in my pins at home. The ball never gets stuck any way and if it does all my games have thumb locks so it's not an issue. It's not like I'm losing revenue or have to run out somewhere because the ball is hung up.

I posted a couple of items in the Phantom club if anyone might need them.

Where did you order the magic mirror assembly?

I have never even imagined that people replace every part with NOS. What your doing is on a different level, more of a fanatics restore. Like those cars that ever single bolt is polished and painted and guys jack up the car anytime the wheels get out of sync.

Mine does and yes they are janky. I took them out thinking they look crappy but the door doesn’t clear without them. You will need something as a spacer.

I played with the lights in my back glass a lot. I also used a little electrical tape near his right temple and his right jaw line so the mask is not transparent in those spots. You can see the two spots in the picture above. I used a couple of LEDs for the reflection in the mirror but actually had to pull a couple incandescents out just to get the effect perfect. I do have LEDs in the eyes and also a little tape there so they light up oval and not square.

Man that's a bummer, its fixable though, better that than a chip out of the ramp.

Those caps cleaned up great they look brand new.

I fiddled with mine a lot to get it lit right. I put tape on the wooden squares for the eyes and cut it the same shape as backglass eyes.

Damn, they look great, I'll take three if your selling extras.

I'll take a set of cards as well.

Most people figure eight the rubber to make room, just lift it off the back post and give it a half twist. You can also pinch the little metal tab on the top of left post of the mirror so mirror will be more straight up and down.

Looks like your missing a wire form. Mine isn't completely stock as someone added a screw to hold the wireform and I added some rubber to stop the balls from sometimes stacking on top of each other.

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