Could you link to the ones you bought?

I never used to have this problem until I found the white plastic side piece on that ramp was missing a screw and I fixed it. Now I get a lot of left ramp rejects.

Try this...
https://www.titanpinball.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52

Center weld mount A-18000. The bluto ball trough. I think mine needs replaced, so yes I would want one too. Did any one find a seller for this item? I have seen some cliffys come up for sale too. I think that was on ebay though. I would probably do both at same time.

Hello Folks. I am a owner of a Popeye and I like it

Great game. I have owned mine for many years. Still enjoying it.

Popeye pinball topper.

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I believe now that this was done on purpose to eliminate or reduce left ramp rejects. It's worth a shot. Back out the left side screw to lift up the left side of the ramp.

Beat the Wizard mode today, collecting the Olive Super Jackpot. Love Popeye.

Hope someone digs up old code that had the Mutant Spinach Multiball, or writes their own, and adds a few more fixes or little extra modes one day.

One thought on how Popeye should be set up:

Tilt bob should be set either some way down, or entirely without a bob; depends how solid your legs and how much the feet slide etc. Reason being that the combination of Lightning Flippers, brutal outlanes (left particularly), possible SDTM drains from the jab targets, and the machine playing really fast significantly contribute to some very short ball times & people not liking it. IMO you have to actively nudge a lot to have success and to enjoy it.

I have just done a shop out on my Popeye and I can strongly recommend anyone who own a Popeye to replace the Animal Ramp with one of the transparent ramps from Pinballlife.

I used the transparent blue one, and it fixes a common and reasonable complaint that you cannot see the left outlane area at all with the factory opaque blue animal ramp.

I only wish it was even a bit more transparent than it is.

RussMyers

Popeye's Pipe lamp in the backbox?

This will light during Lamp Test, but never seems to light up during game play, not when Extra Ball is lit, or when I have collected an Extra Ball.

Any ideas?

RussMyers

The "porthole" upper playfield window

POPEYE (Bally) Window
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Has anyone ever reproduced this?

Has anyone had good success polishing the scratches out or flame polishing it?

I would love mine to look clear and new again.

RussMyers

Russ,
I looked long and hard for a replacement for that window and had no success. I found a replacement from a parted out game overseas. I used one of those headlight polishing kits attached to a cordless drill along with novus 2 and it helped to polish it up nicely. Maybe give that a try.

Robert

I have not seen one of those for sale in the last 5 years. I wish I had bought one. I just polish mine about every 3 years it turns out good, with novus.

I recently picked up a semi populated mini playfield. I think the window is pretty good in it - I'll have to have a closer look when I get a minute.

Can any other Popeye owners confirm the function of the controlled lamps in the backbox:

The Swee-Pea Star
The Jeep's Tail
Popeye's Pipe

Do these ever come on during gameplay and if so, under what conditions?

Thanks,

RussMyers

These three lights are on all the time on my game.

Looks great !

Welcome aboard the good ship Popeye ! Such a misunderstood and under rated game.

EDIT - If you are new to Popeye then check out the Guide I spent a stupid number of hours writing

https://papa.org/wp-content/uploads/Popeye.pdf

i just bought a 3d bluto head to replace the flat plastic that came with my machine. It doesn’t seem to fit though. Can anyone take pics or post how they installed theirs?

Also, has anyone has success with whitening the life preservers? Mine are yellow.

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I think it might be due to the plastic where it connects in. Does yours look like this? Specifically the plastic on the left with the holes.

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Here’s a pic of mine a while back. Not sure if the plastic is broken or is meant to be this way.

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It looks like they may have changed the design of the plastic holes. Mine is “closed” which is preventing me from sliding the head back to the holes. Only thing I can think of is cut the plastic but obviously would prefer not to do that.

Anyone have any luck trying to whiten the plastic life preservers?

I had to put the head in diagonally and then straighten it out with one side already in.

Any recommendations on how to fill and color this divot in the playfield? Trying to prevent it from getting any worse.

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Mine looks like this. No problem at all fitting the head.

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Here's a pic of a machine with the flat head fitted - same design plastics

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However the flyer shows slightly different design ??? So we could be looking at 3 variants ? Looking at online pics the most common I see are the design on my machine

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I think Ive is right. Midway must have changed the design as they transitioned from the 3d head to the flat plastic face. The repro head I just bought is made of thick rigid plastic that is difficult to flex. The originals look like they were rubber/latex and have much more willingness to bend to get it in position.

Installed, thx everyone.

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That's correct

Interesting ..... NOS apparently. Never seen a white one before

https://www.pinballlife.com/popeye-exit-ramp-assembly-opaque-white.html

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Common problem. I cut a Lexan plastic to cover that area, and used a combination of velcro (near the front) and a screw (at the back) to hold it down. But I would still get ramp rejects when the ball would bounce up and hit it. When I got the game, the post screw on the left side of the ramp was backed way out, and I didn't know why so I tightened it back down. But months later it dawned on me that the reason was to create a bank for the ramp. I never tried changing it back and no longer have the game, but I would suggest trying it. The ramp flap will come up a little bit off the playfield but I don't believe enough to be a problem.

I put a piece of peel and stick foam back there to add some height to the ramp. On the upkicker problem the ball is not resting in the in slot on the bracket that holds the ball at correct angle on the vuk bracket. Bend the bracket slightly. So the ball sets at at slight angle. Yes, it truly is a great underrated game.

Interesting. Hadn't seen that before. Thanks for posting.

EDIT - Just found all the Service Bulletins on Pinwiki
http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_WPC#Service_Bulletins

That's a great link. Lots of good stuff

My upper playfield has no lean to it.

Upper playfield should be level. Something is not right with yours.

Check to see if your LEFT side rail is cracked anywhere. The rails Midway used have finger-joints in them that may come apart. If this happens, the rear corners will sag, thus creating a lean at the backboard to whichever side has the crack(s). replacing them will correct any mis-alignment with the upper PF since its attached to the backboard. This happened to my Indiana Jones. see images.
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Hi,

I'm new to the club. Picked up Popeye last weekend and got some questions:

1. Is 02-4660 the correct post for the outlanes? Mine are missing.
2. My animal ramp seems to be slightly tilted towards the inside. Is this normal? It suspect that maybe the posts holding it on the outside are wrong. Could somebody measure the distance between the siderail and the point where the post is attached to the ramp?
3. What do you use to clean/polish the window in the upper playfield? Novus 2?
4. My translite has some small holes. Anybody knows where/if there is a replacement available?
5. Same with the lockjaw, it's pretty beat up. Anybody knows of an replacement?
6. I set my playfield to 6,3°. Which angle do you have set yours to?

regards

Nikolai

I would consider taking them off, cleaning, spray with Plasitkote (or similar plastic-binding spray paint) gloss white, and the hand-paint the letters back on.

RM

Hi,

Does anyone have the part number and/or a pic of the light bracket behind Bluto's nose? I've replaced 'flat' bluto with the 3d version but there's no light bracket and the wires have been tied back. Any help would be appreciated.

Eddie.

I think I’ve got one you can have. I’ll have a look in my parts in the next few days get back to you.
Update
I had to find a part for the swords of fury I’m working on and had a look for the Bluto flasher bracket. Bingo!
Pm me your details and I’ll send it to you.
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