Hi I'm taking pre-orders for a new rush armor that I've designed.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1463-arcade-cabinetscom/08505-pinbawlers-deluxe-armor-pre-order

This is like my normal armor/button wear protectors.
which can be bought for rush at
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1463-arcade-cabinetscom/08017-pinbawlers-flipper-button-wear-protectors-for-rush-
that is they is no adhesive or holes to drill. They are attached by removing the button and placing these on, then re-installing the button.
These are designed to look more like the LE button armor in terms of shape and length.

The final "sheen" may be a bit more glossy, right now they are just a bit "flatter" or more "matte" then the factory stern rails and I"m trying to find a coating that will make them like my normal armor which is a super close match to the stern rails.

The process I use to make these is completely different than the normal armor. Therefore it's more expensive (though WAY cheaper than the $249 + shipping rush armor) and more manual time required so to keep things reasonable I only plan to do these every so often. This is for the "End of may" production run.

These are available in the following designs
Rush
#Foo Fighters
Godzilla
James Bond 007 (Premium)
James Bond 007 (Pro)
Jurassic Park (Premium)
Jurassic Park (Pro)
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just added 007/spectre for the new bond

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While I"m at it I might as well add Jurassic Park in the mix. I've added JP to the pre-order, I don't have a sample yet but if people want it I"ll make it the same triangle design as 007 and add the JP T-rex in that I use in my normal JP protectors (see attached picture) but make it as large as can fit, and I'll do red or reflective silver as the background.

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heres' the actual sheen, color, sheen and texture that they all will have.

Godzilla final prototype/serial #0001

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update I put together a JP on the actual material, here it is

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So my godzillas are officially "ready for production" I've spent about $200 in materials on testing and making tweeks and they are ready for me to start making once the pre-order is over. Here's an installation video and you can see how they look on godzilla

3 lucky people that had the first orders will actually be receiving theirs soon as with my $200 of test materials I had enough left over once I was done tweaking to make a few sets to send out.

It not to late to get in the may 2023 pre-order

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nice! I think you'll be very happy with them, those who know me well know I'm a "bit" (where "bit" means "ALOT") picky and obsessive about things. so I try to make things as perfect as possible. yours is one of the 3 that will ship soon. I just have to laser cut some cardboard inserts to give yours good protection in shipping and get it shipped out. I am going to try my best to do that tonight.

-brian

I might be able to do something like that. are you looking for the whole length of the rail with the strings all the way down or something just like the axe itself. It will probably be a month or so though before I can try.

Give me a shout in a month or so and I'll see what I can do.

that said anyone else that's looking for other games I can do special requests like this.

gotcha, yeah I can definitely do something like that. remind me in 3-4 weeks and I"ll design something.

thanks for your interest!

-brian

some people say I'm obsessive... they are not wrong. I say if your going to do something do it right. good simple/smart engineering, good quality, give people value for their hard earned money (even if they have enough to spend 7-14K on a pinball game.. it doesn't give you an excuse to cheese out) take pride in all the details of your work, even packaging... yes these are laser cut inserts to protect these as best as possible.
Is it cheaper (time wise)? to just slap it in between two pieces of cardboard... sure, but taking a shortcut always ends up costing you in the end.

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hah. yes. lol

will do I actually have Spidey also (red) so I almost certainly will make those eventually. I was just thinking about that yesterday actually

Anyone that wants one please get your orders in. I’ve made a couple of the Godzilla pre oreders from extra material left over from my prototyping and shipped those out. But I plan on ending the pre order midnight on Monday the 29th (memorial day) so I can place the material order and hopefully get it in time for the following weekend so I can start making them

The final version for Rush, jurassic park and 007 are done. Each of these sets will ship this week. to the first person that pre-ordered the respective sets.

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I'm going to add the "Avengers" "A" deluxe armor with the "A" logo with inserts in reflective silver, gold or yellow to the pre-order.
I don't have a design yet but they will look "more or less" like the Stern ones. once I have a design I'll post them but you can get an idea
I'll probalby use the same shape as the JP and just replace the t-rex with the avengers "A"

oh nice pinfidel, thank you so much for adding those pics! you should be a profession photographer, beautiful shots!

lol did the sterns wear off?!? in that case mine are officially better than the Sterns!
While the insert is a good solid vinyl which probably wouldn't wear off (it's not paint etc) it's also covered by a sheet of thin clear acrylic just in case. Basically I put the equivalent of those old school "overhead projector" sheets over it.

but seriously I cannot believe at $300 they didn't bother to have the forethough to make something specifically designed to deal with and protect the game from fingerprints... from fingerprints itself.

Good point I should add that to the shop page as that's a good thing for people to know. thanks!

ccbiggsoo7 for spiderman, what do you think of a custom raised web like I'm doing here for Elvira HoH?

or are you more interested in something cut into the armor and more similar to the Stern armor.

I kind of like this elvira one more than the Stern spiderman armor but would love to get other Spiderman owners opinions

I think something like this (thought I'm still working on the web shape and placement, with maybe the spiderman logo in the center area on the web that is a little more sparce.

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TheCnyPinGuy and Aflacjack thank you so much for the kind words!

I think I will also start a spiderman interest thread. there probably will be less interest in that as it's 15+ years old but I have one and it desperately wants more "interesting" armor than the generic rails I have. I'm probably going to add a little red spider like the photos below, and use my more angular design like I use on Jurassic park and make the spiderweb more angular too. I just threw a little red spider on elvira.. For elvira I also have a couple additions I will make in a couple days to round it out. I've also got to fix that web more.
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So I had some time today and put together a Spider-Man deluxe armor prototype since it was pretty easy since I already was doing something similar with Elvira.

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for those interested in the Spiderman armor I started a new interest thread just for discussing this armor and gauging interest and determining which design I should go with (I have two competing prototypes right now)

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-spiderman-deluxe-armor-interest-thread

I probably will also do a munsters as it's basically the same but I have a different idea for the webbing on munsters, mroe like elvira.

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Just added Elvira with 2 variations to the pre-order (normal and "caught in the web")

as well as an avengers with multiple color options.

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Just a reminder the pre-order ends today (monday 5/29) at midnight. after that if I have any leftover material after the pre-orders are done I might make them available for on demand purchase while the material lasts but the prices will be higher.

I will probably do another pre-order at the end of June or July since this is my first pre-order and people will be able to see what they are like from the people receiving theirs. After that I probably will only do a it a few time a year or maybe on "new pinball releases"

thanks for the input, that seem to be the consensus in both which looks better and spideys already have the lollipop rails. lol... I'm dumb.
(to be fair it's 15 years and I used to put lollipop rails on any game that came without them, so I couldn't remember)

thank you so much for the feedback!

Thanks for the kind words. and yes I will make an Iron Maiden, I'm not an artist and I really wanted to do Iron Maiden justice with some Eddie armor as I'm a fan. I have a friend whos a graphics illustrator and artist that's also an maiden fan and I was hoping he'd design me some artwork and split the proceeds, unfortunately he's been super busy. My wife is an artist (hobby) and she might take a shot at it. I really want to do Eddie justice with this one.

so it will hopefully happen just a matter of "When"

I designed these myself with some help from similar "Easy to draw/replicate" pictures I saw on the Internet that I used as inspiration redrew by hand and modified for the "lollipop versions" not the "deLuxE" but if you need some now you can order these and I'll even credit the cost (not including shipping) towards the "deLuxE" if/when I make them. I actually have these in a magnet form on my IDMN as I had put the generic full armor lollipops on mine back in 2018 when I got my IMDN.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1463-arcade-cabinetscom/08336--pinbawlers-flipper-button-wear-protectors-for-iron-maiden

so basically if you want these now buy them and if/when I make a DeLuxE just message me the date you bought them and I'll check my records and give you a $45 discount towards the purchase of the DeLuXe IDMN armor, that way you can get protection now and not have to worry about wasting money buying these just to buy deluxe ones whenever. your only real cost is the $5 shipping charge.

My wife wanted to try her hands at a design so I suggested she try doing an Iron Maiden. Here's the results. This will be available in the July Pre-order which ends July 10th!

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1463-arcade-cabinetscom/08505-pinbawlers-deluxe-armor-pre-order-july

I can do the 2nd color in silver (shown), gold or yellow (or if you want a different color let me know)

if your interested get your orders in.

happy 4th of July everyone!

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