Hopers gotta hope.

Of your Sterns, where do you rank your Big Game. Of your collection, where does your Big Game stand?

I would also like a star gazer. And I WOULD spend good money on it. And I would import from US. Someone offer their stargazer to me please.

Just got this Stingray going again.

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A seawitch with improved geometry and new style drops would be excellent if it wasn't at the rumored price

Really want a Quicksilver. Willing to pay too much money.

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One of these days I need to dig out my Freefall and get it going. I've never played one. It's been in my project queue for a couple years and I think that's too long.

Freefall is fun an unique but as far as classic Stern wide body games go, it's NOT one of the best. Kind of reminds me of Viper. Very unique and fun, but only once in a while.

Anyone hoping for Freefall plastics to get made?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/stern-freefall-plastic-set-interest-check

Can’t you just order them from CPR with their new system?

Not sure. From what I understand as long as they have a donor set, glass, or playfield, of something they do not already have, they can make it. Maybe I understood wrong.

picked up a few project sterns this past weekend. Not looking to sell anything at this point. Just thought I would share pics.

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You hit the motherload!

Nice freakin haul!

Wow...very nice!@

Good Lord!

psychic hotline

Honestly, networking with other collectors is probably the best resource.

Brenna98 was in my town last week for business. He contacted me and was invited to come by and play my pins. We had good conversations about the pins we have and the pins we want. The subject of a group of pins that sold on Ebay came up.

Two years ago there was an Ebay auction for 30-40 pinball machines selling as one lot from a business in Chattanooga Tennessee. These pins are from that auction. I was trying desperately to get my hands on that Quicksilver. After the Ebay auction they all disappeared. Brenna and I got to talking about them and he knew where they were. I don't how he knew but he knew. And the pin gods finally blew the magic dust his way.

And I was happy to find one Nine Ball

Yes, it is. How about you sharing with us your scooped 'em up and dragged them home" story? All except the Nugent

I apologize if this has been posted, but here is a thread to make you cry.

I was lucky enough to get one of them, but in hindsight, I would have had the $ in his hands faster than a flick of the wrist.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/my-entire-classic-stern-mpu-200-collection-4-sale

If there were any extra just Stern aprons out there I still need one for my Star Gazer project unless you are making those in the near future!

I would love to make Stern aprons. Looks like Mitch needs a correct one for a quicksilver. Looks like he's got a meteor in there.

Trouble is, there are decals available for these. So, people usually paint/apply and call it good. This has kept my requests for repros low.
I think I have enough hands raised to justify metal tooling. I'll talk to merfeldma again to see if this can happen.

I have your Fathom and centaur and would love to continue to support your efforts.

I made an offer on his Star Gazer. It had a beautifully restored playfield, except for one font issue in the bonus multiplier tree which didn't make any sense. But it had damage from sitting on it's back in water. Seller did not include any photos that showed the damage to the cabinet and playfield -- no pictures of the back and the only shots of the inside were taken from the coin door.

I found another album containing pics of the game when he got it. These pics clearly showed the damage. I'm sure he repaired all of it, but it should have been disclosed since I bet the inner cab would have been stained. Deals fell through with other people in line, and when it fell in my lap I offered him $200-300 less than asking price. He declined the offer and sold the game to someone else.

I regretted that decision every day until the one I bought popped up for sale.

While I have everybody's attention..............Let's talk Stern Wide Bodies: Big Game, Cheetah, Flight 2000, Freefall, Iron Maiden, Viper, Orbiter?

Actually, they are not so much wide bodies as they are large bodies. They are in a class of their own. The play field glass on the big ones measures 45 5/8 x 24 5/8. The small ones (seawitch et al.) measure 43 x 21. The ratio of length to width on the big ones is 1.85. The ratio on the smalls is 2.04. Think in terms of a tiny Elton John (Captain Fantastik) standing behind an oversized pinball machine. Stern large body.

My short 2-3 years messing around with my Sterns has taught me that the dark colored play fields are hard to see the ball sometimes; There is too much reflection; This would be Big Game and Dragonfist. On the flip side of the coin, Seawitch and Catacomb are relatively light color play fields and reflected light is not a problem, for me, anyway.

Here is the pitch. I would love to have a PDI/ Invisible play field glass for my Big Game. They are not cheap. But to get one, Joey at PDI says I would have to buy 5 minimum. I can't afford 5 of them; I can barely afford one.

I'm looking for 4 other large body Stern owners that would want to partner up and split the costs for an invisible play field glass. I know it is a long shot but if you don't ask you don't get a date.

Anybody?

Now 3K is a steal for it, only 4 years later.

SG and QS were gone when I got in, but I was able to get one of the other ones. Sad news is I passed on the Cheetah and Catacomb.

I thought the going rate for a nice QS was around $3000?

Thought only Stargazer gets big bucks?

That said not expensive compared to a new Stern pro.

Crazy, right?

I only got limited play time on Cheetah when it was in the arcade so I don't remember much about it. Due to mixed reviews I passed on it too. Wouldn't mind owning one now.

Define nice. I assume you mean nice original? Those would be very hard to come by.

I was offered $2500 for my Quicksilver (restored playfield, nice original cabinet, decent glass) PLUS a project Iron Maiden (the one RedKetchup has now) at TPF 4 years ago. He was asking $1500 for the Iron Maiden.

Crazy money at the time, but I turned him down. I knew I'd have to go out and buy another QS and restore it. Considering how long it took to find mine I couldn't go that long without it.

Thank you for those pics. Your QS has all the same wear spots that are on mine. I got mine for just a little less than you but I had to buy a BG Resto back glass. And I have no boards, at all. Mine was a 1000 mile drive to pick up a Nine Ball cabinet and another 90 miles to pick up a populated play field. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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I may be interested in 1 or 2 PDI for the Stern widebody.
**Also be very careful with Stern playfield glass.** The lockdown bar receiver lip sits too close to the glass causing it to easily scratch when taking the glass out or in. You need to carefully lift the glass while moving the glass so it doesn't scrape against it.
The easy fix for this is to pound the tip of a bamboo skewer into both of the plastic channels the glass enters into. This makes the glass elevated a few milliliters enough to clear the lip with out too much effort/caution when removing/installing glass. And no more **SCreeeeeecchhh!** =)

Never had this issue on mine.

Its a Meteor apron but it was installed on your machine when it was manufactured. Mine was the same. Many, many Quicksilvers were built with meteor aprons!

Interesting solution. Both my QS and SG screech.

The more I work on my pins the more "flaws" from the factory I see. These things were put together in such an imprecise manner.

I noticed this on the glass of one pin I had and sold. I suppose those rubber/plastic channels shrink with age and let the glass sit lower, or perhaps the receiver was located just a tad too high on the cabinet. I think I will take a file to receiver and file that lip down a little bit as a preventive measure.

If you are interested in 2 PDI wide body Sterns that makes 3. I'm looking for 2 more to join.

Meteor is fine but my Nine Ball is screech city. It went away a little bit when i took the plastic channels off and re-attached them after paint, but I did notice a big scratch on my glass actually

Anybody got Cheetah playfield plastics for sale? Looking for the lower right ball guide next to the flipper....

I have some Cheetah plastics. I have the ball guides but the tips by the flippers are broken. I would prefer to see them all but have not been actively presenting them and I don't know how to price them.

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