Out of curiosity (and ignorance) - is the reason there are no replacement Stern Electronic drop target assemblies being made by someone lack of enough buyers, or does someone hold the rights and would prevent that?
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Quoted from slochar:IMO mostly cost. Lots of investment for possibly little/no return. Any patents on the drops themselves are expired - there's no way to enforce 'rights' here (the decision on remaking car parts would apply, presumably).
If you look around there's really not replacement drop target assemblies for other brands aren't being made either.... like Bally memory drop banks. I'm surprised more people aren't building Eight Ball Deluxes from scratch for instance, or Fathoms.
I have 2 games I am debating trying my hand at scratch building: Seawitch and Stars. I have a Seawitch that I would use as my reference, and the Stars would be a musical journey. Heck, would love to do a Quicksilver too.
I have no idea what I am doing - but why the hell not. Lots of great resources around on here knowledge-wise (which is completely awesome) but am just worried about sourcing the harnesses and drop mechs.
Quoted from Tsskinne:I just dropped off a 3-bank and a 4-bank to a guy to draw up in CAD and have reproduced as well for anyone looking for entire mechs they are in the works.
I will be looking for a whole bunch…
2 months later
Quoted from SR230CC:Yes I tried to get one for my Seawitch and he said he was backed up 9 month.
Same… and currently not allowing people to get on a list (or at least thats what I was told.)
1 month later
Odd question, but anyone know how close a Wild Fyre wire harness is to Stars? I have a project Wild Fyre, and am contemplating how much I can reuse if I turn it into a Stars (ordered the CPR Stars pf).
3 weeks later
Sigh. Decided to try and assemble some drop assemblies from the parts currently listed on Marco. What a rookie mistake… somehow realizing only now that without the complete list of parts, these will be shiny nothings. Also, the 3 bank reset arms are reset arms for something… but not SEI 3 bank reset arms. And then there’s the things like drop top plate holes not lining up.
Also, I couldn’t help but notice that the Stern drop assemblies in every one of my Stern pins do not match their diagrams of the parts. For example, they show the switches mounted on the bottom of the assembly as opposed to a plate on back.
Quoted from cottonm4:The plate you need to mount the switches does not look to be available. So, you would need to locate the switches to the bottom. But if the holes are not drilled and tapped on the bottom plate you will have to go to the hardware store and buy a matched set of a drill and tap and tap the holes (hopefully you don't have to drill them.
You still need the "fingers" that lift the targets.
It is close but no cigar.
The top plate at lower right that is out of stock is required. This is an early style. A modded version of that plate could be made by a sheet metal shop but then you would need another bracket that mounts inside the drop assembly to keep the targets apart.
Those first 2 shaft/rods appear to be for a new Stern inline drop assembly, are you saying they are a part match? (these were 2 of the missing pieces, so that would be great if the case). I did get the rest of the listed pieces (minus the out of stock top-plate obviously) though the drop target top plate was the part with the misaligned holes.
I think I was just naively hoping for a “Marco has it all! I can do this!” scenario. Life isn’t always quite so easy.
I really appreciate the help!
Quoted from cottonm4:These 2 "top plate" parts serve the same function, except one is a 3-bank unit. That one you could cut in half and weld or bond a piece of extension metal to make it a 5-bank. However, when you use the one on the left you also need that target separator bracket which is not shown.
That top plate on the left, is the one I ordered… I still need to call Marco about it, as the holes do not match up to the side plates (I ordered 2 and both were off by just enough to be unusable)
Yeah… I was a bit rambunctious ordering the parts I could find. I am already a couple hundred bucks in to the process. 
2 months later
Quoted from Tsskinne:Scratch built Quicksilver I put out at my location yesterday.
Oddly enough, that Wild Fyre cabinet works (in a revisionist history sort of way… it feels unnatural but is hard to turn away from)
1 month later
Quoted from cookpins:Meteor was my first pin, I then got two DEs and a Whitestar Stern in the same year. Love my Meteor still and really want another Stern Electronic/ 80s pin. What do you recommend I pair with it?
Stars
2 months later
In general I start at 6 degree pitch with classic Sterns and slowly adjust steeper if it feels like it plays better.
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