Quoted from BorgDog:So, I've been thinking this for a while, and my thought is to redo these machines in MPF (or SkeletonGame) and truly build them from scratch using P3-ROC (or FAST or OPP or whatever) new off the shelf mechs and such. The big thing that is missing from off the shelf is the drop target banks. I've been thinking of trying to design an expandable DT mech in say 1, 3, and 5 unit sizes that could be stacked together to make 2,4,6, 7.. banks and could be configured with or without individual drop coils and my idea that started it all is that targets could be swapped out with ones that have tops (above the playfield part) that are made like classic Stern, Gottieb, Bally, whatever you want. basically a universal replacement drop target mech for any machine you could think of and would be great for homebrew as well.
So far thinking is as far as I've gotten on this plan. Anybody feel free to take my idea and run with it.
Good minds think alike. I have already prototyped something along these lines, however it’s still using some of the old parts. I have started to test new replacement parts that would allow someone with let’s say a stock 5 bank to take it apart and change it to a 3 bank or 4 bank easily. The kits would also allow you to upsize an existing 3 bank to something like a 4 or 5. The owner would still be responsible to buy the new coils, plastic drops, leaf switches as they require them. All metal parts would be part of my kits.