How many “ugly” Quicksilver playfields are left out there? I had my playfields restored, like many other collectors. I’m guessing about a dozen “known” QS are left with playfields that need the love. As a result, who would invest their money/time in making a new playfield?

I would make Quicksilvers if there were new playfields available.

True. Probably not much to be made if you think in terms of swapping 1 for 1
Many people bought Stargazer playfields, backglass, plastics ect. it build one. Now that would make producing repros doable.

Same could be said about other classic sterns. 9 ball would be nice too.

A dozen??? Practically every Quicksilver that hasn't been restored would be "out there".....hundreds. Catacomb too.

With only a few exceptions, every QS playfield I've seen has been blown out. Having been a classic Stern nut for years and owning just about all of their titles, I've seen a lot of games...

Hey, it was early in the morning! Sorry

No, you're not wrong. Pinball Rescue needed to see a minimum # of hands raised before making plastics. I wouldn't want to sit on inventory either.
Perhaps we need to do the same for playfields!

Could the OP add a poll to this thread? Use it to track interest in buying a quicksilver playfield.

I bet only 30% of the original run are left, maybe less.

It's a double edged sword.

Yes, it's a royalty free game, but they only made like 1000 of them.

Games like Comet, you have to pay a royalty, but they made over 8,000 of them - so a bigger market potential.

Somebody would need an unworn or NOS playfield to get an "all in one" scan on a Cruse Scanner to start working on the artwork.

No Meteor or Lightning would be safe if repro Quicksilver play fields were available.

I actually found a Quicksilver last year that had a pretty nice play field. I still had it restored. Too good a game to not get the treatment.

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I think it would have to be a playfield that needs to be made (even though I own 2 hardtop pins).
If there is a playfield then you can theoretically build one from scratch!

Amazing original playfield!

Yes, you are correct about building one. The game that I bought (see picture) was missing all of the boards, displays, back glass, apron, Spinner mechanisms, flipper mechanisms. Yet had the nice playfield that you made mention of (thanks). Was able to find everything for it including the new flipper mechanisms that Pinball Life sells.

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My playfield is pretty bad too. I am going to make my own playfield protector instead and hopefully get it professionally laser cut

Feast your tired eyes on this. I know where it is at but the owner will not sell. It does not get played. It just sits.

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Would he let you borrow it for a few weeks?

Rebuild all the mechs with new sleeves and rubber for the guy for his trouble.

If you could get that scanned in a single pass, I could clean up the art.

Yes. Cabinets can be built. BG Resto makes the back glass. Alltek makes the boards. Another pinsider, barrakandi, makes some boards. You can buy legs and all of the play field parts. Pinball Rescue made some plastics---do not know how many sets.

You would need to make a play field wire harness (Third Coast Pinball ??). Transformers and drop target cages are your challenge.

I'll send out a text and see if he replies.

There is a guy building Fathoms from scratch and I believe he just laser cuts the drop mechs and has them bent at the same company.

Guys, I posted this in the Quicksilver owner's club thread, but thought it was worth mentioning here as well...

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I had some clear plastic protector sets cut out with the laser from 2mm thick acrylate.

There was some free space on the plate and I filled it up with a few extra protectors for both slingshots and the center plastic, which, as known, are often broken. Their shape is based on the new repro set as recently manufactured by Pinball Rescue (not sure if these are an exact match with the original plastics). Around I added a discrete 2.5 pt extra clear protection, which is hardly noticeable but in my experience sufficient to protect plastics from ball impact.(note that there is a slight difference between the left and right slingshot plastic).

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In case somebody is interested in a set (2 slingshot plastics and the center plastic), then send me a PM with your address.

For good understanding: I'm not setting up a business, just trying to help people who want to protect their valuable plastics. I only have a limited amount of sets. I'm charging 8€, worldwide shipping included (in an enveloppe). This is a photo of a set (obviously here with blue protective film still on, the actual plastics are crystal clear. And of course the printed plastics are not included ).

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Smartest man ever

Hehe, thanks for the compliment, but unfortunately I'm not so smart it seems: already sold out . I should definitely have made a few more sets. Sorry.

(and at this point there's only a few Eight Ball Deluxe clear lane guide sets left as well).

If anyone would want a set after all, then send me a PM and I'll keep you updated when I will have another clear acrylate plate lasercut. That could take a while though, as I'm only producing protector sets for my own restorations.

Unless there are people who would want a complete plastics protector set for one of their games? I need 3 complete sets to fill a plate and then I would have some spare space left to add a few more of these limited slingshot/center plastic sets.

Currently I can provide complete clear plastic protector sets for:
Bally:
- Eight Ball Deluxe
- Xenon
- Flash Gordon
- Centaur
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Vikings
- Fathom
- Medusa
Williams:
- Barracora
- Defender
- Warlok
- Time Fantasy
- Solar Fire
- Alien Poker
- Firepower
Stern:
- Star Gazer
- Quicksilver

A full set would be about 35 to 50 €. PM me if interested.

Details ?

Following

Is it Highclasspinball on here?

If you have a playfield I can use as a master there are repro playfields available end of this year...

Regards,
Mirco

It was such a hectic summer I still haven't re installed the Quicksilver playfield that sohchx restored for me with klr650 and Draino's help. Hell I haven't even finished spraying the cabinet. My schedule never seemed to line up with the weather and I'm going to have to find somewhere to finish it indoors. I wouldn't be thrilled to take a step backwards in the process and remove everything from the bottom of the playfield but it would feel great knowing I helped the community that constantly is there for me when I have questions. We chose a darker green so it might not be a candidate. You can reference the original green that was left under the mylar rings. He applied new keylines and text in between the clear coat. 20180716_090658 (resized).jpg20180716_090850 (resized).jpg20180716_090832 (resized).jpg20180716_090822 (resized).jpg20180716_090802 (resized).jpg20180716_090735 (resized).jpg20180716_090721 (resized).jpg

Hardtops have their hands full right now just doing B/W titles.

That sounds like a "no".

I just got licence cleared for quicksilver. So I will get it going now. Please contact me if you are interested in a playfield and it is hard to estimate a first run demand for me on that title right now...

Regards,
Mirco

PM sent

Indeed. Duly noted