Finally just joined the club! Been looking for several years now. Different deals kept falling through, but finally got one.
Not the best condition cabinet, but the playfield and mechanics and backglass are great!

Question, my lockdown bar is a little bent and scratched up. Anyone know where to get a replacement? Is it unobtanium?
The one on marco/pbl seem to indicate it won't fit. Seems weird that they don't make a repro one.

Update. I spoke to Terry at PBL. His words on if the lockdown bar here (https://www.pinballlife.com/sternsegadata-east-black-front-molding-lockdown-bar-no-tournament-button-hole.html) would work:

"Yes, it will fit, but it is slightly different stylistically."

So there you go.

Does anyone have a spare djshakes air ball plastic? He said he's done with all that, and I need one since my TFTC doesn't have one.

Thanks,
Steven

I *do* know some folks with a laser cutter. Making sense of this chicken scratch is another issue. . It's likely just messing with my brain since it's upside down.

Appreciate you posting this.

I'm currently reproducing about 20 of each that I plan to offer for sale shortly.

Okay. Prototype art pieces fitted. Final plastics soon. Gonna make holes like 1/32 or 1/16 smaller as they are way too big.

Also, the large airball piece that was cut is similar to the original one offered. But I think it's just too big. I measured with it in place and it hangs too far out for me. So I measured where a ball would hit the drop target and am going to shave some off the end.

There is no reason for that plastic to extend that far out. I'll ensure it completely covers the ball, and that's it.

Also, I'm thinking of printing the red piece orange instead. Seems like it'd match better.

Thanks,
Steven

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I love horror theme pins and cannot recommend Bram Stoker's Dracula strongly enough. It's one of my long term keeps. And once you get BSD, you should get a Creech to go with it. But if you're looking to buy newer, you can't go wrong with Monster Bash remake.

What kind of LEDs did you put in? I just recently put in 2SMD Frosted comet in my inserts, and it's just too bright. I guess I need to buy some 1SMD? Yours looks good.

For those of you still wanting airball plastics (and possibly the optional red plastic piece), I've opened a shop selling them.

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1296-mad-czar-games/04565-tales-from-the-crypt-airball-protection-plastic-mod

Thanks,
Steven

Lol. You know, I was just thinking about that around a month ago.
Thanks for the reminder.

I really dig those black decals. I've thought about doing those instead of the blue whenever I get around to my restoration. Just looks really sharp.

This is really interesting. When I was test fitting the original red repro piece I had to work from, I also thought that the holes were too large and there wasn't enough material to enforce those smaller ends, as you are also pointing out.

So for the plastics I made up, I shrunk the hole a little in an effort to provide more stability on those back points. I'm really interested now if my efforts are going to bear fruit or if I should try to change the shape even more to provide more support. Time will tell I guess.

Great writeup of what you're doing. I wish I could think of a better non-destructive way to attach the skill shot plastic as well, but there's not much there to work with.

I get what you mean, but I still kinda feel like coin doors should be black. Doesn’t look weird if the cabinet artwork is darker so it blends. On games like that tmnt the art is bright. Doesn’t blend as well.

Lol. I was gonna respond to you but I think I just packaged your order for shipment tomorrow.

Been thinking about letting my TFTC go. As much as I love the artwork and theme, I tend to not want one more game anymore. Maybe the honeymoon is over? Not sure yet.