Oh yea, been eager to see reviews on these...

go on.

Come on Vid the suspense is killing me!!!!

Thanks for the honest review. I was a little concerned when I originally started selling these... but this data makes me feel better about carrying them.
I'm going to update the webpage with this information when I get a chance later tonight.

We have a handful out in the wild as a replacement for our inconsistent performing Winkie target an Stern Star Trek drop target. Will send along any additional feedback we discover. So far so good on our end. Thanks Zitterkopf for making this happen

Are these compatible with Cactus Canyon (protos had translucent droptargets) or does it use another type of target ?

Cool mod. I can see using these for GB with a green light or ST with a blue light.

I've been told these will not fit Cactus Canyon (production; unsure about proto).
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/frosted-polycarbonate-clear-drop-targets-now-available#post-4613829

Looks promising! Does anyone know if the Williams target fits in JJP WOZ?

I had a similar product for WOZ ECLE years ago and it lasted a few months before snapping. For $11 shipped it was worth giving the Williams style a shot on our WOZrr. Hope it fits - the woz manual shows part #30-0016-00 for the drop target, but hoping it’s the same. Now gotta investigate how to get it lit up.

I picked up a set of these drops for my TWD when they were on sale for Black friday. As well as some pop bumper skirts and bodies... the drop targets look great and lighten the side up quite a bit. Not sure if I will do specific led’s for them or not but one thing to note... I had to add some tape to the part that break the beam for the opto as they are clear enough that they don’t otherwise register. I used tape as a quick fix, I think paint would probably be better.

What about a black sharpie?

I used a sharpie first and it still didn’t block the light, so I went with electrical tape.

Fingernail polish might work. Has to be hot pink though.

Vid,
Do you have a part number and I'll check to see if pinball.center has stock?

Vid, do you have a pic of the target with the dummy decal on it? Thanks.

The targets are holding up well on my TWD, clearly not a routed pin but these targets get a lot of use in this game. The one observation I have is I seem to be able to 'sweep' these targets with much more frequency than the stock targets. What I mean by that is I take all 3 down in a single shot. In the prior months of ownership with stock targets I may have managed that no more than half dozen times if I was lucky, with the new targets it isn't uncommon for me to sweep them multiple times in a single game. Now I have recently re-rubbered the game and stripped down the entire topside for a fresh cleaning and waxing so more than one variable has changed but it is a behaviour I wasn't seeing before.

I was inspired by this thread to order up a set of these to install on my IMDN.

The black drop target from the factory are hard to notice on IMDN due to the sharp angle that they are at vs. the players view. You basically don't see the target faces at all unless you view the game from the left side. So I wanted to spruce things up a bit by using these transparent targets and some additional LED lighting to make the targets pop a bit.

These targets work well, no strange bricking or other noticeable differences in play behaviour vs. the stock black ones. If anything I'd say these are more durable feeling in the hand as well. They are a "milky white" transparent, not perfectly clear, which is fine for my scenario.

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...and you thought I was kidding!

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I used a 3 segment 5v LED strip directly behind the targets to light them up, connected to the nearby GI bulb. They go on and off with the GI as well which is nice for Fear of the Dark mode and others. They are bit bright at the moment so may experiment with other LED colours and placement in the future to refine the look a bit.

Overall these are fantastic and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them!

Is pinballmods owner on here?

If so... when will classic stern and bally translucent drops be available?

Have a few games i would like to try these on

are you installing the light strips under the play field or just behind the targets on the top side?

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on whether they are easier to knock down... I'm not familiar enough with IMDN to know whether you can sweep the drops (Knock all 3 down at once) or not but I pretty sure something is different with these drops or how I installed at the least that is making them easier to sweep.

I am; but I am not the manufacturer, only the exclusive distributor for North America.

#A-3944 is not currently available from Pinball.Center in Clear.
I have a email to them to see if they can do them... We'll see.

IMDN drops are very sweepable in general. I haven't played that many games yet since switching them out but they are working as expected. In my opinion, drop targets need to do two things:

1. When the ball touches/hits them they drop down (don't brick).
2. When the ball hasn't touched them, they don't.

If you are finding them more sweepable it may just be that they are more visible now than they were in black so you're noticing them / aiming more?

So long as none of the targets are falling on their own when a mech fires (flippers, pop bumpers) or you bang the side the of the cabinet you're golden - those sweeps are due to your amazing skillz!

Replacements for Classic Stern targets (in white and clear) would be excellent.

The drops on TWD are the most important shot in the game so I shoot them as frequently now as before... I think I'm going to do what Vid suggested just out of curiosity. Install was super simple, so I'm not sure I can cork that up I didn't need to add any lights on the TWD there was an LED in behind them already, I think the area looks great with them installed. I'd love to do something dynamic with RGB's by tying the lighting into the inserts in front of the drops... not sure I can figure that out but it would be pretty cool.

1st cut I just added a 3 LED strip behind the targets on to of the playfield. They are secured with zip-ties around the two plastic posts on either side.
It's not ideal as I find them a bit too bright and the "finish" of the LED strip mounting isn't great. When the targets are down you can see the LED strip behind them which might bother some people. I'm thinking of trying maybe a single spotlight pointing out from under the plastic a bit further back, and playing with different colors.

Has anyone tried the Scoleri targets on GB? That might look cool with green or pink lights.

Thanks! Would really like these!

Thought I'd add a couple of shots of the translucent drops and the red pop's... still have to do the third pop, I'm debating putting the clear ones in all 3 places, haven't decided yet so I haven't committed on the 3rd one.

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That does look nice.

How did you transfer the drop decals? Just peel from the old and stick on the new?
Or did you have them recreated?

There was a set in the goodie bag so I was good thankfully a new full decal set from Marco is expensive.

Good to know. I wonder if my STLE has a decal in the goodie bag.

I assume this is the decal set you're talking about?
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/802-5000-F6
cause; yeah... that's expensive for a full set.

Those were the ones I was talking about but I looks like pinball life has a subset for cheaper... https://www.pinballlife.com/the-walking-dead-premiumle-high-wear-decal-set.html

Now shipping to Canada is more expensive but what can you do.

oh. look. PBL has a set for Star Trek too:
https://www.pinballlife.com/star-trek-high-wear-decal-set.html
I guess the drop target in this one is the black C shaped jobby on the right.