based on greatwichjohn's reproduction of both the seawitch and star gazer playfields, I've contacted steve young @ pbresource.com about the possibility of him running quantity of the blue transparent faceted posts.

I'll be sending him the information this evening (number of posts used by height, by game) and <fingers crossed> we may actually see a run of this desperately product soon.

I'm also going to ask about the possibility of a re-run of both pop caps with the [correct] hot stamped ribbing on the edges.

can someone else with a seawitch confirm to make sure that I have this correct? on my seawitch, I have the following:
purple = 1" tall posts (25)
blue = 1-3/16" tall posts (22)

seawitch playfield (posts).jpg

edit:
I've updated the image to also show which post positions are the wood screw metal posts where the acorn nuts attach on the top side of the playfield plastics on my SW (the little black dots in the center of the color circles)

I emailed steve young and it looks like not only will he be producing the faceted posts in the near future, we will also be seeing the white round target faces with the stars (seawitch).

I know that some people here have commented about the stern blue being a much deeper, almost royal blue. if someone has a decent post that they would like to offer up to steve for color matching, you might want to contact him @ pbresource.com

I would do this, but the posts on my seawitch are the concentric ring type and have all turned to that weird dark burgundy color.

from steve young this morning:
color matching will make this project unaffordable...the color matching charge with the formulation work will run about $700 on top of the part...the only way this will get run is by using the standard -10 williams trp blue color.

I'm in if he runs them, regardless of the color blue used. given that my seawitch doesn't even have the faceted posts and my current ones look like crap, any upgrade is a step in the right direction.

my response to steve:

if you ran 5,000pcs with the color matching, we'd be looking at an increase of about .15 per post to cover your costs for the formulation work (based on your $700 figure).

I don't have a problem paying the increased cost per post, I'll post your reply on pinside and try and see what they feel. you might be surprised at their willingness to get it done [correctly] vs. just getting it done.

sk8ball:
so, you did something like this? blue = tall posts, purple = shorter posts
the posts under P7 could go either way since all 3 posts hold the plastic overhead. additionally, I believe that the right edge of that plastic rests over the wooden siderail which is the left shooter lane.

seawitch (new post configuration).jpg

3 cheers for steve young at pinball resource!!!

I just received this email from him:

both the 1" and 1-3/16" clear blue (dark) posts have been produced and are now available for purchase...cost is $0.70 each...part numbers are GTB-C11561CB and C11562CB respectively.

thanks for encouraging me to get them done.

remember to thank him for doing this for us when you place your order