Thanks Chris. Too funny, the pinball world is a small world indeed.

Ya when guys are asking for pics I'm usually poking cash at the person with the game. It's works every time. I learned my lesson long ago. I tell them I'll take it and go look at it immediately, as soon as I hang up the phone! Ed

Hi All,

I'm nearing the end of my playfield swap but didn't take enough pics of my drop target housing. Would someone be able to upload some pics so i can ensure i'm putting it back together correctly?

Here are a couple of pics of where i'm up to.

Thanks,
Andy
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Mine is finally finished and couldn't be happier. Greatwich Direct Ink Playfield, everything cleaned all sparkly clean and repainted the cabinet.image-167.jpgimage-384.jpgimage-453.jpgimage-803.jpgimage.jpg

So are there plans for repro pf? If so, any timeframe as of now? Mine is blown out and would be a bear to touch up!

I think the CPR team has the artwork in the works but my gut tells me this playfield won't be made for at least a couple years. But hopefully I'm wrong and we'll get a new sorcerer playfield soon!
Mine's in good shape but I would totally put a new one in.

Doesn't John Greatwich do direct ink playfields? Just ask a few of the guys in this thread, they have them.

I thought John was not doing sorcerer direct ink jobs anymore?
I could be mistaken. I vaguely remember reading something he wrote in a thread not long ago.
If my playfield wasn't already clear coated I'd totally be up for sending it off to him.
Instead I'm just gonna have to wait and see if cpr makes new ones.

My admittedly small victory is overshadowed by all these beautiful restoration pictures, but...for the first time ever, all my pop bumpers are lit! They worked for about a day when I first got the machine, then they all started to go out during play. For a while I could twist the bulbs to add some tension and get them to stay lit. When that stopped working, I replaced one of the bayonet sockets--that one worked for a couple months and then went out like the rest. Finally I gave up and replaced them all with wedge sockets and 555 bulbs. Good riddance!

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Good post, yep, I did the same when I saw the metal crap it came with.
-mof

Could someone post a few pictures of their right-side flipper switch assembly? My lane change isn't working, and as I'm going to be rebuilding the flippers I might as well replace the switches. I think there's supposed to be a diode mounted to the lane change switch, which I don't see on mine so maybe that's why it's not working.

My left-side flipper button has a second switch, anyone know what the purpose of this?

And last but not least....I recently bought a two replacement bumper caps for my Sorc. When they arrived I found they didn't match my originals, as they were pad printed instead of hot stamped, so the black & white was printed onto the plastic instead of "melted" into it like with a hot stamp. If someone's got two hot stamped caps that they'd like to trade for my pad printed ones, please let me know. Who would even have known that they were printed two different ways!

The left side flipper button has two switches because of the upper flipper. Unless I'm misunderstanding your question. Not near my machine or I'd post a photo.

No, you got the question right. I forgot that although it's on the right-hand side of the playfield, it's still a left-hand flipper. I'm batting 1000 this week on stupid questions that I should know the answers to.

Here's my right flipper assembly and left flipper button switch.
-mof

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Don't fret...the entire GI has gone out on mine...can't figure out what happened.

When I first bought my sorcerer the GI stayed on constantly until I replaced the transistor at Q56. Maybe you're having the opposite problem? Just a guess from a novice so take it for what it's worth.

I could use a shot of what controls the gate on the right. Isn't it supposed to open after you launch the ball? Not sure if I have the wrong spring or what. Thanks in advance!

You didn't need the red anyway

I notice my displays dim a bit when all the digits light for high scores.. do you get that?

137,880
214,100
291,600
44,580

Man, Sorcerer kicked your ass!

I just waxed my game.. it must have made Sorcerer angry, quickest game of all time.

i'll have to check my voltages, power supply might need some help.

Those are good scores for trilogy

Just had an epic game!
3 ball. Factory settings.
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Nice score there Ranhorton, bested mine by double... mine is so fast on the outlanes its almost demoralizing.. I love the game tho.. I had a ton of guests over and folks really liked it... +1 for the sorcerer...

Thanks ZEN.
I never thought I'd beat my previous high score.
My new goal is to roll the scoreboard.
Should take me a few years
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I was one of the likers. Thanks for having me over Zen. After that night, Sorcerer moved way up on my wish list!

Finally picking up my Sorcerer this week. Guy posted it on CL in early December for $1200. Looked over the picks and pf looked super faded (color under mylar near slings looked good contrasted with center). Took a chance and called the guy and told him that if everything worked, I'd do $700 at the most, which I thought was fair. Finally went there last night after waiting over a month for him to "clean a path to it." Checked it out and it has a really nice glass and cab, clean plastics, good sound, clean boards, plays pretty well (1 dead pop, flipper fuse blowing), but........the pf has some bad touch ups.... Ended up offering $500 before leaving and he wouldn't take it. I was home literally 30 minutes and got a text saying to come get it....doh! Wish the pf was nicer, but for the price, I think I can at least get out of it what I put into it if I decide to upgrade in the future.

$500 is the right price. Leaves you $250 room to shop it. $750 for a faded very playable Sorcerer is worth it, they are just too hard to find, but it's too cool of a game. Start with that, and see what life brings. I went that route, and I'm very happy. If a minty Sorcerer comes along for $1800, I'll grab it, and sell mine.

-mof

ebay backglass
ebay.com link: ws
-mof

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sorcerer-playfield-restorations-last-call-end-of-february-2014-500-us#

All the info on last call for direct ink restorations for Sorcerer.

Interesting.
I'm new to this process/offer so bear with me...
So essentially, we strip down a PF to the wood, and ship it?

1. What is the expected turn around if last call is end of Feb? (30-45 days from receipt?)
2. I have down-to-the-wood wear on mine in a few spots, what is expected in terms of restoring the wood before shipping?
What about inserts/decals?

Can someone here post a completed before/after PF...?

thanks!
-mof

Playfield gets sanded bare & restored. New uv ink. Should be 3 - 6 months. I'm in Texas March 10 - 31.

Ok, and you need us to commit + ship < March 1st ?
-mof

Or April on when I return from vacation.

Is anyone selling the cabinet stencils? I sent my playfield out last week to John Greatwich and would like to paint the cab and stencil it while I await it's return.

2 Sorcerer's have arrived for restoration. $500 US for service.

Looks great, whats your high score on it?

That playfield looks great! I'd like to see some pics of it. I'm getting ready to shop out mine that I just got. Ed

I will assume that the early production Sorcerer games featured a metal colored coin door? I am seeing both metal finish and black on these games. I am about to pick up a project Sorcerer to restore that has a black coin door. Doesn't matter to me really, but curious the history of this.

I like the black balls too. Especially if they have some writing or design on them. You get an advantage with them because you can see the spin on the ball better.

Picked up my Sorcerer project last Saturday.! Going for a full restore on this baby. Someone painted the whole cabinet black, but everything is there. Got this for $150. I am in the process of stripping the playfield down to send to John Greatwich. Hopefully I can count on some of the experts in this post for some guidance along the way.

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Very cool, keep us posted. Ed