Trying to make a list of what games need new playfields the most so we can get those guys right on it. I for one could use a new one for Speed Way.

!952 or 1966?

With over 10,000 of these out there and most needing new playfields it shouldn't be too hard to get this one near the top of the queue.

Another high production game. Definitely high on the list.

How about some of the lower production EM "A" titles like Rocket, Nags, Trade Winds, and Teacher's Pet to name a few. I'm sure if we could get enough to commit a small run would be in order.

I can see where you're coming from. Maybe if we can get 20 to commit a run in 2018 might be possible.

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It wouldn't be the first time a playfield was reproduced and sold for more than the game was worth the way it sat.

And I value my 4 Roses and Big Daddy with nice original playfields well over $1000.

OK.

Heck, that Steeple-Chase with the NOS playfield cost me way more than those other two, but since I'm probably the only one that has one we shouldn't lobby too hard for that one.

Would Wade do these? I was thinking about the guy that has done all the other EM Williams titles. What was his name again?

Trying to remember which Williams EMs have already been done.

They were a seperate company with no affiliation to Williams. But another thread could be started..

The same guys. Still trying to remember their name.

I will add a poll. Whichever gets the most votes we can start petitioning Wade to see if any of this can happen.

Poll has been added. You can vote for as many as you would like to get done.

That never stopped pre-ordering in pinball before. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it. Maybe the guy will decide a little money is better than no money at all.

It looks like most that had a rollover button had it in an insert. Haven't any playfields been repro'd that had one? Surely Williams isn't the only one that had these.

I ran out of room... 2018 is not far away.

Those aren't from the 70s.

That's OK. As soon as we start narrowing it down we can do another poll.

It's not a troll thread! There is a real need for reproduction Williams parts and they are not going to get done if everybody just sits on their ass!

Every EM playfield and backglass that gets reproduced seems to sell out. Yet we can't even get plastics, let alone backglasses or playfields for most of the more popular Williams EM games. And there are a lot of good ones. Maybe some would rather that part of the history of pinball just die and get buried forever.

I saw a Knock Out with a repro playfield about a year ago.

I can sort of understand the mindset of not wanting to deal with these old games when Williams 90s machines are so popular and people are lining up to pay $8000 for remakes, but it looks like there are a lot of unsatisfied customers in that venture already. Plenty are already seeking replacement playfields because of printing defects and slingshot damage among other things.

Problem is many repro parts that bear the Williams stamp are not of very good quality and sometimes don't even fit right. What I don't understand is why they would stop somebody that is trying to make small batches of repro parts for games that most in this hobby don't care about anyway. I say let the EM license go!

I don't know the details either but from what I have read is somebody else is doing those apron stickers now, and quality wise they don't compare.

Shall we go pull that quote out of the archives?

What sparked this thread is I never thought I would take sandpaper to a playfield. But here I am sanding away some stubborn coating on that 1948 Speed Way. Now I know this one doesn't stand a chance of a repro, but I know there are others that do.

How's it look so far?

I just can't let this one die.

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I'm down as far as I want to go. It would be nice to have it restored but it may be too far gone. We just want to play it! I'm no artist but I know someone that is. He just did some work on my Buccaneer and it looks like it turned out pretty nice from the pics. I'm going to ask his opinion on this before i go any further. I may just clean it, wax it, put it back together and stick it in a corner so we can play it. They can't all be perfect.

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It was the area below the center kickout hole that was blown out. Most of that pistol wasn't even there.

I think the best bet is to find a Sea Ray with a nice original playfield.

Sorry buddy, but this is the closest thing we have to a diner.

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I pulled that pic off IPDB. Finding one of those would be a challenge indeed. Nobody either one of us knows owns one and it says only 600 were made. So why do we never see at least one come up for sale?

I take it back. It looks like pinwiztom owns a Highways. Along with two other pinsiders.