I would be in for a set, just joined the club and won’t be playing the game at all until I can address this spot on both sides which are cracked and near complete failure. Patience right?

Congrats on the purchase! Classic playfields has the full plastic set, I just ordered mine a few days ago. You might also consider getting in on the next bracket run from Toyotaboy a few posts back, a must-have part IMO.

Very nice! How hard was the soldering work?

Prepping for my brackets arrival later today......found this under the right side housing. Am I missing some factory part here? Looks like there was once something screwed down to play field between the ball catch hole and the kick out gate.

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Ignore my last post I found the answer in another older post pic......gotta love pinside-

Washer behind the rivet should work if it won’t hold without it? You can always drill it out if you don’t like the visual.

My game has that bracket removed from the play field completely, doesn’t seem to impact game play.

Or part out my two that I was gonna do that with!

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That’s very unfortunate, sorry to say. There is a small stopper in the right side lock that can be removed if you’re having issues without much impact to gameplay, if you’re talking about a little metal bracket that stops the ball and the kicker has to clear it for the ball to release. My first Fire didn’t have it (just the screw holes) and everything worked fine. The longer term solution would be to shop out the game and get that kicker working properly, but I wouldn’t spend much time on that until you find a building replacement.

FWIW these buildings are getting harder and harder to fix and replace. I wanted to work out a 3D printer solution but too many other projects and priorities have kept me from working on my Fire projects thus far. Good luck with getting the game running, it’s a classic!

Here’s the piece I’m referring to:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/williams-fire-club/page/12#post-4819413

That is awesome, kudos to toyotaboy for continuing to keep the dream alive for so many of these games........your dedication to a game that passed through your collection really says a lot about your passion for the hobby and commitment to the community!

I played a TON of fire on location when it first came out. A few years later I ran across a champagne edition in the wild and was like WTF did they do to my favorite game? I honestly hated it. Just funny now that they’re so few and far between they are coveted a bit.

I’ve considered it, the parts would have to be broken down into modular sections to fit most printing beds. It would be a pretty significant investment in running lots of large test prints and lots of printer time. Pricing as a mod would be higher than the value for this game I am afraid, and might have some licensing concerns.

Seems like a worthy cause.......hope it goes well!!

Pay attention to the total thickness and alignment to the balcony ramps, that is probably the biggest challenge in getting this mod to work well IMO.

Is it every shot or just clean shot moving fast? Try to shoot a slow-motion video to see what’s making the ball jump and adjust as needed, yes I had this issue on my game for a bit it took a little dialing in to get things smoothed out.

That's a great solution, nice innovation!

I've been digging back into this game lately, had been putting off any work until I have time for the playfield swap but decided to get flippers rebuilt and enjoy it again in the near term. I've noticed a couple times with a 10x bonus and higher base, the math is off? first time 89,000 gave me 880,000 and just now 91,000 gave me 900,000

Mob tax?

Anyone else ever noticed this, presume it's a code bug and not a processor problem.