With so many of these out there why hasn't anybody run complete plastic sets or complete ramp sets. Popularity of the game speaks for itself.

Yeah, my big ramp has seen better days. Any word repos?

At least I can get a new soccer ball!

Ramps are in progress with Pinball Inc, per James. CPR has made plastics, I've used a couple sets.

Hot tip, thanks JWJ for the info.

Thanks again John. Can't wait for the ramps.

I wish I could get a hold of the CPR plastics, but might try and scan and make my own as the really big plastic and the left sling are junk.

I'm pretty sure that Starship Fantasy bought Pinball Inc's ramp business:

http://www.starship-fantasy.com/ramps
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Starship-Fantasy/425677310856707

They do, however, still play on bringing out the WCS ramp set "next".

it's been 'soon' and 'next' for quite a while. But I do believe they will be done at some point.

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I just bought a wcs would really like to get my hand on a set of new plastics and a lower ramp

Congrats, great game. In a word:fun.

I hate that my game is in pieces right now...Even not working 100%, the game is simply fantastic.

When I spend an evening in my gameroom I have fallen into a pattern, or as I call it now a rotation. Start off with Big Game(my first pin) then a game or two of Amazing Spiderman. Next up is Batman Forever until I get frustrated. Finally, World Cup Soccer. It is the grand finale, the icing on the cake!

Anyone have tips on how to remove the apron?

It is definitely a just have fun sorta game.

Just picked up this awesome game.!!

my first pinball machine! yaaay! been wanting one for years.

just tonight the goalie stopped working. boooo......

I did the goalie test (yep...still broken) and checked for loose wires. Not sure next step for diagnostic.
Anyone know of a good process for troubleshooting this?
Id hate to just start throwing (expensive) parts at it

Check the optos....you might get lucky and one is dirty or misaligned......not too expensive, regardless...good luck!!!.....mark

Nice choice for your first machine. Don't sweat it, after you get the kinks worked out it will be fine. Wanting a pin and finally getting one.... what a difference! Enjoy

Do you hear the motor move when the goalie should be moving? If not make sure the motor wires are attached properly and well, check the optos (you can use most phone cameras to see if they are transmitting), and once you've determined those are all good, check the fuse for that circuit.

What do you mean by this?

is it different than other games? Is this your first? I can look at mine later but on every apron I have ever removed you want to lift the playfield up a little (maybe put a rolled up rag between it and the cabinet) and you will see two screws right on the edge of the playfield. Then you need to push the apron up toward the backbox, there are two little tabs on the apron that are under brackets. look in the attached picture to the left, above the cross hairs on the playfield, thats one of the metal brackets that the apron tabs are under.

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I managed to get it off, but it was a bear.

I tried my best to sketch the issue that I was running into. The screws that hold the wire on the apron have a small housing on the backside of the apron. One of the housings was over the top/hooked onto the ball trough. I'm not sure if that's normal, but it was dumb and made getting the apron off incredibly difficult!

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thanks for the tips, no I cant hear the motor running.
Can I use a multimeter on the motor contact pads to see if it is getting current?
could I hook a battery directly up to the contacts (with the machine off) to see if the motor runs? 12V DC ?

great trick for the optos.

Yup, that would be my next step, check it out with a multimeter and see if you're even getting voltage there, if not, I'd check out the fuse next. If that's good, check out the connectors and make sure that the interface between the wiring harness and boards are making good contact etc. After that, you're into board level testing.

Normally you just unscrew it and push the apron forward and lift out...

Optos emit Infrared light, most cheap optics (most cell phone cameras fit into this category) do not have an IR filter so you can visualize the IR light easily that way. A quick test would be go into your camera mode, point a standard IR remote for your TV at your camera, if you see it flash then you should see your optos glow too.

Anyone have any extra plastics laying around? As I'm taking apart my new WCS project I'm finding that roughly half the plastics are homemade... just printing paper under plastic. I managed to find sling plastic replacements but that's about it.

Yeah, on mine, those housings on the back of the apron were being dumb.

But the playfield is out! Cannot wait to play this game...

I'm putting in a Cointaker order and was curious if anyone could elaborate on this right here. My game is in pieces as I shop it out, so I really have no clue what to order for this. Anyone able to help?

E: Particularly the premium flashers. No idea what those are.

Question - had a good game yesterday and went up against Germany in the finals and ended with a tie! I think I recall I plunged a ball and scored quickly and won the match!
Anyone have info on a tied match? Did you have a set amount of time to score or you would lose? Any idea how long you have to score to win? I don't remember going over the tie in the rules.

If you tie, it goes into sudden death. FIRST GOAL WINS!!!

So, is it your real goal vs. Germany's imaginary goal? That is rough.

I'm guessing there's a somewhat random amount of time before Germany "scores", and that the range of times is shorter for the more difficult settings.

You get one or two shots in overtime. Gotta sink one quick! Anybody actually count the seconds before Germany nails it?

If you look up and you are tied at the end of the match, it must be hard to start counting to see how long it takes for Germany to score and beat you.

Can someone take a shot of the underside of their playfield? Was looking at mine and thinking about how I may be able to clean it up when I put mine back together...

Oh no doubt. I was merely wondering if anyone had sacrificed the match in order to see how long it takes Germany to score. Somebody out there must have tried it.

Pull the glass... hit the switches... for science!

For science, indeed! I'll check it out tonight. Anybody know the sequence for the three way combo that scores 15m on WCS? Got one last night but it happened so fast I don't know how I did it. I know it has to do with the ramps.

So I am reworking the art work on my unit. backbox art is done. You can see it on page 26 anyway still working on side art. Here is what I came up with. I am not a fan of that pinball that the guy is trying to stop. Not a big fan of what I have done. Doing a pinball is tough, so I am on the fence on this. Yes, the guy has been switched out for a girl. There was a reason for that. It's my 10 year olds machine. She loves soccer. I restored 1 for my son, so now it's my daughters time. Yes, I have already heard a "10 year old" have you lost you mind. Yes, I have! My days are numbered like all of yours and 1 day it will be left behind once I am long gone. So, hopefully when she plays it, it will remind her of what dad did for just for her. Anyway back on subject. Anyone have any ideas of the pinball? Should I just use a soccer ball or what?

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A soccer ball with teal panels would be nice, like the one on the playfield that contains the five words stamina, strength, speed etc. Omit the words however. It would draw in a feature of the game, one that would instantly be recognized as part of WCS. It would connect your outstanding artwork to the game itself without any printed word. Fine job BTW

Greetings WCS 94 fanatics, for I just have one question. My wife & I went to the York Show last Friday & picked up a very nice WCS 94 machine. It looks very good & plays great, w/ the exception of a slight problem w/ the pop bumpers. When triggered by the ball, the pop bumpers do not consistently have any sound effect. Sometimes they do as for the most part there is no sound effect. Do the pop bumpers only engage sound when ultra jets are engaged? Thanks, we appreciate any advice & insight to this small issue.

Anyone able to hook me up? Starting to put things together with my LED order tonight!

Also, any update on when the new soccer balls may be available? I was going to order a black and white one, but I know there was talk of possibly doing teal panels!

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Thank you - wires are routed nicer on that one than on mine. I like how they split around the main center lighting board. I'm going to toy with that a bit. Appreciate it!

WCS94 was well represented at EXPO! I believe I counted three(3) different machines in the Free Play areas. I think that all three were For Sale ($2900-$3K). I realize that these were "Expo Retail" prices, but they seemed a bit high for player quality pins (all the machines had issues and/or needed some TLC). I thought the average price for a decent WCS94 was still in the low $2K range. Did I miss the boat on picking up one at a reasonable price?

Decent machines can still be had in the $2200-2400 range. I have a gorgeous example available for $2900.00.

I landed a nice one not that long ago for $2250. If you are patient and stick to your price range while at the same time remain vigilant I am sure you'll get yours! Rest assured you did not miss the boat. This game is far too common.

Still easy to find in the 1400 to 2400 range depending on what you are looking for.

I recently passed on one for 1400 that needed lots of love. I have seen nice playing examples recently for 2100, 2300, and a near perfect for 2400.

Expo prices on everything were too high! People just hoping for a sucker or pricing at "make me sell" prices.

Any update on when the colored soccer balls might be made available? If it's going to be a while, I'll just order a black and white one since I'll be needing one in about a week.