I commissioned an artist to create a topper design for me featuring some all-time great pre-94 players (I didn't really want Romario or Baggio on my topper). So far her work is exceeding my expectations. Once I get the final design I will post it here for advice on who to have manufacture it. Maybe we can get a group buy going with someone and get something really nice.

I went with Pele, Maradona, and Gerd Muller. Beckenbauer and Cruyff were also on my list but I decided that 3 was a good number and I always feel like Gerd gets forgotten in these discussions. Since Brazil, Germany and Argentina had won 8 of the 10 World Cups before 1994 I thought those three countries should be represented. Anyway, here's the artist's rough draft. I asked her to replace the world cup logo with the tagline "Where Legends Are Made" - I thought that would tie the historic players into the concept of the game.

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The problem is that I am a stickler for details and this pinball machine came out 4 months before the world cup. So including players that played well in the tournament makes sense in retrospect but I wanted this to look like a topper that was made when the game came out. That's why I asked her to match the art style of the playfield and cabinet as closely as possible. Also, honestly, I just thought having some of the best players of all time was more fun than players that many people today wouldn't recognize. But yes, my original idea was Baggio, Romario, and Stoichkov.

If you guys want a version with those three players I could ask her how much she would need to make a second version with those three guys and we could try to have both versions produced. I didn't commission this artwork to sell - just for my own personal use.

Yep, I caught it. The artist's first language is not English.

My bottom arch kicker started getting stuck in the "kicked out" position so balls couldn't drain down the left outlane. Everything looked original and very worn on the assembly so I went ahead and ordered a new kicker, spring, coil sleeve, and rubber grommet. The new assembly seemed to work much better when testing by hand, but after a few games the assembly got stuck in the up position again. Any suggestions?

Hey Guys,

Sorry for the stupid question - what is the correct part name for this piece? What was the original bulb color? I thought I had seen a mod for this area with stadium style lights but can't find it any more. Does that ring a bell with anyone? Thanks!

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Thank you very much!

Troubleshooting help please - sorry, I'm new to fixing these older games.

Never had any mechanical issues with this game in the year I have had it. I was playing a game last night. Drained a ball. Next ball did not eject into the trough. I opened the coin door and manually ejected a ball. Shot the ball into the VUK and it did not fire the coil to shoot the ball up.

Is there a power board I need to look at? The bumpers, flippers, goalie, and ball were all working correctly.