Lodi, CA
One of my caps is broken and I'd like to keep the original (looking) set. Since so many machines seem to have replaced with clear caps, does anybody have 1 or 2 old ones laying around. Let me know and what price you want.
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That explains why I've never seen one offered anywhere. I can probably turn it toward the left side plastic. It should disappear over there.
It's funny that this ended up being the one-off never to seen again part from this machine.
BTW: Thanks for the info.
I've never seen them reproduced anywhere. Out of the three that we have one's got this big 'ol chip out of the side and all three are yellow. :[ I've always found it interesting how they all wrinkled up between the stamps on the edges, too.
edit - (I wasn't offering them for sale, just trying to make you feel better about yours. :/)
Napierville, QC
There was a guy here who remakes caps, I say we get him to make us some. Mine are all yellowed and one cracked.
Looked like this thread: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/making-plastic-parts . If we got enough Space Shuttle owners together who were interested in buying the finished product I'd be willing to give it a try. The parts are simple enough and white means no color matching. I'm lousy at painting so we'd need to line someone up to add the red paint.
Thoughts?
I would be in for a set. My caps have yellowed over the years. I have been thinking about spraying them white, but I was concerned the light wouldn't pass through them any more.
Quoted from Cheddar:Can you paint?
Since the red area on the caps is recessed I don't think these would be hard to paint. I would even be down with just getting them in white and adding my own red paint.
I'm in as well for the bumper caps.
What about the red and white stand-up targets? Is anyone making those? Along with the bumper caps, those are the only two parts I couldn't find for my shop job...
Quoted from andre060:I'm in as well for the bumper caps.
What about the red and white stand-up targets? Is anyone making those?
I'm not sure if this material is strong enough for the direct hits. Leg me take a stab at the caps and it it looks like they have the correct toughness I'll take an attempt at the targets.
Those seem like they'd be easy since you only need a half mold for the front
Quoted from andre060:What about the red and white stand-up targets? Is anyone making those? Along with the bumper caps, those are the only two parts I couldn't find for my shop job...
http://www.pbresource.com/pfswitch.htm $4 each.
wll-03-7218a.jpgQuoted from Cheddar:Quiddity, what did those come from? I haven't seen a set with the W on them. Maybe it was an early run before the decided to cover with a plastic?
They came off of our space shuttle. From what we've seen they are pretty rare. My husband had a thread ages ago asking about them, I'll see if I can dig it up once I kick my kid off my computer. 
Quoted from toyotaboy:I don't think any of mine are cracked, but they are a lil yellow. At $50 for a whole set I think I'd probably just 3d print my own. $30 ($10 each) I could see buying some replacements.
Quite a few of these replacement caps can go for $20 a piece but I think they are NOS. I'm shooting for a sweet spot of $25 per set.
If you have the capability to 3D print them would that be more preferable to molding?
I would most likely be out with a stencil. It may be the only solution but you loose the original hot stamp look. Instead of a stencil I would probably just paint my originals.
2 weeks later
I imagine I would be in for a nice, bright white replacement set of caps for space shuttle...so I would likely be in if you get the project off the ground! BTW.. CPR has released their space shuttle backglass!!!!
Did you ever get the replacement cap you were looking for?
--ED LI NY
I got the material to (attempt) to make replacements. I am in the middle of my playfield swap so it needs to wait for that.
Funny but after I ordered the molding materials I did get a nice set of caps. I still want to try the process though. Sounds like a nice skill to have.
Quoted from Quiddity:They came off of our space shuttle. From what we've seen they are pretty rare. My husband had a thread ages ago asking about them, I'll see if I can dig it up once I kick my kid off my computer.
I've NEVER been able to figure out why ours had the W's on them. Thankfully, I sold the game with the clear caps on it and kept the originals. I still have the ones she posted the picture of.
If someone knows why I have 'w' caps, and nobody else does, I'd love to hear it.
Quoted from Frax:I've NEVER been able to figure out why ours had the W's on them. Thankfully, I sold the game with the clear caps on it and kept the originals. I still have the ones she posted the picture of.
If someone knows why I have 'w' caps, and nobody else does, I'd love to hear it.
My best guess is that someone ran a set of the "W" caps through the hot stamper and put the Shuttle imprint on them.
Was your serial # an early one?
Quoted from vid1900:My best guess is that someone ran a set of the "W" caps through the hot stamper and put the Shuttle imprint on them.
Was your serial # an early one?
I'll have to look it up. I don't believe so....
3 weeks later
Those do look really good! For some reason, your link didn't work though. Reposting the link: ebay.com link: Williams SPACE SHUTTLE Pinball Machine Pop Bumper CAP Set BRAND NEW STAMPED
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