Seeking CYCLONE playfield DONOR - Classic Playfield Reproductions
Classic Playfield Reproductions
Looking for preferably an NOS / unused Williams CYCLONE playfield.
Sourcing for our artist, David Eisner, to be borrowed for scanning purposes
(or you can provide it scanned yourself). He will be spending the bulk of
2008 remastering the artwork for a repro playfield project. The reward for
this physical donation transaction (or scan provided) will be a brand new
repro Cyclone playfield shipped to your door when the playfield project is
complete.
See David's profile at: http://www.classicplayfields.com/people.html
No trashed playfield donations required at this time. I will seek those
much later.
Contact me directly, remove NOSPAM from the email address.
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KEVIN WAYTE
Classic Playfield Reproductions
http://www.classicplayfields.com
bobbyd...@googlemail.com
lostlumberjacks
Todd
Dave
I've got a NOS one you can use. Email on the way. Great news.
-Dave
Classic Playfield Reproductions
Man, again this worked out very very fast. Results in less than 4 hours.
mm...@gate.net
I guess if the one donated was perfect anyway, you would sell the free
one.
Jim Farber
Thank you CPR and David Eisner!!! Great news for a pin so many of us
have loved to near death!
Now we just need someone to start making the flag sets again with the
little springs.
-- Jim
marc_b
I emailed you hours ago, but never heard back form you. I have one-
and it is within an hour of Eisner. No shipping needed.
Oh well.
Classic Playfield Reproductions
> and it is within an hour of Eisner. No shipping needed.
Thanks Marc. Email sent. The final donor was actually almost just as
close - about 2+ hours away from Mr. Eisner. But your email never got here
:( Must manually remove NOSPAM from the reply address in RGP or it will not
work.
Jason
> Now we just need someone to start making the flag sets again with the
> little springs.
Is there a source for the springs? I think I found a possible source
for the flags. It's close on the measurement.
http://www.unflags.com/counflagstic.html
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Jason
silverball
Kevin, I see Funhouse is on your top 5 to do playfields. Are they
going to happen in the near future?
Eisner
I have the origional file for the cyclone flags. I reproduced them a
long time ago but since I sold all files to Pinballpal (http://
pinballpal.com), I have not remade them.
I know that Pinballpal was planning on doing them but I guess that
fell through a long time ago.
I was looking through my old files and found quite a number of games I
did artwork for. Really interesting all the graphics I have done. I
forgot some of what I did back then.
David...
Classic Playfield Reproductions
>going to happen in the near future?
That is a popularity vote from the public. Not necessarily our laundry list
of playfields to do.
But no, we will never be doing Funhouse. It's already been reproduced by
Illinois PinBall last year. So there are at least a couple hundred of them
out there someplace.
Mark Clayton
Here's the situation with the Cyclone flags.
I have the springs in stock. They were custom made and quite
expensive.
I did get a file from David, but it appeared to be a scan. The solid
colors were dithered and certain details were not sharp. I have
created a new vector art version of the flags that's ready to go.
Here's the situation. I would appreciate some feedback.
The flags get printed on adhesive material and the individual
flags are contour cut to the exact shape. Then the individual flags
are peeled from the sheet and folded over exactly in half, with the
"flagpole" (spring) sitting in the root of the fold. This operation
takes a bit of time and physical dexterity. If you don't fold
the flag properly, the seams will be uneven, and it will not look
very good. I'm concerned that customers will make mistakes and
need replacements. I don't mind doing this for the occasional
mishap, but I think in this case it would turn into a major issue.
And for 50 bucks (most of the money going toward the springs already),
it would be a nightmare of sending random replacement flags to random
people. Ideally, I'd apply the flags to the springs myself, but a) I don't have
the time, b) I'd lose my mind c) I've got other more pressing projects
(pinball and non-pinball). d) I print some extra flags so it's the
customer's choice as to which ones to use.
So that's the situation. I could ship these now but it's not my first
choice.
-Mark
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http://pinballpal.com
"Eisner" <pinba...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3046e2b4-eb3c-4dd6...@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
Eisner
>
> On Feb 19, 4:51 pm, Jason <ja...@wkrp.com> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 14, 4:05 pm, Jim Farber <jmj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Now we just need someone to start making the flag sets again with the
> > > little springs.
>
> > Is there a source for the springs? I think I found a possible source
> > for the flags. It's close on the measurement.
>
> >http://www.unflags.com/counflagstic.html
>
> > -
> > Jason
>
> I have the origional file for the cyclone flags. I reproduced them a
> long time ago but since I sold all files to Pinballpal (http://
> pinballpal.com), I have not remade them.
> I know that Pinballpal was planning on doing them but I guess that
> fell through a long time ago.
>
> I was looking through my old files and found quite a number of games I
> did artwork for. Really interesting all the graphics I have done. I
> forgot some of what I did back then.
>
> David...
Hey Mark,
You must have had an old version of the flag file. I redrew in
vector, the whole flag set and sent you the file when we last
talked. It is a mute point as it sounds like you re-did the artwork
but I thought that I would mention it.
Good luck on the flags.
David...
Jim Farber
> Here's the situation. I would appreciate some feedback.
>
> The flags get printed on adhesive material and the individual
> flags are contour cut to the exact shape. Then the individual flags
> are peeled from the sheet and folded over exactly in half, with the
> "flagpole" (spring) sitting in the root of the fold. This operation
> takes a bit of time and physical dexterity. If you don't fold
> the flag properly, the seams will be uneven, and it will not look
> very good. I'm concerned that customers will make mistakes and
> need replacements.
I'm more than willing to take the risk of not folding them carefully
in order to have the springs and flags available now.
A couple of ideas ...
Send 2 of each flag to account for customer screwups. We'd like to
have a backup anyway. It shouldn't add that much to the total cost b/
c the springs are where most of the cost is. Then charge for
replacements. You should probably sell the decal sets alone anyway to
people who need only the flags.
Or fold for free if they order another $100 (or however much) worth of
stuff, like stealth protectors, from pinballpal.com.
I'd really like to have the flags and springs available sooner rather
than later. That's my feedback - thanks for asking!
-- Jim
lostlumberjacks
> than later. That's my feedback - thanks for asking!
>
> -- Jim
I'm with Jim, I would like a set sooner. In my machine, I still have a
bunch of the flags still on the original backing, but a lot of them
are dried out and brittle. Also, most of my springs are broken at the
bottom.
Mark Clayton
-Mark
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http://pinballpal.com
"lostlumberjacks" <tds...@starband.net> wrote in message news:8650a7d3-c044-4cf3...@j28g2000hsj.googlegroups.com...
Eisner
Just an update that I am 20% done the playfield. Going blind on this
one due to all the detail but things are proceeding well.
You really do not notice how much detail there is on Cyclone until you
zoom in and have to deal with every inch of the game. I have gained
more appreciation of the artwork on this one.
Sorry for the repeat but it looks like my post from last night was
somehow deleted ??
David...