from pinside but sure John will tune in here, this is what he has shared there:
John can be contacted here
greatwichjohn@hotmail.com"I have a pro lined up to do a first one for art . It's not a big name pinball artist. Since CPR seems dead on their plans, I will offer my own for 2014. I do have a playfield. Would be new playfield, back glass, & cabinet art. Price would be $1K, + shipping.
If interested stay tuned & see how it moves along towards the end of 2013."
"The theme is going to be Skate Boarding. Something I did back in the 70's when I was young & stupid, living on a steep hill. Now there are pro skate board parks at 2 of the city pools I work at. It's going to be family friendly, & still have sex appeal. There are girls that are into boarding, so its a good theme. Hopefully have it ready for Expo, where I will be doing a seminar on my glass & playfield production."
"People will be surprised at how fast custom projects can be done in 100 days! The plywood is already at the printer for cnc work (Star Gazer & Seawitch playfields). Light lenses from Marco Specialties are already on their way for these, & I have a bunch from PBR."
"SKATE BOARDS" will be the conversion title which works with Dolly Parton. The playfield will be the same layout & rule set. My donor playfield goes to the artist this week for him to do playfield art first."
"To save on costs the Bally Skateball caps & targets will be used. The artist will put the value before the target on the playfield. Probably be making new plastics as well, & the target bank will be open for cleaning (not a huge plastic)."
"I forgot to update it would be available this Fall 2013. I believe the new conversion title will be called "Skate"."
"Looking for more playfield conversion ideas on Bally pins 1978 - 1982. Let us know what title you would like changed."
