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Announce Whitewater Foil Topper Decal Reproduction

By TwistedPins

10 years ago

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#1 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Twisted Pins is pleased to announce that we have released a Whitewater foil topper that is approved and available under the PPS license.

As you may know this topper has never been reproduced by anybody. Our topper decal is made the exact same way Williams made it. The topper is printed using a 4-color process over white and embossed artwork using .010 foil stock. These are not paper thin decals or printed by an inkjet printer or next generation technology.

There is a 30 day pre-sale starting on Wednesday 5/15 at 8:00am MST and ending on 6/14. Our website address is www.twistedpins.com. We will be offering this in two versions. The first version is the decal attached to the white topper. The second version is the decal w/ topper and also the clear tub that sits over the topper. The decal is not available without the topper.

Pricing for the pre-sale will be as follows:

Decal+Topper Support $179
Decal+Topper+Clear Tub $219

If you are interested in the decal w/topper (no clear tub) and will be coming to PAGG we can bring for pick up to save the shipping costs if purchased by 5/17 9:00AM MST. Please contact us through PM here or through the website for more information on how to purchase for pick up at PAGG.

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#2 10 years ago

BOO

vcloverjr

Pinside member

Columbus, GA

13y 45,900 1,195 8

What, WOW, Any video of the foil in action?

#3 10 years ago

JGB

bballfan

Pinside+ Frequent

Wichita Falls, TX

14y 122K 1,499 10

Awesome News!

#4 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

We are going to shoot some video soon and will have it up on You Tube. Once it's up we will post it here.

#5 10 years ago

CRG

Craig

Pinside+ Frequent

Durham, NC

11y 70,900 4,543 11

The clouds part. The angels sing!

My topper is in pretty good condition, but I know this will come as sensational news to a lot of WH20 owners.

Congratulations on pulling this off!

#6 10 years ago

DAD

Alphajerk3000

Inactive member

11y 49,900 171

Yes! I'm in!

#7 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Quoted from Craig:
The clouds part. The angels sing!

My topper is in pretty good condition, but I know this will come as sensational news to a lot of WH20 owners.

Congratulations on pulling this off!

Thanks! This project was in the works for 4 months and was not easy or cheap. We had to have the die made by a company in Germany. Then we had to find a company that could do the micro-embossing with a die that large here in the states.

#8 10 years ago

???

AkumaZeto

Blocked

12y 5,026

I have told so many people over the last year to sell the originals whilst they can. Congrats on finally getting this to market!

#9 10 years ago

TSR

TaylorVA

Reese Rails

13y 116K 8,893 11 7

Is this going to be a limited run or something that will be available from now on?

#10 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Quoted from AkumaZeto:
Congrats on finally getting this to market!

Thanks! It wasn't easy to pull off.

#11 10 years ago

MEM

Sparky

Sparky Pinball

Ceres, CA

18y 118K 2,522 6 55

Quoted from AkumaZeto:
I have told so many people over the last year to sell the originals whilst they can. Congrats on finally getting this to market!

Why?

#12 10 years ago

BIL

BillP

Pinside member

Chagrin Falls, OH

15y 53,150 990 8 17

I'm in too

#13 10 years ago

???

AkumaZeto

Blocked

12y 5,026

Quoted from Sparky:
Why?

Becasue i knew the repro was in teh works and had been tooled. Originals sell for upwards of 800 bucks. I sold a junk creased and ripped one on pinside last year for 350.

#14 10 years ago

BAK

dsuperbee

Pinside member

Sacramento, CA

11y 82,550 5,598 6

Holy crap!

IN.

#15 10 years ago

SID

xfassa

Pinside+ Pro!

Peoria, IL

11y 92,050 1,635 9

Sign me up!

-1

#16 10 years ago

DEE

Squizz

Pinside member

Melbourne

15y 87,300 1,434 6 33

Thanks
Pm sent

#17 10 years ago

CRG

Craig

Pinside+ Frequent

Durham, NC

11y 70,900 4,543 11

I'm going to have to give mine a long hard look to see if it might be worth replacing. It's tempting...

#18 10 years ago

WAZ

wallybgood

Pinside member

12y 90,900 987 10

Nice job! Wally

#19 10 years ago

RDS

RustyLizard

Pinside member

12y 121K 4,729 7

Too funny, an original was just listed on ebay.

#20 10 years ago

MEM

Sparky

Sparky Pinball

Ceres, CA

18y 118K 2,522 6 55

Quoted from AkumaZeto:
Becasue i knew the repro was in teh works and had been tooled. Originals sell for upwards of 800 bucks. I sold a junk creased and ripped one on pinside last year for 350.

I knew why. I just wanted to see if you'd say it. Wouldn't that suck for the poor sap who bought one for $800, and the sellers you encouraged to sell didn't disclose new ones were coming out soon for a lot less?

#21 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Quoted from RustyLizard:
Too funny, an original was just listed on ebay.

We figured that was going to happen once people found out new ones are finally available.

#22 10 years ago

JIM

jimjim66

Pinside member

Madera, CA

12y 73,550 2,577

Great news, another unobtainable part has been reproduced. Seems like more and more of these things are coming up. The CFTBL holograms, Shadow Plastics, and the different playfields being made show that many of the older games are still getting some love.

#23 10 years ago

SAM

smassa

Pinside member

San Diego, CA

13y 86,900 6,014 9 68

Count me in for one. Nice work!

#24 10 years ago

SMM

Tortelvis

Pinside member

Sussex, WI

12y 57,900 330 8 6

Can't wait to sign up for one.

#25 10 years ago

DUG

ninjadoug

PGH Pinball

Pittsburgh, PA

16y 103K 1,219 137 26

Good news. Love to see these repro parts come out!

#26 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Here is a picture of the die that was made to micro-emboss the foil.

Water_Die.JPG

#27 10 years ago

TSR

TaylorVA

Reese Rails

13y 116K 8,893 11 7

Congrats on getting this project done. Bravo.

#28 10 years ago

ACE

PinballInc

Pinball Inc

Mcdonough, GA

11y 47,400 252

Congrats! Glad someone finally stepped up and made these.

#29 10 years ago

LTG

Pinside member

Hopkins, MN

12y 191K 57,042 24 7

Glad this finally got done, right !

Huge thank you.

LTG : )

#30 10 years ago

JOE

JoeinNJ

Pinside member

11y 84,300 405

Put me down for one.. It'll be great to see it with no bubbles. Thanks, Joe in NJ

#31 10 years ago

XJX

jamespin

Inactive member

Grand Rapids Charter Township, MI

13y 45,400 735 8

I finally will get my topper! In!

#32 10 years ago

JAY

jaydawg0006

Pinside member

Syracuse, NY

12y 31,650 182 8 12

This topper decal looks great. makes me want to have a white water built from scratch even more now.

Saw some amazing repo playfields for sale in Allentown as well as brand new ramp sets and boulder sets. Add this new topper and have someone build me a new cab with white water decals on it, add some boards, wiring,new dmd,new Bigfoot and motor, a few flippers,translight,plastic set and almost have a brand new white water.

I'm thinking new cab plus parts would only be like 5k ish. Not bad for a brand new clear coated white water. Collector quality ones I've seen go 6-7k+

Was very close to buying the Playfield set at the show but decided not to as it would most likely just collect dust in my closet while that money could help fund a new game instead.

#33 10 years ago

ERJ

tracelifter

Inactive member

12y 80,300 6,318

If you are going to PAGG you will be able to see this displayed in the game.

#34 10 years ago

JRK

jrivelli

TrueColor Protectors

Milwaukie, OR

11y 89,650 4,625 10 20

Oh man sucks for everyone who paid 500 for one of these.

Great work!

#35 10 years ago

PMD

PinballMikeD

Pinside member

Jacksonville, FL

12y 78,800 3,213 2

Cool.

#36 10 years ago

PMD

PinballMikeD

Pinside member

Jacksonville, FL

12y 78,800 3,213 2

Quoted from jrivelli:
Oh man sucks for everyone who paid 500 for one of these.
Great work!

Yeah, but we got ours sooner

#37 10 years ago

SKY

Skypilot

Pirates Life Pinball Co

11y 155K 6,684 32 2

Great news .the final piece of the puzzle. I'm in

#38 10 years ago

JIM

Captive_Ball

Pinside+ Frequent

Cypress, TX

11y 128K 7,186 17 86

Awesome!

#39 10 years ago

MWS

Methos

Pinside member

Lodi, WI

12y 103K 7,278 21 10

Great news! PM sent.

#40 10 years ago

MCS

Doot77

Pinside member

Dekalb, IL

12y 76,650 996 22 24

Great news, I was happy with my repo without the foil due to the price originals sent for, but this is much more in line of what I can justify. New Color DMD just went in my game a few days ago, now I'll be getting one of these, I can hear my checkbook already.

#41 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Quoted from tracelifter:
If you are going to PAGG you will be able to see this displayed in the game.

We are flying to the show and will not personally have a machine there. Although we have talked with another Pinsider already who will have his WH2O there and I believe will install his new topper that he is purchasing from us.

#42 10 years ago

TWP

TwistedPins

Inactive member

Boise, ID

11y 18,650 305

Quoted from Doot77:
Great news, I was happy with my repo without the foil due to the price originals sent for, but this is much more in line of what I can justify

We tried to keep the price reasonable so everybody could put one in there machine.

#43 10 years ago

BSK

Bryan_Kelly

Pinside+ Frequent

Lakeville, MN

12y 135K 8,487 8 1

OP
Quoted from TwistedPins:
We tried to keep the price reasonable so everybody could put one in there machine.

I think this is a very fair price and it's a part that's been needed for WAY too long.

Nicely done!!

#44 10 years ago

JAH

heckheck

Pinside member

Chelmsford, MA

17y 53,150 432 18 70

Glad this finally got done. Even though it means my NOS uninstalled decal just took a 50%+ hit in value. I thought many times about selling it, but never could bring myself to do it, nor could I bring myself to install it on my current copy of the game. Guess I'll just keep it for posterity. I might even buy a repro to replace the one on my game (decent but faded and a little crinkled).

#45 10 years ago

DAD

Alphajerk3000

Inactive member

11y 49,900 171

Is there a video yet?

#46 10 years ago

DAD

SpookyCharlie

Pinside member

Benton, WI

11y 78,100 1,063 37 10

Kudos on getting a tough part to reproduce finally to market! I'm in... and thanks for the effort!

#47 10 years ago

TBM

trevorm

Pinside member

Enfield, NS

12y 42,050 190 11

This is awesome. I'm in.

#48 10 years ago

SLV

Steve_in_Escalon

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 84,050 612

Quoted from Sparky:
I knew why. I just wanted to see if you'd say it. Wouldn't that suck for the poor sap who bought one for $800, and the sellers you encouraged to sell didn't disclose new ones were coming out soon for a lot less?

It's still a gamble to sell rare parts prior to production. No guarantee the process would be successful.

My original decal is pretty good, but I'll pick up a new one since WH20 is a long term keeper for us.

Steve (in Escalon, CA)

#49 10 years ago

NM

Pinside member

Usa

12y 71,150 1,649 23

Quoted from TaylorVA:
Is this going to be a limited run or something that will be available from now on?

Bump for OP.

And Bravo, and I'm in!

#50 10 years ago

DMG

dgpinball

Pinside member

Abbotsford, BC

12y 88,900 1,661 147 72

My Whitewater isn't nice enough to justify replacing my pretty good original, but it's great to see that so many people who need one of these will finally be able to get one

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