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Tommy ....repro blinders now available :D

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After all these years, finally blinders are available. Awesome, a lot of blinderless Tommys are gonna be very happy this year. One of the greatest features in pinball.

195 Euro, includes eye decals. Details over on Pinside.

I think he is making the mechanism arm also if needed. And the control board and motor are available elsewhere.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/checking-interest-tommy-blinders-repro#post-2952885

Tommy Facebook page :cool:
https://www.facebook.com/The-Whos-T...chine-Data-East-1994-147739828633855/?fref=nf
 
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I don't know the ins and outs of 3D printing, but apparently the finish and precision needed on these adds to cost.

Everything in pinball is expensive :rolleyes: 'Small piece of flat plastic..... That will be 20 pounds sir ' etc etc

I do know if I didn't have blinders in my Tommy I'd be literally screaming TAKE MY MONEY !! :rofl:
 
20pounds is long way from 150 for what is 2 bits of plastic and 2 stickers.
If I had a tommy I'd be knocking these out !
Strangely enough I've never seen a Tommy in the Republic............i wonder why:rofl:
 
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20pounds is long way from 150 for what is 2 bits of plastic and 2 stickers.
If I had a tommy I'd be knocking these out !
Strangely enough I've never seen a Tommy in the Republic............i wonder why:rofl:
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You could say the same about repro ramps - bit of molded plastic and stickers. Often >£100. I'm not saying they are cheap, but there is def more to them than 2 flat bits of plastic.

Plus factor in the time/ effort the guy has spent on this. These are basically unobtainium parts. Hell if the guy wants to make a few quid for his efforts ...why not.
 
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my Tommy has them missing and had another one in the past with them removed. I think they had a habit of jamming so ops took them off and they got lost. at 195E though I might have to live without them for a bit longer
 
Aren't they pretty much the main toy on Tommy though? Kind of like playing a MM without the castle...
 
Hi guys,
Just to let you know that I have also 3D modeled and printed Tommy Blinders. I am now making them available for sale. Please see:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/another-tommy-blinders-repro

I supply the compete solution of the blinders, arm, servo, mounting bracket, and return spring. These are all assembled and tested; just fit to your machine and plug in. The total price is €152, plus shipping from France.

Thanks for looking.
 
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the blinders only work in one mode but are a must for any tommy game good on the guy for producing these i really dont think 152 is that bad i certainly couldent be bothered going to all the time and effort to make these respect to the guy
i think people like this jim@mypinballs and many other people who are spending time and effort to produce parts to keep are games up and running deserve the upper most respect as many games would have been scraped a long time ago otherwise
 
Thanks for the positive feedback Chris. It only really started as my Tommy was missing the complete assembly (but had the servo controller board) I could not stand playing the game knowing that such a vital feature was not working. As an electronics and software engineer I sometime dabble with mechanical engineering I thought that I could teach myself a bit of 3D CAD and find a solution. After a couple of prototypes and a lot of testing I have a sound solution. Believe me that there is a lot, lot more to them than a couple of bits of plastic; they have central hub, ribbing, strengthening, bearing surfaces, spring locators, etc. If I could have knocked a set up from cardboard and sticky backed plastic I certainly would have done and saved myself a lot of time. The original plan was to make one set for me; the selling only came later when I saw that there was a small, but interesting demand for them.

Whilst the printing is still quite expensive as the parts are relatively large and need to be quite accurate for where they turn on the spindle, and there is the cost of the servo and spring, the €152 leaves me a little bit for my troubles, but more importantly, they bring another Tommy back to be the game that it was always meant to be - I could not imagine my game without them now.
 
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